7/7 Inquest
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The 7/7 inquest continues, and has today been hearing from London Underground workers who dealt with the terrible events of that day.
Terror attacks
42 day detention plans
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When the government unveiled its massive Counter-Terrorism Bill in January it promised to introduce "tough new measures to protect the public." The claim to toughness is beyond dispute but to what ext
My mum the terrorist
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Last week my seventy year old mother, who walks with the aid of a stick, was deemed a security threat by a bus driver.
Trotsky's Courtroom Speech — "In Defence of Insurrection"
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* The 1906 Speech of Leon Trotsky, on Trial for His Life, to the Tzarist Court.
* Introduction: Sean Matgamna
The “war on terrorism” being waged by George W Bush’s US hyperpower and its political satellites, such as Tony Blair’s Britain, poses strongly the question of the attitude of Marxists toward political violence.
Serious or Critical?
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Tubeworker is still trying to get our head round the idea that while the country as a whole has a security level of 'critical', ours is a mere 'serious' (one step less serious than 'critical'). What, is London Underground some kind of place of safety, a refuge from the unsafe streets?!
Attacks on mosques: backlash after London bombings
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Racists have exploited the London bombings to mount a renewed attack on Britain’s Muslim communities.
Humanity against barbarism
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Andy Hilton reviews That Summer Day, a short film by Clive Bradley.
All quiet on the Western front
Why is it that whenever a "disaster" happens we have to stop for 2 to 3 minutes to pay "respect"? Today got me thinking about this with the 7/7/2005 train bombings. I work in a "super" market and was pushing a noisy cage not realising the rest of the shop had gone quiet, when I walked past a manager who promptly starred at me with his finger to his lips. That got me thinking, why am I standing here? Why should people blown up on a train be any different from the thousands of other people blown up that day? If it's right to be silent for every war and bombing anniversery no-one would ever talk.
Iraqi trade unionist murdered
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ICFTU ONLINE...
Iraqi trade union leader kidnapped, tortured and murdered 30/5/2006
Brussels, 30 March 2006 (ICFTU OnLine): In the latest brutal attack against the Iraqi trade union movement, the General Federation of Iraqi Workers (GFIW) has reported the kidnapping and murder of Thabet Hussein Ali, Head of the General Trade Union for Health Sector Workers, on April 27. Ali was taken by a terrorist group as he was leaving his union's headquarters in Baghdad’s Al-Mansour neighborhood.
Tubeworker 26/07/05
Tubeworker of 26/07/05 discusses the aftermath of the Al Qaeda bombings and the police shooting at Stockwell.
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