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Bangladeshi parents are defending the BPA Community Disability Service

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‘We were very angry today, we are not giving up, we are determined to save our service and we are very shortly going to...

US SUPPORTS ISRAELI ONSLAUGHT as Abbas holds talks with Mubarak

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After cancelling a planned October 2 meeting with Israeli premier Ariel Sharon, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas and his delegation arrived in Cairo on Tuesday...

700 Haitian Families Evicted From Makeshift Camps

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Haitian authorities forcibly evicted nearly 700 families from two make-shift camps in the last two weeks, reported Amnesty International. Hundreds of families were left...

4,000 workers & youth mark 7th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower...

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OVER 4,000 workers youth and local residents came to Ladbroke Grove in west London on Friday to mark the 7th anniversary of the Grenfell...

US knew many Guantanamo detainees were innocent –leaked documents reveal

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Leaked Guantanamo Bay files expose the perils of wearing a Casio watch and working for Al Jazeera, said legal charity Reprieve on Monday, after...

Ukraine Rejects De-Mining Black Sea Ports!

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UKRAINE has rejected calls from Russia to de-mine its ports around the Black Sea to resume grain shipments. Ukraine accuses Moscow of trying to ‘attack’...

SAS sent to Iraq to help evacuate stranded Britons

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EARLY on Sunday 5th January, about 50 members of the UK’s Special Air Service (SAS) were sent to Iraq ‘to help’ with the potential...

COSATU leader Vavi attacks CP, Stalinism and ANC betrayal

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COSATU leader Zwelinzima Vavi has written an open letter to the South African Communist Party (SACP) expressing his concerns over the party’s right wing...

‘WE WANT FREE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE GAZA STRIP AND WEST...

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Palestinian National Authority (PNA) Minister of Civil Affairs, Mohammad Dahlan has revealed a plan regarding the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza. Dahlan, who also heads the...

NO JOBS FOR NEWLY QUALIFIED MIDWIVES – as Tory coalition refuses...

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A survey of 803 students and newly qualified midwives by the RCM found that more than a half (52 per cent) of students ‘strongly...

US Screen Actors Guild begins strike action for compensation over use...

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The Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union has initiated a strike in the United States against video game...

Case Against Palestine Action Collapses Again!

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The Crown Prosecution Service has dropped its charges against Palestine Action activists after levelling charges of ‘blackmail’ earlier in the year. In a recent report...

Israelis detain thousands of Palestinians and stand accused of a large...

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ISRAEL has detained thousands of Palestinians during the war on Gaza and stands accused of numerous cases of torture, the Office of the United...

UCU pay and pensions strike set to escalate

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UNIVERSITY staff completed their first two days of strike action yesterday at 74 universities across the country and their strike was solid, winning 100%...

100,000 Zimbabwe teachers strike today against poverty pay

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ZIMBABWE’S teaching unions are striking for better salaries from today, Tuesday, with 100,000 expected to join the action. Most Zimbabweans, already struggling to put...

Ukraine’s Zelensky censures Biden administration for creating panic

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UKRAINE and Germany have pushed back against assumptions by Washington about Russian intentions to invade the former Soviet state as tensions further escalated after...

Vote ‘NO!’ to NHS pay offer! – 6.5% increase over 3...

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A CONSULTATION of NHS workers was launched at the Unison health conference in Brighton on Monday on the new ‘pay deal’. Unison members...

ISRAELIS PLAN WEST BANK GRAB – as Rice gives Sharon the...

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The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) says it got no answers about Israel’s intentions from the American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, during Rice’s latest...

There could be a repeat of the Rana Plaza disaster! –...

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THE President of the Bangladeshi National Garment Workers Federation (NGWF) on Saturday warned eight leading UK retailers that there could be a repeat of...

Ramaphosa signs into law bill for land seizure with no compensation!

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Cyril Ramaphosa, the South African President has signed into law a bill allowing land seizures by the state without compensation – a move that...

GOLAN HEIGHTS SYRIAN TERRITORY – says UN Special Envoy for Syria!

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UN SPECIAL Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen on Friday  underlined Syria’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights, rejecting a US congressional motion to recognise Israel’s...

‘The first time that workers from all over Egypt have come...

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WORKERS from electricity companies from around the country went on strike in Egypt on Sunday. Workers Media Coordinator at the Egyptian Centre for Economic and...

