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‘There must be prosecutions, there’s got to be accountability’ says Manchester...

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WEDNESDAY was the 6th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire when 72 tenants and residents of Kensington and Chelsea perished in their homes on...

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...

‘WE WANT PROSECUTIONS! – We want to see the guilty behind...

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TODAY is the sixth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire, when 72 Kensington and Chelsea Council tenants and residents were burnt to death in...

French CGT union members step up pensions fight – storming Paris...

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ANTI-PENSION reform protesters in France stormed the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics in a posh north Paris neighbourhood last Tuesday, leading to pitched...

The widening wealth gap hitting UK workers and youth

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A comprehensive study conducted by Ben Tippet and Rafael Wildauer from the University of Greenwich has utilised data from The ‘Sunday Times Rich List’...

The attack on the Kakhovka hydroelectric power plant was act of...

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SOME 23 people have been injured as a result of the Kakhovka Hydroelectric Power Plant’s dam collapsing and the flooding of the Kherson Region,...

‘Government policy is failing to deliver for a generation of children’...

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‘THE implications for children’s life chances can’t be allowed to continue,’ said the National Education Union (NEU) on Wednesday, commenting on the Public Accounts...

UNACCEPTABLE! Over 170,000 waiting for asylum claims decision

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‘It’s unacceptable that there are now over 170,000 people stuck in limbo as they wait for a decision on their asylum claims – with...

St Mungo’s strike going from strength to strength

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FIVE-HUNDRED St Mungo’s homelessness charity workers – now into the second week of their month-long strike – are going from strength to strength in...

28,000 Canadian actors locked out for a year! – nurses rally...

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THE UNION representing 28,000 Canadian actors and radio artists reports that 28,000 commercial workers have been locked out from commercial acting work for over...

Israeli forces to vet Palestinian school teachers

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The Israeli parliament, the Knesset, has introduced two bills that would bring Palestinian schools colleges and universities and their staff in the 1948-occupied territories under stricter...

US-led NATO foreign ministers meet to discuss Ukraine joining NATO!

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FOREIGN ministers of the US-led NATO military alliance have met to discuss offering future security guarantees to Ukraine amid Kiev’s push to join the...

French unions demand repeal of education & pension reforms

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TENS of thousands of teachers and their supporters rallied in Paris and towns across France on Wednesday to show their opposition to the Macron...

Powerful start to month-long St Mungo strike!

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Workers at the homelessness charity St Mungo’s began four weeks of strike action on Tuesday May 30, fighting to win a backdated pay rise...

‘Recognise the State of Palestine!’ PLO Secretary General demands of EU...

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THE PLO (Palestine Liberation Organisation) has called on the European Union (EU) to pressure Israel to stop escalatory unilateral measures in the occupied territories. In...

NATO’s collusion with Japan causes concern in SE Asia

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MORE than 90 per cent of respondents in a global survey strongly oppose NATO’s involvement in the Asia-Pacific region, describing the US-led Western military...

French Riot Police Tear Gas Climate Demonstrators

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French police have fired tear gas to disperse climate demonstrators gathered in Paris to raise their voices against an annual general meeting of oil...

Ukraine military highly likely to launch an attempt to retake Artyomovsk

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THE Ukrainian military is highly likely to launch an attempt to retake Artyomovsk (called Bakhmut by Ukraine) and has amassed enemy manpower and equipment...

Sydney marchers demand Assange be freed!

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OVER 800 Australian protesters took to the streets in Sydney last Saturday to demonstrate against extradition to the US by the British government of...

Pakistan and China condemn Kashmir G20 summit

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SRINAGAR, India – The Group of 20 (G20) summit commenced in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, focusing on the topic of tourism. However, the meeting has...

‘A general strike to defeat this Bill is our policy!’ says...

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‘We support a general strike to defeat this bill, we supported it in the TUC and it’s our policy,’ RMT leader Mick Lynch told...

Greece goes to the polls as workers mobilise against austerity

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Workers and youth in Greece were looking to deliver a huge blow to the current right-wing government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. The...

