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‘We have to liberate every inch of the Syrian land’ says...

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad has said that everything in the world is changing regarding Syria on every level, both local, regional, and international. In a statement...

Shelling of Donetsk school ‘a blatant violation of international law’

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MOSCOW authorities have said that they view Kiev’s shelling of a school in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk as a blatant violation of...

Turkey Boasts Of US Support For Bombing Northern Iraq

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TURKEY praised the United States on Wednesday for providing intelligence in support of attacks against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq, as it confirmed its...

General Soleimani’s Killers ‘Will Not Escape Punishment!’ Says Iran

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IRAN will not let those behind the assassination of the country’s legendary anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani evade punishment. ‘We will not allow the martyr’s...

EALING HOSPITAL MUST NOT CLOSE! Form a Council of Action NOW

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HEALTH workers, trade unionists and local residents spoke out in support of the policy of occupying Ealing Hospital to stop the closure on the...

NORMALISATION DEAL– ‘The UAE regime’s gravest betrayal of the struggle for...

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The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement has slammed the recent ‘normalisation agreement’ between the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel, and has called...

Sri Lankan crisis over out-of-control killings

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The High Court Judge and judicial district judges of Jaffna have held a meeting of police officials to discuss the escalating killings, abductions, robberies...

‘THE MOST CRUEL AND RACIST REGIME’ – Ahmadinezhad indicts Israel

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DOZENS of delegates walked out of a United Nations conference on racism after Mahmud Ahmadinezhad, Iran's president, correctly described the Israeli cabinet as a...

Israeli forces shot dead Palestinian woman as Israeli state steps up...

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ISRAELI military forces have shot dead a Palestinian woman near the city of Bethlehem in the southern part of the occupied West Bank, amid...

Thousands Of Tamil Families Are Denied The Right To Return

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CIVILIANS uprooted from Valikaamam in Vadamaraadchi 20 years ago by the occupying Sri Lanka Army (SLA), who converted their lands into a High Security...

President Assad wins the struggle for Syria

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad headed to the Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday to participate in the activities of the 32nd session of the meeting...

‘WE NEED ALL OF THE UNIONS TO COME OUT FIGHTING’ ...

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STRIKING firefighters were in a determined mood on Friday evening at the start of the Fire Brigades Union’s (FBU’s) four-day action in defence of...

Garment workers denounce wage structure in Dhaka and clash with police

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GARMENT workers have flooded the streets of the Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, this week, clashing with police and denouncing the new wages structure introduced on...

Medvedev doesn’t rule out Iran sanctions

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RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday he does not rule out sanctions against Iran but added that if used, they should be balanced and...

Israeli army West Bank killing spree – 3 shot dead yesterday

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The Israeli occupation forces shot and killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank yesterday (Tuesday) morning, one in Beit Ummar in the south...

TURIN STUDENTS DEMAND FREE PALESTINE! – French CGT workers national mobilisation...

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STUDENTS protested against the genocide in Gaza clashed with Italian police last Friday. The students reject ‘the war economy’ imposed by Giorgia Meloni’s ‘reactionary and...

Israeli forces killed 78 Palestinian children in the West Bank and...

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ISRAELI military forces killed 78 Palestinian children under 18 years in the occupied West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip in 2021, the Palestinian...

Teachers’ leader Courtney calls for General Strike for Palestine!

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LABOUR MP for Hayes and Harlington John McDonnell said: ‘Netanyahu must be imprisoned for war crimes. The campaign for disinvestment in Israel must be...

Bush Will Return In May To Celebrate The Founding Of Israel

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ARAB states are demanding that the United States clarify the purpose of a planned return trip by US President George W Bush to Israel...

‘IT’S A DISGRACE THAT OUR GOVERNMENT IS REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE...

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Tens of thousands of people across the UK took part last Saturday in demonstrations against the murderous Israeli bombardment of Lebanon. Eleven rallies...

24/7 Alliance Is Fighting Pay And Public Service Cuts

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THE 24/7 Alliance launched a DVD yesterday morning in Dublin to argue its case against further cutbacks in pay, operational conditions and...

South African trade unions battle inflation as food prices rise by...

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SAFTU – the South African Federation of Trade Unions – notes the stubborn inflation which remains high above 7%, and averaged 7,2% in December...

Netanyahu does not care about the fate of the Israeli captives!

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The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades says most of the Israeli captives held in northern Gaza have gone missing, holding...

