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New war fears on Lebanese front!

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

Palestinian guns blaze across the West Bank as street battles continue throughout the Gaza Strip and Israeli troops swing round to confront Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.

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The Next Prime Minister

by New Worker correspondent

One remarkable feature of the present election is that Labour has had such an easy ride from the bourgeois press. So far, we have not heard anything about Sir Keir Starmer in his former role as Director of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), particularly over his inaction in the case of Sir Jimmy Savile OBE, Britain’s ‘best-loved’ paedophile.

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Editorials

Last lap of the election…

It looks like curtains for Sunak on 4th July. Despite the fact that there is little enthusiasm for Keith Starmer on the street, nothing the Conservatives say can shift Labour’s 20-point lead in the opinion polls.

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Assange: the end of a nightmare

Seven years holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London followed by five years cooped up in a dungeon in Belmarsh, Julian Assange paid a very high price for defending journalistic freedom. Now he walks free following a plea-bargain deal with the US courts that led to his release this week. We all wish him well as he starts to rebuild his life in Australia.

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