National News
More lies in the British press
by Mark Blacklock, Global Times
Britain’s ultra-conservative print media has once again been wallowing in a puddle of its own importance by proclaiming, not for the first time, its “superior knowledge” of China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. Or, to put it another way, it continues to spread so-called “outrageous stories of human rights abuses and even genocide there” and attacks people who dare to have the temerity to question them.
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Night at the Museum
by New Worker correspondent
Another out battle involving an outsourcing company is taking place at the Natural History Museum (NHM) and Science Museum (SM) in the somewhat grander location of South Kensington in London.
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On the Rails
by New Worker correspondent
One union which does take outsourced workers seriously is the RMT transport union which has just started a serious organising campaign at the Office Cleaning Services (OCS) Group which employs cleaners on Avanti West Coast/Alstom, Great Western Railways and LNER.
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NHS
by New Worker correspondent
Another ongoing battle is continuing at the East Suffolk & North Essex Foundation Trust where workers belonging to Unison have spent 13 days on the picket lines at Aldeburgh, Colchester, Felixstowe and Ipswich hospitals opposing the outsourcing of porters, housekeepers and caterers.
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High Wire Strike
by New Worker correspondent
Some of Britain’s least known transport workers took strike action last Saturday and are threatening to do so every Saturday until February. They are maintenance workers at the London Cable Car run by Doppelmayr Cable Car (DCC) – who have refused to make a decent pay offer to RMT members.
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No more arms for Ukraine!
by New Worker correspondent
NCP leader Andy Brooks joined demonstrators in Whitehall demanding an end to British military aid to the fascist regime in Kiev last weekend while Scottish anti-fascists made similar demands in a protest in the heart of Glasgow. The pickets were organised by the International Ukraine Anti-Fascist Solidarity campaign to call for an end to British arms supplies to the illegitimate Zelensky regime in Kiev and against British demands for Storm Shadow missile strikes deep into Russia.
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Scottish Political News
by our Scottish political affairs correspondent
The 25th anniversary of the Scottish Parliament was belatedly celebrated on Saturday. It was in May 1999 that the devolved parliament first met, having been approved of in a referendum in September 1997, with the 1998 Scotland Act filling out the details. The referendum brought out 60 per cent to vote for its establishment by 74.29 to 25.71 per cent. True to the stereotype of tight-fisted Scots, a lesser percentage, 63.48 to 36.52, voted for it to have tax raising powers. It was clearly Labour’s baby, being on their agenda since Keir Hardie’s day. The SNP were ambiguous about supporting it fearing devolution would be a block rather than a possible stepping stone to independence.
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International News
Hassan Nasrallah
Message from the President of the Syrian Arab Republic, Dr Bashar Al-Assad, to the Lebanese national resistance and the family of the martyred leader
My message is not one of condolences for the martyrdom of the leader of the resistance, for over the past decades, you have demonstrated resilience, strength, determination, and unity that have made you stronger and more steadfast in the face of any calamity, no matter how great. You belong to a school of struggle that knows only persistence and unwavering commitment to the path of truth, no matter the cost. Noble, pure blood is spilled only in the service of truth and its causes.
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A Devastating Blow That Will Trigger Escalation of Violence
by Ilya Tsukanov , Sputnik
Hezbollah, the Lebanese political and militia movement, has confirmed that its long-time leader Hassan Nasrallah was killed in an Israeli airstrike on Beirut last week.
“Nasrallah was not only the face of Hezbollah, but also a figure of immense symbolic and strategic importance within the broader Iranian-led regional alliance. He has been instrumental in Hezbollah’s military and political successes against Israel, its support of [President Bashar Assad’s Syria], and its backing of the Houthis in Yemen. His death represents a major moral and leadership setback, leaving a vacuum that’s difficult to fill,” says Dr Ismay Salamay, an associate professor of political science and international affairs at the Lebanese American University.
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Johnson reveals planned raid on NATO ally
by Ed Newman , Radio Havana Cuba
Boris Johnson has revealed a planned “raid” on a NATO ally to steal COVID-19 vaccines during a dispute with the European Union in 2021.
Johnson’s memoirs published in the Daily Mail on Saturday cited an extract in which the former British Prime Minister claimed British military officials had put forth a secret plan to steal COVID-19 vaccines from a factory in the Netherlands.
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Korean solidarity in Bulgaria
by New Worker correspondent
Dermot Hudson, the chair of the UK Korean Friendship Association, attended the European Regional Seminar on the Juche Idea on the theme of “Sovereignty, Independence and New International Relations” that was held on the 8th September at the Moskva Park hotel in Sofia, the capital of the former People’s Republic of Bulgaria
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A long and historic friendship
by Catherin López and María Josefina Arce, Radio Havana Cuba
Cuba and Vietnam have a long and historic relationship of friendship, which today is maintained at the highest level and is a benchmark of what relations between peoples should be. Based on the characteristics of each country and its history, there is a fluid and sincere dialogue between the two nations, based on mutual respect and common interests.
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Features
Can anyone blow up your phone?
by Andrei Mihailov, Pravda.ru
Forty-two people have died and about 4,500 more were injured this month as a result of explosions of communication devices in Lebanon. It was Hezbollah members’ pagers that started blowing up first on 17th September. The following day the explosions continued, although it was not just pagers, but walkie-talkies, laptops, radios, smartphones, fingerprinting devices and solar-powered units that started exploding.
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China: ending poverty on a global scale
by Joseph Matthews, Xinhua
Joseph Matthews is a senior professor at the BELTEI International University in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
China’s impact on global poverty alleviation, peace, stability, and sustainable development has resonated worldwide, shaping the future of international cooperation.
Over the past 40 years, China has lifted nearly 800 million of its people out of poverty, accounting for more than 75 per cent of global poverty reduction in the same period.
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Zionist terror will backfire on Netanyahu regime
by Denijal Jegic , Radio Havana Cuba
In the largest assault on Lebanon in decades, the Western-backed Zionist regime is currently bombarding and massacring people in the south and the suburbs of Beirut, killing hundreds and injuring thousands and inflicting significant destruction on civilian infrastructure.
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