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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Prejudices and follies of the elite are fatal
The poor have taken a beating from an elite that understands little, BERNADETTE HORTON writes
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
AUSTERITY has covered acres of newspaper space since 2010. There has been excellent coverage by journalists who have penned millions of words on austerity from every conceivable angle.
Yet by virtue of their job, not many actually “live” austerity. They don’t spend day-in and day-out experiencing it on the front line, sleep, eat and breathe austerity as a way of life. They can only record the details — the struggles of the poor.
Since 2010 being “poor” has taken on a whole new meaning. We now have our own subsections — the unemployed poor, the disabled poor, the carer poor, the student poor and whole battalions of working poor, of which I am a member.
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