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RUSSIAN PUSH TO DEFEND DONBAS CITIES

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

CLASHES CONTINUE all along the western front as Ukrainian forces dig in to halt the advance of the Russians in the central Donbas. Fierce fighting continues for settle­ments west of the Donetsk Ring Road in renewed Russian efforts to push the Ukrainian artillery batteries back to end the shelling of Donetsk city and other Donbas towns near the front.

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Redundant workers

by New Worker correspondent

THE PRESENT strike wave has largely been about workers seeking long overdue wage increases from both highly profitable private companies and the public sector. One notable exception are the struggles by transport unions RMT and TSSA whose present action is partly to defend jobs, particularly from plans to close ticket offices and introduce driver only operations. Government promises of a wage rise depend on accepting unacceptable cuts.

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Editorial

A week in the Alps

YES, IT’S TIME for the so-called World Economic Forum (WEF) held in the Swiss Alps to allow the great and the good of the capitalist world to transform Davos into a millionaires’ playground to talk about Co-operation in a Fragmented World for a few days in January.

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