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Bury bankrupt capitalism – forward to socialism

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SUNDAY marked the fifth anniversary of the biggest banking collapse in the history of capitalism to date. On 15 September 2008 Lehman Brothers, a massive...

Junior doctors and student nurses lead the way Now call a general strike!

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THE decision by the BMA on Monday to walk away from the negotiations over the imposition of new contracts for junior doctors and to...

De Menezes murder not a crime says state

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THE current farce that is being played out, of trying a police death squad under the health and safety laws, is not only a...

Shares crashing as oil nears $100 a barrel

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THE US dollar is reeling against the euro. The US sub-mortgage crisis is deepening, with housing starts down by 10 per cent in September, while...

Sunak admits ‘borrowing will have to end’ and prepares for war against the working...

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IN THE Spectator magazine this week, Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak broke ranks with the official Tory line that British capitalism could survive by indefinitely...

Civil war declared as Tories are torn apart by the capitalist crisis – Kick...

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CIVIL WAR in the Tory Party has erupted as Boris Johnson and his allies launch a coordinated attack on PM Rishi Sunak, with the...

Free Bradley Manning – The Exposer Of Imperialist Secret Diplomacy!

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A MILITARY judge is expected to rule shortly on a request to dismiss all charges against the US soldier Bradley Manning, accused of passing...

Finland joins NATO as imperialism ramps up war drive

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YESTERDAY Finland formally joined NATO, becoming the 31st member of the US-led imperialist military bloc in what NATO Secretary-General, Jens Stoltenberg, described as ‘The...

Bosses covered up coronavirus infections and deaths in workplaces to keep the profits rolling...

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THOUSANDS of deaths by workers who contracted Covid in the course of their jobs have gone unreported in the official figures, according to research...

Answer Johnson’s war on the right to strike with a general strike and a...

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HOURS after winning the December 12 election, Tory leader Johnson at the Queen Elizabeth II Centre in central London announced that ‘We now speak...

Silence from imperialist governments over Gaza ‘aid distribution’ centres used as a death...

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YESTERDAY at least 27 Palestinians were killed and dozens more injured when Israeli occupation troops opened fire on crowds attempting to get food at...
Rose Gentle (holding photograph) leads the Military Families Against the War march  from Parliament to Downing Street on Wednesday

The revolution in Nepal – part of the world revolution

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LEON Trotsky’s theory of the Permanent Revolution shows how ‘the democratic tasks of the backward bourgeois nations lead directly, in our epoch, to the...

Full support for the Tube workers!

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THE STRIKING Tube workers brought London to a standstill yesterday, and every London worker and commuter must give them their full support against the...

Public Debt doubles – overthrow bankrupt capitalism

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The coalition government will be forced to accept this month that the bank bailout has more than doubled the size of the Public Debt...

Tory attack on migrants is an attack on the working class!

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MIGRANT workers who work illegally in England and Wales are to face up to six months in prison under especially vindictive anti-migrant proposals to...

Tory Chairman Quits While Johnson Skulks In Rwanda Hoping That Something Will Turn Up

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THE TORY wipe-out in the two by-elections has left the great leader skulking in Rwanda, while his Tory Party chairman Dowden has resigned, writing...

Judiciary Now Leading The Charge Against 2016 Referendum!

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WE ARE now reaching the moment of truth in the struggle to carry out the result of the 2016 referendum which instructed Parliament that...

US crisis intensifies!

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THE US dollar, reflecting the crisis of the US capitalist economy, is now sinking fast against both the euro and the pound sterling. Rising...

Obama allies with Clinton and McCain, and ignores the unions

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US WORKERS will be asking themselves what the recent presidential election campaign was all about when Obama was fighting for change and saying that...

Trump is set to impose the death agony of the US capitalist system onto...

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THREATS, demands and bullying aimed at the whole world from US President Donald Trump, dominated the Davos Economic Forum in a video call on...

Hamas Condemns The Blocking Of All Humanitarian Aid To The Gaza Strip By Israel!

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THE Israeli occupation government blocked on Sunday the entry of all humanitarian aid into the Gaza Strip and reneged on the truce after the...

Syria, the Kurdish people and the Turkish workers must stand together against imperialism!

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THIRTY-FIVE Syrian civilians have reportedly been killed and 75 others wounded by fresh Turkish artillery and tank fire plus air strikes on Jubb al...

