Torture Camp Shame - British state colluded in innocent Shaker Aamer's 14 year ordeal

Shaker Aamer’s lawyer, Gareth Peirce, demands the closure of Guantanamo Bay

Shaker Aamer free at last after 14 years in US prison

Shaker Aamer was finally released from the US prison camp Guantanamo after almost 14 years of imprisonment without trial and no charges on Friday of last week.

General Sisi—Egypt's butcher president at large

Egypt’s dictator Abdel Fattah el-Sisi is trying to hide his bloody record with a major diplomatic tour—and David Cameron is rolling out the red carpet to help him

Flames of revolt in France

Riots against police repression swept France’s suburbs ten years ago. Omar Slaouti, an activist in Argenteuil near Paris, talks about their roots, politics and legacy

New immigration rules will keep killing refugees

As immigration controls lead to deaths at both ends of Europe, the Tories are tightening them further.

Wildcat strike to defend Sandy Nicoll

Workers at the School of Oriental and African Studies (Soas) in London walked out unofficially on Tuesday of this week.

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Unions protest at Tory Trade Union Bill —now launch a real fight

Thousands of trade unionists protested at Westminster on Monday of this week against the Tories’ Trade Union Bill.

Steel workers to march as more jobs are slashed

Metals company Caparo Industries announced 452 job cuts on Friday of last week, after going into administration last month.

Get behind the junior doctors' dispute and defend the NHS

The British Medical Association (BMA) was to set to ballot its 56,000 junior doctor members for industrial action from Thursday of this week.

Greek strike wave continues the fight against austerity deal

Shipping workers began a two-day strike at ports across Greece at 6am on Monday of this week. At the port of Piraeus near Athens it was 100 percent successful—not a single ferry went in or out.

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Labour vote against Trident nukes in Scotland

Fear and unease led to Erdogan’s victory in the Turkish election

Exposed - the system that abandons abuse victims

Hundreds of Barnet council workers strike on day of protest against Trade Union Bill

FE strike needs to be launchpad for more action

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Fear and unease led to Erdogan’s victory in the Turkish election

We need to build a mass party in Turkey that stands clearly for democracy and peace with the Kurds, and against militarism, nationalism and Islamophobia.

The Austrian government is putting up fences while children freeze

Anger is growing at the Austria’s “razor wire minister” as winter deepens the plight of refugees, reports David Albrich

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Letters

Last week the Guardian newspaper published a statement signed by 343 British academics pledging not to cooperate with Israeli academic institutions. By Friday this list had risen to over 500.

Troublemaker

David Cameron insisted he does know poor people on daytime televison this week. Presumbly he meets them on the way to his new club.

Background check

We’re often told child sexual abuse is mainly carried out by ‘grooming gangs’. But, as Sadie Robinson found out, the real problem lies elsewhere in society