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Palestinians rally to mark Land Day!

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PALESTINIANS rallied across the West Bank and in Gaza on Saturday to commemorate Land Day. March 30 is commemorated every year because of a deadly...

From 1917 Centenary–Forward To World October!

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‘THE WORLD’S first socialist revolution when the working class took power is showing us the way forward today,’ Workers Revolutionary Party General Secretary Frank...

Universities in the US imposing ‘police state’ campus measures

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United States universities are imposing ‘police state’ rules in an attempt to avoid a repeat of campus protests against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza,...

Israel-Gaza Border Crossings Reopened

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ISRAEL has reopened two vital border crossings between the occupied territories and the blockaded Gaza Strip, about a week after it closed them amid...

CANADIAN POST UNION OPPOSES ‘US-BACKED COUP’ IN VENEZUELA

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CANADA’S postal workers union, the CUPW, has condemned the government of Canada’s decision to recognise Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the legitimate president...

Pro-US Haftar Mobilising Against Libyan Islamists

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PREPARATION is underway for a ‘decisive’ battle, to storm the city of Benghazi and expel the Islamist militias, by pro-US forces led by Major-General...

14,000 Uber And Lyft Drivers Join The Atu Trade Union In...

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NEARLY 14,000 Uber and Lyft drivers in New York have signed up to join the local branch of the Amalgamated Transit Union, according to...

Vavi To Launch New Sa Trade Union Federation On May 1

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TRADE union leaders behind the formation of an alternative federation say they will formally launch the new structure on 1st May this year after...

Palestinian teen: open-ended hunger strike

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A PALESTINIAN prisoner in Israeli jails has been on an open-ended hunger strike for 12 consecutive days to protest over his administrative detention...

FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS GAZA! – as the deadly siege is tightened

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The Gaza government is facing a financial crisis in light of a ban imposed on bank transfers to the Hamas-led government by Egypt and...

Australian unions national campaign over wages and jobs!

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OVER the next two weeks, thousands of Australian trade union members will be marching across the country, campaigning for wage increases and job security. Union...

Gadaffi addresses one-million rally at Zlitan

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AT 1636 gmt on 15 July, Libyan state TV Al-Jamahiriyah broadcast a ‘live’ audio address by Libyan leader Muammar al-Gadaffi directed at a ‘one-million’...

Unions prepare to bring France to a standstill on March 7

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‘THE CONFEDERATION has brought together all of its federations in order to continue the mobilisation against the pension reform and to prepare for “France...

Reinstate Ricky Matthews Demand 2,000 Striking Firefighters In Aylesbury March

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OVER 2,000 striking firefighters marched through Aylesbury on Tuesday chanting ‘Reinstate Ricky Matthews!’ The national demonstration took place during the Fire Brigades Union’s (FBU) national...

Building Safety Bill ‘vitally flawed’ says FBU’s Wrack

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MATT WRACK – the general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) – has responded to the passing of the Building Safety Bill in...

Thousands rally in Gaza on 31st anniversary of the founding of...

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TENS of thousands of Palestinians have attended a huge rally in the besieged Gaza Strip to mark the 31st anniversary of the establishment...

Israel refuses to apologise for Freedom Flotilla massacre

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ISRAEL has rejected a US request to apologise to Turkey over its 2010 commando raid on a Gaza-bound aid flotilla that killed nine Turkish...

Commute Iraq death sentences – urges Amnesty

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THE IRAQI authorities executed 12 people last Sunday according to information received by Amnesty International, which has called for all death sentences to be...

Battles Rage In Iraq, Syria & Yemen

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IRAQI paramilitary forces battled the Islamic State group southwest of Mosul on Sunday, the second day of an operation to cut jihadist supply lines...

Bradford Tower Block Evacuated!

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A TOWER block in Bradford with 160 flats has been evacuated over ‘serious fire safety deficiencies’. All the residents at Appleton Point were told to...

The Trade Unions Slam Tory Plans To Ban Strike Action And...

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THE TUC on Tuesday rubbished Cameron’s claim of good news in the economy and slammed Tory plans to outlaw strikes. It was commenting on the...

Italy’s broadcaster RAI holds 24-hour strike against the ‘stifling control’ exercised...

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JOURNALISTS at Italy’s public broadcaster RAI held a 24-hour national strike on Monday to protest against the ‘stifling control’ exercised over their work by...

