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CHILDREN’S HEALTH GIVEN LOW PRIORITY – as paediatric training recruitment worst...

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THE low priority given to children and young people’s health threatens prosperity, argues an expert writing in The BMJ Today. Professor Russell Viner at University...

Iran’s military manoeuvres display its ‘power and readiness’ says Chief of...

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Iran’s senior military commander says the country’s recent back-to-back military drills have made the United States give up its threats of military action against...

Turkey prepares attack on Kurds in Syria – Palestinians step up...

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NINE trucks loaded with armoured vehicles and one bus carrying military personnel have been sent to the border district of Akcakale, in the southeastern...

US pro-Palestinian protesters rock Biden’s campaign and condemn him for...

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PRO-PALESTINIAN protesters have disrupted president Joe Biden’s campaign speech in North Carolina by chanting slogans and protesting against his support for the crimes of...

Saudis acting to advance US ‘grand bargain’ to sell out Palestinians...

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FORMER US officials say Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu asked the administration of former US President Barack Obama in late 2014 to consider a...

‘There is revolutionary determination to smash capitalism’ –WRP General Secretary tells...

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OVER 100 workers, trade unionists and youth attended the rally at the Indian YMCA in Fitzroy Square, central London on Sunday to mark...

Two Media Workers Killed Every Week Says IFJ

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NUJ comment on an International Federation of Journalists report TWO MEDIA workers die every week, according to an International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) report. The UK’s...

Unite Battles Mears Over £3,500 Differencial

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Unite, the UK’s largest construction union, announced on Monday a dramatic escalation in strike action as part of a long running dispute with private...

UN Condemns ‘Israeli Practice Of Collective Punishment’

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The 6th Special Session of the UN Human Rights Council ‘on human rights violations emanating from Israeli military incursions in the Occupied Palestinian Territory,...

Child labourers worldwide increase to 160 million!

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THE NUMBER of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million in the last four years. These...

Deadly attacks on Colombian teachers & trade unions are condemned by...

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Education International supports its affiliate, the Federación Colombiana de Educadores, in denouncing and firmly condemning assassinations and threats targeting Colombian educators, trade unionists, and...

‘The corporate structure of care homes … hides profits, avoids tax...

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SOME of the Big 26 care home providers make use of ‘complex company structures’ is the finding of a report from the Centre for...

Bernie Sanders addresses packed ‘Save London Transport’ rally at the TUC

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BERNIE SANDERS, US Senator for Vermont, addressed a packed ‘Save London’s Transport’ rally organised by the RMT railway workers union, at London’s TUC building...

Issawi Called For ‘Rage And Solidarity’ For Prisoners Day!

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HUNGER striker Samer Issawi called for ‘rage and solidarity’ from his prison cell on Palestinian Prisoners Day. Issawi wrote in a letter sent through his...

Bush, Cheney and Rice were personally told that Iraq had no...

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THE US Think-Progress website has published the text of the ‘60 Minutes’ TV interview with former CIA official Tyler Drumheller who revealed that in...

No Oil For Those Supporting Price Cap

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MOSCOW has condemned the so-called ‘price cap’ on Russian oil, insisting that it will continue to sell its oil in markets outside Europe. ‘Starting from...

BBC pay fight looms

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The BBC has expressed ‘surprise’ at the claim by its recognised unions for an increase of £1800 per person from August 1, broadcasting union...

Workers hit by global gas hike – Unison warns of big...

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An unprecedented rise in the price of gas has sent shock waves through the UK energy market, forcing energy suppliers out of business, threatening...

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...

‘TSKHINVALI WAS STALINGRAD’ – Valery Gergiev condemns invasion by Georgia

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Russian conductor Valery Gergiev has said he hopes a concert in Tskhinvali will help the world to see the ‘truth’ of what happened in...

McDonald’s, TGI Fridays, Uber Eats and Wetherspoon strike!

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HUNDREDS of striking McDonald’s, TGI Fridays, Wetherspoon, and Uber Eats mostly young workers held a joint rally in London’s Leicester Square on Thursday. They...

UK teachers longest hours!

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TEACHERS in the UK work ‘some of the longest hours in the world’ a study of 35 countries in the world has found, with...

The collapse of living conditions in the Gaza Strip is accelerating

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TWO major humanitarian alerts issued on Tuesday and Wednesday underscored the accelerating collapse of living conditions in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands...