Sharon’s deception at the United Nations

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ISRAEL’S Prime Minister Ariel Sharon tried to cut a figure as the liberator of the Palestinian people of the Gaza Strip at the United...

Gate Gourmet workers defend the right to picket – now TGWU must make strike...

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YESTERDAY, the determination and militancy of the 670 Gate Gourmet locked-out workers forced the High Court judiciary to acknowledge that they did indeed have...

May Loses Support Of Both The Remainers And Leavers – Looks To Labour To...

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THAT BANKRUPT British capitalism and imperialism is unable to stand on its own two feet anymore is obvious. It faces the prospect of the...

Demolition of West Bank Khan al-Ahmar village is a war crime says Amnesty!

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THE PLANNED demolition by Israeli forces of a West Bank village and the forcible transfer of its residents to make way for illegal Jewish...

Answer NHS crisis with general strike and occupations

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THIS week saw the crisis in the NHS reach breaking point with at least 17 hospitals in England declaring they faced a ‘major incident’...

Obama about-turn on war crimes!

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PRESIDENT Obama said one thing before his election, and now he is saying something else altogether. During his campaign he stood up against the torture...

Labour MPs being whipped to keep Tories in power!

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LABOUR leader Keir Starmer instructed his party’s MPs to abstain in last night’s vote on the Tories’ new Covid regulations tier system, thus ensuring...

Stop Saudi-Israeli military intervention into Lebanon! Victory to Hezbollah!

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AFTER the defeat of the imperialist powers and their terrorist proxies in Syria, the US, the other imperialist powers, and their Saudi-led allies are...

A billionaires’ paradise – the UK under Blair and Brown

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IN the last 12 months the working class and the vast majority of the middle class have desperately struggled under a huge and...

More sanctions on Russia drive up inflation while Tories blame strikes for crisis

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YESTERDAY an embargo on seaborne Russian oil exports came into force, a move that will drive up the price of oil internationally and add...

Brown’s compromise encourages Catholic reaction

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GORDON Brown says Labour MPs will have a free vote on three ‘controversial parts’ of his embryo research Bill, thus giving way to the...

Labour splits emerging as Starmer faces ‘mother of all rebellions’

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FOLLOWING Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament on Wednesday left wing Labour MP Richard Burgon went on social media warning that Keir Starmer will...

TUC leaders plead while workers starve

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IN advance of the Tory chancellor, George Osborne, announcing to parliament on Wednesday his spending review, which will detail exactly how he intends to...

UK political crisis explodes as Parliament refuses to support immediate ceasefire!

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THE House of Commons tied itself up into knots on Wednesday as MPs from both Labour and Tory parties struggled to maintain their support...

Victory To The Palestinian Revolution!

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THE LATEST statistics produced by the Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics show clearly that Israeli domination of the occupied Palestinian territories has lead to...

Chinese and Russian Stalinists are getting burnt by the crisis

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THE Chinese Stalinists are now paying an enormous price for linking their fate with that of US capitalism. First of all they declared parts of...

TUC Special Congress must call a general strike to smash the Tories and support...

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IN A dramatic move the United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres has invoked Article 99 of the UN Charter to urge the UN Security...

Blair Demands More Police State Measures

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AT A TIME when his office is on trial over the state execution of Jean Charles de Menezes, Metropolitan Police chief Sir Ian Blair...

Starmer’s ‘reshuffle’ sidelines Reeves and provokes a financial meltdown of British capitalism

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THE UK parliament returned from the summer holidays on Monday and Labour prime minister Keir Starmer immediately caused a meltdown in the economy. The immediate...

Pentagon rails against the ‘Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act!’

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US Defence Secretary Ashton Carter has issued a warning that legislation allowing families of the victims of the 9/11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia...

Putin defies Trump – Time to Build 4th International – Forward with World Socialist...

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THE peace talks between Russia and the Western powers represented by Donald Trump have hit the buffers with an almighty bang after Russia refused...

Unelected Prince Charles sees cabinet papers before elected ministers!

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ON 30 January 1649, King Charles I was beheaded outside the Banqueting House in Whitehall as a man of blood, and an enemy of...

Nationalise BAE to defend jobs!

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DEFENCE engineering giant BAE Systems confirmed yesterday that it is cutting a further 3,000 jobs at sites across the country, mainly in its military...