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Protest in South Korea, Christmas Eve, 2016

South Korea: protesters want the president and all the 'accumulated evils' out now

Around 700,000 people took to the streets of South Korea last Saturday, Christmas Eve. It was the third mass protest after the parliamentary vote to impeach president Park Geun-hye. 

As Tories call for crackdown, solidarity with the rail strikes

"Don't they know it's Christmas?" seems to be the level of the media's debate over the group of strikes set to take place during the holiday period.

Anti-racists rally against Islamophobic attacks in east London and Edinburgh

Some 200 people protested in solidarity with a Muslim who was attacked in Chingford, north east London, last night, Wednesday.
Cluster bombs scatter smaller explosive devices across a wide area

Tories defend Saudi Arabia after it admits dropping British-made bombs on Yemen

Saudi Arabia’s military has finally admitted that it has used British-made cluster bombs in its assault on Yemen. The truth has been dragged out of the regime after an attempted cover-up lasting over six months.
Post Office strikers step up their fight—but more attacks are in the post

Post Office strikers step up their fight—but more attacks are in the post

Post Office workers stepped up their fight against closures, privatisation, job losses and pension attacks with the start of a five day strike today, Monday.

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Is this the end for national strikes?

Will we see a national strike by large numbers of workers ever again?


Anger at the system rattles the ruling class

Mark Carney warned last week that politicians had to tackle the growing “isolation and detachment” that working class people feel towards capitalism. The Bank of England governor is just the latest figure in the ruling class to feel the ground shifting beneath his feet.

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