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‘ARE THEY ALIVE?’ – Tamils demand on so-called Sri Lanka Independence...

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‘I WISH all Sri Lankans around the world a happy celebration and continued peace and prosperity in the coming year,’ said a statement harping...

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,...

Israeli Forces Storm Al-Aqsa Compound

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THE Israeli occupation forces have stormed the historic Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem, injuring 12 Palestinian worshippers. The Palestinians suffered the effects of tear-gas inhalation...

Greek workers refuse to accept austerity plan!

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LAST Wednesday and Thursday saw the biggest general strike of all workers, public and private sector, shopkeepers, and transport workers, which brought the whole...

Sri Lankan Army Grabs Tamil Villages!

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THE Sri Lankan military on Sunday dismantled the Cheddiku’lam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp and forcefully removed the inmates, without making any permanent...

Canadian Rail Workers Strike Ban!

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CANADA'S federal government was expected to introduce back-to-work legislation on Monday aimed at forcing striking Canadian Pacific (CP) railway employees to return to their...

Boycott Wendy’s – demands fair food campaign

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‘JOIN us in Palm Beach today as the Workers’ Voice Tour wraps up in Nelson Peltz’s hometown,’ said the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW)...

MAY RETURNING TO CHILDREN BEING FAILURES AT ELEVEN! – as NUS...

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DOES the PM really want to return to labelling children failures at the age of 11, the ATL asked yesterday. Answering the question the...

15,000NURSES JOBS CUT – RCN submits its evidence to Health Committee

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The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Tuesday submitted its evidence, highlighting the impact on patient services of Trust actions to manage their budgets,...

HALF A MILLION TAKE TO THE STREETS!– to demand jobs for...

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HALF a million people will take to the streets today, Wednesday 19 March, in demand for youth jobs, the National Union of MetalWorkers of...

Dozens Of Palestinian Prisoners Have Been Murdered After Brutal Torture In...

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A PALESTINIAN human rights group says dozens of Palestinian prisoners have lost their lives since 1967 after being exposed to various forms of brutal...

BMA new Year message surveys the battleground – on the eve...

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‘WHAT is the NHS? To those who run it, a vast endeavour employing 1.4m people, consuming one pound in every six of public spending....

‘Shell’s presence in Nigeria has led to environmental degradation, corruption and...

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Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell held a closed, online annual general meeting yesterday because of the coronavirus crisis. IndustriALL submitted questions to the company on...

Israeli forces raid town, detaining Palestinians and ransacking homes

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ISRAELI forces early on Thursday detained four Palestinians from several West Bank districts. Two Palestinians were detained from Jericho, another from Jerusalem and one from...

Greek Phone-Tapping Storm

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A political storm of the highest order has broken out in Greece over mass phone-tapping. This follows revelations, at a special press-conference last Thursday in...

Role of pro-Israel groups in US terrorism laws exposed

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Decades before the events of 9/11, Zionist organisations such as the Anti-Defamation League were advocating for counter-terrorism laws that specifically targeted Palestinians, unveils a...

Raeisi’s Latin America trip will strengthen resistance front against US interventionism

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IN IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raeisi’s meetings with leaders of Venezuela, Nicaragua and Cuba during his recent three-nation tour of Latin America, the pressing and...

CIA having nightmares about US failure in war on Syria

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THE war in Syria poses the greatest threat to US security because of the risk of the government falling and the country becoming a...

REVIEW SECRETIVE ACADEMY SCHOOLS – TUC report

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The TUC on Monday called on the government to ‘step back’ and initiate an ‘independent review’ of privately-sponsored academy schools. Before leaving office, Blair...

‘US and British governments embroiled in enforced disappearances’ – charges Reprieve

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Mustafa Setmariam Naser was ‘disappeared’ while in US custody in 2005. Legal charity Reprieve on Monday demanded that the British government reveal details of the...

‘World Powers Betrayed Besieged Gaza People!’

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WORLD powers betrayed the besieged Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip by failing to end the Israeli blockade of the territory in the wake...

‘WE’RE PREPARED TO OCCUPY TO KEEP THIS HOSPITAL OPEN’ – Council...

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UP TO 3,000 workers and youth marched behind the banner of the North East London Council of Action through Enfield on Saturday, demanding that...

Trade union members beaten by thugs in Bangladesh confectionary factory

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THUGS, allegedly supplied by a labour contractor at Netherlands-based global confectioner Perfetti Van Melle’s factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, launched an organised attack on union...

