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END THE SIEGE OF GAZA! –situation ‘worsening’ warns UNWRA

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The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) has called for ending the Israeli siege on Gaza Strip to end the suffering of its inhabitants,...

US commander dismissed after requesting help –137 sailors aboard aircraft carrier...

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DEMOCRATIC lawmakers have formally protested against the Navy’s dismissal of the commander of the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt, who requested urgent aid to...

Nasrallah celebrates Israel’s defeat in 2006!

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AUGUST 14th was the 9th anniversary of the defeat of the massive Israeli ground and air attack on southern Lebanon to try and smash...

Gas And Fuel Price Hikes ‘Serious Consequences For Millions’

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MPs on the House of Commons Business and Enterprise Select Committee have warned that gas and electricity price hikes in the near future will...

‘End occupation of Palestine’ – Russia

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THE Russian envoy to Palestine, Haidar Aghann, affirmed that in Russia’s view, a comprehensive and just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in ending...

THE TERRIBLE DEATH OF MR WARD – cooked to death in...

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BY CLARE SAMBROOK THE horrible death of a respected Aboriginal elder casts doubt upon often-unchallenged assumptions about the virtues of privatisation. Last week beginning 30...

FJ defends threatened Sri Lankan journalist – while Tamil masses starve...

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INTERNATIONAL Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a media release Wednesday said that it is alarmed by threats made against the safety of the family...

STOP BABAR AHMAD EXTRADITION TO USA – 100,000 sign e-petition for...

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An e-petition supporting, Babar Ahmad, a young computer worker from Tooting, held for seven years without charge as an alleged terrorism suspect, has reached...

‘Every square inch of Palestine must be liberated!’

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‘EVERY square inch of Palestine must be liberated,’ Palestinian born in Lebanon Sandra Wafta told News Line on Sunday as hundreds of people lined...

‘SIGNS OF TORTURE’ ON MAHDI ARMY COMMANDER – after arrest by...

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THE Basra office of militant Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr has said a former Basra commander of the Al-Sadr movement’s Mahdi Army showed ‘signs of...

Stafford Hospital Occupation Supports Ys March For Jobs!

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THE Young Socialists march from London to Liverpool arrived at the Stafford occupation camp to cheers from the campers on Day 11 of the...

Inquest Into The Death Of Jean Charles de Menezes Starts Monday

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The inquest into the death of Jean Charles de Menezes will begin next Monday 22nd September at 10am at the Oval Cricket Ground, The...

‘Teamster Women Are Going To Take Back America’

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TEAMSTERS General President Jim Hoffa addressed the hundreds of Teamster women gathered in New York City on Saturday for the second day of the...

‘THIS IS THE LAST TIME WE COME HERE IN PEACE!’ –...

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‘THIS is the last time we come here in peace, when we come here again we will vandalise,’ the leader of hundreds Community Work...

Sri Lankan health workers begin indefinite pay strike – defying five-year...

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Sri Lankan health workers launched an indefinite pay strike on Monday, 7th February, protesting against the government’s failure to address salary and other issues. The...

‘WE WILL DEFEAT THE ENEMIES’ – Gadaffi call to arms

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TRIPOLI – Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi on Thursday evening appealed to people in Tripoli to capture and kill the ‘rats, street by street, house...

30,000 Oklahoma teachers march as strikes spread ‘like wildfire’

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TEACHER strikes and massive demonstrations of teachers, parents and students are spreading across the United States ‘like wildfire’. In Oklahoma City, at the state...

Row Growing Over Future Of 17,000-Plus Detainees

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A proposed US-Iraq security pact states that anyone detained by the Americans must be handed over to the Iraqis within 24 hours, says UN...

NHS NOT FOR SALE! – defend the Welfare State

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‘NHS NOT FOR SALE – Keep Our NHS Public!’ declared the banner which led the Defend the Welfare State march on Saturday, alongside that...

ESSEX FBU STRIKE BALLOT ‘Don’t doubt the outcome’ – warns Brigade...

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Essex fire crews have given formal legal notice of a strike ballot in a dispute over frontline cuts and changes forced through without proper...

NHS BACKLOG ‘Dangerously close to crippling services’ – BMA

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THE NHS BACKLOG is ‘dangerously close’ to crippling our health service as waiting times hit a record high, doctors’ union the BMA has warned. Responding...

Tampa General Hospital Must End Partnership With Israel

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IN WASHINGTON on Friday, August 13th, numerous US organisations signed an online petition demanding Tampa General Hospital end their partnership with an Israeli business. Seventeen...

