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Issue - 1991
Dated - 11 Mar 2006
Bush is ready to bomb Iran

The US is ratcheting up the pressure on Iran with the clearest signs yet that George Bush’s administration is planning a military attack on the country’s fledgling nuclear programme.

1991

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Reports round-up
News

Reports round-up

Bury schools protest Over 500 people marched through Bury, Lancashire, last Saturday against the proposed closure of two local high schools, Prestwich Arts College and Broad Oak High. My local school, Prestwich, is brilliant and has a mixture of students of all races and religions. Campaigners also lobbied the council and forced it to delay any decision on closures for three weeks.
11 March 2006
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Features

Islam and the Enlightenment

Read our new monthly supplement SR, with this issue, with a lead article by Neil Davidson on Islam and the Enlightenment, an interview with jazz legend Courtney Pine and great columnists including Mark Steel.
11 March 2006
Higher education staff in strike battle over pay
News

Higher education staff in strike battle over pay

Higher education workers in the AUT and Natfhe unions struck over pay on Tuesday.
11 March 2006
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New Labour’s attack on comprehensive schooling

Anger among teachers, parents and trade unionists is growing over the education bill, set to be debated in parliament on Wednesday of next week.
11 March 2006
Who says?
Who Says?

Who says?

"Upwards of 80 to 85 percent of people... have witnessed or been a part of a traumatic event, including engaging the enemy, killing people... In Vietnam, there were safe areas where people could go to rest and recuperate. That doesn’t happen in Iraq – every place is a war zone."Steve Robinson, of the US National Gulf War Resource Centre, which supports veterans
11 March 2006
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Teachers round-up

Teachers strike against job cuts Members of the NUT teaching union at Mayville Primary School, east London, held a one-day strike on Thursday of last week.
11 March 2006
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International

Anti-war protests in India and Pakistan against Bush’s visit

While a certain corner of our capital was transformed by red carpets in preparation for George Bush’s visit last week, the other corners were lined with banners, placards and posters that reflected the utmost contempt for Bush and his policies.
11 March 2006
Respect's electoral challenge on Merseyside
News

Respect’s electoral challenge on Merseyside

Merseyside Respect is targeting the Liverpool 8 ward of Prince’s Park in the forthcoming May elections.
11 March 2006
Global anti-war protests
News

Global anti-war protests

The London anti-war demonstration on 18 March will be one of a series of events taking place across the world.
11 March 2006
Out to halt the pensions attack
News

Out to halt the pensions attack

Next week we will know if 1.5 million workers are ready to confront the government in what the unions are calling the biggest action since the General Strike of 1926.
11 March 2006
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Pensions round-up

BA war council British Airways (BA) bosses are refusing to back off over attacks on pensions and could soon face strikes by thousands of workers.
11 March 2006
Tsotsi: life and love on the streets of Johannesburg
Reviews & Culture

Tsotsi: life and love on the streets of Johannesburg

This is a film about a young gang leader named Tsotsi who lives on the dangerous and crime-ridden streets of Johannesburg, South Africa.
11 March 2006