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‘Iran Does Not Want Peace’ Says Pompeo

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US SECRETARY of State Mike Pompeo has claimed that Iran is behind the latest bout of violence triggered by Israel’s assassination of a top...

‘Disabled rights and entitlements snatched away’

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DISABLED People Against Cuts (DPAC) organised a lively demonstration near Parliament on Monday, to mark the 25th birthday of the Independent Living Fund, which...

ANC dismisses call for its leadership to resign

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SOUTH Africa’s ruling ANC has dismissed a call by its chief whip, Jackson Mthembu, for the party’s NEC to resign in the wake of...

Palestinian school stormed by Israeli soldiers

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ISRAELI forces stormed a secondary school in the southern occupied West Bank village of Tuqu on Sunday. Three Palestinian teachers suffered from pepper spray...

50,000 MARCH IN ATHENS! – as part of one-day general strike

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SOME 50,000 workers took part in two separated marches through the Athens city centre last Tuesday afternoon as part of the one-day general strike...

Gaza’s annual report on Israel’s devastating war since October 7th 2023

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THE Gaza Strip Government Media Office (GMO) has published its annual report about Israel’s devastating war on Gaza since October 7th, 2023. According to the...

GREEK FASCIST PARTY LEADERS ARRESTED – workers determined to destroy them

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THE leader and four parliamentary deputies of the fascist Golden Dawn party, along with 13 party cadres and two policemen, were arrested on...

‘Ceasefire the pinnacle of humiliation imposed on the Zionist regime’

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The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has lauded the ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas...

US Waging Economic Terrorism Against Iran!

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IRAN’S foreign minister says the US is waging ‘economic terrorism’ against the Islamic Republic by employing restrictive measures that are troubling the relief efforts...

Palestinian reconciliation means PA ending security collaboration with Israel– says deputy...

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THE first deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC) has said that Palestinian national reconciliation could not be achieved amid the continued security...

Pro-US Haftar Mobilising Against Libyan Islamists

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PREPARATION is underway for a ‘decisive’ battle, to storm the city of Benghazi and expel the Islamist militias, by pro-US forces led by Major-General...

Universal Child Day – Israel Steps Up Attacks On Palestinian Children!

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THE Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics (PCBS), on the eve of the UN’s Universal Child Day, maintained that Palestinian children remain victims of...

Saudi Arabia Using Banned Cluster Munitions In Sa’Da

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AMNESTY International has corroborated new evidence the Saudi Arabia-led coalition recently fired banned cluster munitions in Yemen. The Brazilian-manufactured rockets struck three residential areas and...

Israeli Spyware Used To Hack Phones Of Palestinian Human Rights Defenders!

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SPYWARE made by Israel’s notorious NSO Group was used to hack the phones of six Palestinian human rights defenders, according to a report published...

‘TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL’ – Karabilah bombings condemned by Sunni authority

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On Sunday RAF G4 Tornado warplanes attacked the Iraqi town of Karabilah, near the Syrian border. The British were called to assist US Air Force...

How British spy planes aid Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza

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  BY IVAN KESIC The findings of aviation enthusiasts and UK-based investigative journalists about British espionage activities in Gaza with aircraft stationed in Cyprus reveal...

Civilians evacuated–water and power restored in Mariupol

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ON SUNDAY, the Russian Defence Ministry announced the completion of the operation to evacuate civilians from the Azovstal plant in Mariupol. On May 5th, 6th...

Obama sanctioned Merkel taps

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US PRESIDENT Barack Obama was personally informed of phone tapping against German Chancellor Angela Merkel, which may have begun as early as 2002, German...

‘TAX HAVENS ARE SUNNY PLACES FOR SHADY PEOPLE’ says Lord Oakshott

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THe Liberal Democrats Treasury spokesman Lord Oakeshott has delivered a broadside against prime minister Brown and the secretive activities of Barclays Bank. He used parliamentary...

HSE serves two Improvement Notices on Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service

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THE Health and Safety Executive has served two Improvement Notices on Hertfordshire Fire and Rescue Service in the aftermath of the deaths of two...

‘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),...

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...

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...

Thousands picket Netanyahu’s office against attack on Bedouin rights

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severaL thousand people demonstrated on Sunday outside Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s office in Jerusalem, protesting over a plan they say will displace tens...

