Portuguese economic and political crisis reaches explosion point!
PORTUGAL’S borrowing costs have jumped to over 7%, meaning that it will shortly have to seek another IMF-EU bailout, by offering even more cuts...
CETA collapse – now workers must end all capitalist trade agreements through a general...
LAST Friday the much delayed CETA (Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement) between the EU and Canada hit a brick wall when the Belgium region...
UK trade unions must take action to stop Israel shooting and gassing Palestinians!
IN FOUR weeks of Friday protests at the Gaza ‘border’ more than 32 Palestinians have been killed and over 5,000 injured by Israeli snipers...
CBI bosses turn on Labour for not hitting working class harder
LABOUR Chancellor Rachel Reeves turned up at the annual conference of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) yesterday to defend her autumn budget in...
Puppet court ‘convicts’ defiant Saddam
THE court that convicted President Saddam Hussein of Iraq to be hung for crimes against humanity was a creation of imperialism, made up of...
Renationalise gas and electricity to deal with massive price rises
YESTERDAY British Gas raised its gas and electricity prices by a massive 22 per cent, on top of a 14 per cent mark-up imposed...
German bourgeoisie demands bigger Greek cuts
THE crisis of the European Union sharpened yesterday when the German Finance Minister warned the Greek bourgeoisie that it would not get access to...
Kick out the TUC leaders who collaborate with the Tories – build a revolutionary...
IN HIS INTERVIEW with the Spectator magazine Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak made it quite clear that in the New Year there will have to...
Tories declare class war to the finish – time for trade unions to organise...
ON THE EVE of the unprecedented strike by nurses and ambulance workers, Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak said that he will not ‘back down’...
Police death squads are ok says ACPO
THERE is no need to change the strategy police use to deal with suicide bombers – to put as many bullets into their brain...
Build the 4th International in the US
THE decision of the United Steelworkers of America trade union to follow the lead of the just-failed Democratic contender, John Edwards, whom the steelworkers...
Defend the NHS with a general strike to bring the Tories down and bring...
EVERY day brings a new savage attack by this Tory government on the NHS. At the beginning of the week the shock announcement broke that...
Only socialist revolution can stop imperialist war
LAST Friday’s attack by US planes on the Syrian airfield of al-Shayrat was not a one-off military exercise to teach the Syrians a lesson,...
May is broken, as is the Tory party and the capitalist system – It...
WHEN the Tory Daily Telegraph runs on its front page a headline that Theresa May is ‘limping into oblivion’ it couldn’t be a clearer...
Obama regime collapses in chaos – as Syria peace battles to emerge!
ON December 8, the White House said that the outgoing US President Barack Obama had relaxed the so-called Arms Export Control Act for the...
Draghi proposes Central Bank dictatorship – while the German bankers warn of hyper-inflation
SPANISH 10-year bond yields fell yesterday to 5.77%, below 6% for the first time since May, while yields on the equivalent Italian bonds fell...
Miliband wants a US style Democratic Party not a Labour Party
THE kind of party that Labour Party leader Miliband wants will be no different from the US Democratic Party, if he is allowed to...
Down With US Plan For Middle East Nato – Forward With Struggle For...
JORDAN’S King Abdullah II told CNBC television news network last week that he supports the formation of a NATO-style military alliance in the Middle...
Carey calls to ‘defend Britain’s Christian identity’
IN a call that will be enthusiastically taken up by the BNP, which champions Christian civilisation, the ex-Archbishop of Canterbury, Carey has urged the...
British Capitalism Admits Its Bankruptcy
THE final proof that British capitalism is beached on the rocks has arrived. The situation is so grave, and the reputation of UK bankers so...
BIS Report – Global ‘Debt Trap’ set to crash world capitalism
THE SWISS based Bank for International Settlements (BIS), the ‘central bank for central banks’, has issued a new warning about the global ‘debt trap’...
No To Three Years Of NHS Wage Cutting
NURSES and other NHS workers have been offered a three-year pay deal worth 8% by the government. NHS trade union leaders who are prepared...
Sack the government not doctors and nurses
A REPORT leaked this weekend spells out exactly how the Tory-led coalition means to destroy completely the National Health Service and is preparing to...
