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‘Confessions coerced in case after case’ in Bahrain – says Human...

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SECURITY services in Bahrain supported by the UK have been accused of ‘serious and persistent’ human rights abuses. A joint Human Rights Watch and Bahrain...

‘Release database of businesses engaged in Israel’s illegal settlements –Palestinians demand...

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The Ramallah-based Al-Haq human rights organisation on Tuesday called on the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) to release the long-overdue...

NUMSA hails reinstatement as a victory for all workers!

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THE NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says last Thursday’s Constitutional Court ruling reinstating nine employees who were dismissed for singing struggle...

Gadaffi fighters still holding Sirte

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Fighters loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi mounted a fierce counter-attack in the city of Sirte on Saturday, forcing back the NATO-backed NTC counter-revolutionaries...

Parades in Iran to mark ‘Sacred Defence Week’

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FIGHTER jets of the Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force (IRIAF) and the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) have taken part in joint aerial...

BRING THE ZIONIST WAR CRIMINALS TO TRIAL – urges Hamas

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HAMAS has issued a statement headed: ‘Open letter to legal and international organisations: Let all efforts and energies unite to bring the Zionist war...

‘PAUSE’ A COVER FOR DESTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL CARE! – Part 4:...

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THE South East London Cluster combines the PCTs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation trust is a large...

‘Tel Aviv is fully aware of the wide range of Israeli...

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the Zionist regime against testing Tehran’s resolve, saying Tel Aviv is fully aware of the wide-range of...

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...

‘WE WILL NOT STOP FIGHTING FOR JUSTICE’ says Jean Charles de...

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THE Jean Charles de Menezes Family Campaign has vowed to continue fighting until they get justice over the police killing of the Brazilian man...

‘WE ARE VERY CONFIDENT OF VICTORY’ – say Gate Gourmet sacked...

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300 people attended a special Third Anniversary concert for the sacked Gate Gourmet workers at Hambrough Primary School in Southall, west London, on Saturday...

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...

76.5 million children are living in poverty in the ‘developed’ world!

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THE number of UK children living in poverty has increased to more than a quarter as a result of austerity measures introduced following the...

900,000 still working on zero-hour contracts

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THE TUC has reported: ‘The Office of National Statistics (ONS) release this week on the number of zero-hours contracts showed that there has a been...

Civil Service Unions ‘Outrage’ Over Redundancy Pay Cuts

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The announcement of changes to civil service redundancy payments made today by the Cabinet Office is an outrageous breach of faith with the unions,...

Iran Condemns Israel’s Criminal Actions

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IRAN has censured Israel’s ‘criminal’ actions and the illogical and unlawful US support for the regime, saying the continuation of resistance until full liberation...

RESTORE THE FUEL SUBSIDY – 500 workers and students picket Nigerian...

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Last Friday over five hundred Nigerian students and workers picketed their London embassy, furious at the Nigerian government’s removal of a fuel subsidy. The fuel...

THE AMERICAN DREAM By Brazilian Guest Writer Urariano Mota Translated by...

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I don’t know which is the more terrifying: the American Dream or the American Nightmare. The dream? All of us on the margin of...

Israel Steps Up Its Warfare On Palestinian Youth

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ISRAEL continued its war on Palestinian youth on Sunday, with the arrest of a thirteen-year-old boy in occupied East Jerusalem. Israeli forces detained the child...

Microsoft backs down from Israeli investment

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AFTER eight months of campaigning to demand that Microsoft drop their investment in the Israeli facial recognition company AnyVision, the hi-tech giant finally announced...

Brutal repression in Bolivia

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BY MIRIAM AMANCAY COLQUE Bartolina Sisa Resistance   ON November 4th, violent repression in Bolivia continued with more arrests in the town of Mairana, Santa Cruz. Repressive...

Permanent roles not agency! says Unison Renfrewshire

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SOCIAL WORK managers in Renfrewshire in Scotland have spent almost £4 million on agency care staff in just five years, figures reveal. Renfrewshire Health and...

EMPLOYERS TRYING TO FORCE WORKERS ONTO AWAs – say Australian trade...

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Employers should accept the outcome of the federal election and immediately stop trying to push workers onto individual contracts, known as ‘Australian Work-place Agreements’...

US nurses celebrate Sanders victory

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MEMBERS of National Nurses United (NNU), the US’s largest union of registered nurses, on Tuesday celebrated Senator Bernie Sanders’ New Hampshire primary win, saying...

‘Palestine is the spearhead of the struggle against colonisation!’

