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Nigeria Democracy Day protests demand Buhari Must Go

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NIGERIANS on Saturday staged protests and rallies throughout the country to mark the second anniversary of the declaration of June 12 as ‘Democracy Day’...

‘TORTURE IS TERROR’ – Guantanamo victims speak out

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Survivors of torture and other ill-treatment in Guantanamo Bay spoke Saturday at the beginning of a three-day conference hosted by Amnesty International and Reprieve. For...

‘CLOSE TO ONE BILLION PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD ACCESS TO...

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The Global Campaign for Education on Tuesday launched its Global School Report. The report, looking at 178 countries – from Haiti to Norway found the...

Hamas Warns Israel Against Al-Aqsa Mosque Violations

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THE Palestinian Islamic resistance movement, Hamas, has warned Israeli authorities against violations at al-Aqsa Mosque in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem al-Quds, emphasising...

RECRUITMENT CRISIS GRIPS GENERAL PRACTICE says BMA survey

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ALMOST nine out of ten GP (general practitioner) practices struggle to find locum cover, as the doctor shortage worsens across England. A new BMA (British...

‘14,000 Babies In Gaza Could Die Within 48 Hours!’

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UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher warned on Tuesday morning that as many as 14,000 babies could die in Gaza within 48 hours if...

10 Killed When Terrorists Mortar Damascus University

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TEN students were killed and others were injured by a mortar shell fired by terrorists which fell inside the cafeteria of the Faculty of...

24 Hours Under The Israeli Occupation!

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ISRAELI forces on Wednesday detained at least 14 Palestinians, including a woman and a minor, during predawn raids across the West Bank, said security...

French presidential election candidates hold rallies

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LEFT WING French presidential candidate for the France Insoumise (Rebellious France) party Jean-Luc Mélenchon talked about climate change, feminism and the cost of living...

‘Rage Must Become A Collective Struggle’

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Angry protesters at the funeral of the Greek pensioner, who shot himself last Wednesday in Syntagma square, in front of the Vouli (Greek parliament),...

Student Grants Must Be Restored Says Nus!

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STUDENT poverty and debt will not be solved by just curbing vice-chancellors’ pay, says the NUS, student grants must be restored. Sky-high pay among university...

‘SPEND MORE ON FRONT LINE FIRE SERVICES,’ NOT COSTLY REGIONALISATION –...

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Plans to close down all forty six of the fire service’s 999 command and control centres in England and move to nine regional centres are...

FAR RIGHT ISRAELI MINISTER BENNETT HAILS TRUMP! – says ‘Palestinian flag has...

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FOLLOWING a controversial meeting held last Wednesday between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian and Israeli leaders reacted...

ONE-IN-THREE US WORKERS CAN’T AFFORD HEALTHCARE – AFL-CIO survey finds

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One-in-three workers skip medical care because of the cost, a nationwide survey of more than 26,000 people carried out by the AFL-CIO union organisation...

Israeli Forces Storm Hebron Radio Station

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ISRAELI forces on Tuesday morning stormed the offices of a Palestinian radio station in Hebron, where they destroyed equipment and ordered the station’s closure,...

Government Wants To ‘Rid North-East Of Any Witnesses Of The Carnage’

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COLOMBO has abrogated the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) to remove the presence of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) which was instrumental in exposing...

Iran begins Zolfaqar-1400 military exercises

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THE IRANIAN Army has started large-scale military exercises in an area stretching from the eastern sector of the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the...

‘What we are seeing is a naked, brutal form of capitalism’...

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‘WHAT WE’RE seeing is really a naked brutal form of capitalism where people’s lives are expendable,’ says University of Western Cape Professor Ruth Hall...

BUSH TOLD ‘STOP TAX CUTS’ – as over 200,000 refugees...

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LOUISIANA authorities say they now have control over the capital New Orleans and have restored law and order, almost a week after the chaos...

Gaza Valley ‘safe corridor’ a killing trap! – Horrifying testimonies of...

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THE ISRAELI regime has turned a supposedly safe corridor through which the people of Gaza can travel south into a trap to kill displaced Palestinians,...

ISRAELI CABINET APPROVES ‘JEWISH STATE’ OATH – a racist attack on...

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The Israeli cabinet on Sunday approved a racist bill which would compel all new citizens to swear allegiance to Israel as ‘a Jewish and...

NATO’S LIBYA POST-GADAFFI – MURDER, TORTURE AND ILLEGAL DETENTIONS – says...

