In the wake of his recent humanitarian visit to Cuba, RICHARD BURGON points to the now urgent need to defend the island’s political sovereignty and its right to self-determination
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What to make of Lee Anderson’s political trajectory?
While the Labour-turned-Tory-turned-Reform UK politician might hold deeply objectionable views, there are lessons to be drawn about class discontent and how socialist leadership should respond, argues ANDREW MURRAY
Newly-defected former Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson MP campaigns for the Reform Party in his constituency of Ashfield, Nottinghamshire on the Reform campaign bus, March 15, 202
Thousands of jobs are at risk across higher education, yet government funding appears only when universities can be linked to military objectives, says JO GRADY, in the run-up to the Stop the War International Conference this Saturday
The Wye, Usk, Arrow and Lugg were once treasured for their clean waters – today, pollution and corporate excess are fuelling demands for a return to public ownership, says MARK SEDDON
The new Employment Rights Act is a step forward, but restoring collective bargaining and union power remains essential to tackling insecurity, outsourcing and low pay, says PAUL WHITEHOUSE
Rising support for Farage’s party reflects Labour’s failure to defend working-class living standards or offer a credible alternative to neoliberal decline, says JOSEPH MILLS
Trade unionists are mobilising to support Cuban workers and public services, amid escalating US pressure on the socialist island. RONAN OGILVY explains
WILL Lee Anderson’s name resonate in histories of British politics?
Stranger things have happened, like the premiership of Liz Truss, the free market ideologue done in by the markets.
Truss now seems to be pitching for the deranged US right-wing conference circuit, a not badly paid gig if you can land it.
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