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‘CHARGE TYSON FOODS WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER’ – demands UFCW Alberta local

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Striking United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) members at a Brooks, Alberta, slaughterhouse, last Saturday called for attempted murder charges after a car...

PUBLISH YOUR EVIDENCE! – Students want Russell Group’s fees report made...

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STUDENT leaders went to the Russell Group’s headquarters next to Trafalgar Square on Monday, to demand the Group makes public its evidence to the...

Malnutrition doubles in UK – BMJ

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THE PROPORTION of UK adults on low incomes who face hunger has almost doubled since 2004, with the unemployed and disabled particularly vulnerable, says...

Fresh Attempt To Extradite Assange!

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THE US has launched a fresh attempt to have WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange extradited from Britain to face charges that could jail him for...

Inspired By Larkin, Irish Electrical Union Fights For Major Pay Increase

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SIPTU General President Jack O’Connor has said his union is engaged in a major push for pay increases across the private sector to recover...

Consultants are fighting for the NHS – the working class must...

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YESTERDAY, NHS consultants went out on a two-day strike, the first in nearly 50 years, over their demand for an increase in pay to...

24-hour Greek General Strike

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A 24-hour General Strike declared by GSEE (Greek TUC) and ADEDY (public sectors trades unions federation) took place on Wednesday in Greece, with the...

IMF-OECD demand even more wage cuts in Greece

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In his Annual Report published last Tuesday, the Bank of Greece governor Yiorghos Provopoulos spelled out clearly what is demanded by the European Commission...

GOLAN HEIGHTS SYRIAN TERRITORY – says UN Special Envoy for Syria!

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UN SPECIAL Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen on Friday  underlined Syria’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, rejecting a US congressional motion to recognise Israel’s...

ABANDON STPs DEMANDS BMA CONFERENCE – Motion moved by Anna Athow...

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A MOTION moved on behalf of the London Regional Council by Anna Athow demanding the Tory NHS Sustainability and Transformation Plans (STPs) are ‘abandoned’...

‘We’ll strike again if need be’ – warn Swindon hospital workers

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GMB trade union officers, representing 150 GMB members employed by Carillion at Great Western Hospital in Swindon, expect the company to reach conclusions by...

AIRSTRIKES ON GAZA! – Palestinian woman killed

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ISRAELI forces on Sunday morning opened fire on Palestinian farmers in southern Gaza Strip, local officials said yesterday. Local residents added that Israeli forces...

Government Wants To ‘Rid North-East Of Any Witnesses Of The Carnage’

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COLOMBO has abrogated the Cease Fire Agreement (CFA) to remove the presence of the Sri Lanka Monitoring Mission (SLMM) which was instrumental in exposing...

‘We are here for our city, we won’t let you down,...

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OVER 3,000 striking Birmingham binworkers and their supporters marched from the Unite office to Birmingham City Hall on Saturday, fighting against massive £8,000 pay...

Israel Seeking The Widest Ethnic Cleansing Of Palestinians

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The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates strongly condemned the Israeli forces’ dismantling of two educational caravans in Ibziq village, in the northern...

‘Iran’s armed forces stood up to bullying with all their might’

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Iran’s top military commander asserts that the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces confronted the Israeli and American aggression with the full range of their capabilities...

Leiberman Threatens ‘Wide-Scale & Painful’ Military Operation Against Gaza

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THE Israeli Defence Minister, Avigdor Lieberman, threatened to initiate a ‘wide-scale and painful military operation’ against the besieged Gaza Strip due to the continued...

1,000 refugees arrive on Greek islands every day

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ON average 1,000 refugees are now arriving on the Greek islands every day creating an unprecedented emergency for Greece and other countries, the UN...

‘IRANIAN MISSILES ARE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMBATTING TERRORISM’ – says...

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SYRIAN Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has said that Iran’s missile strikes against militant positions in the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr in retaliation...

RIGHT TO RETURN IS CENTRAL TO FINAL STATUS – Palestinian factions...

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The following letter was presented to President Mahmud Abbas’s office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organisations on Wednesday September 24, 2008, the Badil Resource...

Over 20 killed in double strike on Gaza’s Nasser Hospital!

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THE Israeli military killed at least 20 people on Monday morning, including four journalists serving international outlets, during back-to-back strikes against an overstretched hospital...

Steel workers & student nurses rally while university lecturers and Rio...

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‘SAVE Our Steel!’ shouted over one thousand steel workers as they marched through central London from the Embankment to Parliament yesterday afternoon. They were joined...