US war games plan to intimidate North Korea

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AN US aircraft carrier and warships from its strike group arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in nearly five years...

5,833 shops shut in 2018!

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STORES, banks and other businesses are disappearing at the fastest rate since 2010 a PwC survey has revealed with 2,461 shop closures in 2018. 3,372...

Bnp To Contest Northern Ireland Council Elections

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By Irish political journalist John Coulter THE racist British National Party has confirmed it will contest the next Northern Irish council elections. Mid Ulster, Upper Bann,...

Greek government’s aim – to gag TV workers

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ON June 11, the Greek coalition government took the unprecedented decision to close the national TV station in Athens and sack the workforce of...

US-Israeli scheme for Syria ‘in its last throes’

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INFORMATION Minister, Omran al-Zoubi, stressed on Monday that the regional US-Israeli scheme in Syria ‘is in the last throes and it has clinically...

‘It is not ok to drop a one ton bomb on...

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AMERICAN jurist Mary Davis, who headed the independent United Nations probe into the events of 2014 aggression on the Gaza Strip, said that Israel...

‘End US-sponsored Saudi aggression and blockade’ say Houthis

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THE HOUTHI Ansarullah movement says any political solution to the Yemen conflict should begin with an end to the US-sponsored Saudi military aggression and...

Cwu Ready To Accept End Of Final Salary Pensions

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‘We are unlikely to vote “Yes” unless Royal Mail changes its proposals’ to end final salary pensions, Communication Workers Union (CWU) London Regional Secretary...

76.5 million children are living in poverty in the ‘developed’ world!

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THE number of UK children living in poverty has increased to more than a quarter as a result of austerity measures introduced following the...

Biden trip seeks to obliterate Palestinian cause

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THE Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has condemned US President Joe Biden’s forthcoming visit to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Saudi Arabia, as being...

Sanders marches with McDonald’s workers in ‘Fight for $15’

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VERMONT Senator Bernie Sanders marched alongside McDonald’s workers at a rally last Sunday in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. He joined McDonald’s workers in the same way...

Haringey Home Care Workers Battle Low Wages And Zero-Hours Contracts

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SEVENTEEN home care workers, Unison members employed across the London Borough of Haringey, are taking care company Sevacare and the council to court in...

NO POLYCLINICS! SAVE OUR SURGERIES! – demand Rugby GPs

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‘No polyclinics! Save our surgeries!’ shouted over fifty Rugby GPs, medical staff and supporters during a town centre protest on Saturday. Carrying banners and wearing...

Gaza Divides Zionist Leaders

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DIVISIONS among the Israeli political leaders have emerged over the way to handle the offensive on Gaza. Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak is...

The Art of Revolution 1917-2017

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Undercroft Gallery 112-134 Market Place Norwich NR2 Until October 14 HURRY to catch the ‘Art of Revolution’ exhibition taking place in Norwich, dedicated to the 100th anniversary...

Arts being forced out of the schools!

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THE Warwick Commission’s final report, Enriching Britain: Culture, Creativity and Growth, launched on Tuesday, warns that the arts are being squeezed out of schools. Commission...

Over 60 million refugees worldwide

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‘INDICATIONS from the first half of the year suggest 2015 is on track to see worldwide forced displacement exceeding 60 million for the first...

Hezbollah Stands With Palestinians Says Nasrallah

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HEZBOLLAH Secretary General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has hailed the new acts of heroism by Palestinians against Israel, saying the Lebanese resistance movement will continue...

Cuts Will Leave Poor Families ‘Close To Destitution’

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PARENTS working on the minimum wage are on the brink of a new crisis in family finances that will leave many close to destitution,...

RMT leader Steve Hedley attacked by fascists

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RMT Union leader Steve Hedley was attacked after taking part in a counter-protest to the Trump and Robinson rally on Saturday. The union leader...

WORKERS & YOUTH SAY THEY’LL VOTE FOR THE WRP AND SELLU...

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WORKERS and youth in southeast London on Saturday took a keen interest in the WRP’s revolutionary policies. Many said they will vote for Workers...

PARENTS AND TEACHERS OPPOSE ACADEMIES AND FREE SCHOOLS – NASUWT and...

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A YOUGOV survey of 2,008 parents commissioned by the NUT shows that the vast majority are opposed to the government and its privatisation of...

Bush Vetoes Child Healthcare Extension

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US President George W Bush on Wednesday vetoed a bill to expand the State Children's Health Insurance Programme (SCHIP), after it was passed with...