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Free Palestine – End the Genocide!

by our Arab affairs correspondent

Israel has launched a new genocidal offensive against the Palestinians carpet bombing Gaza and unleashing their settler militias to spread terror in the occupied West Bank. Many believe that Israel is about to launch new ground offensives in Gaza and the West Bank to drive the Palestinians out and prepare the land for future Zionist settlement.

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Unrest on the campus

by New Worker correspondent

This week at the Canterbury-based University of Kent staff went on strike in protest at Management failing to rule out compulsory job cuts. The University and College Union (UCU) say the university is facing “a regular cycle of cuts to staff, courses and restructures, all of which impact the livelihoods and workloads of staff who work tirelessly to support students, conduct outstanding research and scholarship, and keep the university going”.

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Editorials

Dream on Starmer!

The way Starmer tells it wages are growing faster than prices. “Jobs up. Inflation down. Interest rates down. NHS waiting lists down. Houses and infrastructure unblocked. Free breakfast clubs rolling out. National Living Wage increasing. National Minimum Wage increasing. Defence spending increased. Two million more NHS appointments delivered. Housebuilding to be at the highest level in 40 years. People to be £500 a year better off. The Tories blocked change for Britain. My Labour government is delivering it.” The reality on the street is another story. Homelessness, poverty and despair.

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Who killed JFK?

Well, we all know it was Lee Harvey Oswald. The real question is why? Gunned down soon after his arrest, Oswald took that secret to his grave.

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