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Tory enforcers paid £1,500 a day to push through savage Northants cuts! TUC must...

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TWENTY-one libraries closing, rubbish collections and road maintenance stripped to the bone, hundreds of council workers sacked, children’s services axed – these were...

Seven Labour MPs Have The Whip Suspended After Voting To Scrap Two-Child-Benefit Cap

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SEVEN Labour MPs have had the whip suspended for six months after voting against the Labour government on an amendment to scrap the two-child...

Blair launches anti-Brexit plot as Starmer raises remaining in Single Market and Customs...

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THE wiping out of the Socialist Party and the Republican Party in France, the ruination of the Fifth Republic and the elevation of the...

TUC calls on Sunak for a ‘workers’ budget’! Trade Union & Labour leaders need...

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THE LEADERSHIP of the Trade Union Congress, a body which includes 6.4 million workers and has the power to shut the entire country down...

World capitalism breaking apart – time to end it with socialist revolution

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THIS WEEK, the final nail was driven into the coffin of the political and economic consensus that has dominated world capitalism from the end...

Fighting inflation means fighting capitalism

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CHANCELLOR Darling said on Sunday that pay rises for people ‘from the boardroom to the shopfloor’ need to be ‘consistent’ with the 2% inflation...

Libya disintegrates while the NATO vandals admire their work

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A SHRINE in the Libyan capital Tripoli venerating a Sufi Muslim saint has been destroyed – the latest in a series of outrages by...

US Imperialism organised botched plot to overthrow Venezuela’s President!

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ON WEDNESDAY, the US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo emphatically denied to reporters that the US had any involvement in the failed attempt by...

Tories in crisis over Sunak tax revelations! Get them out with a general strike!

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THE Tory government is in a state of crisis and near collapse as revelations pile up daily about the financial activities of Tory ministers...

Youth Are Showing The Way! Now The Trade Unions Must Call A General Strike...

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THE Israeli occupation army is continuing its aggression against the city of Jenin in Occupied Palestine for the second day in a row, leaving...

Only one solution to the death agony of capitalism: bury it now with...

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EVEN sections of the bourgeois media, and the bourgeoisie that it represents, were yesterday able to describe the appearance of the current world...

Coalition launches Royal Mail ‘Blitzkrieg’ – Recall CWU conference!

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A ‘blitzkrieg strategy’ was how the bourgeois press dubbed last Monday’s announcement by business minister, Michael Fallon, that he was starting the process of...

Wind of Change blows through Labour Party conference as UK faces revolution!

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THIS Labour Party conference has been different in that the members of the Party and the trade unions have taken it over, and turned...

Restore the free NHS! Halt privatisation & kick out the profiteers!

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THE House of Commons Select Committee on Health published a report yesterday that set out to legitimise charging for healthcare within the National Health...

Savage Greek property tax provokes mass revolt

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In the past few days electricity bills delivered to Greek households have contained a demand for the hated new property tax. This tax, which ranges...

Nuclear Terrorists Attend Seoul Summit

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A WORLD leaders summit in Seoul on nuclear security has called for closer co-operation to tackle the threat of nuclear terrorism. President Obama warned there...

Hamas answers Israeli massacre with a call for the Third Intifada

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YESTERDAY, not content with killing over 300 Palestinian men, women and children in Gaza, and seriously wounding 900, Israel was massing tanks on the...

NOW is the time for the TUC to call a general strike to support...

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THE nurses’ strike actions have revealed that they have the massive support of the vast majority of the working class in the UK, and...

270,000 civil servants to strike!

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UP to 270,000 civil and public servants from across the UK are set to launch a month of industrial action, with a 48 hour...

Supermarkets to build schools! End the privatisation nightmare with socialist revolution!

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SUPERMARKET and on-line shopping giants are making a bee-line for our public services, licking their lips at the prospect of multi-million pound profits out...

The lesson from the tower block fire disaster is stop the fire service cuts!

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SIX people have been confirmed dead and many are missing after a huge fire engulfed a 24-storey North Kensington tower block, Grenfell Tower, after...

US trade unions must evict Trump and break with Democrats to found a Labour...

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PRESIDENT TRUMP has stated that he has no intention of leaving the White House and the presidency voluntarily. He said on Saturday: ‘We all know...

