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Bush attacks the sick, the elderly and the workers

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‘PRESIDENT George W Bush wants to make sure his tax cuts for the wealthy become permanent, at a cost of about $3...

REJECT WOODLEY’S ROTTEN ‘COMPROMISE’ DEAL! – Don’t sell your rights for...

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ON August 10 2005 Gate Gourmet locked out and dismissed over 700 workers in a pre-planned operation designed to secure the introduction of their...

‘Isolate Swaziland’s Monarchy’ – Cosatu

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COSATU (the Confederation of South African Trade Unions) has vowed to ask the African National Congress (ANC) government to isolate the Eswatini (Swaziland) monarchy...

Israeli forces raid al-Quds University

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Israeli forces raided the al-Quds University, on Wednesday, in Abu Dis village, south east of the central occupied West Bank district of Jerusalem. Local...

The Gap Between The Richest Americans And The Rest Is Growing...

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THE gap between the richest Americans and the rest of the nation has widened after the recession, highlighting the worsening income inequality in the...

Heygate tenants refuse to be driven from their homes

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TENANTS on the Heygate Estate in Elephant and Castle are furious at the way they are being treated ‘like cattle’ to be driven off...

WE NEED ‘REFUGEE AND MIGRANT JUSTICE’ – 600 picket the Ministry...

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OVER 600 people took part in a demonstration outside the Ministry of Justice last Friday afternoon over the government’s refusal to provide a relatively...

Fourth week of South African miners pay strike

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THE Association of Mineworkers & Construction Union (Amcu) yesterday served notice of its intention to strike from Wednesday at the facilities of Sibanye Gold...

VIRGIN CARE HAS WON £1bn OF NHS CONTRACTS IN ONE YEAR!

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MULTI-BILLIONAIRE Richard Branson’s private health company Virgin Care has won £1bn worth of NHS contracts in a single year. Private providers are winning an increasing...

French trade union federations are deciding on their next major mobilisation!

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THE FRENCH trade union federations were meeting on Thursday to decide their next mobilisations after MPs in the National Assemby on June 8 failed...

‘SYRIA MUST REGAIN CONTROL OVER ITS ENTIRE TERRITORY!’ – ‘The only...

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RUSSIA’S Foreign Ministry has said that the only way to guarantee security in Syria is for the Syrian state to regain control over its...

Al Sadr And Muslim Scholars Call For Imediate US Withdrawal

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ABD-AL HADI al-Darraji, a leader of the militant Al-Sadr trend in Iraq has revealed that Representatives of Al-Sadr trend and the Association...

Tories Exacerbate NHS Crisis In ‘Urgent Care’ To Rush In Their...

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‘THIS Easter will be worse than any winter for the NHS,’ warned Alastair McLellan, the editor of Health Service Journal (HSJ), in a leading...

200 years since the birth of Frederick Engels

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TODAY is the 200th anniversary of the birth, on 28th November, 1820, of Frederick Engels, the closest collaborator, benefactor, friend and comrade of Karl...

‘THE ISSUE TODAY IS AN ALL-OUT GENERAL STRIKE TO BRING DOWN...

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OVER two hundred workers, trade unionists and youth attended the News Line-North East London Council of Action Special Conference to defend our hospitals and...

West Bank Palestinians face live rounds & rubber bullets

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ON WEDNESDAY PM May was finally forced to sack her Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green following an inquiry by officials from the Cabinet Office...

Health & Safety Fit for workers 2019 manifesto

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‘EVIDENCE shows’, says a just-released statement by the Hazards Campaign, ‘that the three factors that make work “safer and healthier” are – strong laws,...

24-hour Argentine general strike against the Milei dictatorship

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ARGENTINA’S General Labour Confederation (CGT) will be staging a 24-hour general strike against the right wing government of Javier Milei, tentatively set for before...

Egypt Collaborating With Israel In The Sinai!

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EGYPT’S President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi has just acknowledged, in an interview broadcast just eight days ago on US television, that his administration maintains deep...

Israeli Forces Have Launched A Campaign Of Exterminating The Palestinians

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THE Government Media Office in the Gaza Strip says Israeli forces have killed more than 2,000 civilians in the northern part of the besieged...

NHS CONSULTATION SHAM – as Eastbourne condemns decision to close consultant-led...

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THERE was widespread condemnation following East Sussex PCTs’ decision last Thursday to transfer consultant-led Maternity services from Eastbourne District General Hospital to a single...

Gold & Ashes: A photo series by Feruza Afewerki

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Gold & Ashes: A photo series by Feruza Afewerki  Outdoor Exhibition From the 12th June – 31st August 2021  Freston Road and Bramley Studio, London W10...

