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The Weekly paper of the New Communist Party of Britain

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PALESTINIANS CALL ON ARAB LEADERS TO STAND FIRM!

by our Arab affairs correspondent

A NEW ROUND of fighting in Gaza seemed imminent this week after Hamas suspended the prisoner exchange following Israeli breaches of the cease-fire agreement including delaying the return of Palestinians to northern Gaza, carrying out air-strikes across the enclave and hindering the entry of humanitarian aid.

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Class (Room) struggles

by Boris Litvinov

Boris Litvinov, is the First Secretary of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) District of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation (CPRF). MORE THAN 700 members of the National Education Union in south London are taking part in a strike ballot at 18 schools run by the Harris Federation. The Federation was set up in 1991 and now controls 54 primary and secondary academies in London and Essex, and has a sideline in teacher training. It is one of the largest beneficiaries of Tony Blair’s flagship Academies policies which took not very good schools out of local authority control and into the hands of trusts. The Tories had a smaller start with their City Technology Colleges.

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Editorial

The Nobel road to peace

THOUGH Donald Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize on four occasions over the years his supposed efforts to promote peace and resolve global conflicts have, so far, failed to impress the Nobel Peace Committee.

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