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Mining companies dispossess communities in South Africa ‘in conduct reminiscent of...

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‘A CHINESE mining company is taking over plots of land in South Africa, paying residents small lump sums to give over mining rights to...

STRUGGLE FOR UNION RIGHTS ESCALATES IN THE UNITED STATES –Oklahoma senate...

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A bill that would strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in Oklahoma’s largest cities is on its way to Republican Governor Mary Fallin’s...

‘We Must Have Council Housing’

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TENANTS who attended this week’s council housing inquiry at parliament say a programme of new council house building must begin immediately and projects to...

Israeli Foreign Minister threatens Hamas leaders with assassination

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ISRAELI foreign minister Eli Cohen’s threat of killing leaders of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas exposes the regime’s frustration over its defeat against the...

Stability in the Middle East depends on Egypt, says Putin

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MOSCOW – Russia is carefully following events in Egypt, Russian Defence Minister Army Gen Sergey Shoygu said, opening a meeting with his Egyptian counterpart,...

OVER 500 CAPE TOWN FIREFIGHTERS FACE THE SACK! – treated like...

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‘THE CITY of Cape Town cannot be allowed to have its cake and eat it. We should not allow it to heap all praise...

Eu Workers Demanding No Ttip And Ceta Trade Deals

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THOUSANDS of European citizens took to the streets in dozens of European cities on October 11 to show their rejection of the proposed trade...

‘Virtual wards will jeopardise patient safety even further’ – says BMA

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THE NHS won’t survive without immediate steps to bolster our workforce, doctors union the British Medical Association (BMA) warned on Monday. Responding to the Tory...

‘Shoot to kill first and ask questions later’–if the target is...

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IN THE span of less than 25 hours, two shooting incidents took place in two areas in the occupied West Bank. In both incidents,...

‘It’s The People vs The Developers’ – declares powerful Peckham meeting

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A PUBLIC meeting of over 200 Peckham residents on Thursday evening stepped up the fight against plans by developer Berkeley Homes to tear down...

Massive Palestinian protest against Israeli violence

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HUNDREDS of Palestinians held a mass demonstration throughout the Israeli-occupied territories to express their deep resentment over the rising levels of violent attacks on...

‘INSULTING KICK IN THE TEETH FOR WINDRUSH GENERATION!’ –David Lammy MP...

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AS A PARTING shot and final ‘kick in the teeth’ to the Windrush Generation, Theresa May has awarded a knighthood to the Home Office...

UN warns mass evictions of Palestinians a ‘war crime’

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The United Nations (UN) has warned that the Israeli regime’s forcible mass eviction of over 1,200 Palestinians from their homes in the Masafer Yatta...

‘SERIOUS ATTACK ON HUMAN RIGHTS’ – Ammesty condemns Blair’s measures

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Amnesty International has expressed considerable alarm over the onslaught on basic rights announced by Prime Minister Blair on Friday 5th August to deal with...

French refinery workers extend strike for 10% increase

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FRENCH refinery workers have continued their strikes as a petrol crisis drags on across the country, with authorities threatening to resort to force to...

New Aid Flotilla To Set Sail For Gaza!

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An aid flotilla will set sail for the Gaza Strip in June, organisers announced on Monday after a meeting in France. The Freedom Flotilla II...

New York’s Lincoln centre must cancel Israeli-sponsored show

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More than 80 theatre artists and 12 Palestine-based theatre and performance groups are demanding that New York’s Lincoln Centre cancel upcoming Israeli government-sponsored performances...

Occupy Movements At High Court

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Anti-capitalist occupiers camped outside St Paul’s cathedral went down to the High Court on Monday in support of the Parliament Square occupiers who are...

IRAN WAR PLANS SPLIT US RULERS – Gates plays down differences

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Admiral William Fallon, commander of the US Mideast forces has resigned due to differences with the US president on dealing with Tehran. Fallon, said on...

GP SURGERY FACING 46% FUNDING CUT – BMA warns of threat...

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A GP surgery facing a 46 per cent cut to its funding over the next three years embodies the threat facing the profession, the...

Zimbabwe’s doctors and nurses new strike ban

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DOCTORS and nurses working in Zimbabwe’s public health institutions will no longer be allowed to go on strike for an uninterrupted period spanning more...

Airport workers sacked, construction workers not paid! ‘Management callously sacking staff...

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THE UNITE union, has accused Blue Handling at Stansted, which provides services to Ryanair, of cruelly sacking over a hundred workers instead of using...

GAZA STRUGGLE INTENSIFIES! – Israelis kill six Palestinians in latest air...

