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‘We Have To Take The Fight To The Government – Bring...

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AFTER the successful lobby of the TUC in Brighton on Sunday, the Young Socialists held a meeting at 5.00pm of 100 youth and workers...

Lecturers Unprecedented 14 Days Of Strike Action

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LECTURERS in over 60 universities have in the past fortnight taken nine days of strike action throughout Britain over cuts to their pensions. With...

‘Systematic abuse in Qatar’ – says Amnesty

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MIGRANT workers building Khalifa International Stadium in Doha for the 2022 World Cup have suffered systematic abuses, in some cases forced labour, Amnesty International...

NATO Patriot missiles–‘harbingers of a war on Syria’

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THE Turkish privately-owned, mass-circulation daily Hurriyet, on 23 November, discussed the issue ‘Are the Patriots Harbingers of a War in Syria?’ It stated: ‘Turkey first...

The Israeli military is murdering Palestinian children – Human Rights Watch...

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HUMAN Rights Watch has called for an end to impunity for Israeli killings of Palestinian children, and the use of unlawful lethal force. The Israeli...

Palestinians seek UN Resolution to condemn settlements – despite US objections

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The Palestinians have turned down a US request to avoid seeking a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, the...

Egypt and Russia boost economic & military cooperation

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BILATERAL talks between Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi were followed by negotiations in expanded format with the participation of the two nations’ delegations. The...

NHS backlog putting patients’ health at risk!

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NHS PERFORMANCE stats reveal the ‘devastating extent of patient suffering’ amid a ‘daunting’ backlog, says the BMA. In his response to the latest NHS performance...

‘Give deaf young people a fair chance!’

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THE National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) is urging the government to halt the rollout of Personal Independence Payment (PIP – which replaces Disability Living...

UNISON CONDEMNS PAYING FOR NHS TREATMENT –but has no plans for...

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UNISON has responded to the Institute for Fiscal Studies review into NHS funding, and warnings that in future, patients may have to pay for...

ISLAND OF SHAME: The secret history of the US Military Base...

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‘ABSOLUTELY must go!’ were the three words Admiral Elmo Zumwalt gave to US navy officials on Diego Garcia, concerned about the expulsion of Chagossians...

NHS CONSULTATION SHAM – as Eastbourne condemns decision to close consultant-led...

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THERE was widespread condemnation following East Sussex PCTs’ decision last Thursday to transfer consultant-led Maternity services from Eastbourne District General Hospital to a single...

German bosses want Greece to be a giant Economic Zone –as...

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THE President of the German bosses association ASSON has called for Greece to be turned into a huge ‘Special Economic Zone’. Hans-Peter Keitel, President...

Iran, Russia And China Begin Military Drills In Indian Ocean

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IRAN, Russia, and China have kicked off joint military drills in the north of the Indian Ocean, with vessels from the three countries hitting...

Gaza ‘withdrawal plan’ aimed at entrenching settlements – warns Erekat

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Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will hold a summit meeting in Damascus on Thursday, 7th July, adviser to the Palestinian...

Picturehouse strikers continue defying sack threat

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OVER the weekend, Picturehouse cinema chain BECTU members continued to defy a threat to sack them if they continued their strike action in a...

Abbas announces general elections

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PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday that the date for holding general elections had seen ‘significant delays – despite the multiple attempts to...

HUGE MOBILISATION – BUT HARDLY ANY AID – as 20,000 bodies...

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THE death toll in Haiti is mounting, with about 20,000 bodies driven out of the capital Port-au-Prince to be burned, according to the Haitian...

‘Working class must follow example of October 1917’

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A POWERFUL News Line 47th Anniversary and 76th Anniversary of Leon Trotsky’s Assassination Rally, with 200 workers, students and youth in attendance, was held...

2,000 Sri Lankan Troops Killed In 2007

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OVER two thousand Sri Lankan Army (SLA) soldiers were killed and four thousand wounded in the battles of 2007, TamilNet reported yesterday. The information was...

‘Save Ealing Hospital – Defend The Children’s Services!’

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‘SAVE Charlie Chaplin ward – Don’t let it close! Save Ealing Hospital – Trade unions must act! Defend children’s services – Occupy now!’ demanded...

ALL Greek state-owned properties handed over to EU-IMF control

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Every single Greek state-owned building is being passed by the government over to the EU-IMF controlled EESYP (Greek Properties Company) to pay back...

‘Israel should be forced to stop its violations against the Palestinian...

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PALESTINE Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah told visiting members of the European Parliament on Monday that Israel should be forced to stop its violations against...

