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Hamas Commends President Boric Of Chile For Refusing To Accept Credentials...

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THE Palestinian resistance movement Hamas has commended Chilean President Gabriel Boric’s refusal to accept the credentials of the Israeli regime’s new ambassador to the...

New York’s Lincoln centre must cancel Israeli-sponsored show

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More than 80 theatre artists and 12 Palestine-based theatre and performance groups are demanding that New York’s Lincoln Centre cancel upcoming Israeli government-sponsored performances...

‘Europe’s leaders consider people drowning as an acceptable price to pay...

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MALTESE authorities on Monday refused the Ocean Viking rescue ship permission to refuel in their harbours while on its search and rescue mission off...

SA masses rise up against capitalist imposed poverty!

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SOUTH Africa’s ruling ANC said on Friday it understands the anger of North West residents who took to Mahikeng’s streets last week in protest...

ISRAEL COLONISATION IS TO DESTROY THE PROSPECT FOR PEACE says PLO

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The Palestine Liberation Organisation issued a media brief on Tuesday, entitled: Israel’s Colonisation in Western Bethlehem and its Policy of Destroying the Prospects for...

Strike looms as 6,900 face sack at Germany’s Siemens

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WORKERS at Siemens AG, the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe, are demanding strike action against a programme of mass sackings. Thousands of Siemens ...

Press TV campaigns against attack on Iranian satellite TV!

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PRESS TV has launched a Facebook petition to save the news channel across Europe after European satellite provider Eutelsat SA stopped the broadcast of...

Chicago Teachers Take Strike Action!

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SCHOOLS were shut once again on Monday morning for 1,500 students in Prospect Heights School District 23, in Chicago, Illinois. The increasingly combative teachers...

Stop Manchester Patient Transport Privatisation

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UNISON has launched a campaign to save patient transport services in Greater Manchester and stop them from being sold off to a private company....

Israeli forces raid town, detaining Palestinians and ransacking homes

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ISRAELI forces early on Thursday detained four Palestinians from several West Bank districts. Two Palestinians were detained from Jericho, another from Jerusalem and one from...

Iran urges hand power in Sudan to civilians

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IRAN’S Foreign Ministry on Tuesday urged Sudan to address the people’s demand in the country and immediate transition of power to civilians. The ministry’s spokesman...

US Labor Day – AFL-CIO tour of struggles

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AFL-CIO leaders Richard Trumka (president), Liz Shuler (secretary-treasurer) and Tefere Gebre (executive vice president), travelled the country on Monday, US Labor Day. Delivering speeches bashing...

Israeli Forces Demolish Homes Across The West Bank

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ISRAELI forces on Saturday night notified the families of three alleged Palestinian attackers of their intention to demolish their houses across the occupied West...

Yemen Boosts Its Defences Against Saudi-Led Aggression

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emeni Armed Forces have unveiled new domestically-built military hardware, including ballistic and winged missiles in addition to unmanned aerial vehicles, which they say will...

TORY AUSTERITY POLICIES ARE DESTROYING THE NHS says the BMA

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‘AUSTERITY-LED changes of the past decade have stirred up a “perfect storm”. The Government in England shifts responsibility for providing services from the centre...

OPPOSE ABBOTT WORKPLACE CHANGES! says Australian Council of Trade Unions

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THE pay packets of regional workers will take a hit and communities will suffer if new workplace changes recommended by the Productivity Commission and...

Egyptian lawyers to strike over police ‘kidnapping’

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SAMEH Ashour, the head of Egypt’s Lawyers Syndicate, has called a lawyers strike against the Ministry of Interior after the disappearance of lawyer Ibrahim...

Saftu Urges Full Support For Bus Workers

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has come out in full support of the rejection of the latest offer from the employers...

Cosatu Congress ‘a ticking time-bomb’ says NUMSA

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THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) is a ‘ticking bomb’ waiting to explode, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) deputy...

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

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THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) National Office issued its outlines on the ‘Progress on the United Front and the Movement...

Hamas ‘absolutely rejects’ Trump’s ‘Deal of Century’

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HEAD of Hamas’ Political Bureau, Ismail Haniyeh, has written to all presidents, kings, and emirs of Arab and Islamic countries; Secretary-General of the Arab...

DEMONSTRATE AGAINST OBAMA’S VISIT – urges youth ‘Palestinians for Dignity’

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IN OCCUPIED Ramallah the Palestinian youth group ‘Palestinians For Dignity’ has called to reject US President Obama’s visit to the occupied Palestinian territory expected...