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‘PALESTINE is the spearhead of the struggle against colonisation,’ orthopaedic surgeon and founder of Medical Aid for Palestinians Dr Swee Ang told over 100...

‘REFORM’ ATTACK ON UNIONS ‘EXPOSES ACADEMIES’ REAL AGENDA’ – says NUT

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The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has said a report from the right-wing think tank Reform, has exposed the academy schools programme’s ‘real agenda’,...

ISRAEL DEHUMANISING! Ben Deri sentenced for murdering unarmed Palestinian Nadeem Nuwara

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IN RESPONSE to the sentencing of Israeli border policeman Ben Deri who murdered unarmed Palestinian teenager Nadeem Nuwara in cold blood on May 15th,...

Letter from Palestine by ISMAIL RABBAH

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Israel’s foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said that ‘the Palestinians should not be allowed to hold negotiations with Israel on a local level while fighting...

‘FORWARD TO WORLD SOCIALIST REVOLUTION’ –News Line Anniversary Rally told

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‘TODAY the greatest crisis ever of the capitalist system is driving forward revolution in every country, as the workers of the world decide that...

Moreno Flees Ahead Of Ecuadorian Mass Demonstrations!

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ECUADORIAN President Lenin Moreno abandoned the capital, Quito, on Monday and fled to the coast ahead of mass demonstrations which were held yesterday. A mass...

‘Palestinian State Must Have Jerusalem As Its Capital!’

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‘A PALESTINIAN state without Jerusalem as its capital will not be accepted,’ Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokes-man for President Mahmoud Abbas, said on Tuesday. He...

DVLA health & safety scandal! PCS strike ballot

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THOUSANDS of staff working at the DVLA will be balloted for strike action over continuing Covid health and safety concerns, the Public and Commercial...

Tens Of Thousands March For Mousavi

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TENS of thousands of supporters of defeated Iranian presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi staged a ‘silent’ protest rally in Tehran on Wednesday against the...

French PM resigns after just 3 weeks! – hundreds of thousands...

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FRANCE’S Prime Minister Sébastian Lecornu was summoned back to the Élysée presidential palace in Paris on Monday afternoon just hours after his shock resignation...

‘Starmer has a legal duty to stop the Gaza genocide’ says...

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Greta Thunberg has said UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer is legally obliged to stop the Israeli regime’s ongoing genocide in the Gaza Strip. ‘Starmer has...

Mass Hunger Strikes In Israeli Jails Planned

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AFTER Fatah-affiliated Palestinians held in Israeli prisons organised a mass hunger strike to take place on Palestinian Prisoners Day later this month, scores of...

Occupation authorities are waging a relentless war against the Palestinian youth...

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ISRAELI occupation forces on Tuesday and Monday night detained at least 14 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, six of them from East...

1,700 US manufacturing workers mass strike

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UP to 1,700 workers at a GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, walked out on strike last Tuesday, marking the first large-scale work stoppage...

OUR REVOLUTION – BY LEON TROTSKY –‘An open conflict between the...

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Leon Trotsky OUR REVOLUTION Essays on Working Class and International Revolution 1904-1917 Collected and Translated by MOISSAYE J OLGIN Introduction 8. The growing conflict This essay was published In the Novy Mir daily paper in...

‘WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT GLOBAL CAPITAL’ – Teamsters President tells ICTU

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THE Teamsters General President James Hoffa gave the fraternal address from the AFL-CIO US trade union federation to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions...

Dubai Police Seek The Arrest Of Netanyahu

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Israeli officials remained silent in the wake of a Dubai police decision to seek the arrest of the Israeli prime minister and the head...

‘THE GOVERNMENT HAS ‘SET THE STAGEFOR MASS HOSPITAL CLOSURES’ says surgeon

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IN MARCH, the Healthcare Commission reported that emergency care at Mid Staffordshire Hospital was ‘appalling’. It’s in-depth investigation discovered excess patient deaths of 400...

ELECTION MANIFESTO of Young Socialists – Workers Revolutionary Party

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General Election – Thursday 7 May 2015 ALL over Europe the anti-austerity revolution is raging and on May 7 workers in the UK will deliver...

Ceasefire ‘culmination of legendary and heroic steadfastness’ – Hezbollah congratulates Palestinian...

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Hamas says it will fully commit to implementing the terms of the ceasefire agreement which will see the release of hundreds of Palestinian prisoners. Israeli...

Saudi forces kill unarmed Shia civilians in Awamiya

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SAUDI security forces killed and injured unarmed civilians when they surrounded and sealed off the predominantly Shia town of Awamiya in July 2017 as...