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Stella Assange denounces the US case as ‘pathetic, founded on lies’

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ON the second and pivotal day of Julian Assange’s appeal hearing, the unwavering spirit of Assange supporters was palpable outside London’s High Court, despite...

Israel bombs Beirut suburb – kills 5, injures dozens

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THE Israeli occupation army assassinated a senior Hezbollah commander in an airstrike on Beirut’s southern suburb yesterday, killing and injuring about two dozen civilians...

Infectious diseases soaring in Gaza – rebuilding water & sanitation vital says Oxfam

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OXFAM has reported an outbreak of waterborne and infectious diseases in the Gaza Strip amid the lack of safe water and untreated sewage overflowing...

2,200-strong bus drivers strike solid – Bus drivers demand renationalisation

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THE BUS strike by 2,200 Unite members employed by the privateer RATP at eight London garages was solid yesterday, with strikers demanding that the...

GRENFELL INQUIRY HALTED! – no date set for reopening

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THE GRENFELL INQUIRY HAS BEEN HALTED! Hearings have been cancelled until the charman of the inquiry, Sir Martin Moore-Bick considers a demand from lawyers representing...

Scotland Yard To Be Investigated!

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SCOTLAND Yard is to be investigated over its failure to deal with an allegation of two acts of indecent exposure by a serving police...

NURSES DEMANDING A DOUBLE DIGIT PAY RISE – says RCN leader Cullen

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NURSES require a ‘double-digit’ pay rise! This was the message of the leader of the RCN (Royal College of Nursing) Pat Cullen yesterday, ahead of...

Reverse Winter Fuel Allowance cut!

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A MOTION is set to be put to the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool this afternoon to oppose PM Starmer’s scrapping of the Winter...

‘We’ll do everything to avoid “No Deal” exit from EU’ says Corbyn

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LABOUR leader Corbyn, appearing on the Sophy Ridge show on Sunday yesterday, was asked: ‘Can you guarantee that you’ll call a confidence motion before...

Israel using winter cold as a weapon against Palestinians

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ISRAEL is using winter cold as an additional weapon to inflict suffering on Palestinians in Gaza, the Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Monitor said yesterday. It warned...

New York Amazon Unionised!

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WORKERS erupted in celebrations across the US on the news that Amazon workers forced the tech giant to recognise a trade union in America...

Hezbollah ‘swarm’ of drones hits Israeli military camp!

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HEZBOLLAH carried out its deadliest attack against Israel since the latest escalation in fighting began on Sunday night, sending a ‘swarm’ of drones to...

Hospital numbers ‘could get scary!’ – admits Professor Chris Whitty

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‘COVID hospital numbers could get scary!’ Professor Chris Whitty said yesterday, adding that the UK is ‘not out of the woods yet’. ‘People should act...

Still no justice for Grenfell!!

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AHEAD of today’s fourth anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire of 14th June 2017, survivors and bereaved relatives have condemned the lack of progress...

‘WINTER CATASTROPHE!’ warns RCN

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‘EMERGENCY departments should be places of safety for those in crisis, but this report shows they have become places of prolonged and unnecessary suffering.’ Royal...

London Tube Staff To Walk Out

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TUBE staff have called for urgent talks with London’s mayor to avert a strike expected to cause severe disruption. Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) union...

‘Blatant complicity in genocide!’ – US vetoes UN ceasefire resolution

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HAMAS has condemned the US veto in the UN Security Council resolution demanding a ceasefire in Gaza as ‘blatant complicity and active involvement in...

‘Call National strike now!’ – demand Birmingham binworkers

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‘CALL A National Strike Now!’ striking Birmingham binworkers are demanding at their mass rally today, which assembles at 9.30am at the Unite HQ, 30...

CWU National Action this Friday!

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THE CWU (Communication Workers Union) is taking national strike action this Friday with 115,000 Royal Mail workers stopping work. Further action has been called for...

Free Palestine! No war on Iran! – demand 350,000 on London march

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OVER 350,000 workers, students and youth marched through central London from Russell Square to Downing Street on Saturday, in one of the largest demonstrations...

Plan For Mayors To Run NHS Hospitals!

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MINISTERS are drawing up plans to give mayors significant new powers over hospitals and schools as part of a new wave of devolution that...

Reinstate All P&O Staff – Demands Haigh

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‘WE MUST send a clear message that rogue employers cannot get away with trampling over the laws of this country, it is time to...

