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 people have spoken, but think carefully about what they said
Labour cannot afford ‘business as usual,’ or we risk a Farage-led right resurgence — from nationalisation to climate action, the public wants progressive policies, argues DIANE ABBOTT MP
LABOUR CONCERN: (Above) Aslef union picket line at Waterloo station in London in January 2024
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
THE 2024 general election is probably the most extraordinary of my lifetime, or certainly at least since the turmoil of the elections in the early 1970s.
That crisis, finally facing up to post-World War II decline, was not at all resolved by Thatcherism (except politically), but was postponed by the inflow of North Sea oil revenues.
I believe we may be in the midst of another tumultuous period, giving rise to a new political settlement. Progressive forces need to intervene strongly to prevent another terrible political outcome.
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