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Stop the war! End the occupation!

by our Arab Affairs correspondent

The guns blaze in the Middle East as Israeli warplanes pound Beirut and other towns across Lebanon while Palestinian guerrillas battle to drive the Zionists out of northern Gaza and Lebanese resistance fighters stave off the Israelis in southern Lebanon. At the United Nations People’s China has again called for an end to the fighting while a medical charity says Israel is trying to drive all the Palestinian Arabs out of the northern Gaza Strip.

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All quiet on the pay front

by New Worker correspondent

Every week the Personnel Today website updates a list of industrial disputes. However, this has not been done for a fortnight. The reason given in its 26th September update was that “Almost all major industrial disputes have now been resolved following a tumultuous period from 2022 to mid-2024”, in particular: “Since the Labour government came to power on 5 July 2024, pay offers for resident doctors, rail workers and elsewhere in the public sector have been accepted by trade union members”.

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Editorial

What choice do we have?

Starmer squirms while Gaza burns. He warns MPs that the Middle East is “close to the brink” and in “very real danger of a regional war” but refuses to rule out British military involvement if Israel attacks Iran. He declines to say whether MPs would get a vote first on any military action. Why is that?

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