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Issue - 2429
Dated - 11 Nov 2014
St Mungo's strikers say: 'We won, so can you'

When bosses tried to slash our ­conditions and break our union, we had to fight back

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In pictures: Hundreds protest against Glasgow mental health cuts
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In pictures: Hundreds protest against Glasgow mental health cuts

Up to 500 people protested outside Glasgow City Chambers on Wednesday of this week against a proposed 40 percent funding cut to Glasgow Association of Mental Health.
14 November 2014
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Greek students protest at cuts

Students in Greece have been protesting against attacks on our education.
11 November 2014
Numsa expulsion is a sign of the crisis in South Africa
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Numsa expulsion is a sign of the crisis in South Africa

The South African trade union federation Cosatu expelled the country’s biggest union, Numsa, last Saturday.
11 November 2014
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Riots in East Jerusalem after Israeli provocation

Riots have spread across occupied East Jerusalem. 
11 November 2014
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Reports round-up

GMB strike ballot at Haribo in Pontefract | Refugee protest at Home Office | Bedroom Tax protests called in Scotland and Wales | Historical Materialism conference | Protest against fast track deportation | Deciphering Capitalism book launch
11 November 2014
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Cleaners call walkout at Waterloo

RMT union members who clean at London’s Waterloo station were set to strike for 24 hours from 3pm on Monday of next week. 
11 November 2014
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Anti-fascists commemorate the Holocaust with trip to death camp

Supporters of Unite Against Fascism travelled to the site of the Nazi death camp at Auschwitz in Poland last weekend on the organisation’s second annual educational trip.
11 November 2014
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International round-up

Catalan independence vote; mass protests in Belgium; plan for civilian rule in Burkina Faso
11 November 2014
Racist EDL is a washout in Rotherham
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Racist EDL is a washout in Rotherham

A group of about 60 English Defence League (EDL) members protested in Rotherham last week. They were trying to capitalise on the abuse cases that came to light this year. 
11 November 2014
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Masked London march calls for revolution

Some 3,000 people took to the streets of London for the Million Mask March called by the internet hacking group Anonymous on Bonfire Night last week. 
11 November 2014
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London bus workers in huge vote for action

Drivers across London’s 17 bus operators have voted by 96 percent for action in a consultative ballot over their Unite union’s demand for collective bargaining.
11 November 2014
Teachers strike against victimisation of NUT rep Julie Davies in north London
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Teachers strike against victimisation of NUT rep Julie Davies in north London

Around 90 NUT union members at two secondary schools in Haringey, north London, struck on Wednesday of last week. 
11 November 2014