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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Busted by the advertising regulators
SOLOMON HUGHES reveals how a big Tory donor’s kitchen company keeps falling foul of the ads watchdog
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
ONE of the Tories’ new big money donors keeps breaking advertising regulations.
The latest Electoral Commission figures, released at the end of last year, show that in September 2017 a firm called Hotham Services gave the Tories £25,000. Hotham Services is owned and controlled by Yorkshire multimillionaire Malcolm Healey.
Healey also gave the Tories £100,000 in April 2017 to help Theresa May fight the election.
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