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Israel continues to strike the Gaza Strip and has ordered two...

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Israel, which continues to strike both the besieged Gaza Strip and Lebanon, announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal to purchase more...

END THATCHERITE EXPERIMENT – scrap all anti-union laws says FBU

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IT’S TIME to end the Thatcherite experiment and scrap all the anti-union laws, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) demanded after PM Sunak called the...

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...

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,...

Moayad Shaaban – ‘Since the beginning of the year the Israeli...

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THE HEAD of the Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission, Moayad Shaaban, said that since the beginning of this year, the Israeli occupation authorities have...

Powerful international reaction to ICJ ruling that Israeli occupation is illegal!

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International reaction has poured in since last Friday’s ruling by the top United Nations court that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory...

42 years since the Sabra and Shatila Massacre

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The following is co-founder of the charity Medical Aid for Palestine, Dr Swee Ang’s speech in Beirut’s Ghobeiry Municipal Hall last Friday, on the...

Disney Set To Face The Biggest Strike In The USA This...

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Disney are set to face the largest strike in the US this year after it was announced that thousands of theme park and hotel...

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...

Israeli authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of access...

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ISRAELI authorities have intentionally deprived Palestinian civilians in Gaza of adequate access to water since October 2023, most likely resulting in thousands of deaths and...

Settler violence has ‘surged dramatically’ as 22 new illegal settlements approved!

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THE United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has surged dramatically this year, with over...

Tens Of Thousands March Against Greek Government In 11 Cities

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Tens of thousands of youth, students and workers participated last Friday evening in fiercely anti-government marches and rallies, held in Athens and ten other...

Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian affirms his unwavering support for Hezbollah

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IRAN’S President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has responded to Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, affirming the Islamic Republic’s unwavering support to the resistance. In a letter...

HARVEST OF HORROR! – systematic organ harvesting by Israeli occupation

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Authorities in Gaza have confirmed that the Israeli occupation forces stole body parts from killed Palestinians during the two-year genocidal war on the besieged...

Under the spotlight: Israel’s indiscriminate use of internationally banned weapons!

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‘AS the Israeli regime’s bombing campaign against Lebanon continues to claim innocent lives, the indiscriminate use of internationally banned weapons has come under the...

‘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...

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...

Cardiff University intends to slash and burn 400 full-time jobs and...

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CARDIFF University has announced that it intends to cut 400 full-time jobs, along with whole course closures and department mergers; with nursing, music and...

‘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!...

THE IMPACT THAT POVERTY HAS ON CHILDREN’S EDUCATION IS IMMENSE! says...

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‘THE IMPACT poverty has on children and young people’s education is immense,’ Daniel Kebede, General Secretary of the National Education Union, said yesterday. He was...

West Bank General Strike after al-Mawasi massacre

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WEST BANK Palestinians held a general strike yesterday in solidarity with people in Gaza in the wake of the Israeli attack on a ‘safe...

Tax the rich! – urge SAFTU leaders as they condemn ANC...

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) last Thursday condemned the ANC, saying that there is no real difference on the economy between...

The PLO condemns the ‘Gaza Civil Administration’ sought by Israel

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The Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) has condemned ongoing attempts to form parallel or alternative frameworks to the PLO and its...

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...

‘Arrest war criminals Netanyahu and Gallant now’ – says the Palestinian...

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At the end of Saturday’s London March the first speaker at the rally in Whitehall was Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK,...

Occidental College student workers vote to join SEIU Local 721

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OCCIDENTAL College student workers have voted to join the SEIU union Local 721, allowing over 1,000 undergraduate workers – baristas, tutors, translators, lifeguards, and...

Israel must immediately halt its discriminatory Death Penalty Bill! – urges...

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ISRAEL must immediately halt the legislation of the discriminatory death penalty bill, urges the rights group Amnesty International. Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy,...

706 family members of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel

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ISRAEL has killed at least 706 family members of Palestinian journalists since the start of its genocidal war in Gaza in October 2023, according...

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...

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...

South Africa education workers fight ‘appalling’ casualisation and ‘declaration of war’...

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SOUTH Africa’s National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU) on Tuesday called on the Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Nobuhle Nkabane...

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...

Thousands demonstrate in Santiago for Palestine!

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Thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday in the Chilean capital Santiago for the protection of children in Palestine and in support of the inhabitants...

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...

Hundreds of thousands across Europe march for Palestine

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HUNDREDS of thousands of workers and young people took to the streets across Italy on Friday in a general strike organised by the CGIL...

Britain’s Toxic Secret

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By KYE GBANGBOLA ACROSS this country there are families suffering from living in proximity to contaminated land and polluted water. The suffering varies, from birth defects,...

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...

END IMPUNITY FOR ISRAEL’S VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW! – urge leaders...

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THE leaders of South Africa, Malaysia and Colombia have penned a joint article calling for an end to impunity for Israel’s violations of international...

Greek workers and youth condemn government ‘murderers’!

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A COLOSSAL anti-government rally took place in Athens last Sunday, called by the Association of Relatives of the Tempi Victims, demanding ‘justice’ for the...

Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Was Planned By NATO And By Western...

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UKRAINE’S incursion into Russia’s borderline region of Kursk was planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services, and was prompted by Kiev’s...

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...

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...

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...

Patients are dying in corridors – a desperate situation for nursing...

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Patients are dying in corridors and sometimes going undiscovered for hours, shocking new testimony from nursing staff revealed on Thursday. A survey of NHS nursing...

NATO unable to agree multi-year pledge to arm Ukraine

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NATO member countries have been unable to reach an agreement on a multi-year pledge to provide military aid to Ukraine, the DPA news agency...