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UK Labour government speeds up deportations to Nigeria in expanding anti-migrant crackdown
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (798+ words) Britain's Labour government used a state visit last week by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to announce an expansion of its anti-migrant crackdown. The Home Office statement, "New UK'Nigeria partnership to speed up removals," said the agreement ensures that "Visa…...
Peaceful asylum seekers’ protests smashed by UK security officers
2+ mon, 5+ day ago (890+ words) Last November, Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood outlined "Restoring Order and Control" plans severely restricting the rights of asylum seekers. These were so vicious that the far-right Reform UK party led by Nigel Farage said it could hardly better them....
Court rules dissolution of the Palestine Congress 2024 in Berlin was unlawful
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (821+ words) The ban and dissolution of the Berlin Palestine Congress in April 2024 were illegal. This is shown by the ruling of the Berlin Administrative Court of 26 November this year. The judgment is a resounding slap in the face for the Berlin…...
UK Labour governments’ war on migrant workers threatens health and social care
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (943+ words) The Labour government has opened a new front in its assault on the working class, with dire consequences for many of the people who hold Britain's overstretched health and social care services together. On November 20, Labour Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood…...
Labour “left” prostrate as UK Starmer government rolls out fascistic anti-immigration policy
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (477+ words) The Labour's government adoption of an anti-immigration programme which has received praise from the far-right Reform UK party and the fascist Tommy Robinson has confirmed the bankruptcy of a collapsing Labour "left. Despite talk of a "revolt against the Labour…...
UK Labour government announces two former military sites will become asylum seeker detention camps
4+ mon, 3+ week ago (578+ words) Asylum seekers in Britain are to be housed within weeks at two former military sites in Inverness, Scotland and East Sussex in England, as the Starmer government enforces a policy to remove them from hotels. The Starmer government is planning…...
5 months after death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., silence and cover-up continue
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (1511+ words) Five months have passed since the April 7 death of 63-year-old skilled tradesman Ronald Adams Sr. at Stellantis" Dundee Engine Complex in Michigan. His family and co-workers still have no answers. Stellantis, the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the Michigan Occupational…...
Counter-terror police arrest five key members of Defend Our Juries planning protests of Palestine Action ban
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (755+ words) In a pre-emptive strike against an upcoming protest in London against the proscription of Palestine Action (PA), counter-terrorism officers have arrested five organisers of the Defend Our Juries (DOJ) legal defence campaign. In response to the government's proscription of the…...
UK Starmer government proclaims its anti-immigration plans to be the “central issue”
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (739+ words) Britain's Labour government announced policies Monday and Tuesday stepping up its assault on asylum seekers. This was the Starmer government's response to the furore whipped up by the far-right, backed by a xenophobic media, after the Court of Appeal decision…...
Autoworkers speak on the investigation into the death of Dundee Engine worker Ronald Adams Sr. and continuing industrial carnage
7+ mon, 5+ day ago (1264+ words) Following the July 27 rank-and-file hearing into the death of Ronald Adams, a 63 year-old tradesman at the Stellantis Dundee Engine Complex, the World Socialist Web Site Autoworker Newsletter spoke to autoworkers in Dearborn, Michigan, and Toledo, Ohio. Adams was crushed to…...