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Biden’s aid letter ignored by Israel – yet US weapons supply...

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On October 13, the Biden administration issued a forceful letter to Israel with a clear directive: Within 30 days, permit increased humanitarian aid into...

Only a general strike will stop the attack on workers rights!...

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THERE were strong picket lines outside fire stations throughout England and Wales between 10am-2pm on Wednesday afternoon, as the Fire Brigades Union held its...

BUILDING SAFETY FUND SCANDAL – not one social housing block remediation...

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NOT ONE of the social housing blocks granted building safety funding have had their remediation work completed yet, the latest figures from the Ministry...

UAW President calls for national health insurance

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RON GETTELFINGER the president of the UAW, auto workers trade union has urged that the US must adopt a national insurance system to provide...

‘The region is being recreated from scratch!’ – Hezbollah leader Nasrallah...

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HEZBOLLAH Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered on Monday a speech commemorating the Resistance Martyrs, in which he tackled various internal and regional titles. As...

INTO Irish teachers condemn funding cuts for primary schools!

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AT THE Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) annual congress in Belfast on Tuesday, primary teachers condemned the lack of adequate funding to primary schools...

Abolish water charges! demands Dublin conference

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THE right to decent work, an end to the banks’ veto on mortgage resolutions and the abolition of water charges are among the measures...

‘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...

4,000 Colombian miners enter third month of strike!

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OVER 4,000 miners, members of the Sintracarbón union, have entered the third month of a bitter strike at the Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia. The...

‘The fragile peace is hanging by its fingertips!’ – says Fra...

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TROUBLE erupted on the streets of Belfast on Wednesday the 7th of April 2021. We can only ask if we are witnessing a return...

Expansion of US self-defence laws escalates the number of deaths

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STAND-your-ground laws in the United States have expanded legal protections for individuals who use deadly violence in self-defence. But a new study published today estimates...

Israeli Raids And Evictions Continuing In The Occupied Territories

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ISRAELI forces detained at least 14 Palestinians during raids in the occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem before dawn on Wednesday, with one family...

‘SCOTLAND YARD WILL FIND NOTHING’ – say demonstrators demanding UN inquiry...

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OVER 200 demonstrators gathered opposite the Pakistan Embassy in London on Sunday to demand a United Nations-led inquiry into the assassination of Pakistan People’s...

‘MOURN FOR THE DEAD – FIGHT FOR THE LIVING’ – vow...

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MOURN for the Dead, Fight for the Living! So says Berry Craig, a member of the Kentucky State AFL-CIO Executive Board. On the occasion of...

USW steelworkers win 9-month strike against Glencore!

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THE 371 USW United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos workers in Quebec, Canada, have won their nine-month strike against Glencore-managed CEZinc. The workers went on strike at...

NHS & MATERNITY SERVICES HEADING FOR CRISIS – says Royal College...

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‘WE have an NHS and maternity service that is heading for a crisis and the government’s policies are clearly failing,’ the leader of the...

Migrant Workers Paid £1.30 An Hour

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The TGWU trade union and the author of the Gangmasters Licensing Act 2004, Labour MP Jim Sheridan, last Wednesday organised a briefing in the...

Continuing uprising in South Africa driven by poverty & mass...

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SAFTU (South African Federation of Trade Unions) has acknowledged mass unemployment and poverty precipitated the continuing uprising in the country. In a statement last Friday,...

Children were killed in their homes as they slept! – demand...

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THE Israeli military offensive on the Gaza Strip during July and August 2014 claimed the lives of 501 Palestinian children. Defence for Children International –...

PENTONVILLE 5 VICTORY – 40 years on

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TODAY is the 40th anniversary of the release of the Pentonville 5 dockers when the TUC was forced to call a general strike and...

May Day meeting ‘Forward to the World October!’

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‘WE WERE marching with our banner “100 years of the Russian Revolution, for the World October”,’ WRP candidate for Hackney South Jonty Leff told...

THE AMERICAN DREAM By Brazilian Guest Writer Urariano Mota Translated by...

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I don’t know which is the more terrifying: the American Dream or the American Nightmare. The dream? All of us on the margin of...

Greek Telecom Pensions Crisis

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Greek Telecom’s OME-OTE trade union leadership succeeded last weekend in pushing through the union’s congress a most reactionary agreement which had been worked out...

