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Issue - 2377
Dated - 29 Oct 2013
After Grangemouth oil plant bosses blackmail workers - unions can do better than this

Workers at Grangemouth petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Scotland have had their pensions wrecked, their pay frozen, and their union rights undermined by a rotten deal.

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Action at Grangemouth petrochemical plant could have beaten boss
News

Action at Grangemouth petrochemical plant could have beaten boss

The Grangemouth ‘survival plan’ is a disaster for the workers and their Unite union, writes Dave Sewell
29 October 2013
After Grangemouth oil plant bosses blackmail workers - unions can do better than this
News

After Grangemouth oil plant bosses blackmail workers – unions can do better than this

Workers at Grangemouth petrochemical plant and oil refinery in Scotland have had their pensions wrecked, their pay frozen, and their union rights undermined by a rotten deal.
29 October 2013
Council housing selloffs are creating a living hell
News

Council housing selloffs are creating a living hell

Council housing in Southwark, south London, “is not in as good a condition as everyone wants it to be”.
29 October 2013
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Who Says?

The Things They Say

Things that they say
29 October 2013
Privatisation not migrants puts up cost of healthcare
Background Check

Privatisation not migrants puts up cost of healthcare

Stories claiming that Britain is swamped by migrant ‘health tourists’ who drain the health service are dishonest propaganda for the Tories, argues Sarah Ensor
29 October 2013
‘I’d rather die than be a white man's slave’ - the story of the Amistad Rebellion
Features

‘I’d rather die than be a white man’s slave’ – the story of the Amistad Rebellion

The Amistad Rebellion tells the story of a group of slaves who rose up. Ken Olende looks at a revolt that caught the imagination of poor people everywhere—and showed slaves could win
29 October 2013
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Reviews & Culture

Tate Modern exhibition shows how rhythms of colour make Paul Klee a model of an artist

The latest superstar exhibition of the work of Paul Klee at Tate Modern in London is worth the queues and the hype, argues Jeff Jackson
29 October 2013
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Reviews & Culture

Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds transmission 75 years on

"We interrupt this program of dance and music to bring news of a martian invasion"
29 October 2013
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Reviews & Culture

Reviews round-up

Y Gwyll/Hinterland | Hatchet Job
29 October 2013
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Alex Callinicos

Grangemouth was no test of strength

A great deal of nonsense has been said about the dispute over the petrochemicals plant at Grangemouth in Scotland. BBC Radio 4’s Today programme last Saturday ran an item comparing the Unite union leaders’ climb-down at Grangemouth to the defeat of the 1984-5 miners’ strike. Both, presenter John Humphreys suggested, represented a historic weakening of union power.
29 October 2013
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Mark Duggan inquest – officers testify that Mark couldn’t have thrown gun

A police firearms officer told the inquest into the death of Mark Duggan that he did not see Mark throw a weapon police allege he was carrying.
29 October 2013
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People’s Assembly calls protests against cuts

The People’s Assembly is calling for a day of protest in every town and city in Britain on Tuesday of next week.
29 October 2013