There have been penalties for those who looked the other way when Epstein was convicted of child sex offences and decided to maintain relationships with the financier — but not for the British ambassador to Washington, reveals SOLOMON HUGHES
Modern Cuba: economic reform and opening-up meets grassroots democracy
In the second half of his report, ROBERT GRIFFITHS looks at the newly increased role of trade and investment and the enduring socialist character of Cuba’s international relations, social model, attitude to religion, trade unions and elections
Xi Jinping meets Miguel Diaz
Labour’s new Treasury unit will ‘challenge unnecessary regulation’ by forcing nominally independent bodies like Ofwat to bend to business demands — exactly what Iain Anderson’s corporate clients wanted, writes SOLOMON HUGHES
DR DYLAN MURPHY looks at a Big Brother Watch report which exposes the government as an enabler of DWP secret spying on benefit claimants
The EU faces a critical choice: will it remain in the shadow of an increasingly unreliable US ally, or will it forge its own path in a multilateral world where co-operation with China is essential, asks MARC VANDEPITTE as leaders meet for the EU-China Summit
A lot of discussion about how the left should currently organise – including debate on whether the Green Party is a useful vehicle for advance – runs the risk of refusing to engage with or learn from the reasons the left was defeated previously, argues KEVIN OVENDEN
For Egypt trade trumps the Israeli genocide of the Palestinians, but how long can the country’s ‘misleaders’ – and others in the region – continue their indifference against the popular will of their own people, asks ROGER McKENZIE
MY visit to Cuba in November 2022 began with discussions with Juan Carlos Marsan, Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) central committee member and deputy head of the party’s international department, together with Belkys Lay Rodriguez of its European section.
Both were eager to express their appreciation of the solidarity their country receives from dedicated campaigning bodies, trade unions, the Morning Star and the Communist Party in Britain.
They were greatly encouraged on November 3 2022 by the vote of the UN general assembly — for the 30th year in a row — against the “economic, commercial and financial embargo imposed by the US” on Cuba. Only two countries supported the blockade, the US and Israel, and two abstained: Brazil — led then by Jair Bolsonaro — and Ukraine, that lighthouse for liberty where all opposition parties are banned and trade union rights suppressed.
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