Without energy and without a strategic partner, Cuba is currently fighting for its survival. While the population is literally sitting in the dark, the Trump administration is trying to definitively break the socialist project through economic blackmail. What lies ahead for the island, asks MARC VANDEPITTE
Prince Andrew and the tradition of ‘Down with the Crown’
Britain’s ancient monarchy has inspired a noble tradition — hating it. KEITH FLETT charts the history of throwing things at the throne
A setback for IG Metall at Tesla’s Berlin plant has ignited claims of intimidation and raised fears for the future of collective bargaining and workplace democracy, says TONY BURKE
The question for the media, in the US and across the globe, says ROGER McKENZIE, is will they do their job fearlessly and call Donald Trump out?
A recent Financial Times column on the Iran war exemplifies how the Western elite worldview is more concerned with strategy and power than legality or human life, writes ANDREW MURRAY
STEVE BISHOP considers the prospects for a settlement of the conflict and how the demands of both sides are being viewed
The PM is drawing cautious distance from Donald Trump over Iran – but history suggests Britain’s support may run deeper than it appears, just as it did during the Vietnam war, says KEITH FLETT
THE recent furore around Prince Andrew’s links with a convicted sex offender and his inability to grasp the gravity of the matter, underlined in a car crash TV interview with journalist Emily Maitlis, has raised again the question of support or otherwise for the monarchy in Britain.
At a historical level England was the world leader in anti-monarchism, being the first country to execute a monarch, King Charles I in Whitehall on January 30 1649, and promote instead a republic under Cromwell.
However the monarchy was restored in 1660 and notwithstanding the reconfiguration of ruling-class power that was the Glorious Revolution of 1688 it has been with us ever since.
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