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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...

Heroic Dunne’s strike against Apartheid dramatised – must-see play at Southwark...

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Ardent Theatre Company presents Strike! by Tracy Ryan The Large Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD Mon-Sat: 19:30, Tues & Sat: 15:00 Running Time: 90...

US screenwriters 98% vote to strike from May Day

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Film and television writers in the Writers Guild of America (WGA) in the United States are to strike on and from May Day in...

Major strikes in German and UK airports!

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SECURITY workers at three major German airports have waged the first of yet another round of strikes called by the country’s ver.di trade union,...

Khader Adnan hunger striking for over 70 days – – Islamic...

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ISLAMIC Jihad, the Palestinian resistance movement has held the Israeli regime fully responsible for any harm to its high-profile official Sheikh Khader Adnan, who...

Thousands rise up against the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Paul Yarl

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Thousands of protesters took to the streets again on Tuesday to demand justice for a black teenager, who was shot twice by a white man...

‘Horrific damage done to the Windrush Generation compounded!’ – Tory-run compensation...

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THE UK’s ‘hostile environment’ means that its compensation scheme is failing Windrush victims, says a Human Rights Watch report published on Monday. HWR said: The...

‘From the River to the Sea Palestine will be Free!’ –...

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‘From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be free!’ chanted thousands of protesters marching in London from the Home Office to a rally...

NUMSA to march on President Ramaphosa’s office

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will march on Wednesday, April 19th to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office to protest against security...

Tory threat to national NHS pay structure is ‘of huge concern’...

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UNISON has reaffirmed its commitment to the One Team campaign for the health service, in the face of the government’s ‘divisive’ actions during the...

French pension strikes hit flights, refineries and schools

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FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron is facing the biggest challenge of his second term over his flagship pension overhaul, which includes raising the retirement age...

Junior doctors mass rally in Trafalgar Square – ‘A turbo-charged...

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ON THE FIRST day of the four-day strike by 47,600 junior doctors they held a mass rally in central London. From 2pm onwards Trafalgar Square...

‘We have huge support from the working class!’ – BMA pickets...

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News Line spoke to two of the junior doctors on the picket line outside Cheltenham Royal Infirmary in Gloucestershire. Dr Chad Harker, BMA rep, said:...

General strike to support Junior Doctors and save NHS!

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JUNIOR Doctors start their continuous four-day 96-hour strike at 06.59 today, Tuesday 11 April, and end it at 06.59 on Saturday 15 April. Backed by...

Israeli military attacks the Gaza Strip!

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JERUSALEM – Early on Friday, the Israeli military’s press service confirmed that the Israeli Defence Forces (IDF) launched a rocket strike on the Gaza Strip...

NEU conference calls to end occupation of West Bank & Gaza...

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‘URGENT Motion 2 Palestine’ was carried at the Annual Conference of the National Education Union (NEU) in Harrogate on Tuesday. It read: ‘Conference continues to stand...

Israeli police force worshippers from the Al-Aqsa Mosque

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ISRAELI police yesterday morning and since Tuesday night restricted entry of Muslim worshippers into Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem’s Old City, a site Muslims seek...

NEU Harrogate conference welcomes 98% strike vote – condemns 9% cut...

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THE NATIONAL Education Union (NEU) consultative ballot on the government’s pay offer has been rejected by an overwhelming 98% of members in England on...

MASS DEMONSTRATION AT PALESTINIAN FUNERAL – against ‘all policies of occupation,...

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A GENERAL STRIKE has been held across towns and cities in the occupied Palestinian territories following the Israeli regime’s killing of a Palestinian youth...

Airports across France cancel flights as strike wave continues!

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Many flights operating out of French airports like Paris-Orly, Toulouse, Nantes were cancelled over the weekend due to ongoing strike action by air traffic...

China hails recent naval drills with Russia & Iran in Sea...

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CHINA has hailed the recent joint naval drills with Russia and Iran in the Sea of Oman, saying the exercises boosted the ability of...

FRANCE: Biggest rallies in living memory

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FRANCE’S small and mid-size towns have been at the forefront of the battle against President Emmanuel Macron’s contentious pension reform – in some places...

Netanyahu delays judicial overhaul in the face of mass opposition

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As Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the delay of his plan to overhaul Israel’s judiciary, Israeli protest leader Shikma Bressler vowed that demonstrations would...

Russia will expose Western sabotage of Nord Stream 2 – warns...

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RUSSIA will determine the future prospects of interaction with Western countries on its own terms, when and if their leadership sobers up, Foreign Minister...

MET POLICE: ‘culture of institutionalised racism, misogyny and homophobia’

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RIGHTS campaign groups Liberty, Runnymede, Stonewall and INQUEST have responded to Baroness Casey’s review of the Metropolitan Police Service which was produced last week. They...

US airstrikes on north east Syria a ‘cover up for the...

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Syria has condemned in the strongest terms the United States military for carrying out multiple air strikes in the eastern parts of the Arab...

‘The West is trying to bring down the Russian financial system’...

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THE WEST tried to hit Russian citizens themselves with sanctions, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin said on Thursday in his annual government report to...

‘Mobilisations and strikes are the weapon of the workers’ says Force...

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MILLIONS of French workers, youth and their families on Thursday took part in the latest strikes and mass demonstrations across the country against the...

2,000 Palestinian prisoners begin ‘Freedom or Martyrdom’ hunger strike

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THE LEADERSHIP of the Palestinian prisoners’ movement announced on Tuesday 21 March, that they would begin the collective hunger strike with up to 2,000...

Economic Freedom Fighters reject the deployment of SA Defence Force during...

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THE EFF (Economic Freedom Fighters) ‘rejected’ the deployment of members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) across the country, during Monday’s national...

Avoid duplicitous behaviour and stop resorting to violence against protesters! –...

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IRAN’S Foreign Ministry spokesman has condemned the violence by the French police against anti-government demonstrators in the European country as demonstrating France’s non-adherence to...

Iran, Russia and China hold joint naval exercise in Gulf of...

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NAVAL forces from the Islamic Republic of Iran, Russia and China have practised shooting at aerial targets during a night-time operation over an area...

Argentina – year-on-year inflation reaches 102.5% in February

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ARGENTINA’S National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) said on Tuesday that inflation in February was 6.6 per cent, while the cumulative year-on-year figure...

Massive London marches call to kick out the Tories – Three...

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NEARLY three-quarters of a million public sector workers from eight unions went on strike against the Tory government on Budget Day, Wednesday 15th March,...

48-Hour Strike By Health Workers In Germany

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HEALTH workers in in the Ver.di trade union in Germany have been out on a 48-hour strike which started on Tuesday which and continued...