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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Tory tax-dodgers are no friends of ours
A view over Panama City, home of tax-dodging money
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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
BIG-MONEY Tory donor Douglas Barrowman has just moved his tax avoidance business from the Isle of Man to Panama.
Multimillionaire Barrowman is the founder and chairman of the Knox Group, which offers “financial, investment and property management services” to the very well-off.
The Scottish Daily Herald reported this month that one of the Knox Group firms, called Watchdale Ltd, has been moved from the Isle of Man to Panama — that is to say, from offshore to very offshore.
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