500,000 march in Athens!

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HALF a million Greek workers, students and youth marched through Athens on Wednesday. This was as part of a two-day general strike against a government...

Hezbollah Slams Delay Of National Unity Government As ‘Sectarian Incitement’

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HEZBOLLAH has slammed the delay in forming a new government in Lebanon, as ‘sectarian incitement’. Following a Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc meeting at the...

ALL IN A DAY’S WORK – Working Lives & Trade Unions...

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All in a Day’s Work Working Lives and Trade Unions in West London 1945-1995 Published by the Britain at Work Project £12.80 with p&p ALL in a Day’s...

‘Resistance means freedom and independence’ says Iranian military advisor Rahim...

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A TOP military adviser to Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has described the Muslim world as a future power that...

TSSA General Secretary calls for meaningful action by the trade unions...

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AT the rally in Whitehall, next to Downing Street, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot said: ‘It has been one year of genocide...

10,000 Marchers Force Police To Lift Ban

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TEN thousand people forced the police to retreat from their stated position that a march on parliament would be illegal, and that they would...

OCCUPATION IS THE PROBLEM – troops out of Iraq, demands 50,000-strong...

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50,000 workers and youth marched through London last Saturday, as part of the many demonstrations worldwide to mark the third anniversary of the war...

Syria And Its Allies Angrily Condemn Biden Air Strike

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SYRIA and its allies have angrily condemned the first airstrike ordered by new US President Joe Biden, which the Pentagon claimed had targeted Iran-backed...

Over 180 Palestinian journalists killed in Gaza!

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Marking Saturday’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, United States officials have yet again failed to condemn the Israeli regime for...

‘Shoot to kill first and ask questions later’–if the target is...

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IN THE span of less than 25 hours, two shooting incidents took place in two areas in the occupied West Bank. In both incidents,...

Chagossians Demand Right To Return!

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OVER 400 people attended the Chagos Islands Community Association rally in central London on Saturday evening, to demand the Chagossians’ right to return to...

‘DON’T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OVERSEAS DOCTORS’ – BMA tells trust bosses

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The British Medical Association (BMA) last Wednesday, raised that overseas doctors are experiencing discrimination as a result of new immigration restrictions. Since last month, NHS...

US opposes prosecution of Israel over Shireen Abu Akleh murder

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The United States has opposed Al Jazeera’s efforts to have the Israeli regime prosecuted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Tel Aviv’s murder...

US targets Hezbollah with new sanctions

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THE US Treasury Department has announced new sanctions targeting seven individuals and entities linked to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. The new sanctions target Hezbollah’s...

REJECT WOODLEY’S ROTTEN ‘COMPROMISE’ DEAL! – Don’t sell your rights for...

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ON August 10 2005 Gate Gourmet locked out and dismissed over 700 workers in a pre-planned operation designed to secure the introduction of their...

2019 was a disastrous year for the working class! – says...

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THE Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has bemoaned a tough 2019, describing the entire 12 months as ‘annus horriblis’ (Latin word meaning very...

POLICE EVICT CALAIS REFUGEES ‘They come at 5am, circle around your...

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A HUMANITARIAN organisation has made further allegations against French police, accusing them of abusing migrants within the port city of Calais. The Human Rights Observers...

FOREIGNERS SHOULD NOT ‘BE PARTY TO INTERNAL CONFLICTS’ – warns Hezbollah

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Hezbollah has warned America and the UN against ‘being party to’ Lebanon’s ‘internal conflicts’. Hezbollah TV Al-Manar last Saturday reported on statements by Hashim...

‘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...

Ukraine plotting to strike the Crimea using HIMARS rockets and Storm...

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Sergey Shoigu, the Russian Defence Minister, said on Tuesday that Ukraine’s armed forces command is plotting to deliver strikes on Russian territory, including Crimea,...

Thousands Of Calais Refugees To Be Evicted By Police And Troops

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THOUSANDS of refugees living in the southern part of the camp in the French port of Calais known as the Jungle have been ordered...

Israeli Foreign Minister threatens Hamas leaders with assassination

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ISRAELI foreign minister Eli Cohen’s threat of killing leaders of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas exposes the regime’s frustration over its defeat against the...