During visits to Cheney School and Oxford Brookes University, Ismara Mercedes Vargas Walter highlighted how Cuba devotes half its budget to education, health and social security despite the US blockade, reports ROGER McKENZIE

As the historic ground prepares for its emotional farewell, even visiting teams like Manchester City are paying tribute to one of English football’s most storied stadiums, writes JAMES NALTON

Player of tournament shines in World Cup qualifiers despite Scotland falling short

Fans have beaten repressive, stigmatising legal attacks on themselves before, but now a new wave of repression is building Scottish trades councils are looking to organise new community resistance, reports SEAN O’NEILL

 

MIK SABIERS admires a band that delivers short, sharp shocks to the system

New releases from Brown Horse, Craig Finn, and Julien Baker & TORRES

'Turning the migrant crisis into a marketplace'

Building opposition into a political campaign

RNLI confirms death following medical emergency 

A new front in the fight for football’s soul is emerging — one rooted in trade union values and collective power

Warning from NASUWT general secretary

Ecuador’s election wasn’t free — and its people will pay the price under President Noboa

Jaw-dropping European win

'Genuine reform is desperately needed'

US president suggests he might visit the King in September

Government urged to consider further measures

Walkout follows long-running dispute over sacking

We face austerity, privatisation, and toxic influence. But we are growing, and cannot be beaten

The money tap to anti-Cuban agitators will never be shut off under Trump

A beautifully-crafted documentary from Sinéad O’Shea

Johnny Sexton appointed as an assistant coach

Mountains of research show that hardcore material harms children, yet there are still no simple measures in place

Join the traditional march from Clerkenwell Green, which will bring together countless international workers’ organisations in a statement against the far right

Trump’s economic adviser has exposed the actual strategy: forcing other countries to provide financial support for US hegemony

STEVE JOHNSON, CHRIS SEARLE and TONY BURKE review new releases from Steve Knightley, Jupiter & Okwess, Jason Palmer, Lisa Knapp and Gerry Driver, Kin'Gongolo Kiniata, Ingrid Laubrock/Tom Rainey, Dan Sealey, Simin Tande, PAZ

We must take a stand against the government’s spending on war

Educators must fight for an inclusive, creative system that values all children

Peter Mitchell's photography reveals a poetic relationship with Leeds