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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'I see European people with blue eyes and blond hair being killed every day'
Odious racist and xenophobic attitudes surface in Ukraine conflict. ROGER McKENZIE reports
AGGRAVATED UNCERTAINTY: African residents in Ukraine wait at the platform inside Lviv (western Ukraine) railway station seeking refuge in neighbouring countries
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
ALTHOUGH the Black Lives Matter (BLM) campaign has been around since 2013 many only started crying about what was happening to black people after the murder of George Floyd in 2020.
Many of these new converts to black liberation suddenly tripped over themselves saying just how much our lives had always mattered to them. Not that there was often much evidence of it but better late to the party than not to come at all.
Black activists were in demand for advice on what these folks could do to help and for the best books to read so they could get better educated about the struggle.
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