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Smash the zero-hours, agency worker ‘gig economy’ with a general strike to kick the...

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ZERO-hours contracts, zero rights, zero future: this is the vision the Tories have for a ‘modern’ hire and fire workforce, where the Uber model...

Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson quits – Now drive the rest of the right...

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YESTERDAY morning, Labour’s deputy leader and leading right winger Tom Watson announced that he was quitting his post and would be standing down as...

US trade unions must evict Trump and break with Democrats to found a Labour...

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PRESIDENT TRUMP has stated that he has no intention of leaving the White House and the presidency voluntarily. He said on Saturday: ‘We all know...

Remainer MPs attempt to block no deal! Workers must take strike action to drive...

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Commons on Thursday to try to ensure that Parliament is able to block any attempt by the expected Johnson-led Tory government to shut Parliament...

Lebanon rises up after government ‘negligence’ kills 154! Socialist revolution is the...

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THE LEBANESE bankers’ state has collapsed, undermined by the worldwide capitalist crisis which has plunged the country into a desperate situation of bankruptcy, mass...

Postal Workers lose money in share crash – Renationalise Royal Mail

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AT LAST month’s Labour Party conference, shadow chancellor John McDonnell floated the policy of a future Labour government introducing an ‘inclusive ownership Fund’ under...

Break with the EU now! Forward to a Workers Government and the United...

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WHEN TORY PM May went to the European Union to try and sell her Chequers plan she was met with a unanimous ‘NO’ from...

Meet Tory payback time for working class with a general strike to kick them...

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THE END of September is ‘payback time’ for the working class as far as the Tories are concerned. This is when all the debt incurred...

TUC leaders back Remainers to keep the working class tied to the EU bosses...

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WITH THE annual conference of the TUC opening on Monday the leadership of the trade unions have produced a report detailing the catastrophic effects...

Smash Universal Credit by smashing the Tories

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ON WEDNESDAY this week, the Tory government whipped its MPs to vote down a motion from the Labour Party calling for the release of...

Record numbers miss out on first choice secondary schools – Bring all schools back...

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NATIONAL Offer Day was yesterday, with record numbers of children missing out on their first choice of secondary school. More than half a million...

Bankrupt British Bosses Declaring War On Workers, Students And Youth!

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THE UK government borrowed £35.9bn in August, which was £30.5bn more than it borrowed in August last year. Borrowing between April and August totalled...

Britain’s economy broken says Archbishop – as he worries about the British revolution!

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THE Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, has blurted out the truth that has been more than obvious for a number of years to millions...

Trade unions must act over NHS crisis by organising a general strike

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HOSPITALS across the country are already running close to 100% bed occupancy and the full effects of winter haven’t even started to impact on...

The future of bankrupt British capitalism is tied to a collapsing US economy –...

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THE INAUGURATION of Joe Biden as president of the United States on Wednesday was enthusiastically greeted by prime minister Boris Johnson saying: ‘When you...

Health unions in head-on collision with the government over pay! Entire working...

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UNIONS representing NHS workers have written directly to the Tory government over their pay. The fourteen unions represent over a million NHS workers. The...

UK Ruling Class On Its Knees Before Brussels – Time For The UK Socialist...

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EUROPEAN Union leaders have said the Brexit withdrawal agreement with the UK is ‘not open for renegotiation’, after appeals from PM Theresa May. She...

May humiliated and powerless – only socialist revolution can achieve Brexit!

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ON TUESDAY night, Theresa May suffered yet one more humiliation at the hands of her own party when almost 100 Tory MPs voted against...

Johnson speech a bombastic cover-up of Tory class war preparations

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PM BORIS Johnson delivered a speech to the Tory faithful yesterday that was immediately dismissed by Matthew Lesh, head of the research at the...

Labour’s first 100 days will see the working class using its power to drive...

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LABOUR’S shadow chancellor, John McDonnell, delivered a speech yesterday laying out the priorities for the first 100 days of a Labour government. Within 100 days...

UK Must Not Appoint New EU Commissioner – Time To Quit The EU Without...

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THE EU HAS begun its legal action against the UK to attempt to force it to either appoint a new UK EU Commissioner, or...

Rail Companies ‘milking the system’ – Renationalise the Railways now

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RAIL passengers are being hit by rail fare hikes that are ‘truly staggering’, according to the Labour Party transport spokesman Andy McDonald. The increases, which...

NHS Staffing Crisis As Wages Are Forced Down And Conditions Worsened

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THE shortage of NHS staff in England is worsening official figures show. One in 11 posts is vacant, with the situation particularly bad...

