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Issue - 1930
Dated - 04 Dec 2004
In brief

Scottish workers say no to racism Up to 1,000 people attended the Scottish TUC annual demonstration against racism and fascism in Glasgow last Saturday. Trade union delegates included firefighters, print workers and several Unison and EIS (Scottish teachers’ union) branches.

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In brief

Scottish workers say no to racism Up to 1,000 people attended the Scottish TUC annual demonstration against racism and fascism in Glasgow last Saturday. Trade union delegates included firefighters, print workers and several Unison and EIS (Scottish teachers’ union) branches.
04 December 2004
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Features

Rebel voices from Iraq

The destruction of Fallujah raised many questions for Iraqis—questions voiced by three friends aged 24 to 30. The three men are traders who were trapped in Syria as the US laid siege to Fallujah. The government of Iyad Allawi is refusing to allow men of fighting age to re-enter the country. The three have joined the growing band of Iraqi refugees in Syria.
04 December 2004
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‘Was it worth it? Ask the child who lost his family’

Dr Salam Ismael, general secretary of Doctors for Iraqi Society, spoke to students at Leeds University about the siege of Fallujah, the media’s portrayal of the occupation and his work trying to save the lives of ordinary Iraqis.
04 December 2004
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Reviews & Culture

Life Interrupted: Don McCullin shows AIDS victims abandoned, but still fighting

Don McCullin has taken some of the defining pictures of the 21st century.
04 December 2004
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Reviews & Culture

Outfoxed: a Fox that richly deserves to be hunted down

Outfoxed takes a close look at the Murdoch-owned cable channel Fox News.
04 December 2004
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Non to bosses’ Europe

Nobody knows when there will be a referendum in France on the European constitutional treaty. But the debate is already raging because the traditional left is divided. The Greens’ first vote gave 45 percent for yes and 22 percent for no, while 31 percent abstained.
04 December 2004
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Inequality that cannot be explained away

DISADVANTAGE SUFFERED by black and Asian people is simply the result of a small number of prejudiced individuals and, in any case, immigrants must share some of the blame for not integrating.
04 December 2004
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Ukraine’s Brutal History

Ukraine means "borderland". It suggests a country far away from the heart of Europe. But many Ukrainians believe they live in the middle of Europe—and they have a point. The Ukraine may have a huge border with Russia, but it also touches Belarus, Poland, the Slovak Republic, Hungary and Romania, as well as Moldova.
04 December 2004
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Teaching assistants’ strike wins support from parents claim che

More than 40 schools across Brighton and Hove were closed on Thursday and Friday of last week as around 700 teaching assistants from the Unison and GMB unions struck over low pay.
04 December 2004
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This battle is of national significance

SOCIAL WORKERS in childcare and emergency duty teams in Liverpool are now in the 14th week of their strike.
04 December 2004
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NHS

Oxford PORTERS WHO sort and deliver post at the John Radcliffe II Hospital in Oxford walked out on Tuesday of last week when management tried to cut costs by refusing any further overtime.
04 December 2004
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Letters

Letters

Fit for next US call? NEW LABOUR’S decision to fight the next general election on a law and order and security platform is more than just electioneering.
04 December 2004