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The US Falters, Shares Crash And Revolution Stalks Europe!

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THE US, EU and Asian stockmarkets have taken yet another hit as the decline and fall of the US capitalist economy continues. On Thursday, the...

French revolutionary tactics show British workers the way

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THE two general strikes and the massive mobilisations of trade unionists, students, lycee students, and unemployed and working class youth which brought millions onto...

Only a socialist revolution can win the Tamils’ right to self-determination

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THE News Line salutes the heroic self-sacrifice of the Tamil Tigers and the Tamil people as a whole. They have fought and are fighting not...

US at centre of world capitalist collapses

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‘THERE is a real sense in markets today of the economy falling off a cliff.’ That was the verdict of Michael Saunders, the chief...

NHS England boss openly calls for the privateers to wind up the NHS!

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AN analysis by the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) on the funding crisis that is driving the NHS to the brink of collapse revealed...

Master Obama Slaps Down Servant Cameron!

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PM CAMERON received an almighty slap in the face on Wednesday when the Obama administration effectively told him to shut up and drop all...

Join the YS lobby of TUC Special Congress on Saturday to demand TUC calls...

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MATT Wrack, general secretary of the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) and president of the TUC, has warned of industrial confrontation ‘unseen since the 1970s’...

Chagos Islanders are determined to return to their homes!

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NEXT week the British government will be hauled kicking and screaming before judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague over...

Tories in chaos as Paterson resigns amidst sleaze accusations – time to kick...

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THE TORY government was in chaos yesterday following Tuesday’s vote to disband the existing Standards Committee replacing it with a Tory dominated committee to...

Massive support for Tube workers’ strike – Now forward to a general strike

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London Underground is closed down today as Rail, Maritime and Transport (RMT) members staged another 24-hour strike over jobs, pensions and in defence of...

Sunak Wants A War With Russia And A Class War Against The Working Class...

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THE British ruling class has decided that there is only one way out of the historic crisis of British capitalism, and that is to...

Flybe collapse just the start! Coronavirus has brought the crisis of capitalism to a...

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LOW-COST British airline Flybe has collapsed with the loss of 2,000 jobs. The pilots union BALPA has put the blame squarely on the Tory...

Bank of England under pressure as inflation runs riot – socialist revolution is the...

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THE UK INFLATION rate hit a nine-year high in August with prices increasing by 3.2%, a sharp increase from the 2% recorded in July,...

The TUC Congress must vote for a general strike for UK to end trade...

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THE scheduled visit to the UK next Tuesday and Wednesday of Israeli president Isaac Herzog has enraged Labour MPs. The visit will take place...

Unions Dither While NHS Logistics Is Sold!

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LAST Wednesday, the trade unions with the support of the majority of the Labour Party constituency parties defeated the government on the vital issue...

Banks teeter on edge of collapse – Official

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THE European Central Bank (ECB) published the results of its latest stress tests carried out on 123 European banks on Sunday, results which showed...

‘We’re the insurgents now,’ declares Tony Blair!

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EX-LABOUR Premier Blair has summoned the anti-Brexit camp, that is the bosses, the bankers, the majority of Tory and Labour MPs and the majority...

T&G & TUC must call strike action to reinstate Gate Gourmet workers!

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THE 670 Gate Gourmet workers, members of the Transport and General Workers Union (T&G), sacked over a month ago for taking strike action, know...

Brown’s Britain = super-exploitation and death for workers

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GORDON Brown is now infamous as the friend of the equity capitalists who, thanks to him, pay no taxes, while he insists that the...

Renationalise the railways permanently by bringing down the Tories and going forward to...

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YESTERDAY, the Tories introduced emergency measures to save the private rail companies from complete collapse. The Department for Transport announced it is suspending all the...

Trade unions must act now and call general strikes to kick out Tories and...

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THERE has been no let-up in the murderous bombardment of the southern Gaza city of Rafah, a tiny city on the border with Egypt...

The TUC must tell the Tories to condemn Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ or...

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ON TUESDAY night, US President Donald Trump with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his side finally unveiled to the world his ‘Deal of...