New York workers win minimum wage rises

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THREE increases in the minimum wage in New York took place on the last day of 2015, with workers in the fast food industry,...

‘Wheels on the verge of falling off’ the ambulance service say...

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Unite, which has over 100,000 workers in the NHS, including thousands of paramedics, is warning that unprecedented demand is resulting in the ‘wheels being...

Police killings of unarmed black Americans impact on community!

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Police killings of unarmed black Americans have adverse effects on the mental health of black American adults in the general population, according to a...

Iran Assures Syria Of Continuing Support!

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad of Syria on Wednesday received the Chairman of the Iranian Shura Council’s Committee for Foreign Policy and National Security Alaeddin Boroujerdi...

‘We Demand Apology For Balfour Declaration’ And Recognition Of Palestinian State!

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– Rally 10 Downing St November 4 ‘WE DEMAND an apology for the Balfour Declaration and we demand repatriation and recognition of the Palestinian state,’...

Doctors and nurses warn cuts mean new winter crisis

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DOCTORS and nurses slammed government cuts and warned of a new winter crisis in response to the latest NHS Digital performance figures released on...

Israeli Military Attacking Gaza With Air Strikes And Artillery

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THE Israeli military has carried out airstrikes and artillery attacks on various sites across the besieged Gaza Strip over what it cited as a...

Escalating looting of South Africa’s resources – SAFTU statement

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‘THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) founding congress in April 2017 warned our members, and the entire country, that both of the...

UCU Strike Actions At 10 Colleges

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Members of the University and College Union (UCU) at ten colleges will take strike action throughout May and June as part of a row...

RUSSIA AND IRAN ARE OUR STEADFAST ALLIES – says Assad

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IN AN an interview given to al-Manar TV, President Bashar Assad said the essence of the crisis in Syria is foreign interference by the...

‘The US is working to serve Israel’s interest – destroying all...

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DEPRIVING Palestinian refugees of their basic rights is a recipe for trouble, says PLO official Hanan Ashrawi. Depriving 5.3 million Palestinian refugees of...

‘Workforce burnout’ is on a large scale in the NHS –...

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A CRITICAL report by MPs on the House of Commons Health and Social Care Committee has warned of large scale ‘workforce burnout’ in the...

MILLIONS JOIN NEW EGYPTIAN UNIONS – ‘We bid farewell to the...

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A state of permanent revolution has gripped Egypt as two million workers have joined Egypt’s Federation of Independent Trade Unions in the last year. Egyptian...

Scrap Coronavirus Act – Liberty

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Liberty is calling for the Coronavirus Act 2020 to be scrapped, highlighting that it contains sweeping powers that continue to threaten basic civil rights...

Israel to annex illegal West Bank settlements!

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PALESTINE President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that he is going to make important decisions in 2018 holding Israel to account for its...

Trade union members beaten by thugs in Bangladesh confectionary factory

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THUGS, allegedly supplied by a labour contractor at Netherlands-based global confectioner Perfetti Van Melle’s factory in Gazipur, Bangladesh, launched an organised attack on union...

Sri Lankan Army Grabs Tamil Villages!

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THE Sri Lankan military on Sunday dismantled the Cheddiku’lam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp and forcefully removed the inmates, without making any permanent...

Israeli Navy Boards Finnish Ship & Tasers Passengers

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ISRAELI naval forces used stun guns when they boarded a Finnish ship which was attempting to break the sea blockade of Gaza on Saturday,...

‘Jerusalem–the eternal capital of Palestine & nothing else’ says Mahmoud Abbas

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IN A speech on Saturday evening, Palestinian Authority (PA) President Mahmoud Abbas called Jerusalem ‘the eternal capital of the state of Palestine and nothing...

Liberation of Ghouta a triumph for the Syrian state

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SYRIAN Presidential Political and Media Advisor Dr. Bouthaina Shaaban has said that the liberation of Eastern Ghouta has shown that the Syrian state...

Maru Must Stay!

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HUNDREDS of protesters endured the cold on Sunday at a People’s Tribunal to hold the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) accountable for its...

Canadian trade unions fighting new anti-union legislation

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Last week, Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government of Jason Kenney introduced Bill 32, the Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act, which constitutes ‘an attack...

STOP SACKINGS AT ARCELORMITTAL says Solidarity SA

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TRADE UNION Solidarity on Friday said that it regrets the retrenchment crisis at ArcelorMittal South Africa (AMSA), warning that if key players in the...