General secretary of the General Federation of Trade Unions GAWAIN LITTLE calls for support and participation in the national partnership organised to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1926 general strike
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The promise that could seal Assange’s fate
There have been assurances that Assange does not face the death penalty, but no clear answer as to whether the US first amendment will apply to him; regardless, he should be released and returned to Australia, writes TIM DAWSON
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The transformation of a stable secular state into a fractured ruin largely ruled by Western-backed fundamentalists exposes the hollow nature of ‘multipolarity’ and the absence of principled anti-imperialism today, writes ZOLTAN ZIGEDY
Facing economic turmoil, Jim Callaghan’s government rejected Tony Benn’s alternative economic strategy in favour of cuts that paved the way for Thatcherism — and the cuts-loving Labour of the present era, writes KEITH FLETT
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WHEN Justice Jeremy Johnson and Dame Victoria Sharp take their seats in London’s Royal Courts of Justice today, it will be to deliver their verdict of the quality of a promise.
Much rests on their judgement — the ability of journalists all over the world to reveal wrongdoing based on classified information, the reputation of the US government, and the life of Julian Assange.
The promise arises from the last occasion these distinguished jurists considered this case. In February they heard what was expected to be Assange’s final plea that his extradition to the US be not allowed.
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