REGULARISATION FOR ALL! – march and rally for migrants’ and refugees’...

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On the 7th of October 2006 a coalition of migrant groups, trade unions and social justice activists marched in London demanding equal rights for...

South African Unions Fight For Democratic Rights In Swaziland

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The Swaziland government has banned a peaceful protest planned by the trade union movement for 12-14 April. South African trade unions are supporting Swaziland workers. The...

‘President Sanders’ would ban anti-union ‘right-to-work laws’

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US SENATOR Bernie Sanders, who has said he intends to run the first unionised Presidential campaign in history, announced last Monday a policy proposal...

‘PEOPLE’S OIL IS NOT FOR THIEVES!’ says Committee for the Defence...

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CHANTING ‘People’s oil for the people not for the thieves!’ hundreds of workers protested against the South Oil Company in Iraq on 19 February...

PCS/war On Want Rally Supports Palestinians And Chagos Islanders

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THE PCS civil servants union held a 70-strong international rally at its annual conference in Brighton last Wednesday evening where it launched a joint...

‘US works on stopping any investigation into use of chemical weapons’...

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24 NATIONS have agreed to push for sanctions against perpetrators of chemical attacks in Syria with US Secretary of State Tillerson saying that Russia...

‘Europe’s leaders consider people drowning as an acceptable price to pay...

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MALTESE authorities on Monday refused the Ocean Viking rescue ship permission to refuel in their harbours while on its search and rescue mission off...

Walmart Workers Win Raise As Oil Workers Strike & West Coast...

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AMERICA’S largest private employer, retail giant Walmart has announced plans to raise wages for more than 500,000 hourly employees at its US stores. Walmart said...

Israel resumes slaughter of civilians in the Gaza Strip as the...

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A NUMBER of Palestinian civilians, predominantly children and women, were killed or injured yesterday morning as the Israeli occupation resumed its genocide in the...

‘Repressive legislation from a repressive government’ – Mental Health Bill condemned!

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‘This is further repressive legislation from a very repressive government – attacking the most vulnerable,’ mental health service worker and user Jo Squires said...

Bangladesh government using court to put workers’ safety at risk say...

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The Bangladesh government is using proceedings before the Supreme Court of Bangladesh to prevent the Accord on workers’ safety from operating, thereby putting safety...

‘There must be a strategic dialogue at the highest level between...

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MARWAN al Barghouthi, the Fatah leader is currently serving a life sentence in an Israeli jail. In an interview with the Lebanese...

Global strike condemned Israel’s genocidal warfare on the Gaza Strip

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A GLOBAL strike prevailed in several Arab and Muslim cities around the world on Monday in condemnation of the Israeli genocidal war on the...

SA power workers demand 15% wage increase 0% pay offer rejected...

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THE National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) and National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) have both officially rejected Eskom’s 0% wage offer, saying...

Collective punishment after truck attack

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A PALESTINIAN was shot dead after driving a truck into a group of uniformed Israeli soldiers, killing four soldiers and injuring at least 13...

US & EU continuing economic terrorism against Syria

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‘MEMBER countries at the UN Security Council are attempting to destabilise Syria and impose their own hostile agendas,’ Syria’s permanent representative to the UN,...

BBC unions in dispute over sackings

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BBC unions on Friday went into dispute with the corporation over proposed compulsory redundancies. The National Union of Journalists (NUJ) said in a statement: ‘The...

US trade unions condemn racist rally in Charlottesville

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AMERICA’S nurses’ union, National Nurses United (NNU), has condemned the white supremacist rally in Charlottesville on Saturday which resulted in the death of a...

Palestinians Condemn Israeli ‘State Terrorism’ And War Crimes

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President Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday condemned the ongoing Israeli air strikes in Palestinian civilian areas as ‘state terrorism’. The attacks claimed the lives of three...

Scottish GP practices forced to close their lists!

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GP PRACTICES across three towns in Scotland have been forced to close their lists to new patients amid ongoing GP shortages. Three towns in North...

‘Israel directly supports the terrorist movements’ – says Syrian President Bashar...

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SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has re-affirmed he will not step down, in an interview with Argentina’s Clarin newspaper and Telam news agency. President al-Assad...

125 union building staff are to strike at the University of...

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One hundred and twenty five union building staff at the University of Chicago Medical Centre (UCMC) are to strike next week amid protracted contract...