President Assad wins the struggle for Syria

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad headed to the Saudi city of Jeddah on Thursday to participate in the activities of the 32nd session of the meeting...

June 6–fourteenth national pension strike in France – as German food...

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TUESDAY June 6 is scheduled, at the call of the national inter-union, which will be the fourteenth day of national strike in France against...

UN to cut aid to Rohingya in the world’s largest refugee...

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n a development that has sparked widespread concern, the United Nations has announced plans to reduce the food supplies it provides to the Rohingya...

25,000 held in US customs on Mexican border

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DESPITE the end of the United States Title 42 border restrictions, obstacles and the lack of legal options to reach the US will continue to have a serious...

UK leading the way in privatisation of modern war – as...

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BRITAIN is set to designate Russia’s private security company Wagner Group as a ‘terrorist organisation’, according to a report in The Times of London...

‘FORWARD TO STATE OF PALESTINE’ – demand 5,000 marchers

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OVER 5,000 workers and youth demonstrated against the Israeli occupation of Palestine on Saturday, marking the 75th anniversary of the Nakba, with a march...

‘The UK’s supply of long-range missiles to Kiev will demand an...

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THE UNITED Kingdom’s supply of long-range missiles to the Kiev regime will demand an appropriate response from the Russian military, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov...

2.3m workers and youth marched all over France on May Day

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FRENCH union federation Force Ouvriere congratulated workers for their May Day action. It said: ‘2.3 million young people, employees and retirees marched all over France,...

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...

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...

Germany gives 80% fuel subsidy to businesses – extensive ‘preventive arrests’...

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The German economy ministry plans to subsidise 80 per cent of the electricity cost for energy-intensive companies, in a proposal likely to fuel divisions...

EU Sanctions On Russian Oil Backfire

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The European Union heavily sanctioned Russia and pledged to boycott its oil, yet continues to buy it, and at an even higher price, albeit...

CGT calls Day of Action on June 6th!

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FRENCH trade union federation, the CGT, says a new day of action is scheduled for June 6 at the call of the inter-union, which...

33 arrested ‘indiscriminately’ at Elbit factory siege

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PALESTINE Action campaigners have laid siege to a factory in Leicester which is the base of UAV Tactical Systems, owned by Elbit Systems, Israel’s...

NAHT head teachers union set to join NEU in national action...

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On the fifth day of strikes this year, thousands of teachers, students, and supporters marched in London on Tuesday to call for improved working...

Capitalism bankrupt worldwide – forward to world revolution! – WRP General...

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‘Capitalism is bankrupt worldwide and has to be brought down. In Britain there is a massive strike wave and the working class is crying...

Nearly two million US citizens held behind bars – Lashawn Thompson...

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LASHAWN Thompson, a 28-years-old black inmate, was found dead in his cell in an Atlanta jail with more than one thousand insect bites all...

Hate crimes in the USA are due to spike ahead of...

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Conference Education Fund says hate crimes in the United States are likely to spike ahead of the 2024 election. The report said: ‘From the mainstreaming...

Tory Asylum Bill will see refugee children locked up!

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THE TORY government’s new asylum bill will allow thousands of refugee children who are separated from their parents to be locked up, according to...

Palestinians commemorate 75 years since the Nakba – Israel...

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WHILE Israel on Wednesday celebrated 75 years of its creation, Palestinians in Israel commemorated 75 years of their dispersion and what is known as...

‘Stop Cop City’ protests by students in Atlanta Universities – after...

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Students from several Atlanta-area colleges, including Emory University, Georgia State University, and Morehouse College, staged a demonstration on Monday to halt the construction of...

Deal Macron’s pension plans a massive blow this May Day! –...

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FRENCH trade union federation the CGT is calling ‘on the entire world of work to make May Day a powerful day of demonstration to...

150,000 public sector workers strike – manning 250 picket lines across...

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WITH 250 picket lines across the country, 155,000 members of the Public Service Alliance of Canada – who have been without a contract for...