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Forward to Palestine

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HAMAS on Sunday, along with the other Palestinian factions in Gaza, agreed to another 24-hour truce. Hamas’ statement read: ‘In response to the UN’s...

Sanders Warns The US Ruling Class Stay Out Of Iran! He Is Supported...

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BERNIE SANDERS, the US Senator, issued a live video on Tuesday warning that a war by the US against Iran would be ‘many times...

Brown and Darling give the nod to 40,000 sackings!

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ONCE AGAIN the Labour Party leadership of Brown and Darling have shown where their class allegiance lies – and at great cost to the...

ChIna condemns $6.4bn US arms sales to Taiwan

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THE Chinese government has condemned the US and President Obama for agreeing to a $6.4bn US arms sale package to Taiwan. The island of Taiwan...

Tories are readying to impose new taxes, and engage in massive wage cutting! Remove...

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EARLIER this week, Apple was priced on the US stock market at $2.3tn (£1.7tn), more than the combined ‘value’ of the entire FTSE 100. The...

Ukraine faces more savage austerity and cuts to qualify for IMF ‘aid’!

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UKRAINE’S central bank has sharply raised interest rates from 19.5% to 30% in an effort to curb inflation and prop up its beleaguered currency...

US Democrats want Trump impeachment to form basis of bloc with Republican Party!

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DONALD Trump became the first president of the United States to be impeached twice when the House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to charge...

We should have been the Thatcherites, Blair tells LP

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IN his parting speech as Prime Minister to the Labour Party conference, Blair administered his kiss of death to Gordon Brown, telling his Chancellor...

A socialist government and a socialist foreign policy needed to defeat terrorism!

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NEWS LINE sends its condolences to the families and friends of the 22 people, including children, who were killed and the 59 who were...

Trump’s economic miracle is in fact a mountain of debt that US workers will...

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IN HIS State of the Union address last week, US president Donald Trump boasted that under his leadership the American economy had undergone a...

Global gas crisis busting EU and NATO apart! Forward to United Socialist States of...

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A MAJOR global gas crisis has brought the crisis of the EU and the NATO military alliance to a head. The wholesale cost of gas...

Police get armed as the state prepares for a showdown with working class

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JUST over a month ago, Tory prime minister David Cameron announced that hundreds of extra armed police would be sent around the country to...

London Bus Workers To Strike – Fighting Against Massive Wage Cuts And Zero Hours...

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LONDON bus passengers should give their full support to London bus workers as they prepare for massive strike actions in the capital called by...

Balls and the ‘Little Englanders’ adopt racism as their policy

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‘WE were wrong to allow so many eastern Europeans into Britain,’ says Ed Balls, referring to the large number of migrants from Poland and...

840,000 tenants are facing eviction over rent arrears – only socialist revolution can stop...

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A REPORT by the National Residential Landlords Association (NRLA) has warned of a ‘rent debt crisis’ as up to 840,000 people in England and...

Workers Of The World Unite To Smash Capitalism And Imperialism!

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THE MURDER of Keenan Anderson, the cousin of a co-founder of the Black Lives Matter movement, Patrisse Cullors, after he was repeatedly tasered by police officers...

PM Sunak Ditches HS2 And Launches Savage Cuts To Smash The Trade Unions!

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THE GMB trade union yesterday slammed the scrapping of the HS2 Northern route, the biggest cut in the rail network since the days of...

With Dick’s Promotion The Capitalist State Shows It Is The Boss

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COMMANDER Cressida Dick is to become a deputy assistant commissioner, the Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) announced on Tuesday. On July 22 2005 Dick was in...

Defence Secretary Hagel cements US-Japan imperialist alliance

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SPEAKING in Japan alongside Japanese Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera on Saturday, US Defence Secretary Chuck Hagel pledged the US’ ‘complete and absolute commitment to...

Queen’s Speech Sees Her Government Dodging Big Issues!

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WEDNESDAY’S Queen’s Speech began with an evasion that her government would continue to seek a ‘high-wage low-welfare economy’. This was said at a time when...

Capitalism diving into recession and hyperinflation – time to put it out of its...

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YESTERDAY morning, Tory ministers had to submit to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) their plans to impose the cuts demanded by Chancellor Jeremy...

The Israeli Army Burned Down Kamal Adwan Hospital. It Must Be Forced Out Of...

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THE Palestinian Ministry of Health said yesterday that the Israeli occupation army had burned Kamal Adwan Hospital – the last operating hospital in northern...