17-year-old Palestinian Eiman–free at last!

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AN Israeli court in Jerusalem made a decision on Sunday to release the teenage daughter of Misbah Abu Sbeih, who was killed by Israeli...

The G20 Summit in Delhi ‘A Tale of Two Indias’

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IN Delhi, India’s capital, the G20 summit has captured significant global attention. This event brought together world leaders to discuss international economic strategies, presenting...

Turkey And Iran Being Driven Into Conflict Over Syria!

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A Turkish newspaper discussing the conflict emerging with Syria has urged restraint to avoid confrontation with Iran. Yeni Safak said: ‘Have you realised that Tehran’s...

Stop Forcing Academies Onto The Communities Say Teaching Unions

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THE National Union of Teachers has condemned the wholesale forced academisation of state-run education measures contained in the Tory government’s Education and Adoption Bill. Kevin...

‘Two-thirds of firefighters will face the sack in their late 50s!’

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WEDNESDAY’S four-hour strike by firefighters in England and Wales was an enormous success, with pickets and demonstrations outside fire stations and in town and...

HAMAS-ISRAEL AGREE TO SIX-MONTHS CEASEFIRE – ‘We don’t trust them but...

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Hamas and Israel on Tuesday agreed to an Egyptian-brokered deal to cease fire for six months in and around the Gaza Strip. It was effective...

Gate Gourmet Has To Win For The Whole Working Class

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MORE than 400 youth and trade unionists showed their solidarity with the Gate Gourmet sacked workers at a second anniversary benefit rally in Southall...

Sri Lanka: Crisis Of An Island

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SRI LANKA is undergoing a turbulent period, with the introduction of an executive presidential system, along with an open economic policy (Laissez Faire) exposing...

Israeli forces raid Bethlehem arresting Hamas lawmakers!

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ISRAELI state forces raided Bethlehem on Tuesday night, detaining Hamas members and Palestinian lawmakers, locals said on Wednesday. Witnesses said that Israeli forces arrested Khalid...

RAIL STRIKE THREAT IN THE US – a strike could cost...

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THE United States’ largest rail union has voted against a tentative contract agreement reached with rail management in September, raising the likelihood of a...

‘APPALLING HEALTH CARE’ FOR DETENTION CHILDREN – says Lancet

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‘The appalling failures in the health care of children in detention centres, which are the ultimate responsibility of the UK Home Office’, are condemned...

Israel’s Golani Brigade Butalises Palestinians In The City Of Hebron

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A NEWLY released report submitted to the United Nations by international organizations working in Hebron (Al Khalil) documents a sharp increase in serious...

How the DWP is spying on benefit claimants

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IN 2019, the UK Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published their two-part staff guide on conducting fraud investigations. Privacy International (a UK-registered charity which...

AL-GHAJAR OCCUPATION A ‘TIME-BOMB’ – warns Lebanese Foreign Minister

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Hezbollah Deputy Secretary-General Na’im Qasim said last Thursday: ‘We proposed the national unity government as a positive concept.’ Speaking on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television, Qasim continued:...

HUNDREDS OF NEW ORLEANS DEATHS COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED – findings...

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the deaths of a hundreds of New Orleans residents and the suffering of so many thousands more people could have been avoided, an inquiry...

Abolish proposed water charges immediately – demands Irish electrical union

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DELEGATES to the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU) biennial conference in Kilkenny on Sunday called on the Irish government to abolish the proposed...

Oppose BBC Pensions robbery!

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‘Over the past few days the joint unions have held a number of packed meetings as part of our campaign to oppose the BBC’s...

Anti-war protest at US embassy – Syrians not allowed a speaker

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A rally of over 300 people was organised outside the US embassy in London on Saturday, against Western intervention in Iran and Syria. The protest...

10 years since Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara Ten activists lost...

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ALTHOUGH Israel later apologised for the incident that claimed the lives of nine Turkish nationals and one American and compensated the victims’ families, Tel...

Brutally beaten Palestinian-American teen under house arrest!

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AN Israeli court on Sunday placed under house arrest a Palestinian-American teenager who was filmed being brutally beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem. Tarek...

Paisleyite Camp Suffering From Unionist Backlash

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By John Coulter, Irish political journalist THE starting gun on the most important realignment in Irish unionism for 40 years was fired when First Minister...

Police killings of unarmed black Americans impact on community!

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Police killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects on the mental health of black American adults in the general population, according to a...