Labour Must Expel The Splitters And Battle For A Corbyn-Led Government!

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SHADOW chancellor John McDonnell has revealed he is ‘worried and saddened’ about the prospect of the Labour Party being split by the fake ‘Labour...

ECB takes desperate measures to try and stop EU economic collapse

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LAST Thursday the European Central Bank (ECB) abandoned its previously proclaimed policy of ending free money handouts to the banks through quantitative easing (QE)...

Israel is an ‘apartheid regime of Jewish supremacy!’ says Israeli human rights group B’Tselem

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THE Israeli Human Rights group B’Tselem has issued a paper stating that Israel is not a democracy but an ‘apartheid regime’ that systematically oppresses...

Gold hits over $2,000 an ounce as the capitalist robbers seek value!

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ON TUESDAY the price of gold hit a record high of $2,000 (£1,530) an ounce, an increase of more than 30% this year. According to...

Tories promise money for schools in the Tory shires, and ‘reasonable force’ for working...

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YESTERDAY the Department for Education announced that it will be pushing for higher pay for newly qualified teachers as part of the Tory government’s...

Judge Dismisses CWU Appeal In A Few Minutes – Time For A General Strike...

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IT TOOK just minutes yesterday for three High Court judges to hear and dismiss an appeal by the postal workers union (CWU) against an...

International Criminal Court Has Jurisdiction Over Israeli War Crimes In Palestine!

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THE International Criminal Court ruled on Friday that it has jurisdiction over war crimes and atrocities committed in the Palestinian territories and can thus...

Chile – workers and youth vote to smash Pinochet-era constitution

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TENS of thousands of Chilean workers and youth flooded the main square of the capital Santiago on Sunday celebrating the result of the referendum...

To Get Rid Of The Coronavirus – Get Rid Of The Capitalist Drive For...

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YESTERDAY, Boris Johnson announced new emergency laws making social gatherings of more than six people illegal in England from next Monday. This law applies to...

Parliament Votes Lords Resolution Banning Any UK ‘No Deal’ Into Law!

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THE HOUSE of Commons on Monday night voted by 390 votes to 81 to turn a House of Lords resolution into legislation that bans...

Bring Down Crisis-Ridden Tories – Quit The Eu Now!

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THE PATHETIC political collapse of PM May is the result of the massive hostility of the UK working class to her ripping up the...

A general strike to kick out the Tories and bring in socialism will end...

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THIS WEEK, the boss of British Gas, Chris O’Shea, sent letters to 7,500 of its service engineers informing them that on Wednesday 14 April...

Pm May’s Education Review Is A Fraud – Unions Must Take Action To Abolish...

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THE National Union of Students’ verdict on PM May’s review into post-18 education and funding is that ‘she is choosing to move the deckchairs...

China shocked by US plans for massive new tariffs!

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THE CHINESE government has said that it is ‘shocked’ after the US government announced plans for massive new tariffs, escalating the trade war between...

Tory government acted illegally! It has no right to rule and must be...

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THE Supreme Court yesterday dealt a death blow to the Tory strategy to make it financially impossible for workers to take their employers...

RBS bankers joked about destroying the US housing market

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THIS week, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released a load of emails and transcripts of phone conversations between senior executives of RBS, the...

May appeals to Labour Right-Wing to save her

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THE TOTTERING Tory government of Theresa May was dealt another massive blow on Wednesday night when the ten Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MPs abstained...

US and UK workers must bring down Trump and the Tories and go forward...

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DONALD TRUMP has arrived in the UK to try his hand at regime change. He is treating the UK ruling class with supreme contempt, as...

Throw the paltry Tory NHS pay cut ‘offer’ out! Nothing less than 3.9%+£800 will...

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NHS staff who have suffered a 15% pay cut since 2010 have been offered a ‘new deal’ from the government. A leaked document shows...

Ireland’s ‘mother and baby’ homes report – Church and state complicit in 9,000...

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NINE thousand children died in Irish ‘mother and baby’ homes run by the Catholic Church throughout the 20th century, a long awaited report has...

Trump Setting Out To Impose A Greater Israel On The Palestinians By Force...

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WITH his declaration that the Trump Administration no longer recognises that the imposed Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank are illegal, US Secretary...

Answer Tories’ ‘perversion of democracy’ with a general strike to kick them out

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YESTERDAY’S meeting of the Tory ‘Brexit War Cabinet’ at Chequers was convened under conditions where the entire Tory leadership was openly at war with...