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UAW geared up for strike at ‘Big Three’ US car giants

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THE United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is gearing up for strike action at the ‘Big Three’ US automakers General...

Over 40 countries seeking to join BRICS nations – summit in...

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JOHANNESBURG – A summit of the leaders of BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, with the bloc’s expansion being on...

Family Of Kelso Cochrane Demand Access To Police File On His...

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THE FAMILY of a black man murdered in 1959 is demanding access to the police file on his unsolved killing, said the radio documentary,...

SUDAN CONFLICT ENTERS FIFTH MONTH ‘The most vulnerable and innocent are...

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VIOLENCE is threatening Al Nao hospital, a vital lifeline for people in Omdurman, to the north west of Khartoum, as the conflict in Sudan...

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...

Israeli Settler Terrorism On The Rise!

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THE following article by Wafa Aludaini appeared on the Hamas website ‘Palestinian Information Centre’. She is a Gaza-based journalist and activist, reporting on how...

Six white Mississippi cops admit torturing two black men

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SIX white Mississippi police officers have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two black men in a racist assault in the United States. All...

Syria bolsters relations with Algeria and steps up rehousing of quake...

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SYRIA’S Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Firas Kaddour, discussed on Sunday with the Algerian Ambassador to Damascus, Kamel Bouchama, ways to bolster cooperation...

SA cops use water cannon and teargas against striking diamond miners!...

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HUNDREDS of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) members began a strike at the Ekapa diamond mines on August 7th; then on...

‘Sunak wants to break our resolve – instead he has united...

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Thousands of junior doctors are manning picket lines outside hospitals around the country again today as they continue their four days of strike action...

‘This is very much a fight for the NHS’ – Homerton...

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On the picket line at St Thomas’ Hospital by Westminster Bridge in Central London, Ada Zembrzycka, a junior doctor and anaesthetic trainee, told News...

EU states ‘vassals of a single colonial power’ says Zakharova

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Western countries’ statements about providing security guarantees to Ukraine are empty, groundless excuses, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. ‘Security guarantees presuppose...

US deploying armed troops on commercial ships to threaten Iran

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ON AUGUST 3rd, the US military announced a plan to deploy armed troops on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, continuing the unilateral...

Palestinian Freedom Fighter Walid Daqqa 37 years behind bars – Israeli...

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THE ISRAELI District Court’s decision not to grant the seriously ill freedom fighter Walid Daqqa – who has already served 37 years behind bars...

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...

Strikes, fires and fuel hikes in South Africa

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the Western Cape notes recent developments affecting the Taxi Industry in Cape Town and the...

Chilean teachers begin 48hr strike action!

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THE Chilean College of Teachers began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday to demand a response to the requests submitted to the administration of President...

ISRAELI TROOPS RAID NABLUS – as settlers break into al-Aqsa Mosque...

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A RAID by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus has injured dozens of Palestinians, as occupation forces shot live fire and...

BRITAIN’S DIRTY SECRET: UK aided CIA in extended programme of torture!

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IN THE wake of recent revelations, it appears that agents from Britain’s intelligence community might finally be held accountable for their previously lesser-known involvement...

Israel ‘main source of instability in West Asia’

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Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the Israeli occupation regime as the main source of instability in West Asia, and warned that the...

Investment firms and asset managers of UK arms industry making massive...

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THE British state is subsidising the UK arms industry to the tune of billions of pounds to the benefit of its wealthy private owners...

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...

Trade turnover between Africa & Russia reached $18bn in 2022!

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TRADE turnover between Russia and Africa reached $18bn in 2022, which is one of the results of the Russia-Africa summit in Sochi, Russian President...

More than 200 Palestinians killed by Israel this year!

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ISRAELI forces have killed a young Palestinian man in the northern occupied West Bank city of Nablus, only a day after they fatally shot...

Israeli troops shoot dead 3 Palestinians in a car in Nablus

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THREE Palestinians were killed on Tuesday after Israeli forces opened fire at their vehicle in al-Tur area in the occupied West Bank city of Nablus,...