Stop the NHS being privatised! Defend funds for services – don’t use them for...
The abolition of NHS England by merging it with the Department of Health, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer on Thursday, is the...
Sack the RBS bankers! Workers management of the nationalised banks!
CITY Minister Lord Myners yesterday said shareholders should take action to stop million pound bonuses after Royal Bank of Scotland directors threatened to resign...
Middle East gripped by revolutionary crisis
THE crisis in Palestine and the crisis in the Middle East is deepening rapidly to the point where its contradictions are sharpening to the...
McCluskey’s surrender not enough for the Tories!
IN his speech to Unite leaders earlier in the week, the union’s general secretary, Len McCluskey, effectively threw in the towel and capitulated to...
Greek workers and youth erupt in fury over deadly rail crash
THOUSANDS of Greek workers, students and youth took to the streets at the weekend in a further extension of the anger that has erupted...
The UK banks were rescued – Now the Tories are throwing the steel industry...
LABOUR PM Gordon Brown, after the financial collapse in 2008 and with the full support of the Tories, rescued the UK banks from their...
Accept £4 billion of London NHS cuts or pay for treatment says NHS England
LONDON Hospitals are at ‘breaking point’ according to a report from NHS England over a £4 billion funding gap. NHS England (London region) director Dr...
Public Sector Alliance needed to defend the Welfare State and all jobs and services!
AS the capitalist crisis deepens, the Brown government’s attacks on the public sector become more frenzied. It is to be privatised or part-privatised. Hundreds...
Workers of the world must follow the lead of the students and take general...
THE Geneva-based rights group, Human Rights Monitor (Euro-Med) says Israel is ‘intentionally’ demolishing schools and medical facilities, including those run by the UN agency...
Norfolk & Norwich NHS Trust – screwed by the PFI bandits
THE Octagon private sector consortium has been branded the ‘unacceptable face of capitalism’ by a House of Commons committee. MPs on the public accounts...
Overthrow the rule of the bankers – forward to socialism
THE horrific future under capitalism for workers and youth is being revealed on a daily basis, as the price of the government’s £1.3 trillion...
AMCU rejects corporatist agreement with SA bosses
THE decision by the South African Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) not to sign the Framework Agreement for a Sustainable Mining Industry...
End Britain’s imperialist warmongering – TUC act now and call a general strike! Recognise...
INCREASINGLY strident calls to defeat Russia’s military defence of the Donbass reached fever pitch yesterday ahead of the one-off ‘peace’ meeting between US President...
Abolish Fees, Restore Grants And Free State Education For All
A REVIEW of university student fees in England has been launched by Business Secretary Mandelson. The object of the review is to increase, perhaps...
There Must Be A Real Struggle Against Ttip And Ceta Now!
LAST week at the annual conference of the TUC the largest union in the country, Unite, issued a grovelling plea to the Tory led...
Hamas calls on all states to follow Colombia’s example and sever all relations with...
HAMAS has condemned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the failure to reach a ceasefire agreement in Gaza, following two days of talks in...
Israel invades Rafah and blocks all aid to Gaza – working class must call...
ON MONDAY evening, the political bureau of Hamas announced that it had approved a ceasefire deal in Gaza. This surprise move prompted the BBC’s International...
WTO warns that a bigger crash than 2008 is on the way! Forward with...
THE WORLD Trade Organisation chief Roberto Azevedo said on Wednesday that the economic collapse and job losses caused by the coronavirus pandemic would be...
French General Strike escalates in fight to bring down Macron
THE MASS strikes and demonstrations throughout France today mark the sharp escalation of the confrontation between French workers and the ‘bankers’ government of president...
Tories refuse to negotiate – opt for a fight to the finish. Junior doctors...
YESTERDAY the BMA junior doctors’ leader Dr Johann Malawana said, referring to the forthcoming strike actions: ‘No junior doctor wants to take this action,...
UN Condemns Eu Over Mass Murder In The Med!
THE UN refugee agency has said once again that not enough is being done to save the lives of the tens of thousands of...
Bankers raise interest rates to deepen the slump, and make workers pay for...
THE Bank of England has raised UK interest rates to their highest level for 14 years as it battles to stem soaring prices, by...