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Workers, Students, Youth Discussing ‘Whither Egypt?’

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The Pipeline in Egypt that supplies Israel with gas was bombed last Monday for the 13th time since the overthrow of former president Hosni...

PCS considering further industrial action – while UNISON rejects NHS privatisation

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THE GMB has commented on the written ministerial statement in the House of Commons yesterdayday on public sector pension talks. Brian Strutton, the ...

Serious action needed to remove PM Blair

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MORE than 400 people took part in a mass vigil at Parliament Square on Wednesday night, on hearing the news that the 100th British...

‘YOU WON’T BREAK MERSEYSIDE FBU’ – say strikers and supporters

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Over 7,000 striking Merseyside firefighters and their supporters marched through Liverpool last Saturday in a show of strength to demonstrate their determination to defeat...

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...

Release Torture Victim Binyam Mohamed

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On International Day Against Torture last Thursday, legal charity Reprieve renewed its call for the release of torture victim Binyam Mohamed from US concentration...

Close The Concentration Camps – Free The Tamils! – Say 30,000...

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Despite the October chill, over 30,000 British Tamils and supporters took to the streets on Saturday, to highlight the desperate situation faced by Tamils...

END SHOOT-TO-KILL POLICY – ‘I don’t want any other mother to...

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‘AS Jean’s mother I have felt immense pain,’ Maria Otone de Menezes told a packed public meeting in London on Monday night. The meeting was...

Tuc & Nus Sign Agreement For Joint Campaigns!

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THE National Union of Students (NUS) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday signed an agreement for joint campaigning for the coming year. The...

New illegal Israeli settlement outposts in Hebron

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ISRAELI settlers on Sunday began levelling a large tract of land in central Hebron in preparation for the construction of a new Jewish settlement...

President Ahmadinezhad Speaks To The Arabs Of Khuzestan

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IRANIAN President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad spoke to a gathering of the people of Ramshir in oil-rich Khuzestan Province, which has a large Arab population...

Government appeal against Bedroom Tax ruling is condemned

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LAST week, after the Court of Appeal ruled that the Bedroom Tax is discriminatory and unlawful, Paul Rutherford, one of the appellants, described himself...

THE COST OF ‘DARING TO DISSENT’ – death threats and detention...

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TamilNet reports that Dr Paikiasothy Saravanamuttu has condemned an anonymous death threat and his detension in the airport by the Terrorist Investigation Division (TID)...

Zimbabwe Trade Union Leaders Charged With ‘Disruption Of Public Order’

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On 16 November 2018, seven members of the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) – including ZCTU Secretary General Japhet Moyo and ZCTU President...

Syrian film wins award at ‘International Resistance Film Festival’

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SYRIAN feature film ‘The Father’ has collected the Best Screenplay Award at the ending ceremony of the International Resistance Film Festival in Tehran. The...

KICK OUT THE PRIVATEERS! say NHS Together marchers

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FIFTEEN thousand health workers and trade unionists from schools, local councils and other public services – as well as local residents fighting hospital closures...

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)...

Continue the fight against US and Israel – says Iranian military...

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THE Commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) described confrontation with the US and Israel as the achievements of the Islamic...

Clashes have subsided in Sudan as East African leaders get ready...

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Clashes have subsided in Sudan as East African leaders gear up for a summit in Uganda on January 18th, aiming to address the crisis...

No pay rise! A slap in face for NHS staff

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‘ENOUGH is Enough,’ chanted a rally of 500 angry NHS workers outside Downing Street on Wednesday night. They are angry that they have been excluded...

Starbucks illegally monitored, disciplined and sacked workers – US court rules...

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A judge in New York ruled on Friday that Starbucks had violated federal labour law dozens of times in responding to a union campaign...

Testing Children Age Four Pointless

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GIVING children as young as four exams as soon as they start school is ‘pointless’ the National Education Union (NEU) said yesterday, calling for...

DONALDSON SUBSTITUTES ‘BIG BROTHER’ FOR THE GENERAL MEDICAL COUNCIL – Part...

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A DEPARTMENT of Health (DoH) report from the Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Sir Liam Donaldson, 202 pages long was published this July called ‘Good...

