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‘FREE ALL PALESTINIAN PRISONERS’ – demand protests in Gaza and UK

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Over 1,600 Palestinian prisoners have been on hunger strike for more than 12 days in protest against policies such as prevention of family visits...

3,000 Starbucks baristas on indefinite strike

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More than 3,000 unionised Starbucks workers started an indefinite strike at over 100 stores in the United States on Thursday to protest at a...

HAMAS-ISRAEL AGREE TO SIX-MONTHS CEASEFIRE – ‘We don’t trust them but...

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Hamas and Israel on Tuesday agreed to an Egyptian-brokered deal to cease fire for six months in and around the Gaza Strip. It was effective...

Dhaka workers plunge to their death!

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A Lack of safety measures once again led to a tragic accident in the capital’s Siddheshwari area, where three construction workers died after they...

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...

Keep St Helier A&E, Maternity and Children’s Hospital open!

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HEALTH bosses have now confirmed that they are pushing forward with their plans to close three children’s wards in SW London including all of...

DON’T BOMB SYRIA! – demand 4,000 in Whitehall

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‘DON’T bomb Syria! Don’t bomb Syria!’ chanted a crowd of over 4,000 that blocked Whitehall opposite Downing Street on Saturday. The mass protest was one...

Northern Rail Strike Vote Against Casualisation

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RMT members at Northern Rail have voted for strike action against sackings and casualisation.’ In a statement the RMT said: ‘Northern Rail management have run...

New York taxi drivers strike against Trump travel ban – Uber...

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THE Uber CEO retreated from the White House Business Advisory Group after organised immigrant drivers protested at the ‘Muslim ban’ and #DeleteUber went viral. New...

‘Shell’s presence in Nigeria has led to environmental degradation, corruption and...

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Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell held a closed, online annual general meeting yesterday because of the coronavirus crisis. IndustriALL submitted questions to the company on...

WikiLeaks exposes Saudi conspiracy against Hezbollah

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WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia proposed setting up an Arab force to fight Hezbollah militants in Lebanon with the help of the United States, UN...

‘You cannot have an improving school system whilst you are implementing...

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‘YOU cannot have an improving school system whilst you are implementing austerity,’ said Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union on Monday. Commenting...

Wage theft in Aussie universities

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‘WAGE theft is flourishing in Australian universities, with at least three elite institutions in the midst of underpayment scandals!’ says the National Education Union...

THE AMERICAN DREAM By Brazilian Guest Writer Urariano Mota Translated by...

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I don’t know which is the more terrifying: the American Dream or the American Nightmare. The dream? All of us on the margin of...

Armed conflicts displace millions in Sudan and the DRC

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THE United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has raised alarms over an escalating humanitarian crisis in Sudan. Dominique Hyde, UNHCR’s Director of External Relations,...

‘THIS IS AN ENORMOUS VICTORY!’ says Peter Chappell – organiser of...

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GEORGE Davis, now 69, says he should not have had to wait ‘36 long years’ for his conviction for armed robbery to be quashed...

US fast food strikers demand $15 an hour!

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FAST food workers walked out of their restaurants all around America last week for the seventh time in nearly two years – to demand...

Australian unions outraged at abuse of youth prisoners

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SECRETARY of the Australian Council of Trade Unions, Dave Oliver, has written a letter speaking out about the abuse of youth in a detention...

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...

SINN FEIN CALLS FOR ENDING OF THE GAZA BLOCKADE –at the...

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BY JOHN COULTER, IRISH POLITICAL JOURNALIST SINN FEIN has called for the immediate ending of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. In a major speech, one of...

Hamas warns that Israel’s house demolitions will trigger ‘explosion’ of Palestinian...

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PALESTINIAN Islamic Jihad and Hamas resistance movement have warned that Israel’s house demolitions and its expansion of illegal settlements in al-Quds (Jerusalem) will trigger...

‘We Are Not Going To Let Them Close Qeii Hospital!’

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WELWYN and Hatfield Keep NHS Public campaign called a picket to stop the imminent closure of the A&E and the Maternity services at the...

Israeli forces have killed over 3,000 Palestinian children – since the...

