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Issue - 1945
Dated - 02 Apr 2005
NUT calls on members to join Make Poverty History demo in Edinburgh

The newly elected general secretary of the NUT, Steve Sinnott, told the conference he wanted to see thousands of his members marching behind the union’s national banner on the protest at the G8 summit in Scotland in July.

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NUT calls on members to join Make Poverty History demo in Edinburgh

The newly elected general secretary of the NUT, Steve Sinnott, told the conference he wanted to see thousands of his members marching behind the union’s national banner on the protest at the G8 summit in Scotland in July.
02 April 2005
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NUT conference

Delegates to the conference of the largest teachers’ union, the NUT, were determined to push home the government’s climbdown over its pension plans.
02 April 2005
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Unity is the key to beat BNP’s Griffin

UNITE AGAINST Fascism has issued an open letter about the campaign in Keighley, West Yorkshire, where British National Party leader Nick Griffin is set to stand as a general election candidate.
02 April 2005
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Reports in brief

Hospital workers fight for equal pay Cleaners, porters and catering staff at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital planned to strike this week — and have threatened to escalate their action if their equal pay demand is not met.
02 April 2005
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Features

Coming events

Coming events
02 April 2005
What has happened to independent bookshops?
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What has happened to independent bookshops?

There were at least 40 independent socialist bookshops across the country in the late 1970s. Today there are no more than a handful. Last month the Guardian website launched a campaign to support all independent bookshops that still survive, publishing endorsements from loyal customers keen to protect what many see as an endangered species.
02 April 2005
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What We Think

Kyrgyzstan: Akayev’s unexpected departure rattles US

On paper the events in Kyrgyzstan seem to be another of the "democratic revolutions" that the US has been calling for across the world. But Washington has been less than enthusiastic about events in this former Soviet republic.
02 April 2005
Aid money flows to the water privateers
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Aid money flows to the water privateers

The British government is using international aid money to promote the privatisation of water and sanitation services across the world.
02 April 2005
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International

Iraq in brief

Minister warns against protests Iraq’s interior minister has told Iraqis not to demonstrate against the regime. Falah al-Naqib told journalists on Monday that protests were among "attempts to destabilise the situation" in Iraq.
02 April 2005
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NUT conference: teachers preparing for a fight

The conference of the largest teachers’ union has slammed the New Labour government and the TUC’s policy of working in partnership with it.
02 April 2005
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Defend asylum seekers

A family of Roma asylum seekers from Kosovo has been released from the Yarl’s Wood detention centre after a campaign led by Glasgow school students.
02 April 2005
Iain Hook: Blair buries evidence of murder by Israel
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Iain Hook: Blair buries evidence of murder by Israel

Tony Blair's government is involved in a cover-up over the killing of the British United Nations (UN) official Iain Hook, who was shot in the back by an Israeli soldier in 2002.
02 April 2005