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Wales and the giant!
Over many years a special, enduring bond of solidarity and shared political aspirations developed between Paul Robeson and Wales and in particular Welsh miners
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Trump’s ‘Peace Council’ is not a peace project, but a war and colonial council that renews Western colonialism, writes SEVIM DAGDELEN
The US attack on Venezuela raises grave threats to Cuba and the region, writes NATASHA HICKMAN of Cuba Solidarity Campaign
Trump’s vision of ‘might is right’ signals the collapse of the postwar order — and a warning of who may be next, warns BOB ORAM
ROGER McKENZIE pays tribute to a communist, internationalist and organiser, who endures, 50 years after his death, not just as a towering artist but as a master teacher of struggle
Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary MA BABY reflects on 2025, tracing how war, imperialism, shrinking democratic spaces and neoliberal restructuring shaped global and Indian politics – pointing towards the urgent task of building a more democratic and just future
It is gratifying indeed that one of the world’s most eminent opera singers, Bryn Terfel, is performing in two concerts at the National Eisteddfod in Cardiff to celebrate the voice and life of Paul Robeson.
The son of a black slave in the US was a world-famous singer and actor who led a turbulent and courageous life.
When he died in 1976, millions of people around the world mourned the loss of one of the greatest people of the 20th century — a giant of a man who deserves a place alongside Nelson Mandela as a fighter for freedom.
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