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NHS staff from overseas paying extortionate visa fees

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PUBLIC sector union Unison says the UK immigration system has never been smooth to navigate. The Home Office is infamous for its extortionate fees...

‘NetHunter’ demands the release of 500 Palestinian prisoners!

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HACKERS have managed to break into the Israeli regime’s ministry of military affairs, offering to sell stolen data unless the regime releases hundreds of...

Saftu Urges Full Support For Bus Workers

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has come out in full support of the rejection of the latest offer from the employers...

Teamsters begin largest ever strike against Amazon in US history!

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The Teamsters union started the largest strike against Amazon in United States history on Thursday morning. The nationwide action follows Amazon’s repeated refusal to follow...

10,000 RMT Tube members on strike today!

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‘Every single Tube line is suspended today. We’ve shut down London and we’ll do it again on Thursday,’ RMT Health and Safety Rep Carlos...

Hague judges order Israel to guarantee the food supplies for Palestinians...

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In a landmark ruling at The Hague, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have unanimously ordered Israel to take immediate and effective...

Kellogg factory will be ‘delivered to workers’ says Venezuelan President Maduro

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AHEAD of this Sunday’s presidential election, the Venezuelan government has called on workers to occupy the Kellogg factory in Maracay after the firm announced...

30th Anniversary of Red Army’s withdrawal from Afghanistan! Sputnik interview General...

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THE 15th of February marked the 30th anniversary of the pullout of Soviet troops from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The Soviet-Afghan War lasted...

French Unions Call Equal Pay Strike On March 8

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FRENCH trade unions have called on workers to mobilise and strike on March 8th to demand equal pay for women and men. The CGT trade...

Strike wave sweeping South Africa – NUMSA & Solidarity leaders slander...

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THE revolutionary strikes that have been shaking the South African mine owners were a highly organised affair to promote the cause of nationalisation of...

Ecuador general strike defies state of emergency

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FOR over a week now, farmers, students, workers, and transporters continue to join the national strike called by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of...

Gaza’s Power Plant Shut Down

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The Gaza Strip’s sole power plant shut down due to a lack of fuel on Saturday, Kan’an ’Ubaid, the deputy chair of the Palestinian...

Give Fed workers right to strike–get rid of ‘right-to-work’ anti-union laws...

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THE VERMONT US Senator Bernie Sanders wants to give federal workers the right to strike, to eliminate so-called ‘right-to-work’ laws, and at the same...

WORKERS & YOUTH SAY THEY’LL VOTE FOR THE WRP AND SELLU...

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WORKERS and youth in southeast London on Saturday took a keen interest in the WRP’s revolutionary policies. Many said they will vote for Workers...

‘We Are Ready For A Long War Until We Defeat Them’

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THE Libyan leader Muammar Al-Gadaffi has made a defiant 12-minute statement on the anniversary of the ‘1 September Revolution’ that was broadcast by Al-Ra’y...

Ban facial recognition Demand campaigners after ruling

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LIBERTY, Privacy International and 30 organisations have called for Parliament to ban the use of facial recognition technology, one year after judges found the...

Israeli Military Admits To Killing Girl

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ISRAEL’S military just after midnight on Friday admitted their responsibility for the death of a teenage girl in Gaza. The announcement came following its insistence...

‘Brutal impact of Covid-19 on our healthcare services has been laid...

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NHS STATISTICS highlight the ‘brutal impact’ of Covid-19 on healthcare services and patient care, doctor’s union the BMA said. Responding to the latest NHS performance...

Group 77 ministers & China demand Israel ends its occupation and...

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MINISTERS of Group 77 (coalition of developing countries at the United Nations) and China last Saturday reiterated their demand for the Israeli occupation to...

Senior nurses take strike action in New South Wales

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SENIOR nurses in New South Wales, Australia, took two hours of strike action on Monday, saying that chronic staff shortages have pushed them to...

Palestinian journalist denied justice

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A PALESTINIAN journalist shot in the leg by Israeli soldiers as he documented a demonstration in the West Bank in 2015 will not be...

Stafford Hospital Camp Is Fighting Downgrading And Closure!

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SUPPORT Stafford Hospital campaigners fighting the closure of the West Midlands hospital’s A&E, maternity, and paediatrics departments have set up camp in the...

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...

