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10,000 on London Al Quds Day march! – rally closed down...

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‘FROM the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free!’ more than 10,000 Al Quds Day marchers chanted as they proceeded from Marble Arch,...

Honduras threatens to expel US troops in retaliation for Trump’s mass...

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Honduras has threatened to expel United States troops, retaliating against incoming President Donald Trump’s plans to carry out mass deportations of refugees and asylum...

‘What is going on in Gaza is systematic starvation & mass...

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‘WHAT’S happening in Gaza of systematic starvation and deliberate destruction is not a war, but a genocide,’ the UN Special Rapporteur on the situation...

French trade unions send greetings to Bangladesh workers!

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‘In Bangladesh protesters impose their power!’ French trade union federation La CGT declared on Tuesday, as it congratulated and sent greetings to the nation’s...

US desperate to defuse tensions between Israel and Hezbollah!

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Amos Hochstein, a senior United States diplomat, has met Israeli leaders and has also visited Lebanon as part of a push by Washington to...

The 200 Palestinians freed on Saturday represent the unity of Palestinian...

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By Nahid Poureisa, an Iranian analyst and academic researcher focused on West Asia and China   ‘A total of 200 Palestinian abductees, including 121 serving life sentences, were...

Unions fighting for jobs, pay and services – time for a...

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Birmingham bin strikers fighting race to the bottom Striking Birmingham bin workers have rejected a one off non-consolidated cash offer from Birmingham council but only if they accept a brutal...

Stop ignoring Israel’s targeting of journalists – UN told

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THE UNITED Nations Security Council has been urged to address Israel’s attacks on press freedom and escalating military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, as...

Russian air defence systems strike nine Ukrainian aircraft

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Russian air defence systems have struck nine Ukrainian Air Force aircraft, including seven Su-27s, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on Tuesday. They said: ‘Two...

Airport workers strike in Argentina – while Milei pursued for arrest...

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Airport workers carried out an 11-hour strike at 27 airports in Argentina on Thursday. The action took place in two slots, between 6am and 12...

South Africa honours the 65th anniversary of the Sharpeville Massacre!

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THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) said on Friday that it joins millions of South Africans in honouring the 65th anniversary and...

‘Massacres by Israeli army indicate plan to empty land and eliminate...

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‘THE MASSACRES that are being committed on the ground by the Israeli army indicates that there is a plan being implemented at an unprecedented...

1,000 at Parliament rally for Palestine

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ON Monday night, a crowd of over a thousand gathered outside the Houses of Parliament to rally for Palestine and demand an end to...

Amnesty condemns Israel’s ‘efforts to annihilate Gaza’

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Agnes Callamard, secretary-general of Amnesty International, has said that ‘for over a year, Israel has convinced its allies, and much of the world, that...

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...

TSSA General Secretary calls for meaningful action by the trade unions...

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AT the rally in Whitehall, next to Downing Street, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot said: ‘It has been one year of genocide...

Argentinian students and teachers pepper-sprayed during protests!

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ARGENTINIAN universities began a 24-hour strike on Thursday. The National Interuniversity Council (CIN), professors’ and workers’ unions, and student organisations held the 24-hour strike in...

‘Let us fight together to transform workers’ lives across the world!’...

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COSATU President Zingiswa Losi addressed Day One of the South African trade union movement Conference in Cape Town on Tuesday: ‘Comrades! Brothers and Sisters!...

Israel has killed 1.8% of Gazans in the last 10 months

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The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported this week that the Israeli occupation forces have killed, in the ongoing genocide war on the Gaza...

Lebanese government confirms the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire deal

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HOURS after the Hezbollah-Israel ceasefire deal was announced and confirmed by the Lebanese government, people in southern Lebanon took to the streets on Wednesday...

Hotel workers unionising and striking across the USA – 2,000 on...

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Hundreds more UNITE HERE hotel workers have walked off the job, as another wave of strikes hits the US hotel industry last Thursday. Nearly 2,000...

Teamsters vote 85% for national strike at Costco for a fair...

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Teamsters members at the supermarket Costco across the United States voted by an overwhelming 85 per cent margin on Thursday to authorise a national...

