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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Offering hope for the working class
PHIL KATZ writes on three communist local election campaigns in the East of England
Krav Maga instructor Mark Ewington, second from right, is running as a candidate for the Communist Party of Britain in Sopwell Ward, St Albans
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
IN THIS May’s local elections, communists in the East of England have been out campaigning for policies that put people before profit and which offer hope to those working for local councils and citizens who count on them to keep their communities afloat, amidst economic turmoil.
Our party has three candidates standing, in St Albans, where probation officer Mark Ewington is contesting Sopwell ward for the third time; health worker Ben Clarke is standing in Nelson Ward in Norwich and commercial engineer Simon Brignell is contesting Abbey Ward — the poorest in Cambridge — as the first party candidate there since 1986.
Candidate Ben Clarke is already into a reprint of his election brochure, and he explains: “We don’t believe change can be won overnight but through determined and focused class struggle. Change is possible and must be worked for and won — the future is not lost, and the present is the realm of action.”
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