Labour MPs rail against mail betrayal

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Labour MPs rail against mail betrayal

POSTAL workers gave strong backing on Wednesday to the scores of Labour MPs pledging to fight Lord Mandelson's privatisation attack on the Royal Mail.

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10,000 demonstrate against IMF in Riga



OVER 10,000 people took to the streets of Riga on Tuesday to demand that the government steps down for accepting an IMF loan in return for "structural reforms."

Airport staff rally behind third runway



AIRPORT workers addressed MPs at Westminster on Wednesday to "set the record straight" about Heathrow expansion.

World Britain

• 10,000 demonstrate against IMF in Riga
• Tel Aviv 'should face war crimes probe'
• Bush cronies rewarded for warmongering
• Israel fires shells into southern Lebanon
• Sweden's second largest hospital to cut 900 jobs
• Asylum-seekers escape from Indonesian detention centre
• Slovakia urges Ukraine to resolve Russia gas conflict
• North Korea demands nuclear reciprocity from Washington
• Activists: Investigate Peruvian police torture allegations
• China responds to protests over chemical plant location

• Labour MPs rail against mail betrayal
• Airport staff rally behind third runway
• 2,500 more workers to join dole queues
• Council workers 'deserve decent wages'
• Labour movement pledges to fight 'draconian' Welfare Bill
• New parliamentary group to be launched next week
• Unions demand rail link, not new runway
• PCS union demands action against Zimbabwean activist's deportation
• Brown brings in fat-cat banker as minister
• Unite warns Tesco shoppers of exploited workers

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New Today ---------- 15 January 2009

Perspective

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UAW accepts government ban on strikes
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...pers-j15.shtml

News & Analysis

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US tortured Guantanamo prisoners, Army judge admits
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...tort-j15.shtml

Hillary Clinton touts “smart power” in pursuit of US imperialist aims
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...clin-j15.shtml

Israeli forces have killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in Gaza
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...gaza-j15.shtml

Citigroup downsizes as US and global bank crisis deepens
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...econ-j15.shtml

Left Party in Berlin supports Israeli war on Gaza
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...left-j15.shtml

US Justice Department rulings target immigrants’ legal rights
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...muka-j15.shtml

Britain: Prince Harry and the “P” word
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...harr-j15.shtml

Indonesian courts acquit general of killing human rights activist
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...muni-j15.shtml

Britain: Free school meals denied to one million children
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...meal-j15.shtml

Thousands displaced in Fiji by severe flooding
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...fiji-j15.shtml

Arts Review
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It’s all right to be resigned to your fate: Sam Mendes’s Revolutionary Road
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...revo-j15.shtml

Workers Struggles
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Indian government savagely suppresses oil and truck-driver strikes
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...indi-j15.shtml

Socialist Equality Party
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Notes on the political and economic crisis of the world capitalist system
Perspective and tasks of the Socialist Equality Party in 2009
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2009/ja...task-j13.shtml

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Socialist Worker News, 13 January

Highlights of the new issue
BREAK BRITAIN’S LINKS WITH ISRAEL
Expel the Israeli ambassador | Stop all arms sales
Evidence is mounting of Israel’s atrocities
Israel’s murderous assault on Gaza is creating a wave of human suffering of unimaginable proportions
Time for revolution in the Middle East
The Israeli assault on Gaza has exposed deep divisions between Arab ruling classes, their Western allies and the people of the region, argues Simon Assaf
Barack Obama faces tough tasks on economy
As US president-elect Barack Obama prepares for his inauguration next Tuesday the impact of the recession on the US grows more severe by the day
Defiant pay fight at Chemilines shocks bosses
Workers at the Chemilines pharmaceuticals firm in Wembley, north west London, are stepping up their campaign for decent pay and dignity at work
Key accuser of health activist Yunus Bakhsh is a Facebook friend of BNP Nazi
A most extraordinary scandal has been exposed in the case of Yunus Bakhsh, a health worker who has been sacked by his employer and expelled from the Unison union
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