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35,000 March On 41 Anniversary Of Athens Polytechnic Uprising! – Masses...

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OVER 35,000 university and school students, youth and workers joined the 41st Anniversary March of the Athens Polytechnic Uprising in Athens on Monday. They were...

‘BREAK THE CRIMINAL SEIGE ON GAZA!’ – urges Ramzi Kysia

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Ramzi Kysia vividly describes the human catastrophe imposed on the people of Gaza by Israel and asks you to join other people of conscience...

Gaza Children Main Victims Of Israeli Atrocities Says Unicef

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UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) says children in the besieged Gaza Strip are the main victims of Israeli atrocities in the Palestinian territory, amid...

‘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...

Sharon Dying – Palestinian Revolution Lives!

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ARIEL Sharon, the arch Zionist Israeli prime minister, who has spent his whole life killing Arabs, is fighting for his life in a Jerusalem...

Over 1,000 march for ‘Right to Food’ in Haringey

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Haringey Right to Food, organised a Hunger March through Tottenham on Saturday, 23 September. A large crowd gathered outside the Spurs Football Stadium from 12...

Release Torture Victim Binyam Mohamed

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On International Day Against Torture last Thursday, legal charity Reprieve renewed its call for the release of torture victim Binyam Mohamed from US concentration...

Afl-Cio Supports Wage Act!

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ON THURSDAY, members of Congress, led by Senator Patty Murray (Democrat-Washington) and Representative Bobby Scott (Democrat-Virginia), proposed the Workplace Action for a Growing Economy...

Bus Workers March Through Johannesburg

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DESPITE the urging of the Cosatu trade union federation to end their bus strike, thousands of striking bus drivers marched...

Chicago Teachers Take Strike Action!

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SCHOOLS were shut once again on Monday morning for 1,500 students in Prospect Heights School District 23, in Chicago, Illinois. The increasingly combative teachers...

South Africa’s Steel Workers Take Indefinite Strike Action!

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SOUTH African workers – members of the Numsa trade union in the steel and engineering sectors have embarked on an indefinite strike – recalling...

LOW PAY NO WAY! – MPs support cleaners strike

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‘OUR battle will go on until we get justice for our people,’ said the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) General Secretary Tony Woodley...

‘Oval Quarter’ residents are very angry with profiteer developers!

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Residents living on the Myatts Field North PFI (Private Finance Initiative) ‘regeneration’ scheme, situated between Brixton and the Oval in south west London...

‘TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL’ – Karabilah bombings condemned by Sunni authority

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On Sunday RAF G4 Tornado warplanes attacked the Iraqi town of Karabilah, near the Syrian border. The British were called to assist US Air Force...

‘YOU WILL NEVER RETURN TO THE LEBANON’ –Hezbollah leader warns Israeli...

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Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah noted on Monday that the Israeli enemy was forced to change its tone and to seek pacification on...

Palestinians have the ‘Right to Resist’ The occupying Israeli regime says...

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THE head of Hamas resistance movement in the occupied West Bank says Palestinians have the right to resist the occupying Israeli regime, and are...

Israeli troops lethal use of force is ‘extrajudicial execution’ says Addameer

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THE Palestinian Civil Liaison on Sunday informed the family of Mohammed al-Rimawi, who was killed due to the excessive use of force by Israeli...

Sri Lankan workers fighting Ansell Lanka Ltd union busters

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Australian-based manufacturer of medical gloves and condoms, Ansell, is attacking workers in its supply chain, suspending 800 striking trade union members in Sri Lanka...

Venezuelan President Maduro denounces US for not lifting economic sanctions!

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Nicolas Maduro, the Venezuelan President, on Monday night denounced the United States which he stated has not complied with an agreement to lift economic sanctions...

The Bma Slams ‘Deliveroo Doctors’!

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GPs HAVE recoiled in horror at the latest in a line of private services to spring up in recent months: ‘Deliveroo Doctors’ that...

Iranian Navy to hold joint war games with Russia and China...

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THE COMMANDER of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, announced on Tuesday that his country’s naval forces are due to hold joint war...