‘No rules’ torture in Israel

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A GROUP of senior doctors from Gaza say they endured beatings, torture and prolonged incarceration at the hands of Israeli forces during the recent...

Avoid duplicitous behaviour and stop resorting to violence against protesters! –...

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IRAN’S Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the violence by the French police against anti-government demonstrators in the European country as demonstrating France’s non-adherence to...

Haniya Welcomes Rafah Crossing Opening

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THE head of the Hamas government in Gaza on Tuesday urged Palestinians to respect Egypt’s security so that Cairo would keep open the Rafah...

UNHCR condemns UK for plan to deport all asylum seekers

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THE UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) has condemned the practice by countries like the UK of deporting asylum seekers for processing in...

SCOTLAND’S HEALTH BOARDS NOT READY FOR 48-HOUR WEEK – warns BMA

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With less than 250 days to go until all junior doctors in Scotland will be restricted to working a maximum of 48 hours a...

‘Murder With Impunity In Puerto Quetzal’

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An ITF/ITUC mission has just returned from Guatemala where it investigated the murder of trade union leader Pedro Zamora and the use of terror...

Don’t Let Colombia’s Paramilitaries Off The Hook!

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The British government should not support Colombia’s new paramilitary demobilisation law, which Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will promote when he meets with Tony Blair...

GATE GOURMET DüSSELDORF ON STRIKE – after 3 years of harassment...

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THE Gate Gourmet workers on strike at Düsseldorf airport continued their picket throughout the year-end holiday season supported by their union, the NGG, their...

MET POLICE: ‘culture of institutionalised racism, misogyny and homophobia’

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RIGHTS campaign groups Liberty, Runnymede, Stonewall and INQUEST have responded to Baroness Casey’s review of the Metropolitan Police Service which was produced last week. They...

Clinton Accuses Bashir Of Undermining South Sudan!

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AFTER having pushed to separate oil rich South Sudan from the North, the US is now preparing for military action against the north, accusing...

‘UNIVERSITY LEADERS HAVE FAILED STAFF AND STUDENTS!’ says UCU trade union...

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UNIVERSITY leaders have ‘failed staff and students’, the University and College Union (UCU) said today as up to ten days of strike action began...

China accuses NATO of provoking ‘new Cold War’

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CHINA’S embassy in Brussels has warned NATO against dragging the planet towards a new Cold War through its ‘outdated security’ strategies. A spokesperson for the...

LONDON FIREFIGHTERS READY TO STRIKE AGAINST DISMISSAL THREAT – ‘This is...

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LONDON’S firefighters are ready to strike, unless a threat by the capital’s fire service bosses to sack them all is withdrawn. More than 2,500 firefighters...

Cooper Tire workers beat a three-month lockout

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THE United Steelworkers (USW) on Monday said that members of Local 207L have ratified a five-year contract with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB),...

‘VULNERABLE AND ABANDONED’ Oxfam report into the plight of refugees on...

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HUNDREDS of pregnant women, unaccompanied children and survivors of torture are being abandoned in refugee camps on the Greek islands, an Oxfam report revealed...

‘LEBANON WILL NOT ALLOW OCCUPATION!’ – Hezbollah rejects US bases plan

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Hezbollah MP Mustafa Ali al-Husayn last weekend warned that a planned US military base would not be safe as the Lebanon ‘would not allow...

‘More Of A Victorian Workhouse Than A Warehouse!’

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THE denigration of workers, wage payment systems of dubious legality and a disregard for health and safety law are among the catalogue of abuses...

250,000 workers and youth march for Palestine!

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The first speaker at the huge rally in Whitehall at the end of Saturday’s march was the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot,...

NEU shines damning light on multi-academy trusts

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Analysis by the National Education Union shines a damning light on the performance of large multi-academy trusts (MATs). New data from a Freedom of Information...

St Mungo’s strike going from strength to strength

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FIVE-HUNDRED St Mungo’s homelessness charity workers – now into the second week of their month-long strike – are going from strength to strength in...

CGT unions in France defend temporary workers against government ‘provocation’

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THE FRENCH CGT union federation has condemned as a ‘provocation’ a short term ‘alms’ payment that ignores many workers. It said: ‘The government announced on...

‘Compel Israel to comply with ceasefire agreement’ – Hamas call

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PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas has called on international mediators to take effective and concrete steps to compel Israel to comply with its obligations under...