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Algerian riot police invade court to attack judges!

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Algerian riot police clashed with judges participating in a nationwide strike on Sunday in the north-western port city of Oran. The judges are pushing for...

Numsa Battle To Halt Its Expulsion!

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) is going to court on Thursday to stop Cosatu (Confederation of South African Trade Unions)...

Australian teachers to strike over pay & workload

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AUSTRALIAN school teachers and principals in New South Wales (NSW) are taking part in a pay strike next Tuesday, December 7th. The 67,000-member union said...

Numsa ‘Declares War On The Lack Of Progress Since Apartheid!’

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) Special National Congress December 17 to 20, 2013 issued a declaration of war on the...

‘Carillion Has No Right To Bully And Harass US’

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‘We are comrades! We have shown we are not just GMB but all of Swindon together!’ GMB shop steward Paulo Fernandes told a cheering...

Iran & Turkey Bilateral Ties Zarif Visits Ankara

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IRANIAN Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has travelled to Ankara to hold talks with Turkish officials on bilateral ties, the restoration of peace in...

VOTE WRP ON DECEMBER 12! BREAK WITH THE EU! FORWARD TO...

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THE DECEMBER 12th election is a crisis election, in a situation where the worldwide crisis of capitalism is deepening rapidly to explosion point. Eleven...

UCU slams Manchester Met Uni – after security staff forcibly evict...

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MANCHESTER Metropolitan University (MMU) is under fire after its security forcibly evicted staff members from picket lines across the university’s buildings on Thursday...

‘This story involving chemical weapons is a pretext for direct military...

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ACCORDING to the Syrian president, Syria destroyed all its stocks of chemical weapons back in 2013, but the West was still using ‘fairy tales’...

UK troops handed over Iraqis for torture

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The weekend’s release by Wikileaks of the Iraq War Logs reveals, for the first time, horrendous detail of the torture and ill-treatment of Iraqis...

Fury Over Cancellation Of Philadelphia Teachers’ Contracts

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FURIOUS over the Philadelphia School Reform Commission’s (SRC) move to unilaterally cancel its teachers’ contract, 3,000 people shut down North Broad Street last Thursday,...

Defend Trent Park Campus–Defend Chase Farm say Middlesex University students

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STUDENTS from Middlesex University declared yesterday that the only way to defend their threatened Trent Park Campus and their neighbouring local hospital, Chase Farm,...

‘We need tougher regulation for oil giants!’ – says USW leader...

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‘The governors of the Gulf Coast states, all Republicans, asked the federal government for help dealing with the BP oil spill – yeah, the...

NUMSA considering legal action against MAHLE Bher after striking worker shot...

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The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) (which is affiliated to the IndustriALL Global Union) is considering taking legal action against employers...

Tens of thousands of VW workers strike across Germany

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66,000 VW employees went on a ‘warning strike’ on Monday, said their union IG Metall on Tuesday. A union statement continued: ‘The employees are making...

‘In-house is best’ – striking Suffolk and Essex health workers determined...

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CLEANERS, caterers, porters, housekeepers and other East Suffolk and North Essex support staff began a new 48-hour strike yesterday, demanding to stay in the...

Nasrallah Calls For National Unity Government In Lebanon

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HEZBOLLAH Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah has criticised the visit of British Premier Tony Blair to Lebanon in a recorded interview broadcast by Al Jazeera TV...

Trump and his team are ‘the worst liars’ over coronavirus says...

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SECRETARY-general of the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has strongly criticised the US’s covering up of the truth about the extent of the spread of...

UKRAINE – from the general election to the barricades

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AT the present time, the main events in the Ukrainian political life are concentrated in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. After the finishing of vote...

Abu Tair and twenty-two others arrested in Israeli police raids...

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ISRAELI forces detained Palestinian lawmaker Muhammad Abu Tair and at least 22 others from across occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank during...

The US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has been serving as a security...

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GAZA authorities say the US-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) has been serving as a security front for the Israeli regime under the guise of...

‘We have jumped from the frying pan into the fire’ say...

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ALTHOUGH Zimbabwe’s main opposition group, the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC), called off anti-government protests in the capital Harare at the last minute last...

TUC calls to renationalise the railways and transport

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THE TUC Congress in Brighton on Monday passed motions calling for the public ownership of transport services, action on the housing crisis and...