Israeli raids on Palestinian civil society groups condemned worldwide

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THE UNITED Nations and other international organisations have condemned Israel’s military raids on the offices of Palestinian civil society and rights groups in the...

Unionisation has led to massive wins for American workers – as...

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BY SHABBIR RIZVI   AMERICANS are well aware of the value of the dollar, at least when it comes to their own purchasing power at home....

State department remains silent over mass executions of Tamils!

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The US administration has failed dismally in the case of Sri Lanka, with catastrophic consequences, commented Tamil legal activists in the United States on...

‘President Sanders’ would ban anti-union ‘right-to-work laws’

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US SENATOR Bernie Sanders, who has said he intends to run the first unionised Presidential campaign in history, announced last Monday a policy proposal...

Three Gaza Strip Civilians Die From Starvation!

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MEDICAL sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday that three civilians had died from starvation and malnutrition over the past 24 hours, according...

‘Gangster capitalism has no place in 21st century!’

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GMB holds fruit-picking giant Fyffes ultimately responsible for a brutal machete attack which left a young man with life-changing injuries. Misael Sanchez was slashed across...

Hunger Striker Hattab Demands To Be Recognised As A Prisoner Of...

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PALESTINIAN prisoner Kifah Hattab, 53, entered the eighth day of a hunger strike on Wednesday in the latest of a series of hunger strikes...

‘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...

Gov. must end ‘two-child limit’ for payment of benefits!

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UP to 600,000 children have now been affected by the Tory government’s two-child limit to ‘Universal Credit’ benefits, the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)...

100,000 march to Parliament to defend NHS

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UP TO 100,000 health workers, trade unionists, students and youth marched through London to defend the NHS on Saturday. There were balloons from Unison, Unite,...

US aggressors should know that Venezuela is not a colony

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‘VENEZUELA is not a colony and any US aggression will be met with united regional response,’ President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday. Tensions are escalating...

‘BEYOND THE MARKET’–‘BACK TO FOUNDING PRINCIPLES’ – say BMA, Unison and...

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THE NHS would become both more cost-effective and equitable if it were operated on its founding principle of co-operation rather than competition, said a...

‘We’re ready to take on the government and the employers’ –...

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Prof Philip Banfield, Chairman of BMA Council had opened the rally. He said: ‘Every day I am 100% committed to restoring your pay and...

The ‘Silent Tsunami’ Hits Sri Lanka

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HUMANITARIAN agencies in Sri Lanka have told the UN agency IRIN that they are preparing for the fallout as increasing...

‘Tel Aviv is fully aware of the wide range of Israeli...

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Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has warned the Zionist regime against testing Tehran’s resolve, saying Tel Aviv is fully aware of the wide-range of...

JUSTICE FOR NOAH! Noah’s family call for investigation into his ‘disappearance’

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By Fra Hughes in West Belfast LAST Thursday, January 7, 2020, Fiona Donohoe led a cavalcade of hundreds of cars with perhaps thousands of people...

SA Clover Strike Now 100 Days

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Tensions are rising after negotiations have failed to progress in the three-month-long Clover strike. The strike began at the branded foods and beverages group on...

‘This government is all about vilifying Teachers’ NUT LEADER CHRISTINE BLOWER...

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OVER two thousand teachers held a ‘March for Education’ organised by the London Region National Union of Teachers in central London on Tuesday...

‘Israel will pay a high price for its brazen acts of...

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THE spokesman for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's administration has slammed Israel’s recent attacks against a number of regional countries, warning Tel Aviv will pay...

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...

Ongoing Strikes And Sit-Ins Throughout Egypt

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The ITUC on Monday expressed deep concern over statements attributed to the new Minister of Manpower in Egypt, Ismail Fahmy, that ‘the issue of...

‘Forming Unity government with Assad is delusional!’ – says Syrian opposition...

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THE Syrian opposition’s chief negotiator in peace talks in Geneva said on Wednesday he was ‘not optimistic’ about strained efforts to end the nearly...

BIDEN’S DEAFENING SILENCE – US president ignores Gaza’s 900 fatalities and...

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LATE ON Tuesday night, Gaza’s Health Ministry reported harrowing numbers: 900 fatalities and 4,600 injuries since Israel initiated its retaliatory strikes last Saturday. The statistics...