We are going to the Security Council to seek full UN...

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THE PLO will in September approach the UN Security Council to seek full membership in the global body, President Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday. ‘We...

Israeli airstrike on Gaza kills 3 Palestinians

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ISRAELI forces launched a deadly airstrike that struck southern Gaza on Tuesday, killing three young Palestinians. Gaza Ministry of Health spokesman Ashraf al-Qidra confirmed that...

Students join lecturers’ picket lines across the UK

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LECTURERS at 64 universities across the UK began 14 days of strike action on Thursday against imposed changes to their pensions. They were out...

HEALTH IN GAZA THREATENED – by unexploded bombs and war debris

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UNEXPLODED bombs and the uncontrolled dumping of rubbish pose the greatest environmental and public health risks to residents of the Gaza Strip, according to...

THE TERRIBLE DEATH OF MR WARD – cooked to death in...

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BY CLARE SAMBROOK THE horrible death of a respected Aboriginal elder casts doubt upon often-unchallenged assumptions about the virtues of privatisation. Last week beginning 30...

Tayside healthcare workers demand ‘fair pay for all!’

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HEALTHCARE assistants at NHS Tayside have gone into battle to demand the same pay as their colleagues demanding ‘fair pay for all!’ They are...

Maternity At Breaking Point!

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MATERNITY services are overworked, understaffed and struggling to cope, a senior midwives survey shows. Maternity unit closures, budget and training cuts and reduced services are...

‘REJECT NORMALISATION AGREEMENT’ – Palestinian Minister tells Arab League

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PALESTINIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Malki, called on the Arab League to reject the United Arab Emirates-Israel normalisation agreement. ‘Otherwise, our meeting...

68 universities face a further five days of strike action

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THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) announced over the weekend that 68 universities across the UK will face a further five days of strike action beginning...

Syria condemns Israeli war crimes against Palestinians

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SYRIA has again condemned the Israeli occupation’s practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – the demolition of schools, the killing of children and innocent...

BARBAROSSA How Hitler lost the war – By Jonathan Dimbleby Published...

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OPERATION BARBAROSSA was the codename given by Adolph Hitler to the invasion of the Soviet Union launched on Sunday 22 June 1941. In the preface...

PALESTINE WILL BE FREE! – Message from PALEXPO July 6th &...

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THOUSANDS turned out over the weekend and packed the main auditorium sections at the Olympia Stadium, London for the PALEXPO exhibition to boost the...

Angry Nurses Force Emergency General Meeting Over Pay Sell-Out!

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AN EMERGENCY General meeting will be held by the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in September, in response to a petition with over 1,000...

Trade unions condemn Colombian state murder

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THE TRADE Union Advisory Committee (TUAC) adopted a resolution on the dire situation in Colombia, condemning the violence against trade unionists and calling on...

Syria Condemns US Terrorist Airstrikes!

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SYRIA on Friday condemned ‘the US criminal aggression’ which Qassemled to the martyrdom of the leader of al-Quds Failaq, Iranian Major General Qasem Soleimani...

US 860 mile ‘Journey for Justice’

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CORNELL William Brooks, President of the National Association for the Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP) on Saturday led off ‘America’s Journey for Justice March’...

SA: costly private care for privileged – second-rate care for everybody...

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THE upcoming International Nurse’s Day in South Africa, on Sunday May 12, will see the life-saving profession hailed as quiet heroines and heroes who...

French Riot Police Tear Gas Climate Demonstrators

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French police have fired tear gas to disperse climate demonstrators gathered in Paris to raise their voices against an annual general meeting of oil...

Shop Stewards Barred By Unite

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‘I REFUSE to be bribed and blackmailed into silence. My struggle for justice continues’ Gordon McNeill declared last Wednesday. Discussions between the sacked Belfast airport...

Asma Al-Assad Participates In Disabled Celebrations!

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ON the occasion of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, Asma al-Assad, wife of President Assad, participated last Monday in a celebration held...

‘WE WANT PROSECUTIONS! – We want to see the guilty behind...

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TODAY is the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, when 72 Kensington and Chelsea Council tenants and residents were burnt to death in...

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...