Defeat The Health And Social Care Bill!

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BY ANNA ATHOW, BMA COUNCIL, IN A PERSONAL CAPACITY THE Tory-Lib Dem coalition government is determined to push through the Health and Social Care Bill...

Five Years Since Yasser Arafat’s Murder

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PALESTINIANS around the world marked the fifth anniversary of the death of President Yasser Arafat yesterday. In the West Bank, where Arafat’s Fatah movement...

£372 billion–the lifetime cost of govt measures to combat Covid-19 pandemic...

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The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) of the House of Commons, has produced two reports on ‘significant financial risks for decades to come’ for taxpayers,...

AUSTRALIAN UNIONS DEMAND A PLAN FOR JOBS! • Plus an end...

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THE federal government must deliver a plan for jobs to avoid Australia developing long-term structural unemployment, warns the Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU). Thursday’s...

‘Governments are negotiating trade deal in secret!’ – exposed by WikiLeaks

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A WikiLeaks exposé has revealed the true intent behind secret 50-country negotiations on a new ‘financial services’ chapter of the Trade in Services Agreement...

In the event of war ‘Azerbaijan and Turkey should take the...

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THE Azeri newspaper Zarkalo has been discussing what role Azerbaijan should take if the US launches an attack on Iran. Its conclusion is that...

State Of Emergency Declared By Bolivian Unions! Statement By Bartolina Sisa...

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‘The Bolivian trade union organisation Central Obrera Boliviana (COB) and indigenous peoples organisations have ratified a state of emergency in the face of alleged...

‘WE WON’T WORK UNTIL 68!’ – say striking teachers and lecturers

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‘We won’t work till 68!’ chanted striking teachers and lecturers on an 8,000-strong march through central London on Wednesday. The National Union of Teachers (NUT)...

Palestinian Intifada erupts!

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A PALESTINIAN was fatally shot on Monday by Israeli forces’ fire, after he carried out a shooting attack against Israelis in Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood...

Compass Coffee workers announce union drive across America

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COMPASS Coffee workers have announced a unionisation drive across seven stores in America to end the chain’s no-tipping policy and improve benefits and working...

Israel Prevents Lawyers Visiting 15 Hunger Striking Prisoners

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WEDNESDAY was another day of heroic Palestinian resistance against the occupying Israeli forces’ daily repressions and violence. (IPS) in Israel’s Megiddo prison banned 15 hunger...

THE RIGHT OF RETURN IS NON-NEGOTIABLE – Palestinians declare

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A NUMBER of Palestinian faction leaders and representatives emphasised last Saturday, that the refugee issue and the right of return is a Palestinian...

GUERNSEY RCN NURSES VOTE FOR STRIKE OVER PAY – for only...

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NURSES in Guernsey have voted to go on strike as part of an ongoing battle for better pay, however a date will not yet...

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...

‘To strike is not a crime: we will will not be...

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THOUSANDS of Spanish workers took part in a rally in Madrid on 5 July, to protest at the arrest and possible imprisonment of several...

‘LEBANESE PRISONERS HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE FREE’ – says Hezbollah

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SHEIKH Na’im Qasim, Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General, told a Beirut rally marking the ‘29th anniversary of the arrest of Samir al-Qintar’ in Israel and...

48-Hour Strike By Health Workers In Germany

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HEALTH workers in in the Ver.di trade union in Germany have been out on a 48-hour strike which started on Tuesday which and continued...

‘WE WANT A FREE GOVERNMENT’ – Beirut demonstrations continue

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Demonstrators remained camped near central Beirut’s Martyrs’ Square and on streets leading to the government’s headquarters on Saturday following Friday’s million-strong opposition protest, led by...

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...

Gaza Fishermen And Farmers Demonstrate Against The Israeli Siege!

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Hundreds of Palestinian farmers and fishermen protested on Monday at al-Saraya Square in Gaza City demanding an end to the siege and the Palestinian...

Anc Using ‘Freedom Charter Language’ To Bolster Domination Of Capitalism’ –...

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THE latest ANC government budget entrenches the dominance of ‘white capital’ while intent on creating a ‘black capitalist’ class, says Irvin Jim, NUMSA...

Irish support for the Filton 24 hunger strikers

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The first part of this article is a solidarity statement to the six Filton 24 hunger strikers from Bernadette Devlin-McAliskey, who in April 1969...

The Israeli regime ramps up its aggression in occupied West Bank!

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THE Israeli regime has ramped up its aggression on the occupied West Bank by conducting violent raids on several areas in Nablus, Jenin and...