Millions Strike For $15 An Hour In The Usa

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MORE than 1,000 low-wage workers from the fast food, retail, healthcare and delivery industries marched to McDonald’s at 82 Court Street in Downtown Brooklyn...

Israeli troops destroy water pipelines in the Jordan Valley

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THE residents of the village of Kardala in the northern Jordan Valley said this week that Israeli forces came to their village and destroyed...

South African Clothing And Textile Workers Defend Their Rights

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The Southern African Clothing & Textile Workers Union (SACTWU) has hit back at media reporting on last week’s Pietermaritz High Court judgment on the...

Nasrallah Hails Chavez For Expelling The Israeli Ambassador

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AFTER taking part in the Ashura procession in Beirut’s southern suburb to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, hundreds of thousands gathered to listen...

Two Ukrainian generals and up to 50 officers plus foreign mercenaries...

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Two Ukrainian generals and up to 50 officers along with about 20 foreign mercenaries and military advisers were eliminated in Russia’s strike on the...

Students across the UK defy Starmer to march on Gaza Day

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‘FROM the river to the sea, Palestine will be free! – From the sea to the river, Palestine will live forever!’ ‘Say it now...

Palestinians rally in Ramallah against Israeli annexation plan

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THOUSANDS of Palestinians rallied in downtown Ramallah on Monday against Israel’s intention to annex a large part of the occupied West Bank. Participants hoisted the...

SOUTH EAST LONDON HOSPITALS ‘SERVICE RECONFIGURATION’ – a closure and privatisation...

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A ‘service reconfiguration’ for  Outer South East London Service is being proposed. Outer South East London comprises the boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley and Bromley....

Scientific progress should serve a nation’s welfare – says Iran’s President...

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President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad in Tehran on Wednesday voiced Iran’s readiness to share its nuclear achievements with other nations within the framework and under the...

Zimbabwe Trade Unions Are To Call A General Strike Against...

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THE MOTHER of all strikes is imminent – as Zimbabwe’s massive union, ZCTU (the Zimbabwe Confederation of Trade Unions), mobilises other unions to avert...

Sri Lanka unions condemn violent army attacks

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AT LEAST eight media workers were beaten and violently assaulted by security forces and police during live coverage of Saturdays anti-government protest outside Prime...

Palestinians commemorate 75 years since the Nakba – Israel...

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WHILE Israel on Wednesday celebrated 75 years of its creation, Palestinians in Israel commemorated 75 years of their dispersion and what is known as...

‘THE FUTURE STEP IS IRAQ’S INDEPENDENCE, UNITY AND SOVEREIGNTY’ – says...

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‘We will work with one hand and save Iraq from darkness’, said militant Iraqi Shi’ite leader Moqtada al-Sadr last weekend. He said in an...

70th anniversary of Deir Yassin Massacre ‘There are no innocent people...

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ISRAELI Defence Minister Avigdor Lieberman said Sunday there were ‘no innocent people’ in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip after ten days of protests and clashes...

NAME THE DAY FOR A GENERAL STRIKE! –POA secretary urges General...

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‘WE SHOULD pool together and name the day for a General Strike and bring this government down’, Prison Officer’s Association (POA) General Secretary Steve...

Stop east London GP surgery closures!

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EAST London GPs, patients and supporters on Thursday staged a protest in Limehouse against cuts in funding that threaten to bankrupt around a dozen...

Israel’s ‘nightmare of collapse’ coming to life – says Iranian ...

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CHIEF of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Mohammad Baqeri, says the ‘glorious’ Palestinian military operation in the occupied territories has made...

‘Murdering trade unionists does not violate labour standards’

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A MAJOR row has broken out in the US over statements made last week by the United States Trade Representative (USTR), who claimed that...

Rajapakse Bids For Permanent Dictatorship

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THE 18th Constitutional Amendment Bill will be debated and put to the vote on September 8th in the Sri Lankan parliament, following a decision...

Iran cements strategic relations with Russia!

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THE speaker of the Iranian Parliament is on his first official foreign visit to Moscow with the goal of further cementing the two countries’...

TREAT MIGRANT WORKERS FAIRLY demands UNISON

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UNISON has welcomed new research showing the value of trade unions to migrant workers. The report by social policy charity the Rowntree Foundation was launched...