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French workers protest attacks, Macron refuses to backdown
Ireland's historic vote sparks pressure for change in the north
Landslide vote for women's right to choose in Ireland
French workers take to streets against privatisations
Venezuela slams new US sanctions
The women of Kurdistan stand in solidarity with the women of Ireland – and call for a Yes vote to Repeal the 8th
Venezuela's Bolivarian Revolution wins the battle, but is it losing the war?
Erdogan and Netanyahu: hypocrisy knows no bounds

In recent days, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have once again been ratcheting up their clash of the colonisers, writes Marcel Cartier.
South Africa: Workers launch new revolt

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, who took office in February from Jacob Zuma, is facing a rebellion within the union movement over proposed changes to the labour laws.
Gaza eyewitness: 'With your support, our deaths are not in vain'
‘Surveillance capitalism’ — Facebook just one example of profiteering off our data

The Cambridge Analytica scandal has put data harvesting in the spotlight, but Tom Walker writes that the problem goes far beyond Facebook.
Puerto Rican teachers protest closures in face of violence

Large-scale teacher-led rebellions against cuts and for workers’ rights have broken out in US states such as West Virginia, Arizona, Oklahoma and Colorado. Although it has received less publicity, teachers are also rebelling in the US’s Caribbean colony of Puerto Rico.

Fighting to keep the island’s public schools open in the wake of the devastation caused by Hurricane Maria last year, teachers are boycotting standardised tests and even teaming up with parents to occupy their schools.

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