Police Had Planned To Shoot The Marikana Miners

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The lawyer George Bizos, who represents the families of the 34 Lonmin miners shot dead by the South African police, has said the police...

‘We stand united to defend pensions’ -says NUT leader CHristine Blower

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School teachers, further education college and post-92 university lecturers in London are taking part in a one-day strike and demonstration today as the next...

‘Get Ready For A Stayaway!’ Zimbabwe Trade Unions Instruct Their Members

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‘Get Ready For A Stayaway,’ the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) General Council has instructed its member organisations. In a statement last Saturday, ZCTU...

‘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...

‘WE ARE FIGHTING SO THAT WE CAN PROVIDE FOR OUR...

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‘WE made Marks and Spencer their profits!’ said an angry Fenland Food worker fighting the closure of her factory and the loss of hundreds...

PALESTINIAN PILGRIMS RETURN – while Gaza faces health disaster

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ISMAIL Haniyeh, the Hamas leader in Gaza, has said that Egypt had ‘not surrendered to blackmail’ when it decided to allow Palestinian pilgrims to...

‘RUSSIA’S NUCLEAR DOCTRINE NEEDS REVISION’ SAYS PESKOV – after US allows...

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RUSSIA’S nuclear doctrine needed to be revised to adapt to new realities, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday. He explained that it was necessary...

NUJ Condemns Home Office Call For ‘Increased Maximum Sentences’ For ‘Unauthorised...

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THE UK HOME OFFICE has called for comment on proposed new laws with greater reach and harsher penalties to ‘counter state threats’. These are intended...

Sheffield lecturers vote for strike action!

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SHEFFIELD College lecturers have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action in defence of jobs and quality of education. 86% of University College Union (UCU)...

‘RETURN US BACK TO OUR ISLAND’ – say Chagossians evicted by...

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TODAY, a number of Chagos Islanders will appear at Horsham County Court to fight a Claim Form for Possession of Property from West...

COSATU concerned at Goodyear plant closure

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the Eastern Cape said on Thursday that is deeply concerned by the impending closure of...

‘THERE’S GOT TO BE DIRECT ACTION TO SAVE OUR HOSPITALS’ –...

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UP TO 5,000 workers and local residents marched in west London against the closures of Charing Cross and Hammersmith Hospitals on Saturday. The angry demonstration...

‘SAVE OUR CONTRACTS SO THAT WE CAN SAVE LIVES’ say junior...

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ANGRY at being snubbed by NHS Employers, over 3,000 junior doctors and medical students held an impromptu rally outside Westminster Central Halls in London...

SECOND IRAQ INQUIRY – into claims of murder & torture after...

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YESTERDAY the Secretary of State for Defence announced in Parliament the establishment of a public inquiry into the incident of alleged mistreatment...

Conductors on ScotRail: Strike goes ahead Sun!

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RAIL UNION the RMT has confirmed that planned industrial action by ScotRail conductors will go ahead from this Sunday – in a fight for...

Irish Unions Pledge To Fight Polish Workers Exploitation

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Polish workers, some of them members of the Technical Engineering and Electrical Union (TEEU), are being paid 5.20 euros an hour by a contractor...

Isis Gangs Attacking Syrian Citizens In Hasaka Province!

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SYRIA’S Foreign and Expatriates Ministry has addressed two identical letters to the UN Secretary-General and Head of the UN Security Council about the...

US activity in Ukraine ‘dangerously close to direct NATO-Russian confrontation’

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A WASHINGTON-based think tank has warned that the NATO military alliance and the United States are ‘creeping closer to the catastrophic scenario’ in Ukraine,...

Assad celebrates Easter at Maalula Monastery – as presidential elections announced...

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SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad on Easter Sunday visited the ancient Christian town of Maalula, which his troops recently recaptured from rebels, state television said. ‘On...

PARENTS AND TEACHERS OPPOSE ACADEMIES AND FREE SCHOOLS – NASUWT and...

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A YOUGOV survey of 2,008 parents commissioned by the NUT shows that the vast majority are opposed to the government and its privatisation of...

‘THERE IS HUGE, MASSIVE DEEP-SEATED DISCONTENT AMONG TRANSIT WORKERS’ – TWU...

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‘We were engaged in Civil Disobedience’, said New York Transit workers union President Toussaint at State Supreme Court on April 10, 2006, before he...

Fairpoint Workers Hold Portland Rally

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STRIKING FairPoint workers and their supporters from across the Northeast of America held a major rally in Portland, Maine, on Saturday, November 8. Negotiators from...

EIGHT YEARS SINCE RANA PLAZA COLLAPSE –‘the deadliest disaster in the...

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ON THE eighth anniversary of Rana Plaza on Saturday 24 April, UNI Global Union and IndustriALL demanded fashion brands commit to a new legally-binding...