Issues

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Issue - 2323
Dated - 06 Oct 2012
Europe in revolt: let's join them on 20 October

Workers across Europe have been out on the streets this week in a wave of magnificent mass strikes and protests.

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International

Chavez re-elected in Venezuela despite mounting problems for his Bolivarian revolution

Hugo Chavez has been re-elected as president of Venezuela with just under 55 percent of the total vote—the lowest since he first took the presidency in 1998.
08 October 2012
Abortion rights protesters gather outside Houses of Parliament
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Tory ministers line up to threaten women’s rights to abortion

Women face a new threat to their abortion rights. Jeremy Hunt, the new secretary of state for health, and Maria Miller, the new minister for women and equalities, have both declared support for cutting the abortion time limit.
06 October 2012
Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan lose final extradition appeal
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Babar Ahmad and Talha Ahsan lose final extradition appeal

The High Court has rejected final appeals from Babar Ahmad, Talha Ahsan and three other prisoners who have been fighting extradition to the US.
05 October 2012
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NUT fails to call strikes despite members voting for action

The national executive of the NUT teachers’ union met on Thursday as action short of a strike got underway. But the executive failed to take crucial steps towards calling a national strike this term.
05 October 2012
Mau Mau war veterans win right to sue Britain over torture
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Mau Mau war veterans win right to sue Britain over torture

Three veterans of the Mau Mau war in Kenya have won the right to take the British government to court for torture in the 1950s.
05 October 2012
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International

West wants to control our revolution, says Syrian activist

"The spotlight is now on Turkey, which is firing artillery rounds into Syria. But I don’t think Turkey is going to escalate. It’s not in their interests, and none of the Arab countries have shown support for this.
04 October 2012
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Anger as Scottish Labour confirms Lamont’s lurch right

A diatribe against welfare provision from Johann Lamont, leader of Scottish Labour, has been supported by prominent Labour figures at the party’s conference this week.
03 October 2012
Lecturers strike against new contracts at Barnfield College
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Lecturers strike against new contracts at Barnfield College

Lecturers at Barnfield College sites in Luton struck on Tuesday of this week against attempts to bully them into signing new contracts.
03 October 2012
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UCAC calls action as Welsh teachers vote for strikes

Teachers in UCAC, the Welsh teaching union, have voted overwhelmingly for strikes over pay. In a recent ballot they backed discontinuous strikes by 84 percent and action short of a strike by 91 percent.
03 October 2012
Doctors in Egypt strike to demand more spending on healthcare
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Doctors in Egypt strike to demand more spending on healthcare

Doctors in hospitals across Egypt began a partial open-ended strike on Monday of this week. They are demanding a rise in health spending to 15 percent of the state budget and a minimum wage for doctors of 3000 Egyptian pounds per month (£300).
03 October 2012
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What We Think

Tory lies on pensions

Bosses are to be forced to offer pensions to all workers who are over 22 and earn more than £8,105 a year.
02 October 2012
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What We Think

Will Labour look left? Don’t hold your breath

The Labour Party is funded by the trade unions and Ed Miliband won the leadership of the party because of their support.
02 October 2012