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LAVROV TOURS LATIN AMERICA IN NEW BID FOR PEACE

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

President Vladimir Putin went to the front to meet Russian troops during the Orthodox Easter celebrations whilst his foreign minister met Latin American leaders to strengthen political and economic ties and outline the Kremlin’s efforts to end the conflict with Ukraine.

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The blacklisting saga continues

by New Worker correspondent

Just after Easter Unite the Union issued a press release about blacklisting of union activists in the construction industry. For literally centuries trade union activists have been blacklisted by employers who don’t want active trade unionists on their sites and prefer willing tools who do as they’re told.

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Editorials

NO BRITISH DU SHELLS TO UKRAINE!

The UK is supplying depleted uranium (DU) shells to Ukraine to be used by the Challenger tanks Britain is sending. DU ammunition was first deployed by the USA in the 1990 Gulf War. In that war and the 2003 Iraq War some 300 metric tons of DU weapons were used, and 10 metric tons were used in the 1999 NATO military action in Yugoslavia. DU weapons were also used by the US military in Syria in 2015.

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Look for the Golly…

…“the Golly on the jar” was the jingle when Robertson’s used a ‘golliwog’ to promote their jams and marmalade. Generations of kids collected the golliwog tokens needed to get a seemingly endless series of enamel Golly badges.

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