Born on this day in 1931, the heroic revolutionary faces a dangerous new wave of White House aggression. We must treat his birthday as a rallying cry to resist the illegal siege of Cuba, writes ROGER McKENZIE
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THE weekend Morning Star, the one you’re reading now, is by far the most popular of our daily editions.
In some ways, that should come as no surprise. The weekend paper has eight additional pages, which means we are able to pack in more news, features, culture and sport.
And our country-wide network of readers and supporters, all volunteers, are out bright and early, selling the paper outside stations, shopping centres and labour movement events.
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