‘Gaza is suffering from industrial scale savagery!’ says Palestinian Ambassador

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The first speaker at the Downing Street rally, Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, said: ‘Thank you for showing you will not relent...

Britain involved in smuggling arms to terrorists in Syria since 2012...

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BRITAIN was involved in smuggling arm shipments to the terrorists in Syria from the beginning of 2012, training and organising them under the name...

EGYPTIAN STUDENTS CLASH WITH THE SECURITY FORCES – in anti-tyranny protests

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STUDENTS across Egypt took to the streets on Sunday in protest at the aggressive handling of student movements by security forces and university staff,...

Defend The NHS! Occupy To Stop Hospitals Closures! Call A General...

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THE National Health Service is under attack on every side by the government. It is being crippled by funding cuts and privatisation reforms. The...

ESOL CLASSES ARE A BASIC RIGHT! – call for mass registration...

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TWO thousand people took part in three marches that converged on Hackney Town Hall on Saturday, demanding free English language courses for everyone. The marches...

Israel is ‘turning Palestinians into criminals in their own homes’ says...

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ISRAEL’S latest military orders facilitating the illegal expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland are simply the latest in a string of Zionist attempts to...

WestJet workers are winning the battle for a trade union!

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DESPITE all of its efforts, Canadian low-cost airline WestJet is losing the battle to stop its employees from forming unions. Pilots flying for WestJet Encore...

WE ARE DETERMINED TO OVERCOME THE CURRENT CHALLENGES! – says LTTE...

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TAMILNET reports that the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) have stated that, with the people’s support, they will surmount all difficulties. In an interview with Tamilnet, the...

Palestinian Cabinet decides on West Bank only elections

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THE PALESTINIAN cabinet decided on Tuesday to hold municipal elections on May 13 only in the West Bank with the exclusion of the Gaza...

New illegal Israeli settlement outposts in Hebron

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ISRAELI settlers on Sunday began levelling a large tract of land in central Hebron in preparation for the construction of a new Jewish settlement...

”NEGOTIATE A FAIR CONTRACT!” – demands UFCW and its supporters

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LABOUR activists, community allies and family members came out in force to support UFCW Local 1400 members at Saskatoon Co-op on December 20. They...

Hezbollah Will Not Give In To Israeli Provocations

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Hezbollah on Wednesday held a memorial service in the township of Majdal Silm in south Lebanon. During the service, Shaykh Nabil Qawuq, Hezbollah’s official in...

Palestinians demand the release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah!

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ONGOING protests in the occupied Palestinian territory and around the world are demanding the release of Georges Ibrahim Abdallah, a Lebanese militant for Palestinian...

DEATH TOLL PASSES 1,100 – in the Rana Plaza disaster

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THE death toll from the collapse of the Dhaka building housing garment factories that workers were ordered back into, despite warnings, reached over 1,121...

End all arms sales to Israel NOW! – demands Palestinian Youth...

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There was a demonstration of over 500 people outside the Foreign Office in Westminster on Friday evening organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)...

‘This is the last May Day to be stolen’ – says...

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‘THIS is the last May Day to be stolen. It has been used for electioneering and workers are being fed lies and given promises...

Teachers Oppose Miliband Over Parent-Run Schools

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TEACHERS’ unions on Monday rejected Labour leader Ed Miliband’s proposal for parent-run schools. They were commenting on his Hugo Young lecture where Miliband set out...

‘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...

Saudi forces kill unarmed Shia civilians in Awamiya

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SAUDI security forces killed and injured unarmed civilians when they surrounded and sealed off the predominantly Shia town of Awamiya in July 2017 as...

Only 3,300 people released from Sri Lanka’s internment camps not 10,000!

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Andrew Stroehlein, International Crisis Group’s Communications Director, has slammed the Sri Lankan regime’s ‘duplicity’ over the 240,000 Tamils being held in desperate conditions in...

French PM resigns after just 3 weeks! – hundreds of thousands...

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FRANCE’S Prime Minister Sébastian Lecornu was summoned back to the Élysée presidential palace in Paris on Monday afternoon just hours after his shock resignation...

‘Save Ealing Hospital – Defend The Children’s Services!’

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‘SAVE Charlie Chaplin ward – Don’t let it close! Save Ealing Hospital – Trade unions must act! Defend children’s services – Occupy now!’ demanded...