‘We will continue to fight Macron by all means’ – Force...

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FRENCH trade unions are continuing their fight against the Macron government’s increase in the retirement age from 62 to 64 which was forced through...

Brighton hotel blaze: ‘Firefighters stretched to near breaking point’

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As the demolition last week of the fire-ravaged Albion hotel in Brighton was underway, following an initial earlier blaze, a second fire broke out...

SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN CAMP –as Israel on brink of ‘civil war’...

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In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers on Friday stormed Ein el-Sultan camp to the northwest of Jericho city, leading to clashes. Witnesses said that...

‘We are united, stronger together – We cannot and will not...

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‘NONE of us want to strike, but we’ve been forced to by the government,’ Dr Kevin O’Kane, Chair, BMA London Regional Council, told a...

Consultants are fighting for the NHS – the working class must...

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YESTERDAY, NHS consultants went out on a two-day strike, the first in nearly 50 years, over their demand for an increase in pay to...

Striking French cashiers win a victory – as government attacks rights...

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CASHIERS, members of the CGT union, at the ‘Grand Frais, fresh food stores in France have won a partial victory. The CGT said: ‘After the...

TROUBLES BILL: ‘Provides a blueprint for letting state forces and other...

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MPs WERE urged to reject the UK government’s ‘cruel and contemptuous’ Northern Ireland legacy bill as it returned to the House of Commons for...

‘Iraq supports all measures aimed at lifting the sanctions on Syria!’...

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IRAQI government spokesman Basem al-Awadi has said that Iraq supports all procedures aimed at lifting the coercive economic measures and sanctions imposed on Syria,...

Russia thwarting aerial and underwater drone attacks – NATO using Ukraine...

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RUSSIAN forces have repelled a ‘terrorist attack’ by Ukraine on the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol in Crimea, destroying several aerial and underwater...

Terror attacks by Israeli settler militias on the rise

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Israeli occupation forces attacked dozens of Palestinians taking part on Friday in an anti-colonisation protest in the village of Umm Safa, to the north...

ITUC accuses French state of ‘police brutality and indiscriminate mass arrests!’

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IN ITS annual report on the state of trade union rights in the world, the ITUC accuses the French State of ‘police brutality’ and...

Junior doctors are determined to win their battle

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OVER 30 striking junior doctors picketing UCH Hospital in London’s Euston Road yesterday were joined by local residents and patients, to the continual sound...

560,000 have fled the sudan conflict

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BORDERing countries must give people fleeing the Sudan conflict immediate access for asylum, says Amnesty International UK. More than 560,000 have fled the ongoing crisis...

30 Canadian ports hit by dock strike

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SUPPORT has been pouring in from Canadian and international unions for striking dockers on Canada’s West Coast. About 7,400 members of the ILWU Canada employed...

Paris protest against ‘racial profiling’ – and state control of every...

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HUNDREDS of people have taken to the streets in central Paris against continuing police brutality and racial profiling across France, despite a ‘shocking’ ban...

Guantanamo detainees suffering is ongoing says UN Special Rapporteur

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THE first UN investigator allowed inside the notorious US prison at Guantanamo Bay said the 30 remaining detainees in the facility are facing ongoing,...

Military aid to Kiev will not have an impact on the...

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ANY agreements that the Kiev regime makes with other countries to secure military aid will not have an impact on the outcome of the...

Striking teachers rally in London and Sheffield

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HUNDREDS of thousands of National Education Union (NEU) members are taking part in a second national teachers’ strike today, having also struck on Wednesday...

British Columbia dockers strike continues

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THE MUA (Maritime Union of Australia) has thrown its support behind striking dockworkers in Canada this week. On Monday the MUA called on one of...

‘Counteroffensive’ Failing – Kiev Is Suffering Staggering Losses!

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RUSSIAN forces have wiped out 16 German-made Leopard tanks, amounting to 100% of the armoury supplied to the Kiev regime by Poland and Portugal,...