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TORTURE continues to be widespread in Libya’s detention centres, according to a United Nations (UN) report released today. The report, ‘Torture and Deaths in Detention...

South African Public Works Programme workers demand permanent jobs

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AROUND 80 Expanded Public Works Programme (EPWP) workers protested outside the Port Elizabeth City Hall on Tuesday, demanding that the Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality...

Prestigious universities using ‘gig economy’ practices

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University and College Union (UCU) has released a report today, (Wednesday 31), which finds that around two-thirds (66 per cent) of research staff are...

‘THIS IS MORE THAN ENOUGH!’ – Palestinian population being caged in...

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‘ENOUGH is enough!’ The Palestinians must be treated with equity, with Israel ending its occupation of the Palestinian territories. That was the message from the...

£9,000 pinched from public sector pay packets since 2010 says Unison

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‘FACING 10 years of pay cuts in real terms, our vital public sector workers – nurses, midwives and refuse collectors – have had an average of...

100,000 March Against Israeli Barbarism

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OVER 100,000 people took part in the largest-ever demonstration Britain has seen in support of the Palestinian people on Saturday, as Israel invaded the...

More Than 40,000 Nursing Vacancies

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‘OUR NURSING workforce is in a state of crisis, with more than 40,000 vacancies in England alone across our health service, from A&E to...

Iran declares it knows where Netanyahu holds his meetings!

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A FORMER commander of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says Iran knows where Benjamin Netanyahu convenes his meetings, a clear sign that the...

‘Day Of Rage Is The Beginning Of A Mass Uprising Against...

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PALESTINIAN factions rallied and protested throughout the occupied Palestinian territories on Tuesday against the latest US position that claims Israeli settlements are not inconsistent...

NUMSA BATTLES FOR PLASTIC WORKERS – while Marikana victims demand compensation

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STRIKING members of the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) members in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) held a mass demonstration on Tuesday to hand...

LOW WAGES WILL LEAD TO SOCIAL AND RACIAL TENSIONS – Irish...

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THE Irish trade union movement has been discussing the dangers that a low rate minimum wage, if not corrected, will lead to it being...

‘Common issues between Palestine and the peoples of the African continent’...

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PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas told the 30th Ordinary Session of the African Union summit in Addis Ababa on Sunday that resuming the peace efforts requires...

Irish Trade Unions Split Over Croke Park

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THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Civil, Public and Services Union have decided they will urge members to reject the Croke Park...

Carillion at centre of blacklisting scandal

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THE GMB has found that the senior Carillion HR manager involved in the Swindon dispute was the same HR manager for Carillion that dealt...

US warns India of ‘consequences’ of evading sanctions on Russia!

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A TOP US national security official has called on India to scale back its economic and military ties with Russia, warning of ‘consequences’ for...

CHARGE GERMANY WITH FACILITATING GENOCIDE BY ARMING ISRAEL – ICJ at...

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THE International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague held preliminary hearings on Monday on the case filed on 1st March by Nicaragua against...

Child labourers worldwide increase to 160 million!

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THE NUMBER of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million in the last four years. These...

Hundreds of Palestinians march in funeral processions as PM Shtayyeh condemns...

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HUNDREDS of people marched in the funeral processions of two of the Palestinians, out of three killed by the Israeli forces in the occupied...

YOU MUST ACCEPT SEPARATION WALL AS THE BORDER OF YOUR STATE...

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Israel has told the Palestinians to forget the 1967 boarders and accept the Separation Wall that cuts through West Bank as the border ...

Miners dig in at Chile’s Collahuasi strike

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THE copper-mining strike by 1,551 members of Sindicato de los Trabajadores de Collahuasi in Chile enters its second week today, with miners emboldened by...

BA Gatwick strike threat – GMB Stansted workers strike over pay

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MORE than 300 senior British Airways cabin crew at Gatwick Airport have been threatened with the sack if they refuse to accept a pay...

COSATU leader Vavi attacks CP, Stalinism and ANC betrayal

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COSATU leader Zwelinzima Vavi has written an open letter to the South African Communist Party (SACP) expressing his concerns over the party’s right wing...

US airstrikes on north east Syria a ‘cover up for the...

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Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the United States military for carrying out multiple air strikes in the eastern parts of the Arab...

Bradford Tower Block Evacuated!

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A TOWER block in Bradford with 160 flats has been evacuated over ‘serious fire safety deficiencies’. All the residents at Appleton Point were told to...