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Harrowing stories from Turkey and Kurdistan
TSSA leader MANUEL CORTES reports on his visit to meet trade unionists and key activists struggling for Kurdish liberation
Manuel Cortes (left) and (right) co-chair of the HDP Pervin Buldan
RAMZY BAROUD decries the rats of Gaza, the rodent and human type. Both abound as profiteering from tragedy reaches obscene levels
When gas company bosses gorged on assets, the GMB union fought back with the help of a 20-stone saddleback sow. MAT COWARD tells the story
JOHN REES looks at why the June 20 international anti-war conference is such a vital initiative
ROGER McKENZIE highlights how health workers in DRC are struggling to contain a deadly Ebola outbreak in a region already suffering conflict, aid cuts and a legacy of imperialist degradation
Associate Professor BUI QUANG TUAN explains how modernisation and growth are helping to unlock new foreign investment in the Vietnamese economy
THERE were so many first-hand harrowing stories of human and workers’ rights abuses while representing the General Federation of Trade Unions on a recent delegation to Kurdistan.
We were united in asking the Turkish government to stop its systematic abuse of human and workers’ rights.
There was a broad range of people on the visit, including Ogmundur Jonasson, who is the former justice minister of Iceland, from showbiz British actor Maxine Peake and people from a number of different countries and backgrounds.
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