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El Niño adds fuel to the fire of climate catastrophe

By Isidora Durán Not a year goes by without climate scientists predicting record-breaking summer temperatures, and 2026 is no exception. Greenhouse gases are gradually warming the Earth towards catastrophic tipping points, but it is the sudden climate events intensified by this warming

Jun 8, 2026

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Libya: Gaddafi regime crumbles

No to foreign military intervention · Libyan workers, youth and poor must act independently of imperialism

Aug 26, 2011

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Britain: Con-Dems to blame for anger of youth

The four days of riots that followed the shooting dead of Mark Duggan by the police in Tottenham sent a massive wave of shock across the country. "Over the last few days the state has lost control of England’s streets" was the panic

Aug 15, 2011

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Riots: The ‘mindless’ media and establishment ignore the root cause

Here Paul Murphy MEP looks at the youth riots sweeping Britain, and the disgraceful way the media and political establishment have reported and responded to the events. He investigates the underlying reasons, ways to solve the causes of this outburst, and what

Aug 10, 2011

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Britain: Inner cities erupt

"The scenes of despair and explosions of anger like those of 1981 will be back on our streets. "Deprived areas of major cities - if not the central areas, then the ’banlieus’ or outskirts as in France - will be the scene

Aug 10, 2011

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Tottenham riots – Fatal police shooting sparks eruption of protest and anger

Tottenham is located in the borough of Haringey, north London, where over 10,000 people claim jobseeker’s allowance. One ward, Northumberland Park, is among the most deprived areas in Europe.

Aug 9, 2011

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US: Debt ceiling debate provides cover for historic attacks on New Deal programs

Job growth has collapsed in the last two months, with the official US. unemployment rate rising to 9.2%. Since 2008 we have entered a period of high structural unemployment with the economy stagnating and unable to effectively pull out of the recession.

Jul 28, 2011

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Norway: Right-wing terror – How should the workers’ movement respond?

Right wing extremist Anders Behring Brevik’s massacre of young people at the camping island of Utøya, outside Norway’s capital, Oslo, shocked and horrified people everywhere. It was an act of hardly imaginable wanton cruelty.

Jul 25, 2011

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The 15M movement, trade unions and the left

After a month of social explosions across Spain with the 15-M movement, Spanish Politics has been turned upside down, and the situation continues to simmer. There will be further developments over the next months. There are numerous demonstrations and actions planned. However,

Jul 7, 2011

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Greece: Savage austerity policies passed despite mass protest

Deploying tear gas and threats, the Greek Pasok government passed new austerity policies during a protest 48 hour general strike and the movement of the ‘Enraged’.

Jul 5, 2011

Palestine solidarity·World News

Irish Ship to Gaza Sabotaged

It has emerged that the Irish Ship to Gaza, part of the Freedom Flotilla 2, has been sabotaged whilst sitting in harbour preparing to sale. The damage, which was potentially life threatening, is so serious that the ship will not be able

Jun 30, 2011

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