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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Nuclear-powered crony capitalism
SOLOMON HUGHES explains how the Tories bailed out Hitachi to save billion-pound atomic Anglesey deal
EDF Group chairman Jean-Bernard Levy chairman of EDF Group, Energy Secretary Greg Clark and China General Nuclear chairman He Yu signing the Hinkley Point deal two years ago
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
ENVIRONMENT Secretary Michael Gove promised earlier this month to crack down on “crony capitalism.”
At the same time his cabinet colleague Energy Secretary Greg Clark was offering a £5 billion bailout to Japanese nuclear firm Hitachi. It looks like a classic crony capitalist deal.
Gove argued: “Crony capitalists have rigged the system in their favour and against the rest of us.”
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