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ISRAELI forces have killed over three thousand Palestinian children since the beginning of the Second Intifada also known as the Aqsa Intifada in September...

KICK OUT THE PRIVATEERS! say NHS Together marchers

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FIFTEEN thousand health workers and trade unionists from schools, local councils and other public services – as well as local residents fighting hospital closures...

OUR REVOLUTION – BY LEON TROTSKY – ‘The revolution will make...

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Essays on Working-Class and International Revolution 1904-1917 Collected and Translated by MOISSAYE J OLGIN 7. Internal Forces of the Russian Revolution (Appeared in the New York daily paper...

Role of pro-Israel groups in US terrorism laws exposed

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Decades before the events of 9/11, Zionist organisations such as the Anti-Defamation League were advocating for counter-terrorism laws that specifically targeted Palestinians, unveils a...

Israeli Settlers Are Attacking Palestinian Homes

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ISRAELI settlers last Tuesday night attacked Palestinian homes with stones as they provocatively approached the outskirts of Silat ad-Daher, some 20 kilometres to the...

Tolpuddle Martyrs festival weekend

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THE TOLPUDDLE Martyrs annual festival where thousands of people come together to celebrate trade unionism and remember the role of the Tolpuddle Martyrs began...

Social Care Providers Were Left Exposed To Covid-19 By Lack Of...

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‘The Department for Health and Social Care’s decision to prioritise hospitals at the beginning of the pandemic meant social care providers were left exposed...

‘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...

French Amazon Workers Strike!

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FRENCH trade unions called on Amazon workers to go on strike on Monday, 22 December, less than four days to go before Christmas. Strike...

BOYCOTT ISRAEL – say Nakba marchers

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‘Free, free Palestine!’ shouted up to 15,000 marchers, as they made their way through central London yesterday to a rally in Trafalgar Square to...

Defend pensions against Labour renegade Hutton

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RMT General Secretary Bob Crow has called for joint action to defend pensions against the proposals of Labour renegade Lord Hutton. Crow said: ‘It is...

3.7 MILLION IRAQI REFUGEES – The product of Bush and Blair’s...

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‘The current exodus is the largest population movement in the Middle East since Palestinians were displaced following the creation of the State of Israel...

New Zealand Unions Defend Health And Safety

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TODAY a widow and a mother sit together in the High Court in Wellington fighting for justice for the men that were killed at...

MPs condemn dangerous ‘restraint techniques’ – INQUEST calls for government action

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Legal charity INQUEST has welcomed Friday’s publication of a highly critical report from the Home Affairs Select Committee on the rules governing enforced removals...

‘Down with Bolsonaro!’ – thousands of Brazilians take to the streets

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THOUSANDS of Brazilians have taken to the streets amid concern President Jair Bolsonaro will try to stay in power even if he loses October’s...

Lecturers strike wave across the UK

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THE lecturers strikewave across UK universities is reaching tidal proportions this week, as thousands of University and College Union (UCU) members fight for their...

Week-long meter workers strike

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‘PIG-headed’ EDF Energy bosses have sparked a week-long meter workers’ strike. A week-long strike by EDF Energy workers carrying out Smart meter installations will take...

The Horrors Of Israel’s Genocidal Warfare In Gaza!

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THE HORRORS of the Israeli regime’s genocidal war in Gaza have continued unabated for 15 months, and the world has watched in silence, the...

NHS CANCER SERVICES ‘Worst winter crisis ever’

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NHS CANCER services plunged into the worst winter on record as patients were left waiting weeks for treatment, warns a new BMA report Doctors’ leaders...

United Association of South Africa demanding action over rising inflation

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Trade union United Association of South Africa (UASA) who represent workers in financial services said on Thursday that the rise in Consumer Price Inflation...

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...

Greek Student Occupations Take To The Streets

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MORE than 15,000 students marched through Athens last Thursday demanding the withdrawal of the proposed revision of Article 16 of the Constitution, which would...

Reinstatement of Amazon union leader is a win says union

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‘JENNIFER Bates, BAmazon workers leader’s reinstatement by Amazon, is a win for workers,’ says the UNI Global Union. Last week, Jennifer Bates, the lead worker...