Labour government planning over 100,000 NHS sackings

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MORE THAN 100,000 NHS workers are set to be sacked under plans being laid out by the Starmer Labour government it emerged yesterday. Former Shadow...

58 universities three days of strike action!

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THREE consecutive days of strike action hitting 58 universities begin this morning after university bosses and their representatives refused to withdraw pension cuts or...

‘No depths to which P&O will not sink!’ says RMT’s Mick Lynch

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‘THERE are no depths to which P&O and their Dubai owners at DP World will not sink to extract the maximum profit from ferry...

‘NHS PRIVATISATION BY STEALTH’ – GP practice operator taken over

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ONE of the UK’s biggest GP practice operators has been taken over by the US health insurance group Centene Corporation. This has been condemned by...

‘We will win!’ 50,000 farmers warn Starmer

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OVER 50,000 farmers and their supporters held a demonstration on Whitehall and outside Downing Street yesterday, demanding an end to the increase in Inheritance...

No limits Stop and Search! Youth chain gangs! – Sweeping police powers ‘discriminatory’ –...

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THE TORY government yesterday put forward proposals for even more sweeping police powers. They include taking off all restrictions on Stop and Search. Under the...

DVLA staff four-day strike begins today – Another Covid-19 outbreak feared!

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STAFF at the DVLA office in Swansea begin their four-day strike today after fears of a fresh Covid-19 outbreak as more than 2,000 people...

‘Stop shameful deportations!’ of people who came to the UK as children

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THE GOVERNMENT must end the deportation of foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children, according to a draft report into the Windrush...

Slum housing drove up Covid-19 deaths – new Public Health England report

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POOR housing conditions contributed to the disproportionate amount of people who have died of Covid-19 in poverty-stricken communities, a new report released yesterday by...

RAIL STRIKE SHUTS DOWN UK! – Labour MPs defy Starmer and join pickets

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‘The TUC should have called a general strike already. They’re too slow to act,’ was the message from the Waterloo Station picket line yesterday...

Israel opens fire on Palestinians – dozens killed and wounded!

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Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire on civilians gathered near its GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) site in Rafah, southern Gaza again yesterday, killing at...

PC Monk gets 8 years for Taser death – Dalian Atkinson’s family speaks out

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POLICE officer Benjamin Monk has been jailed for eight years after being sentenced yesterday. He was convicted of the manslaughter of ex-footballer Dalian Atkinson...

Greek Students Stage A Huge National March!

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GREEK students staged a huge national march in Athens last Thursday against a government Bill to establish private universities while shutting down or merging...

Nurses and busworkers unite to bring down the Tory government

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RCN NURSES from King’s College Hospital in south London marched from their picket line to the Camberwell Abellio bus garage yesterday, to bring greetings...

Dr Bawa-Garba victory –‘a defining moment’

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DR BAWA-GARBA’s victory, in reversing the General Medical Council’s decision to strike her off the medical register over the death of a patient was...

Sweeping emergency powers are unveiled! – Police given powers to arrest suspected corona...

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NEW emergency powers were outlined yesterday by the Tories as they published the Emergency Coronavirus Bill. The sweeping new powers which will last as...

University staff step up struggle

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MORE WORKERS at 74 universities across the country joined the strike yesterday as students also came out onto the picket lines to support their...

France rises up against Macron – Doctors, nurses lawyers and teachers join 36th strike...

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FRENCH doctors, nurses, lawyers and teachers were among the millions on the march yesterday joining the 36th day of transport workers strike action, bringing...

Israel Targets Families Trying To Leave Rafah

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A YOUNG girl was shot in the face as her family attempted to return to north Gaza on Sunday, footage posted on social media...

Mad Dog Israel Told To Ceasefire For 21 Days!

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THE USA, France and several Arab and European countries yesterday called for an immediate 21-day ceasefire across the Israel-Lebanon border. ‘We call on all parties,...

Open The Crossings – Let In The Trucks! Stop Starving Gaza!

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THE director general of Gaza’s Government Media Office, Ismail al-Thawabta, yesterday demanded that Israel opens the crossings and allow aid in ‘immediately’, warning of...

Israel launches major offensive!

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THE ISRAELI regime has deployed its entire standing army infantry and armoured brigades to the Gaza Strip amid a serious escalation of its 19-month-old...

3-million-strong Tehran rally!

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IRAN’S President Masoud Pezeshkian yesterday hailed the ‘magnificent and epic’ presence of millions of Iranians in nationwide rallies on Monday. In a message to the...