Moscow magistrates court fines Google three million roubles!

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A MOSCOW magistrates court has fined US tech giant Google 3 million roubles ($31,800) for its failure to delete questionable information about the special...

Death Toll Rising Fast In Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic

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The United Nations and its partners have finalised the Cholera Inter-Sector Response Strategy for Haiti, a plan to support the Government of Haiti’s response...

‘I Can’t Breathe’: Race, Death and British Policing

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BLACK men are seven times more likely to die following police restraint but racism is not being addressed, the charity Inquest has found. Families of...

Female former LTTE cadres being continually abused

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THE genocidal Sri Lanka military occupying the country of Eezham Tamils is routinely engaged in repeated sexual abuse of the former female members of...

Aussie Food Workers Third Week On Strike

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United Workers Union (UWU) members at the McCormick Foods manufacturing site in Clayton, south-east Melbourne, Australia, have just started their third week out on...

Orlando Disney unions battle against low wages

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Disney unions in Orlando have filed a federal labour complaint against the theme park company for withholding $1,000 bonuses from unionised workers unless they...

South Korean workers defy protest ban

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SOUTH Korea’s umbrella labour unions are defying a government ban and have pledged to push ahead with organising another massive rally on December 5th,...

NEW ZEALAND WORKERS END ZERO-HOUR CONTRACTS AT McDONALD’S

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NEW ZEALAND’S Unite Union reached an agreement with McDonald’s last week over ending zero hour contracts and other issues in dispute with the company. ‘This...

Ohio nurse wins defamation victory!

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AN Ohio Nurse who spoke out for rights has won a defamation verdict against the hospital which sacked her. Ann Wayt, a 38-year veteran registered...

10,000 march against police bill

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MORE than 10,000 workers, students and youth marched against the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill from Lincoln Inn Fields to Parliament on Saturday...

Aylesbury tenants oppose demolition and privatisation

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TENANTS on the Aylesbury estate are opposed to privatisation and are demanding improvements to council housing instead of demolition – which is what...

What West Bank Annexation Really Means

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JULY 1. That is the date by which Netanyahu has promised to complete the annexation of the West Bank. But what does that really...

Ireland’s Shame – The Betrayal of Palestine

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BY FRA HUGHES For 800 years the Irish have fought a genocidal British occupation. Eight centuries of ethnic cleansing, land clearances, massacres, starvation, colonisation and a...

‘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...

Australian companies spend millions spying on workers!

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DISCLOSURES by New South Wales (NSW) Government-owned electricity network companies have revealed almost five million dollars was spent in just four years to hire...

War Crimes Dossier Launched At A Packed News Conference

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A DOSSIER relating to a complaint delivered last Friday to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court regarding the responsibility of...

50 Members Of UK Parliament Back A Motion Calling For Sanctions...

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AROUND 50 Members of Parliament from seven political parties backed a motion calling for sanctions against the Israeli regime for committing ‘crimes against humanity’,...

GUL DETERMINED TO FIGHT THE PKK IN NORTHERN IRAQ – has...

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THE Turkish President Abdullah Gul said on Wednesday that his country is determined to fight against ‘PKK terrorists’ operating out of northern Iraq. He urged...

Warehouse workers join California Amazon drivers strike

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STRIKING Amazon delivery drivers and despatchers from Palmdale in California, who are members of the Teamsters trade union extended their strike and were joined...

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...

Doctors Still Expected To Care For Covid-19 Patients With Little Or...

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Despite repeated assurances by the government for over a week that millions of units of protective equipment have been delivered to the front line,...

Strikes and unionisation campaigns sweep the USA

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Members of the Teamsters union in the United States were joined by other members of the Labour Alliance for Public Transit last Thursday at...

OPCW chemical watchdog report ‘full of discrepancies’

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‘THE Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) could not come up with an unbiased report on the alleged 2018 chemical attack in...

UAW to strike at Volkswagen, Chattanooga

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Volkswagen workers in the United Autoworkers union (UAW) in Chattanooga,Tennessee voted on Thursday to authorise a strike against the German car maker after over...