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Huge EU bail-out of Ukraine puppet regime

by our Eastern European Affairs correspondent

Russian forces are continuing to advance along the Donbas front amid rumours that an end to the war in Ukraine was in sight. US President Donald Trump claimed on Monday that an agreement to end the conflict was “closer than ever” after Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky held talks with several European leaders and US diplomats in Berlin.

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Support the Hunger Strikers!

by New Worker correspondent

Two Palestine Action hunger-strikers on the brink of death have called off their protest but six others are still refusing to eat. The Palestine Action hunger strike began on 2nd November. The prisoners who are refusing food are: Qesser Zuhrah and Amu Gib who are on day 46 of hunger strike, Heba Muraisa who is on day 45, Teuta Hoxha on day 39, Kamran Ahmed on day 38 and Lewie Chiaramello on day 24. They are all refusing food as they await trial for their direct action protests in support of Palestine.

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Editorial

It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas…

Shops piled high with festive gifts. Streets festooned with Santas, reindeer, angels and tinsel. Children eagerly waiting for their new toys. Yes it’s beginning to look like Christmas – and it certainly is for the rich who rule the Western world celebrating the birth of the founder of Christianity. For the rich this largely consists of rocking around the Christmas tree snorting coke and drinking themselves silly for days on end. For working people it’s a welcome break from the drudgery of life under capitalism – a brief moment when those who produce all the wealth of this country can stop and enjoy the life the billionaires take for granted every day of their own worthless lives. For others, the homeless, unemployed and destitute victims of the capitalist crisis, it’s just another day of despair. The festive clichés of the politicians and the princes of the church are meaningless to them.

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