1,000 Head Teachers March Against Savage Tory Cuts To Schools

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OVER 1,000 head teachers from England and Wales gathered in Parliament Square at 11am on Friday before marching to Downing Street to protest at...

MakeAmazonPay – action in 20 countries!

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WORKING people across the world were leading a coalition taking action on Black Friday 26th November to build pressure on Amazon to improve its...

STUDENTS PRICED OUT OF ‘POSH’ UNIVERSITIES – says Push survey

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Responding to the latest Push survey of students’ cost of living, Wes Streeting, NUS Vice President (Education), said on Thursday: ‘This survey shows how...

Wal-Mart Forming ‘Standing Army Of Supporters’

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A TOP secret Wal-Mart memo obtained by WakeUpWalMart.com shows how Wal-Mart is exerting corporate pressure to force suppliers to join a...

Israeli torturers and war criminals driven out of Netzarim Corridor!

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A Palestinian abductee who was among prisoners released on Saturday by Israel as part of the ceasefire deal has recounted the tragic ordeal and...

STALINISTS AND REFORMERS BETRAY STEEL AND BANK WORKERS – Build the...

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Statement by the Revolutionary Marxist League Greek Section of the International Committee of the Fourth International The only road for all workers is to build...

Socialist Revolution Is Now On The Agenda Of Greek Workers

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ON Wednesday workers in Greece staged the biggest ever 24-hour general strike against the IMF–European Commission’s imposed austerity measures with millions participating. Planes remained...

The Gaza Siege – Punishing Some Of The Poorest Of The...

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‘If the aim of the blockade policy was to weaken the Hamas administration, the public employment numbers suggest this has failed’ a UN Relief...

25,000 held in US customs on Mexican border

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DESPITE the end of the United States Title 42 border restrictions, obstacles and the lack of legal options to reach the US will continue to have a serious...

Islamic terrorists attack Libyan towns & oilfields

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IN their boldest move so far, supporters of the Islamic State in Sirte appear to have extended their hold over the town, seizing its...

‘TELL HAMAS TO DISARM’ – US urges Putin

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Senior Hamas official Ismail Haniyah, who topped the Islamic movement’s national list of ‘Change and Reform’ in the parliamentary elections, said last Friday that...

SAFTU demands resignation after attempts to derigister municipal workers union

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THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions has called on Labour Registrar Advocate Lehlohonolo Molefe to ‘resign’ – after the labour court suspended as...

Greek workers and youth condemn government ‘murderers’!

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A COLOSSAL anti-government rally took place in Athens last Sunday, called by the Association of Relatives of the Tempi Victims, demanding ‘justice’ for the...

‘Any Israeli act of aggression will ignite new version of 2006...

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THE HEZBOLLAH resistance movement has warned that any Israeli act of aggression against Lebanon will ignite an advanced version of the 33-day war fought...

Job Stability Is The Key Issue In Toronto

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JOB stability is the key issue in the negotiation stalemate between City of Toronto and inside workers, CUPE Local 79 President Tim Maguire says. Addressing...

Israel sentences teen to 10 years – Mohammed Sabbah imprisoned after...

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AN ISRAELI court has handed down a ten-year prison sentence to a 17-year-old Palestinian boy after accusing him of attempting to carry out a stabbing...

Abysmal conditions for thousands of refugees in ‘Moria 2.0’ camp

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THOUSANDS of people are living in abysmal conditions in a new camp, which was built to replace Moria camp on the Greek island of...

‘WE ARE TREATED LIKE PIECES OF COAL’ – Colombian miners tell...

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On an AFL-CIO Solidarity Center-sponsored exchange visit, Florida AFL-CIO Vice-President Mike Williams learned about Colombian workers’ constant struggle for social and economic justice – and...

NHS Bed Crisis–A Threat To Patient Safety

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THE NHS Bed crisis is a threat to patient safety, doctors have warned as the latest figures were released showing hospitals working at full...

NUMSA hails reinstatement as a victory for all workers!

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THE NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says last Thursday’s Constitutional Court ruling reinstating nine employees who were dismissed for singing struggle...

Thousands Pay Last Respects To Prabhakaran’s Father

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THOUSANDS of people, including men, women and children paid their last respects on Saturday to the remains of the late Thiruvengadam Vellupillai, father...

Investigatory Powers Bill threat to whistleblowers

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HUMAN rights groups warned the United Nations this week that a new British law allowing police to see journalists’ communications threatens sensitive sources and...