Author Archives: Tony Burke

US Ban On TikTok: Could The UK Be Dragged Into A Trade War?

Posted on April 25, 2024 by Tony Burke

Buried deep in the US Senate’s foreign aid support package for Ukraine is a fast track provision to ban the Chinese social media platform TikTok unless it is sold by its Chinese owners ByteDance to a US-approved buyer, something ByteDance … Continue reading →

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TUC AI Report, Employment Bill & Organising In Digital & Tech Sectors

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Tony Burke

The TUCs special task force report on Artificial intelligence and Employment Rights Bill was launched at the TUC Congress House in London on April 18th. Comprising of the TUC, the Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy at the University of … Continue reading →

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PSC Rally Bedford April 13th

Posted on April 13, 2024 by Tony Burke

Tony Burke Speech April 13th, Labour & Palestine, Bedford PSC Trade Union Officer Hundreds of  thousands of people have been demonstrating in London every two weeks including many from Bedfordshire and our trade unions. Without those demonstrations the genocide now … Continue reading →

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Ecuador’s Military Assault On Mexican Embassy : Statement By Mexico Solidarity Forum UK

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Tony Burke

The Mexico Solidarity Forum in the UK has condemned the assault on the Mexican Embassy in Quito after heavily armed special military and police officers (The Security Bloc) forcibly broke through the premises of the embassy of Mexico in Quito, … Continue reading →

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Gaza War: TUC Says Stop Trade Talks With Isreal

Posted on March 23, 2024 by Tony Burke

The TUC has written to Tory Business and Trade Secretary Kemi Badenoch in response to the news that the UK is set to continue active trade talks with Israel. The Tory government concluded the latest round at the end of … Continue reading →

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Don’t Bank on Apartheid : Bedford PSC Demo Barclays Bank March 23rd

Posted on March 18, 2024 by Tony Burke

Bedford Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) will be demonstrating outside Barclays in Bedford High Street this Saturday 23rd March to draw attention to the role the bank is playing in arming Israel.  Financial institutions in the UK provide investment, loans, and … Continue reading →

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AI: Threats & Opportunities For The Media

Posted on March 15, 2024 by Tony Burke

Register now for the South Yorkshire Festival Of Debate (in partnership with Media North) panel debate on the Threats & Opportunities for media & digital workers of Artificial Intelligence. ‘AI – Threats & Opportunities For The Media’ Free online event: … Continue reading →

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Bedford PSC Demands Ceasefire & An End To The Gaza War

Posted on March 4, 2024 by Tony Burke

By Linda Jack, Chair of Unite Health and Local Government Branch Over 200 supporters of the people of Palestine joined a march and rally from Bedford Park to Castle Mound to call for an urgent ceasefire in Gaza.  With International … Continue reading →

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Hugh Lanning of Labour & Palestine Speech January 18th

Posted on January 18, 2024 by Tony Burke

Palestine in 2024 – What the World should be doing For the first time since the war on Gaza began there was a “Labour Members for Palestine” bloc on the march last Saturday, January 13th. The bloc was organised by … Continue reading →

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New York Times To Sue OpenAI & Microsoft; Sports Illustrated Sacks Senior Staff Over Use Of AI

Posted on December 30, 2023 by Tony Burke

The newspaper and magazine industry is gearing up for a battle over the use of AI in information harvesting and the use of artificial intelligence to create fake articles, fake writer profiles and photos. The New York Times is to … Continue reading →

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