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Russell Group’s ‘nightmare scenario’ will leave students with mortgage-style debt –warns...

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The University and College Union (UCU) on Monday warned that lifting the cap on tuition fees would be ‘the most regressive piece of...

Students Battle To Stop New Zealand Deportations!

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AN estimated 150 Indian students are fighting being kicked out of New Zealand because their supporting visa documents were forged by agents in India. The...

Tuc & Nus Sign Agreement For Joint Campaigns!

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THE National Union of Students (NUS) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday signed an agreement for joint campaigning for the coming year. The...

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...

NUMSA to challenge NEASA lock-out!

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) says it has ‘every intention’ of mounting a court challenge to the lock-out by the...

South African Metal And Municipal Unions Demand Cosatu Leaders Convene...

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THE South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) has joined the Natioal Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) in demanding COSATU convene a...

Abbas Attends Moscow’s Victory Parade!

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PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas was among up to 30 world leaders on Saturday to attend a huge military parade in Moscow commemorating Russia’s 70th anniversary...

Iraq sets timetable for withdrawal of US troops

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THE SPOKESMAN for the Commander-in-Chief of the Iraqi Armed Forces says the Baghdad government is serious about implementing the parliament’s resolution concerning the withdrawal...

RMT launches fight against mass Greater Anglia ticket office closures

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RAIL union RMT has launched a campaign to fight a planned programme of ticket office closures the length and breadth of the Greater Anglia...

Workers and youth say vote Athow in Hornsey and Wood Green!

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WORKERS and youth signed up to join the Workers Revolutionary Party (WRP) and Young Socialists on Saturday, saying they will vote for Hornsey and...

CAW donates $40,000 to Pakistan Relief Fund – AND URGES ALL...

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The Canadian Autoworkers union (CAW) announced last Saturday it will be donating $40,000 to the Pakistan relief effort and is urging local unions across...

Red Army liberation of Auschwitz–an enormous victory! –Kremlin chief slams attempts...

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THE Kremlin chief of staff, Sergey Ivanov has been interviewed on World War II history, and Ukraine by the website of pro-government Russian tabloid...

The class struggle in South Africa and the crisis in...

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A STATEMENT by National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) National Office Bearers on Sunday outlined the union’s views ‘on the state of...

General Practice is already ‘stretched close to breaking point’ – ...

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‘WE cannot continue to meet rising demand with falling investment, general practice is already stretched close to breaking point so we need to address...

Egyptian security forces given free rein to use ‘lethal force’ against...

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‘FREE the 15 Alexandria dockworkers from jail and drop all charges’ demanded trade unionists in a letter to the Egyptian Minister and migration last...

Tory welfare cuts driving up poverty

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A NEW study shows poverty in the UK is on the rise due to welfare cuts introduced by the coalition government during the last...

2,000 strike in Germany on Amazon’s Prime Day – Amazon workers...

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MORE than 2,000 workers at seven Amazon sites across Germany have gone on strike over pay for at least two days, trade union Ver.di...

RESTORE THE FUEL SUBSIDY – 500 workers and students picket Nigerian...

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Last Friday over five hundred Nigerian students and workers picketed their London embassy, furious at the Nigerian government’s removal of a fuel subsidy. The fuel...

No Trump, No War, Chant South Koreans

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OPPONENTS of US President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea this week gathered behind the Kyobo Building in Gwanghwamun, near the US embassy in...

Syrian Army Establishes Control In Areas South Of Palmyra City!

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SYRIAN army units have established control over large areas to the south of Palmyra City in their continued operations against ISIS terrorists in the...

ISRAEL ISSUES STOP WORK ORDERS –to Palestinian wind and solar power

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There is an underground bunker in the South Hebron Hills, camouflaged by bracken and heavy sacks, where a tiny Palestinian village is sheltering a...

‘EXTEND UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE’ – or millions of Americans will have no...

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Some 200 unemployed workers converged on Capitol Hill, Washington DC, on Thursday to demand that Congress act immediately to extend unemployment insurance to those...

1,857 empty homes in Kensington & Chelsea – while Grenfell Tower...

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THERE are thousands of empty homes in the area of the Grenfell Tower fire which could potentially be used by the victims. Some homes...

Junior doctors mass march through east London

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THOUSANDS of junior doctors marched through the City of London from Whitechapel to St Paul’s on Thursday evening in a show of force and...