Letter to News Line – ‘NOW IS THE TIME TO SELECT...

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CWU members have shown time and time again, their determination to defend their jobs, pay and conditions of service. The recent strikes that have taken...

NUMSA’s international tour to investigate forming a workers’ party

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) has kicked off its year with study tours overseas to investigate the feasibility of forming a...

AFL-CIO launches ‘Make Wall St Pay’ campaign

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THE American trade union federation, the AFL-CIO, is this week launching a ‘Make Wall Street Pay’ national campaign in protest at soaring unemployment in...

Vote no to imposition of Driver Only Operation – urges RMT’s...

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SCOTRAIL employees are set to vote on strike action against the introduction of Driver Only Operation (DOO) trains, the RMT has announced. The management of...

ISRAEL IS A TERROR STATE! – boycott Israel say protesters

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‘FREE, free Palestine! Occupation no more! Israel is a terror state!’ chanted workers and youth at a 3,000-strong protest outside the Israeli embassy in...

GEORGIA’S ACTIONS ARE US-INSPIRED – to bring NATO peacekeepers into Ossetia...

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GEORGIA’S latest actions are aimed at ousting Russian peacekeepers from South Ossetia and bringing a NATO police force there, Col-Gen Leonid Ivashov, former chief...

Union Leaders Look Both Ways On Queen’s Speech

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Most trade union leaders welcomed the Brown government’s legislative programme announced in Wednesday’s Queen’s Speech. However, the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) warned...

‘HUNDREDS KILLED BY ISRAELI-BACKED DEATH SQUADS’ – A review of Sabra...

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‘We commemorate the anniversary of the Sabra and Shatila massacre in honour of the hundreds of men, women and children killed by death squads...

‘We Are Ready For A Long War Until We Defeat Them’

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THE Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gadaffi has made a defiant 12-minute statement on the anniversary of the ‘1 September Revolution’ that was broadcast by Al-Ra’y...

‘This is a struggle to end Zionism and Apartheid’

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Continued from news story Organisers informed the rally that there were at least 450,000 on the march, that it was the 10th National March for...

Macron Pledges To Keep French Forces In Syria

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PRESIDENT Emmanuel Macron says France will keep its forces in Syria and remain ‘militarily engaged’ in the Middle East despite US plans to withdraw...

Strike threat at Manchester Met

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A STRIKE threat has been issued at Manchester’s Metropolitan University – as students learned that in-person teaching was to resume in spite of the...

ROCKET ATTACK ON BEIRUT ‘WARNING TO HEZBOLLAH’ says ‘The Free Syrian...

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THE missile attacks on Sunday on the suburbs of Beirut are only a warning to Hezbollah, the commander of the imperialist-backed ‘rebel’ Free Syrian...

Numsa ‘Declares War On The Lack Of Progress Since Apartheid!’

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) Special National Congress December 17 to 20, 2013 issued a declaration of war on the...

Lebanon In Economic Meltdown!

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OIL PRICES in Lebanon registered an additional hike on Tuesday, December 14th, as the country’s currency slid to a new low against the US...

Australian Unions Support Sri Lanka Workers

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AUSTRALIAN unions AMWU, CFMEU and TCFUA held a rally outside of Ansell’s Australian headquarters on Thursday, following the denial of entry visas to a...

‘Incoherent and dangerous!’ – Stop the War slams Cameron’s statement

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‘INCOHERENT and dangerous’ – Stop the War responds to David Cameron’s case for bombing Stop the War believes that David Cameron’s incoherent proposals for action...

President elect Raeisi congratulated by world leaders

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WORLD leaders have extended their congratulations to Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi on his victory in Iran’s 2021 presidential election. Raeisi garnered almost 62 per cent of...

Museum Staff Fight ‘Derisory Pay Offer’

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REVOLUTION is brewing, in the most unlikely of places, as staff walked out last Friday from the British Museum’s cultured halls to strike....

Iran-Russia Joint Naval Manoeuvres

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IRANIAN and Russian naval forces have practised anti-piracy operations, during which they rescued two hijacked merchant vessels, on the second day of their joint...

Israel sends Gaza 50,000 expired Covid-19 vaccines

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The Gaza Health Ministry has held Israel responsible for the expiry of 50,000 doses of Covid-19 vaccine recently delivered to the besieged coastal enclave. In...

HAMAS WILL NOT RECOGNISE ISRAEL – Khaled Mishaal confirms

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HAMAS leader Khaled Mishaal has reiterated that all Palestinian factions agree on a state ‘within the 1967 borders’ and that Hamas agrees to the...