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US opens missile base in Romania and plans for bases in Poland and Hungary

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AS the worldwide crisis of capitalism deepens, the war preparations of the US and the NATO powers are becoming more frantic, with plans to...

Record inflation and record borrowing as British capitalism’s crisis worsens

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THE UK CPI inflation rate rose to to 4.4% in February from the January figure of 4%, while the RPI inflation rate which includes...

Defend the NHS – bring down the government!

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Yesterday the NHS was officially opened up by the coalition government to the vultures of the private healthcare industry, whose only aim is to...

US assembling coalition to launch war on Iran! Workers of UK & US must...

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IRAN’S foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has warned that ‘If Iran is attacked it will be all-out war!’ He was responding to threats from US...

Army demanding reinforcements for Afghanistan

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JUST a few months ago, the then Defence Minister John Reid was telling the media – while trying to douse public concern...

Palestinian Prisoners Win A Victory Over Israeli Jailers As The Tuc Keeps Quiet Over...

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TENS of thousands of Israelis have demonstrated across the occupied territories for the 33rd straight week against the policies of Israel’s right wing extremist...

Israel Murders Ismail Haniyeh On Behalf Of The US And UK Ruling Classes!

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IRAN’S Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf said yesterday that the Islamic Republic and the Resistance Front will avenge the murder of Ismail Haniyeh, head...

Johnson regime in crisis as Tory base rejects ‘red wall’ and demands that workers...

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THE TORY Party membership is currently teaching its Tory leadership a lesson in ‘class politics’ as the Amersham by-election result shows when the LibDems...

120,540 children live in temporary accommodation!

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THE scale of the housing crisis today is revealed in a report issued by the Local Government Authority (LGA) which exposes the scandal that...

Youth unemployment hits record levels – socialist revolution the only answer

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YOUTH unemployment in the UK has shot up over the past year according to the latest research carried out by the Resolution Foundation think...

The TUC must call general strike to bring down the Tories – the only...

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BRITAIN’S trade unions are calling on the Tories to set up a ‘national task force’ to protect UK firms and workers from the collapse...

Ruling Class Targets The Political Levy

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THERE has been a frenzied hue and cry raging for weeks now over the minor mistakes of Labour cabinet ministers over relatively minor...

Resistance erupts over ‘austerity’, as EU crisis worsens

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THE government of President Nicolas Sarkozy announced yesterday the raising of the pension age in France from 60 to 62. Workers will have to...

Cosatu, the CP, the NUM and the police attack the Lonmin miners

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ON 27th October the Minister of Education and South African Communist Party General Secretary, Blade Nzimande, along with Cosatu and National Union of Mineworkers...

Bush Kicks Blair In The Crutch

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IT has long been Prime Minister Blair’s contention that the strategic interests of the British ruling class demand 100 per cent support for the...

Kick out the Tories to end Universal Credit attacks on benefits!

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ON SUNDAY the Guardian newspaper published a letter signed by 30 Labour MPs and the one Green Party MP expressing their concern about the...

Imperialist ‘vulture funds’ plundering Africa

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THE High Court in London was due to rule yesterday in the case of an American-owned investment fund suing the Zambian government to repay,...

Capitalism Is Set To Destroy Small Business And Then Turn The UK Into The...

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A FIFTH of all UK small and medium sized businesses are set to close permanently over the next four weeks as they run out...

May has capitulated to the EU and looks to Labour for rescue! Time for...

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TORY PM May’s latest capitulation to the European Union over Brexit has been met with furious anger from Brexiteers and others in her own...

Israel is imposing water rationing forcibly on the Palestinian masses!

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A NEW Oxfam report on Thursday has revealed how Israel has been systematically weaponising water against Palestinians in the war-torn Gaza Strip in total...

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...

Biden has China and Russia in his sights! End imperialist wars by putting an...

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THROWING TRUMP’S ‘America First’ economic policy out the window, the new US administration under President Biden is reinstating the interventionist policies which dominated during...

Now is the time to form a Palestinian government of national unity

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‘YOU do not want peace at all. You have destroyed all chances of peace and you should bear all the responsibility,’ Palestinian President Abbas...

Scrap the Tory Health and Care Bill – it is a ‘privateers’ charter for...

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TORY PM Johnson’s new Health and Care Bill currently going through Parliament, is a fresh attack on the NHS by a Conservative Party that...