Israel targeting of journalists is a war crime – says Human...

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An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on October 25, 2024, that killed three journalists and injured four others was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians...

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...

Bolivia cracks down on indigenous trade union leaders!

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by Miriam Amancay COLQUE ON Wednesday November 13, prominent leaders of the indigenous movement who were in the front line of the biggest ‘National March...

Argentina’s President Milei reduces the workforce at state-owned airline by 13%

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RIGHT-WING Argentina president President Javier Milei’s spokesman said on Thursday that his government has reduced the workforce at state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas by 13...

No privatisation of US Postal Service! APWU and NALC oppose Trump...

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UNI Global Union said on Thursday that its US affiliates in the postal sector are fighting back after President Trump recently reiterated his desire...

Gaza’s child casualties are ‘the result of precise, targeted shootings’

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ON THE morning of 24 August 2024, four-year-old Mira Al-Darini stood outside her family’s makeshift tent in a cramped displacement camp in Khan Younis,...

‘Julian Assange was a political prisoner’ – says Council of Europe...

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THE Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday 2 October voted to confirm that Julian Assange was held a political prisoner in the UK. On...

Rights groups condemn Turkey crackdown on mass protests

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THE International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and 14 other rights organisations are alarmed by the recent escalation in the Turkish government’s crackdown on freedom...

The NUJ joins the International Federation of Journalists in welcoming the...

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THE National Union of Journalists on Tuesday joined the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate (PJS), in welcoming...

Biden’s aid letter ignored by Israel – yet US weapons supply...

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On October 13, the Biden administration issued a forceful letter to Israel with a clear directive: Within 30 days, permit increased humanitarian aid into...

500 Sudanese march to Downing Street – ‘We carry torch for...

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A LIVELY demonstration of over 500 Sudanese and their supporters marched from Marble Arch to Downing Street on Saturday. It was organised by London for...

Thousands attend Hezbollah leaders’ funeral – ‘We will continue Sayyed Nasrallah’s...

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Hezbollah will continue supporting the Palestinian people and will not let US President Donald Trump implement his project for the Gaza Strip, Hezbollah Secretary-General...

EU Rejects Proposals To Halt Arms Sales To Israel

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LAST month, foreign ministers representing the European Union categorically dismissed proposals to halt the sale of arms to Israel, despite a rapidly growing body...

Israel defeated and can’t restore its ‘myth of invincibility through acts...

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President Masoud Pezeshkian of Iran has declared that Israel has been defeated in its ‘genocidal war’ on the Gaza Strip and cannot restore its...

‘This landmark ruling underscores the crucial importance of protecting press freedom...

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THE NUJ (National Union of Journalists) has welcomed the judgement of the Investigatory  Powers Tribunal published Monday morning, December 17. The tribunal judges have ruled...

‘We will win!’ says Families and Friends Campaign on march in...

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‘WE believe that we will win! We believe that we will win!’ chanted one thousand marchers on the United Families and Friends March from...

Iran and Hamas demand action against Israel from Arab-Islamic Summit!

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PRESIDENT of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that the ‘Arab and Islamic duty requires us to show the highest levels...

Gaza genocide escalating into the West Bank

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THE use of fighter jets by the Israeli occupation army for the first time since 2000 to bombard a popular café in Tulkarem city...

Unions demand self-determination on International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

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On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has made a fervent call for the...

Universities in the US imposing ‘police state’ campus measures

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United States universities are imposing ‘police state’ rules in an attempt to avoid a repeat of campus protests against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza,...

Macron Government Is Mobilising Against Railworkers!

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THE MACRON government is mobilising against the Gradual Cessation of Activity Agreement signed at the SNCF because it will allow French railway workers to...

THE GRIM REALITY OF WATER PRIVATISATION – ‘A company swimming in...

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‘THIS is the grim reality of water privatisation, a company swimming in debt while the rest of us are swimming in sewage,’ Unite General...

Israel Has Intensified Its Aerial Assaults On Yemen

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Israel has intensified its aerial assaults on Yemen, emboldened by a 14-month regional war and bolstered by the United States. On Thursday, Israeli fighter jets...