Editorials

Daily editorials from the newspaper

US imperialism is on collision course with the rest of the world in the...

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IMMEDIATELY following the US illegal attack and kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro last Friday, the Trump administration has placed US imperialism on a...

No sackings, or wage ‘holidays’ for bankrupt banks and councils

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YESTERDAY the Brown government was emphasising that it had no interest in running the three banks that it was ‘part-nationalising’ (rescuing) with £37bn of...

Sustainability & Transformation Plans mean NHS cuts and privatisation! Kick the Tories out!

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THE TORY government has launched its new offensive in the war against the NHS, and this time it is an attack by stealth. Sustainability and...

Miliband pledges to save bankrupt capitalism, the issue is to overthow it

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TUESDAY'S speech to the Labour Party conference has been greeted with an outpouring of joy from the leadership of the trade unions and the...

Confident Of US Support Israeli Terrorists Kill Three Palestinian Youths And Torture Five Others!

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ISRAELI forces have shot and killed three young Palestinians during overnight raids on several areas of the occupied West Bank. Two of the victims lost...

Tories pushing health insurance to smash NHS! Organise general strike NOW!

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THE SPECTRE of health insurance to ‘top-up’ the NHS has raised its ugly head. It is part of the arsenal of weapons turned on...

Baghdad bombings blow to Bush!

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MORE than 200 people were killed in Baghdad on Wednesday in five bombings. This is the highest number of deaths in a single day...

Imperialist illusions of reshaping the Middle East are shattered – forward to the world...

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THE Palestinian resistance movement Hamas on Wednesday hailed the ceasefire agreement forced on the Israeli regime, saying that it has shattered prime minister Benjamin...

UN Condemns Eu Over Mass Murder In The Med!

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THE UN refugee agency has said once again that not enough is being done to save the lives of the tens of thousands of...

Cameron prepared to use Navy against refugee boats!

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DAVID Cameron dramatically escalated the British government’s war against refugees fleeing imperialist war in the Middle East and North Africa when he announced...

Welsh government plans to implement Tory drive to close hospitals and destroy the NHS

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THE ANNOUNCEMENT by the Welsh government yesterday that it was embarking on a strategy to ensure patients only go to hospital when it is...

Syriza Begins T0 Swing To The Right!

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GREEK Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has said he is confident that agreement can be reached with creditors over the repayment of ‘Greece’s debts’,...

French unions answer Macron’s declaration of war by calling for ‘all French people’ to...

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FRENCH President Emmanuel Macron used his annual New Year’s address to the nation to rule out any compromise with the working class over his...

The only way to ‘fix’ the care system crisis is to ‘fix’ capitalism with...

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TORY PM Boris Johnson yesterday unveiled his strategy for ‘fixing’ the country’s ‘broken social care system’. Central to his plan is to increase National Insurance...

The answer to ‘Fat Cat Thursday’ – Socialist Revolution

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THE MASSIVE gap in wealth between workers and the bosses has once again been highlighted in a new report which shows that the chief...

‘Fools Gold’ Sends Stock Markets Rocketing Upwards

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BOTH Wall Street and the London stock markets made record advances yesterday. The FTSE 100 index rocketed upwards on Friday morning adding £80billion to share...

MPs must vote to quit the EU – forward to the Socialist United States...

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THE Brexit Secretary Davis yesterday urged MPs not to ‘tie the prime minister’s hands’ and to defeat the two House of Lords amendments to...

Short-term contracts driving teachers out of the profession

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THE EIS (Educational Institute of Scotland) has warned that the increasing use of short-term contracts in Scottish schools is driving many newly qualified teachers...

Unite must call BA strike now! All TUC trade unions must join the action!...

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AT A THOUSAND-strong mass meeting of British Airways workers at Bedfont Football Ground on the outskirts of Heathrow Airport on Thursday, workers voted unanimously...

Workers are giving 100% support to the ambulance service strikers – now finish off...

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THE GMB has suspended its Christmas Strike date for ambulance service workers, right at the time when the Tories are reeling from their deadly...

The ‘hard truth’ is that the only way out of the capitalist crisis is...

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VARIOUS Tory idealogues are in extreme disarray as the capitalist crisis develops rapidly, with the western imperialist powers willing to gamble on a nuclear...

US imperialism plans oil and gas war!

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THE news that America intends to ‘flood the world’ with cheap liquefied natural gas (LNG) reveals just how far advanced US imperialism is along...