Capitalist Crisis Is Driving Forward World Revolution

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THIS Sunday’s 65th Anniversary rally of the assassination of Leon Trotsky by an agent of the Stalinist bureaucracy in 1940 is taking place at...

Bank of England demands wage cuts to keep businesses and the government from going...

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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) released figures yesterday on the average pay across the UK, which they claimed saw an increase of 6.2%...

TUC must call a general strike to bring in a workers government and socialism

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THE Trades Union Congress (TUC) will be holding its annual conference in Brighton from Sunday 7th September to Wednesday 10th September. It is taking place...

REVOLUTION – the only future for youth!

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SINCE the election of the Tory-led coalition government in 2010, young people have been hammered into the ground to the extent that they face...

Palestine’s Heroic Masses Stand Up To Israeli Terrorism And Are Now Setting Conditions For...

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THE HEROIC masses of Palestine have stood fast in the face of desperate Israeli terrorist missile attacks calculated to break the spirit and the...

OCCUPY to stop NHS closures – demand unions call a general strike!

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THE West London Council of Action spoke out and acted for many workers yesterday when it launched the occupation of the Maternity...

MPs’ Committee fears new mortgage bubble!

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A VERY nervous House of Commons Treasury Select Committee has just asked the Bank of England to clarify its role in ensuring that the...

Time to put down the sick dog Tory minority government!

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THE QUEEN dropped by Westminster on her way to Ascot races yesterday morning to spend 20 minutes outlining the Theresa May minority Tory government’s...

Make the TUC call a general strike to Bring down the coalition, Smash the...

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TODAY at 9am the TUC General Council is discussing a motion from the Prison Officers Association (who have no right to strike) that urges...

Carney urges united action by the bourgeoisie of Europe

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IN his speech in Dublin on Wednesday, Bank of England Governor Carney delivered a warning to the EU – as Greek shares collapsed on...

The Palestinian revolution is driving Israel back! End the occupation of Palestine! Forward to...

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HAMAS declared a ‘historic victory’ of Palestinians in their struggle against the occupying regime of Israel yesterday, after the Israeli regime conceded an unconditional...

Coalition To Take The Axe To Council Spending And End ‘Ring-Fencing’

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COUNCILS in England face a 10% cut in funding from central government as part of the coalition’s spending plans for 2015/16. As well, there...

Workers must stop the imperialist war drive with socialist revolutions!

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IN her notorious speech on Wednesday night, at the Lord Mayor’s banquet in London, the Tory Foreign Secretary and would-be successor to Boris Johnson,...

CORBYN, McDONNELL SET TO BETRAY AS BREXIT ‘DAY OF DECISION’ APPROACHES!

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SENIOR Labour Party leaders are at war with each other over the best way to betray the 2016 referendum result, when PM Boris Johnson...

With The Tories At Their Weakest Now Is The Time For A General Strike...

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SATURDAY’S massive turnout for the trade union sponsored mass demonstration with its lead banner declaring ‘Not One Day More – Tories out’ has spread...

Bankers promote permanent austerity! Nationalise the banks through a socialist revolution – the only...

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RICHARD SHARP, a member of the Bank of England’s Financial Stability Committee has warned that the UK is heading for a Venezuelan-style economic crash...

Gold Hits Record High As Trump Steps Up His War On US Workers!

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GOLD hit a record high on Wall Street on Monday as increasing numbers of frightened investors dumped the dollar and sought safety by purchasing...

HAMMOND AND McDONNELL READY FOR A MacDONALD-STYLE NATIONAL GOVERNMENT!

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DURING Tuesday’s questions and answers on Treasury matters in the Commons, the Tory Chancellor Philip Hammond informed MPs that he would block any attempt...

To The Hague With The Israeli Leadership

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AN inquiry ordered by the UN Human Rights Council said on Wednesday that Israel violated human rights law and international humanitarian law when its...

Spanish Opel workers vote for strike action!

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WORKERS at Opel’s factory in Zaragossa, Spain, have announced four days of strikes starting next week, after failing to reach an agreement with Magna...

For-profit university bust! End all fees, restore grants, drive private business out of education!...

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AN EXTREMELY controversial for-profit college has gone bust leaving staff and students stranded, prompting unions to demand that the privatisation of education be stopped...