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INITIAL reports say at least six Palestinians have been killed by the latest Israeli air strike on the besieged Gaza Strip on Tuesday. Several people...

Tamils Braced For A Major Onslaught On Vanni

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TamilNet said that the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) during the weekend has reportedly been engaged in heavy deployment of its troops poised for a...

Empire Windrush II launches 75th anniversary celebration in Brixton!

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Cresting through the paper waves and spraying water all over the toddlers and six year olds, teenagers and grannies the Empire Windrush (II), blew...

Russian support welcomed in Africa – as colonialists overthrown in Niger

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RUSSIA has the capability to assist with the economic development of Africa and could be a superior replacement to Western countries that are currently...

‘FORWARD TO WORLD SOCIALIST REVOLUTION’ –News Line Anniversary Rally told

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‘TODAY the greatest crisis ever of the capitalist system is driving forward revolution in every country, as the workers of the world decide that...

Argentinian parliament narrowly passes huge cuts and privatisation plans!

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The Argentinian parliament’s upper house narrowly passed a controversial bill key to President Javier Milei’s economic cuts and privatisation plans as thousands of protesters...

‘We will resist until every inch of Palestine is free!’ –...

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OVER 15,000 workers and youth demonstrated in London on Saturday to mark the 74th anniversary of Nakba Day, marching from BBC Broadcasting House near...

GAZANS WON’T MOVE! – one million refuse to be displaced...

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The Government Media Office (GMO) issued a statement on Sunday saying that the Israeli occupation army has detonated more than 80 booby-trapped robots in...

China rejects all Israeli measures aimed at annexing the Jordan Valley...

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CHINA’S new special envoy on Middle East affairs, ambassador Zhai Jun, confirmed today his country’s rejection of all Israeli measures aimed at annexing the...

WE WILL FIGHT UNTIL WE RETURN TO OUR ISLANDS – say...

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OVER 150 Chagos Islanders and their supporters – including a delegation of Chagossians who had flown from Mauritius – were at the House of...

PNA and Hamas condemn Israeli ‘meddling’

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Israel’s military escalation is ‘an attempt by Israel to meddle in our internal Palestinian life,’ Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei warned in a press...

60,000-strong Melbourne march to defend unions!

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CONSTRUCTION, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU) supporters have warned that the massiveprotests bringing city traffic in Melbourne and Sydney to a halt last...

‘ARE THEY ALIVE?’ – Tamils demand on so-called Sri Lanka Independence...

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‘I WISH all Sri Lankans around the world a happy celebration and continued peace and prosperity in the coming year,’ said a statement harping...

ASLEF members call for joint action with RMT and Unite to...

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TWO Hundred Bombardier workers and their supporters descended on parliament on Wednesday to urge the Tory coalition ‘to save British train manufacturing’. The government has...

HUNT PROMOTING THE BIG DRUG COMPANIES – under the guise of...

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TORY Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt’s claims that ‘we can truly be the generation that beats dementia’ is a smokescreen for promoting the big drug...

Southwark Council Prepared To Evict Heygate Estate Tenants

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SOUTHWARK Council says it is prepared to take action to evict remaining tenants from the Heygate Estate, if they refuse ‘reasonable’ offers to leave...

Pay slashed for Irish meat workers snowed in

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THE MAIN beef supplier for McDonald’s restaurants in Europe has ruthlessly slashed the pay of workers who could not get to work during the...

Irish hospital to close–300 face sack!

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THE Irish trade union SIPTU has met with the provisional liquidators appointed to Mount Carmel Hospital in Dublin. SIPTU Organiser, Kevin Figgis, said:...

Solano County workers win a two year contract after two strikes

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ON WEDNESDAY evening, Solano County, California workers represented by the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) 1021 overwhelmingly ratified a two-year contract with the...

Halt ‘serious violations of Palestinian Human Rights’ – says UN

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THE United Nations has called on Israel to halt a series of serious violations of the Palestinian people’s human rights cited by a 2009...

Powerful march demands ‘Stop closure of children’s services in Ealing’

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‘SAVE the Charlie Chaplin Ward, stop the closure of Children’s Services!’ demanded yesterday morning’s 7am-9am Mass Picket of Ealing Hospital. The picket was called by...

Syrian Masses Take To The Streets Against Israeli State Terrorism

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Syrian governorates on Monday witnessed huge mass demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance in the face of continued savage Israeli aggressions...

Powerful 5th Anniversary Grenfell Silent Walk’

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THERE were more than 5,000 people on the Grenfell Tower Fire 5th Anniversary Silent Walk, organised by Grenfell United on Tuesday 14th June. The walk,...