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Sri Lankan Parliament Concludes Second Reading on Bill to Dispossess Farmers of Farming Land

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17th March, 2022 Sri Lankan Parliament Concludes Second Reading on Bill to Dispossess Farmers of Farming Land The Land Development (LDO) (Amendment) Bill got through the second reading in Parliament last Friday. Ignorance and indifference exhibited by Members of Parliament on the issue of farmers’ indebtedness is outrageous. Many of them seem to believe that enabling farmers to mortgage their land to banks is a one-stop solution to all farmer’s problems. The Bill was hurriedly rushed through without creating an environment to deliberate on crucial clauses in the Bill.  The…

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Ukraine: Two journalists killed near Kyiv

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Brussels 16 March 2022 – Fox News camera operator Pierre Zakrzewski and Ukrainian producer and fixer Oleksandra Kuvshynova, also known as Sasha, were killed on 14 March while reporting from Horenka, a city close to Kyiv. Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was seriously injured in the same attack. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) denounced the targeting of media workers reporting on the front lines in Ukraine and urged the international community to investigate these attacks. Fox News reported that the journalists’ vehicle “was struck by incoming fire” yesterday as the crew was heading towards the city of Irpin. Only…

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EU must provide emergency visas for Russian & Belarusian journalists fleeing repression

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Brussels 16 March 2022 – The International Federation of Journalists joins Media Freedom Rapid Response (MFRR) partners in calling on European Union Member States to set a global example of support for media freedom in crisis by extending emergency shelter and visa exemption to Russian journalists fleeing the country, as well as to Belarusian journalists seeking refuge from war and repression. Independent journalists and media in Russia are currently experiencing the most severe and wide-ranging crackdown in the last thirty years. Leading broadcasters have been silenced or shuttered; dozens of news websites…

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Russia: Journalist Marina Ovsyannikova arrested after protesting against war

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Brussels 15 March 2022 – The Russian authorities arrested on 14 March journalist Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor with the Russian television channel Channel One following her appearance behind the presenter holding up a sign reading “No to war. Don’t believe the propaganda. They are lying to you. Russians against war”. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) call for her immediate release. Marina Ovsyannikova interrupted the evening broadcast on Russian state TV network Channel One with a sign blasting Russian war against Ukraine. “Stop the war, no to war!” she shouted.…

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Ukraine: Fox News reporter attacked near Kiev

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Journalist Benjamin Hall – (Credits: Fox News) Brussels 15 March 2022 – Fox News reporter Benjamin Hall was attacked and seriously injured on 14 March while reporting on the outskirts of Kiev. The International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ and EFJ) condemn the systematic targeting of media workers reporting on the front lines in Ukraine and urges the international community to investigate these attacks.Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to Ukraine’s interior minister, said the news crew probably “came under mortar or artillery fire“ from Russian forces as they were heading towards the city of Irpin, which sits…

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Restoring the role of social work in a transforming society

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by Steve Rogowski14th March 2022 Originally Published on: https://www.transformingsociety.co.uk/2022/03/14/restoring-the-role-of-social-work-in-a-transforming-society/ As we begin Social Work Week , I came across Steve Burghardt’s new book ‘The End of Social Work’ which describes the dire state of social work in the United States. His argument is that social work there is at a very low point in its history, this resonating with aspects of the UK situation as outlined in the second edition of my book ‘Social Work: The Rise and Fall of a Profession?’   As I have continually argued, social work’s high point in…

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Red Salute Comrade Karl Marx!

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By NATİONAL HEWERS FEDERATİON. BY jayantha daş fröm India. Our Tribute to the Great Philosopher who could visualise the role of Working Class in transforming the human race and could vialise the working class revolution which can overthrow capitalism – Comrade Karl Marx in his “The Capital”& “Communist Manifesto” could ignite Pari Commune in France and The Great October Socialist Revolution in Russia. His  scientific Philosophy will continue to guide the peoples revolutions in bringing transformation of human society to curb exploitation of surplus labour and surplus value and build…

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