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Resistance starts as violence sweeps Syria!

by our Eastern European affairs correspondent

Sectarian violence is spreading across Syria with the blessing of the new Syrian regime in Damascus – itself a loose coalition of the sectarian militias that brought down Bashar al Assad’s popular front government at the behest of NATO, Israel and the feudal Arab oil princes. The old defence ministry has been replaced by leaders of the Central Asian, Turkic and feudal Arab terror gangs including former members of Al Qaeda. Out of the five Brigadier-Generals listed, three are non-Syrian Al Qaeda foreign fighters. Other Islamic militia commanders promoted include a Jordanian, a Turk, a Central Asian and an Albanian.

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Happy Hour 2025

by New Worker correspondent

According to the 18th Century carol we get 12 drummers drumming on the 12th day of Christmas in addition to the partridge in a pear tree. But the bosses of the top 100 Financial Times Stock Exchange (FTSE) companies will do far better than that.

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Editorial

Trump takes centre stage

Two weeks still to go to Inauguration Day but Donald Trump’s already been grabbing the headlines urging Canadians to join the USA and threatening to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, which he says is now under Chinese control. While few take his pantomime threats seriously it’s amusing to see venal British and European politicians, so used to licking the boots of Uncle Sam, on the receiving end of American abuse for a change.

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