NHS ‘choice’ and ‘reforms’ are no choice – Part one

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THE Department of Health’s (DoH) electronic ‘Choose and Book’ programme, is being introduced supposedly to facilitate a ‘patient choice’ of hospital. The procedures to be...

Freddie Gray Family Condemn Acquittal Of Baltimore Police Officer!

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THE family of Freddie Gray is frustrated and disappointed with the acquittal Thursday of Baltimore Police Officer Caesar Goodson Jr. on all charges...

Finance workers in Paris strike against job cuts

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PARISIAN finance and tax workers held a one-day strike in defence of jobs and services last Friday, July 9th, accompanied by a rally which...

Seven Palestinians wounded in Al Aqsa clash

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The Disengagement Administration bases its assessment on the fact that according to the disengagement law anybody not leaving by that date could lose tens...

Netanyahu does not care about the fate of the Israeli captives!

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The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades says most of the Israeli captives held in northern Gaza have gone missing, holding...

Israeli Airstrikes On Gaza Kill 13

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ISRAELI WARPLANES struck multiple sites across Gaza early Tuesday, killing three Islamic Jihad military leaders along with several others, with an initial total of 12 fatalities. Unnamed...

Impose Sanctions On Israel, Demands Palestine!

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PALESTINE has called upon the international community to impose sanctions and other punitive measures against Israel over its settlement construction policies in the occupied...

The West using ‘dirtiest tricks’ against Moscow and Beijing says Russian...

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THE COLLECTIVE West is using the dirtiest of tricks against Moscow and Beijing in a bid to maintain its hegemony, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...

NOMZAMO WINIFRED MADIKIZELA-MANDELA A TIRELESS FIGHTER AGAINST APARTHEID says SAFTU

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‘The South African Federation of Trade Unions lowers its flags in honour of Comrade Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, one of the great revolutionary icons of the...

Six Refugees Drown Off Coast Of Lebanon

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SECRETARY-general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, has warned of a slide towards violence after at least six people, including a...

INVESTIGATE EXTRAJUDICIAL KILLINGS OF PALESTINIANS says Saeb Erekat

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SECRETARY General of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, has requested the United Nations initiates an official investigation into Israeli extrajudicial killings of...

French ‘yellow vest’ protest today!

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LES GILETS JAUNES, France’s nationwide ‘yellow vest’ protest movement, has organised to unite and descend on Paris today Saturday 24 November, in an attempt...

CWU members challenge Hayes – at London meeting

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‘This is an important fight, it will define the future of our members, whether we stay full or part time, or even employed at...

SA High Court orders government to halt ‘load shedding’

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SOUTH Africa’s Health and Allied Workers Indaba Trade Union is relieved that deadly electricity blackouts have stopped in all health-care facilities. The Health and Allied...

54 student halls of residence wrapped in same cladding as Grenfell...

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AS A FRESH year of students start at their new universities, it has come to light that fifty-four student halls of residence tower blocks...

PAUL DAVIES: ‘highly critical jury verdict’

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THE legal charity Inquest is welcoming a ‘highly critical jury verdict’ on the death in custody of Paul Davies. The jury at the inquest into...

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...

THE LEBANESE RESISTANCE POUNDED THE LAST NAIL INTO THE COFFIN OF...

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THE LEADER of Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah has delivered a revealing analysis of the current political situation and spoke candidly about his organisation’s increasing...

GREEK GENERAL STRIKE – over 100,000 workers march in Athens

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OVER 100,000 workers flooded the entire Athens city centre on Thursday March 11th, in a magnificent demonstration on the day of a 24-hour general...

No Agreement In Make-Or-Break Amcu Talks!

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ON Thursday, make or break talks to end the three-month platinum mining strike collapsed once again. The third face-to-face meeting between the Association of Mineworkers...

Prawer Protesters Are Beaten And Threatened With Rape By Israeli Police

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BY SAWSAN KHALIFE – FIRST PUBLISHED IN ELECTRONIC INTIFADA THE Israeli government’s announcement last week that it has withdrawn proposed legislation to forcibly displace tens...

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...

Swindon Great Western Hospital workers set to take strike action against...

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HOSPITAL workers at the Great Western Hospital in Swindon, Wiltshire, are set to take further strike action against yet another round of vicious attacks...