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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Martin Mayer was expelled for a retroactive ‘offence’
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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
MARTIN MAYER has been a labour and trade union activist all his adult life.
He’s been a Labour Party member for 41 years — or was. On November 16 he was expelled from the Labour Party for a retrospective breach of rules — breaking a rule before it existed.
In 2018 he spoke as invited guest at a meeting of Labour Against the Witch Hunt, an organisation campaigning against wrongful allegations against party members, including those of anti-semitism levelled at Jeremy Corbyn.
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