15 November 2017

4,800 young people hurt after officers 'restrain' them

End assaults on inmates: Thousands of young people have been harmed while being 'restrained' by officers in secure facilities

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25 October 2017

Kurdish referendum declared illegal

For a united socialist struggle for self-determination: In just a few weeks the situation for Kurdish people in Iraqi Kurdistan has gone from euphoria to anger and fear

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24 October 2017

Editorial of the Socialist, issue 968

The dramatic events that have shaken Catalonia and the Spanish state have national and international implications, writes Socialists must back Catalan struggle for self-determination.

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19 October 2017

Hundreds of torture victims wrongly detained

Close detention centres now!

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18 October 2017

Conference on state spies: who's watching who?

It is clear undercover surveillance of trade unionists and left activists has taken place - contrary to the myth that it couldn't happen in Britain.

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18 October 2017

Campaign against political repression in Hong Kong

Protesters gathered outside China's embassies and consulates, as well as the Hong Kong government's economic and trade offices, in 22 cities across 20 countries on 12-13 October. The protests were part of a newly launched international campaign, 'Global Solidarity - Stop Repression in Hong Kong'.

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11 October 2017

Who's watching who?: The fight for justice, trade union and democratic rights

For almost 100 years a secret ban was operated to deny jobs to thousands of workers involved in trade union activity

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4 October 2017

Solidarity with Catalonia - the people have the right to decide

Shocking scenes of brutal police repression in Catalonia reverberated around the world on 1 October

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20 September 2017

Brutal repression of Rohingya people sparks massive humanitarian crisis

Celebrated dissident Aung San Suu Kyi collaborates with military junta: She has long danced to the tune of western capitalism's interests, but may now be more influenced by the rise of China

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26 July 2017

Council meeting abandoned after undercover policing protest

The mayor of Peterborough postponed a council meeting due to protests in the public gallery against Tory councillor Andy Coles

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3 July 2017

Jobstown victory: protest is not a crime!

The 'not guilty' verdict for the Jobstown anti-water charges protesters was a stunning blow to the capitalist establishment

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29 June 2017

Verdict in Jobstown case - All defendants cleared by jury!

In a crushing defeat for the Irish political establishment and ruling class, the jury in the #jobstownnotguilty case in Ireland found all six defendants not guilty

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28 June 2017

Jobstown Not Guilty - verdict imminent

As we go to press, the verdict is expected in the Jobstown trial in Ireland. Six peaceful protesters face trumped-up charges of 'false imprisonment'

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25 May 2017

Human rights workers strike in support of sacked union members

PCS members at the Equality and Human Rights Commission are on strike

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10 May 2017

Yorkshire meeting in solidarity with the #JobstownNotGuilty campaign

People from across Yorkshire came together to discuss the background of the Jobstown trial and the impact that the verdicts could have on Ireland and beyond

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10 May 2017

Jobstown Not Guilty trial round-up

The trial of Jobstown protesters in Ireland is an attack on the right to protest, but it is also an attack on the working class communities of Tallaght

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10 May 2017

Foreign aid corruption: capitalism to blame

To justify calls to reduce the foreign aid budget, parts of the capitalist establishment have pointed to the corruption that permeates the business of aid

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3 May 2017

Packed court laughs down cutter Joan Burton's comparison

Burton claimed to stand in the tradition of Marxist James Connolly!

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26 April 2017

Jobstown trial begins

The trial of seven anti-austerity protesters in Ireland runs concurrently to the UK election

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26 April 2017

The real origins of May Day

The origins of May Day lie in the great struggles in America by working people for shorter working hours at the end of the 19th century, and the martyrdom of union leaders executed 130 years ago.

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