3.1 million children living below poverty line – the TUC advocates doing absolutely nothing!

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This is a treacherous abdication of all responsibility by the trade union leaders for this crisis of poverty. They have not lifted a single...

Blair Called In To Advise Trump On Gaza, And Dealing With The Revolutionary Palestinian...

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‘I met murder on the way – He had the mask of Castlereagh – Very smooth he looked, yet grim; Seven blood-hounds followed him:’ THESE are the famous...

House of Commons recognises Palestine!

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‘THAT this House believes that the Government should recognise the state of Palestine alongside the state of Israel, as a contribution to securing a...

Thousands Of NHS Redundancies Are To Go Ahead – Trade Unions Must Take Action...

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THOUSANDS of NHS staff redundancies in England are now to be forced through after a deal was reached with the Treasury to allow the...

In US elections Sanders must defy Democrat campaign to stop him and stand for...

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THE RACE to become the Democratic Party candidate to face Trump in November’s presidential election has come down to a fight between the democratic...

Nagasaki anti-militarism!

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LAST week saw the 70th anniversary of one of the greatest war crimes in human history, the dropping of the two Atomic bombs onto...

Revolutionary crisis shaking regimes all over Europe

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GERMAN Chancellor Merkel and French President Sarkozy on Saturday decreed that the preservation of the euro required a 70bn euro currency reserve fund and...

NO Apology to UNITE – Miliband to continue with anti-union campaign!

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UNITE’S general secretary Len McCluskey has said he is delighted the union has been ‘vindicated’ over the Falkirk ‘vote-rigging’ allegations Labour has decided no individual...

Labour’s new leaders tell right wing that they can vote to bomb Syria along...

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LABOUR MPs should be given a free vote on military action in Syria, shadow chancellor John McDonnell said on Tuesday night, at a Guardian-sponsored...

42,000 BA Workers Are Being Threatened With New Contracts Today!

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THE LEADER of the Unite trade union, Len McCluskey, said on Monday that the deal offered to British Airways’ pilots would be acceptable to...

‘A positive response’ says Bush on Iran

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US President George W Bush has welcomed Iran’s initial reaction to a proposal from the EU states designed to achieve a deal with...

Defend every job, bring down the Brown government, forward to socialism

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LLOYDS stated yesterday that its takeover of HBOS would save it at least £1.5bn a year, more than it had been expecting, which all...

The Unions Must Take General Strike Action To Bring Down Johnson And ...

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BORIS Johnson’s reaction to the Tory Party’s massive by-election defeats at Tiverton and Honiton and at Wakefield has been to reject the advice and...
Amicus members from the DARA defence plant in south Wales lobbying to defend 1,000 jobs

Petrol price rises leading to new fuel blockade

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UK petrol and diesel prices are still rising in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, with the average cost of petrol now at 95.1 pence...

Tories savage poor but grovel to Clinton and US

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THE bankers coalition has set the scene for next Wednesday’s cuts announcements in true Bullingham Club style, by declaring that ‘welfare cheats’ equal muggers,...

Close Down The US Base On Diego Garcia!

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FOREIGN Secretary Miliband yesterday admitted in the House of Commons that previous government denials that the island of Diego Garcia, in the Chagos Islands...

Stop regeneration, and start the refurbishment and building of council houses

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THE Fire Brigades Union has called for a public inquiry into the fatal fire in the Camberwell high rise block which claimed six lives....

No support for imperialist war in Syria – forward with world socialist revolution

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TODAY, the House of Commons is to engage in an emergency debate on Britain joining the US bombing campaign in Iraq and Syria. In this...

General strike now to stop destruction of the NHS!

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NHS HOSPITALS are facing an immediate cut of £1.6 billion, with the government ordering NHS Trusts to ‘balance their books’ by making cutbacks and...

Workers and elderly to be hammered for the benefit of privateers

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CURRENTLY all over the country A&E’s are being closed, in some areas entire hospitals are to be demolished, while the number of private patients...

Education Bombshell – The University Cuts Begin!

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THE University and College Union (UCU) yesterday condemned the decision by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE) to reduce funding for university...

TUC must be forced to call a general strike to defeat anti-union laws!

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Following the passing of the Strikes (Minimum Service Level) Act in July, the Tories on Friday launched a six week ‘consultation on the reasonable...

Save the NHS by bringing down the Tories and expropriating the bosses and the...

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THE NHS is the greatest of the gains that the working class made in the period immediately after the Second World War. It was brought...