French Anti-Terror Laws ‘Misused To Curb Peaceful Protest’ Finds Amnesty!

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FRENCH state powers designed to combat terrorism have been repeatedly misused to curb peaceful protest, a new report from Amnesty International has found. A right...

”WE HAD NINE VOTES BUT NIGERIA CHANGED ITS MIND AT THE...

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PALESTINIAN Authority chief negotiator, Saeb Erekat, said during an interview last Friday, that Palestine would become a member of the International Criminal Court by...

‘Opposition must be Syrian opposition,’ says Assad

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SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has given an extensive interview with Australian TV channel SBS. In the interview, he covered such topics as Brexit, the hypocrisy...

‘No return to robber baron capitalism’ – says TEEU leader Devoy

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THE Irish State may need to contemplate becoming an employer of last resort to tackle unemployment, says the ICTU General Secretary David Begg. Addressing the...

Torture Continues Under Mursi

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CASES of torture in police stations continue in Egypt despite an uprising that ostensibly began against police brutality, Amnesty International says. The recent case of...

MANNING WAS UPSET BY THE PLIGHT OF IRAQI CIVILIANS – witness...

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BRADLEY Manning, the US soldier accused of espionage, was ‘upset’ about the plight of Iraqi civilians before he handed over a trove of secret...

New Hampshire SEIU endorses Bernie Sanders for President!

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The New Hampshire chapter of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) has endorsed Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont for president. In doing so, the Granite...

‘UK Too Like The US – Gender Inequality And Student Debt’

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‘I WANTED to pick the flowers not the weeds,’ says Michael Moore of his new film ‘Where to Invade Next’. The producers point out: ‘Michael...

Kazakh oil workers rock Stalinist bureaucracy

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ALMATY – Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said that striking oil workers are not to blame for the riots that took place in the...

GPs WILL DEMAND INCREASED FUNDING AND MUST REJECT NATIONAL CHARGING!

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THE conference of General Practitioners organised by the British Medical Association ( BMA) takes place this year at York today and tomorrow, 22nd and...

‘IRANIAN MISSILES ARE IN THE FRAMEWORK OF COMBATTING TERRORISM’ – says...

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SYRIAN Foreign Minister Walid al-Muallem has said that Iran’s missile strikes against militant positions in the country’s eastern province of Dayr al-Zawr in retaliation...

RIGHT TO RETURN IS CENTRAL TO FINAL STATUS – Palestinian factions...

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The following letter was presented to President Mahmud Abbas’s office on behalf of 78 Palestinian organisations on Wednesday September 24, 2008, the Badil Resource...

Government appeal against Bedroom Tax ruling is condemned

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LAST week, after the Court of Appeal ruled that the Bedroom Tax is discriminatory and unlawful, Paul Rutherford, one of the appellants, described himself...

AFL-CIO warns the Democrats not to cut Social Security, Medicare or...

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The AFL-CIO unions have issued a warning to the Democrats about proposed Medicare cuts, telling them, ‘Don’t try it ... we will never forget.’ As...

‘stiff Resistance And Bombs Everywhere’ In Marjah

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DESPITE the military claims of US and NATO-led occupation troops, progress remains slow because of the stiff resistance and homemade bombs ‘everywhere’. However, the...

Construction industry blacklist ‘ruined lives’! – says Scottish Affairs MPs Committee

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The major construction firms that established and funded a systematic blacklist of construction industry workers appear to be continuing to avoid taking full responsibility...

Walmart Workers Continuing With Their Fight!

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AMERICAN trade unions are claiming that the giant Walmart company is retaliating against its workers for the leading role they have played in the...

Fairpoint Workers Hold Portland Rally

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STRIKING FairPoint workers and their supporters from across the Northeast of America held a major rally in Portland, Maine, on Saturday, November 8. Negotiators from...

Four Years Since Marikana Massacre!

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LONMIN workers on Tuesday gathered at the Marikana koppie near Nkaneng informal settlement to pay tribute to their 34 colleagues who were gunned down...

Napoleon Gomez returns!

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INDUSTRIALL global union marked a historic moment as Mexican union leader, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, returned to his country after 12 years in exile to...

CWA condemns the Obama proposal for immigration raids and deportations!

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THE CWA trade union has issued a statement on the Obama administration’s planned Immigration Raids and proposed mass deportations. It reads: ‘We have seen...