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National News

Truss may back down over benefit cuts

by Svetlana Ekimenko

LIZ TRUSS may cave in to rebel Tory MPs’ demands and U-Turn on real-term benefits cuts.

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The verdict is victory

by New Worker correspondent

THERE IS ONE inflation breaking pay deal which readers can celebrate by toasting the victors with a glass of very select claret. On Monday members of the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) voted to accept a 15 per cent pay rise.

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Airport news

by New Worker correspondent

ANOTHER substantial pay rise has been won by Unite on behalf of 50 American Airlines aircraft maintenance technicians and crew chiefs at London’s Heathrow Airport. The three year deal is worth 19 per cent. This is composed of seven per cent for 2022, six per cent for 2023 and six per cent for 2024, a much better offer than the original one.

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Terms & conditions

by New Worker correspondent

TRADE UNIONS are not just about wages, and to prove it the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has been claiming a great victory at the recently merged Virgin Media O2 (VMO2) where it has secured 10 per cent pay rise, and has forced VMO2 to “significantly improve its family friendly offering to employees”.The latest deal was supported by 85.7 per cent of those voting.

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On the move or not

by New Worker correspondent

IN ADDITION to the nationwide rail and postal disputes a number of other industrial disputes are continuing. First in the south London borough of Croydon tram drivers on London Tramlink were on strike last Monday and Tuesday having rejected a below inflation pay rise.

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Scottish Political News

by our Scottish political affairs correspondent

LAST weekend the SNP headed up to Aberdeen for their 88th annual conference, the first in-person event since 2019. There were predictably no great controversies, such as those which engulfed the Tories at Birmingham, nor were there any fireworks to add lustre to the flames of modern Scottish nationalism.

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Fighting for Assange!

by New Worker correspondent

JEREMY CORBYN joined protesters in Westminster last weekend to demonstrate against the extradition of Julian Assange. The former Labour leader joined left-wing comedian Russell Brand, retired union leader Len McCluskey and thousands of other Assange supporters to form a human chain outside Parliament that stretched from its perimeter railings and across Westminster Bridge to the other side of the River Thames.

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Chinese language learning broadens children’s horizon

by Shi Xi & Liang Jun

AS CHINA is a major country on the global stage, to study China and its language can broaden children’s minds and improve their career prospects.

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International News

Raising villagers’ incomes in Tibet

by Tao Xing

“A PARTY member shall serve the people and work together with them to solve problems,” says a young member of the Communist Party of China (CPC) from the Tibet Autonomous Region. What she said reflects cherished Party values, and she has matched her actions to her words.

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Che amongst the youth

by María Josefina Arce

FIFTY-FIVE YEARS have passed since the death of a man who shared part of his short life with the Cuban people, together with whom he fought for their independence and stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the beginning of this transforming work that is the revolution.

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German anger at soaring prices spring

Radio Havana Cuba

GERMANS took to the streets of Berlin last week to protest against soaring energy prices as the European Union warns of a dark winter.

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French workers fight on!

Radio Havana Cuba

THE CGT, the biggest union bloc in France, has rejected Government proposed wage talks and has vowed to continue their industrial action that has hit petrol supplies throughout the country.

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China’s communists pave the way

Xinhua

THE COMMUNIST Party of China leads the Chinese people towards rapid development, says Australian communist leader Vinnie Molina.

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Features

Energy for Life

by John Maryon

ALL LIFE FORMS depend upon energy. Humans have used rapidly increasing quantities since our early ancestors discovered fire. Today modern civilizations would collapse without an abundant supply of usable energy. Its misuse, however, can create dangers and threaten to destroy the ecosystems upon which life, including our own, depend.

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In the end, who promotes fascism?

by Manuel Raposo

ONE HUNDRED years after Mussolini took power, fascism is once again governing Italy. For weeks before the election, Giorgia Meloni’s expected victory drew no comments from European leaders, and it seemed that they all saw it not only as inevitable but also as normal and acceptable. Only on

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