‘Do Or Die’ Johnson Has Already Faced An Attempt To Remove Him!

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THE JUST-elected Tory leader Boris Johnson has already faced an attempt to remove him by Tory Minister of State for Europe Sir Alan Duncan,...

Tories In Biggest Ever Crisis! Force TUC To Call General Strike To Boot Them...

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THE TORY Party is now in its biggest ever crisis, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Health Secretary both resigned on Tuesday...

Millions face fuel poverty – Nationalise the energy industry

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Yesterday’s report by the Fuel Poverty Advisory Group (FPAG) that 300,000 households will be plunged into fuel poverty by Christmas is not just a scandal...

Home Office is ‘institutionally racist’! The way to end the ‘hostile environment’ is to...

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THE HOME Office is ‘institutionally racist’. This is the verdict of the first draft of the ‘lessons learned’ review by Wendy Williams, HM Inspector...

Mubarak is finished – Forward to the socialist revolution

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The regime of Hosni Mubarak is finished, crushed by the millions of workers, middle class, poor and – most importantly – the youth who...

Trade Unions Must Name The Date For The General Strike To Free Palestine And...

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OVER 10,000 demonstrators took to the streets of London on Saturday, protesting against the ongoing genocide in Gaza and Lebanon. The protest, organised by the...

Grenfell Tower Deaths Were Avoidable – Time To Nationalise The Banks And Building Industry!

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THE Grenfell Tower fire that killed 72 people was the result of ‘dishonest companies, successive governments, and a lack of strategy by the fire...

Only answer to banking crisis is expropriation!

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THE COALITION government’s policy to ‘ring-fence’ the banks is at best a cosmetic attempt to appear to be trying to protect retail banking, and...

Tories intend to put an end to the NATIONAL Health Service

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IT IS crystal clear with the Tories seeking to impose even bigger cuts if they are re-elected in May, that under their rule the...

Tories Consciously Undermining The Union!

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THE Tories this week pushed through parliament their plans for ‘English votes for English laws’ under which only English MPs would have the right...

UK workers must organise political and industrial action to make sure the UK leaves...

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TORY PRIME minister Theresa May suffered another humiliating defeat in parliament on Tuesday when the latest version of her ‘deal’ with the EU was...

Anc Leopard Will Not Change Its Spots!

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TOP members of South Africa’s ruling ANC party met yesterday to discuss the political crisis that has emerged in the wake of the ANC’s...

Another Warning Issued About The Criminal Nature Of The New Anti-Union Laws

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LEADING employment lawyers are to issue yet another warning that the Tory government’s new Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill will give ministers ‘unfettered power’...

Labour Continues To Persecute The Poor

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LABOUR’S leaders love the rich and have no time for the poor. As a government, Labour turned Britain into a second tax-free home for Russian...

Ban all secret trials! Smash the capitalist state!

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AN unprecedented attempt by the government to hold the first ever completely secret criminal trial in the UK has been blocked by the Court...

Labour plan to drive sick back to work or off benefits with weight-loss injections

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PRESENT at Labour’s International Investment Summit on Monday were representatives from Lilly – the world’s largest pharmaceutical company. This coincided with an announcement from the...

Johnson’s Visit To Sweden And Finland Is To Expand The War Against Russia!

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PM BORIS Johnson is visiting Sweden and Finland to expand the war in Ukraine, and specifically to urge both nations to join the NATO...

TUC supports Heseltine – the Tory who closed down the mining industry

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IT says something about the depth of the capitalist crisis, and the lack of ability in the Cameron government, that Lord Heseltine, who in...

Horsemeat Scandal

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What started off last month as news, that traces of horsemeat DNA had been discovered by the Irish Food Standards agency in some supermarket beefburgers,...

Revolution Emerging All Over Europe

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THE Portuguese government has agreed to look for alternatives to th social security tax rise, just one week after huge anti-austerity street protests shook...

TUC must be made to call a general strike to put an end to...

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THE International Monetary Fund has openly condemned the UK government over its tax cuts that handed billions to the rich, warning that the measures...

Hamas denounces the Israeli Military hijacking of the Handala aid ship

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THE Hamas movement has strongly denounced the Israeli military hijacking of the Handala aid ship in international waters and the abduction of its passengers,...

Labour marshalling its strikebreakers

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THE capitalist state has had to admit that its war on two fronts means that it cannot rely on the British army for strike...