Cowen making workers pay for capitalism’s crisis in Ireland

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IN A third attempt within six months to save bankrupt Irish capitalism, Taoiseach Brian Cowen’s Fianna Fail government unveiled a draconian budget on Tuesday,...

Education Crisis Deepens!

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THERE was a 17% fall in the number of first-year undergraduates at UK universities in the first year of higher tuition fees, the latest...

SNP join Tories in refusing any pay negotiations with nurses

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THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) in Scotland has voted overwhelmingly to reject the final pay offer from the nationalist SNP government, meaning Scottish...

The Jubilee turns sour as capitalism crashes

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THE Jubilee ‘celebrations’ have turned out to be a petty, momentary diversion for sections of the middle class, away from the real drama...

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...

Capitalism being torn to shreds by coronavirus – forward to world socialist revolution

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CORONAVIRUS sent the world’s stock markets crashing when they opened yesterday morning, with £100 billion wiped off the value of London’s top listed companies. Leading...

Union leaders pledge total support – time for action has arrived!

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YESTERDAY the trade union bureaucracy was skating on the thinnest of thin ice at the TUC Congress. With one hand, trade union leader after trade...

Trade unions must take general strike action in support of Palestinian masses!

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THE UN’s World Food Programme has warned that Palestinians in Gaza are facing starvation after Israel launched a brutal aggression on Gaza last month....

CBI calls for more anti-union laws!

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YESTERDAY the employers’ organisation, the CBI, was joined by Tory London mayor, Boris Johnson, in demanding further laws to outlaw strike action against the...

Reinstate sacked gas workers – demand union leaders call general strike to defeat fire...

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ON WEDNESDAY, up to 500 engineers were sacked by British Gas for refusing to sign a scab, wage-cutting new contract under the company’s fire...

US Begins Serious Peace Talks With Taliban – It Now Knows It Cannot Win...

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THE 2001 SEPTEMBER 11 terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York was seized on by President Bush as the green light for...

Cameron’s goose is well and truly cooked!

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THE Liberal Democrats have won the Eastleigh by-election, with the UK Independence Party pushing the Conservatives into third place, with Labour as also-rans. Mike Thornton...

End imperialist war through world socialist revolution

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EIGHT hundred British troops, with tanks, armoured vehicles and drones are to be sent to Estonia in the Spring, on the border with Russia. The...

Hodge Spreads Subversion In The Fabian Society

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THE Labour government is visibly collapsing day by day, with even ministers expressing opposition and saying that they had doubts about Blair’s foreign ...

Bank of England & US Fed continue to pump out free money to attempt...

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YESTERDAY, the Bank of England announced that it will be keeping interest rates on hold at the historical low of 0.1%. This was the unanimous...

US, UK, Karzai Drive To Bribe The Taleban

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ON the eve of the Afghan conference in London this week, UK and other Nato troops are to launch an offensive to take control...

Now is the time to build the Workers Revolutionary Party in the trade unions

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THE ELECTRONIC ‘consultation’ being carried out by the Unite and GMB unions with their members employed by BA is not just a travesty of...

The Firefighters are the heroes of Grenfell! Jail the real culprits – big business...

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A LEAKED report by the chairman of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, Martin Moore-Bick, has found a scapegoat for the fire – they are...

Inflation Running Riot – Time To Put An End To Capitalism And Bring In...

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THE TORY government is now presiding over huge increases in prices, the biggest increases in 40 years. A massive inflation is under way with...

Keep Tories Out – Forward To Socialism!

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THE UK capitalist economy is staggering along the bottom with a three month ‘growth’ to show, from January to March, of 0.2 per cent. The...

Clinton, Netanyahu make a bloc on settlements

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PALESTINE Authority President Mahmud Abbas has been completely undermined by the latest declaration of US Secretary of State Clinton. In it she supported the Israeli...

Occupy Vauxhall/Opel plants – nationalise GM Europe to defend jobs!

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General Motors plans to close the Opel plant in Antwerp, Belgium this winter, with the loss of more than 2,300 jobs. Workers in Antwerp...

Western Bosses Alliance Breaks Apart At Quebec G7 Summit!

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THE G7 summit has ended in tantrums, with US President Donald Trump lashing out at Canada’s Trudeau, who was hosting the gathering. Trump from...