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%...

Labour smashed in Gorton and Denton! It is now time to organise the British...

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LABOUR’S spectacular defeat in Thursday’s Gorton and Denton by-election in Manchester, although expected, has driven deep splits and recriminations within the party. Hannah Spencer, the...

Hunt Planning New Blitz On NHS And NHS Workers!

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BOTH the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) trade unions yesterday warned that Health Secretary Hunt is planning...

Bank of England splits over rate cut – time to nationalise the banks!

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THE Bank of England’s crisis came out in the open at yesterday’s meeting as the Bank’s governor Andrew Bailey was opposed by two of...

Since bankrupt capitalism offers workers a ‘bleak old age’– get rid of it!

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LORD McFall, who has been examining private sector pension schemes, has concluded in his Workplace Retirement Income Commission review, that workers on private pensions...

Terminal 5 – BA gets ready for its ‘Wapping’

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THE buzz word in the financial media yesterday was ‘Wapping’. The media was referring to the union busting operation carried through by Rupert Murdoch in...

Palestinian Factions Meet To Decide On The Way Forward To The State Of Palestine!

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THE Palestinian factions and forces held a meeting in the Qatari capital, Doha, on Saturday, to discuss the implementation of the Gaza ceasefire agreement...

Good Riddance To Atos – Now Get Rid Of The Coalition!

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THE coalition government’s favourite private benefits testing company, Atos, is desperately attempting to jump ship after pocketing a fortune for driving people off sickness...

British Capitalism’s Bankrupt, Budget Shows It’s Time To Expropriate Bosses!

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TORY CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt has unveiled the contents of this year’s Budget in the House of Commons. It is the last scheduled Budget before...

Sunak wants to abolish university degrees that don’t churn out ‘high earners’

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YESTERDAY, Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak announced the latest attack on higher education with proposals to ‘limit the access’ to university degrees in England...

New Espionage Act under way to jail journalists and whistleblowers

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THE Tory government is set to introduce a new Espionage Act under which its judiciary will be able to jail journalists and ordinary members...

Workers must force TUC to call a general strike to bring down the Labour government...

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YESTERDAY, Israeli defence minister Israel Katz issued a statement that announced a massive capture of territory in the Gaza Strip that will be added...

Corbyn intends to end the rule of banking class with regulations!

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn wound up this week’s Labour Party conference with a speech that he insisted outlined policies for ‘socialism in the 21st...

British capitalism and its state – poisonous, rotting and ripe for revolution!

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THE CRISIS of the British capitalist state has been highlighted by the News International scandals which will do for the British ruling class what...

Government overruled – Mau Mau legal action is to go forward

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THE High Court yesterday rejected the disgraceful British government attempt to strike out the claims of Kenyan victims of British Colonial torture and terror...

Six million UK households face poverty as Tories end furlough and benefit increases –...

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WHEN the coronavirus pandemic hit the UK in March, and the Tory government was forced to order the first national lockdown, Tory chancellor Rishi...

TIME TO FIGHT FOR THE NHS – the Junior Doctors have shown the way!

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THE official figures for NHS trusts in England for the first three months of the financial year (April to June) have just been released...

Israel steps up its war to drive Palestinians from their homes!

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SCORES of armed Israeli settlers attacked the homes of Palestinians in the village of Sebastia in the occupied West Bank province of Nablus on...

Labour government forced to borrow £18 billion last month as UK capitalism crashes into...

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SPIRALLING public spending and interest payments on government debt have forced Chancellor Rachel Reeves to borrow £18 billion last month, the highest August figure...

Furious Postal Workers Are Now Ready For Decisive Action!

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THE CWU stands absolutely united in its anger at the Royal Mail bosses and the ruling class’ High Court following Wednesday’s ‘outrageous’ decision to...

Thirty Day Countdown To Attack 0N Iran

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DOWNING STREET denials that there is a meeting today of top military, state and government officials to discuss the implications of a US attack...

People forced into debt to pay for private treatment as Tories slash the NHS!

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69,000 PEOPLE were forced to pay for private medical treatment in the final three months of last year, according to figures from the Private...

Lecturers 76% ‘Yes’ for strike – 37 Universities to come out! All unions must...

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UNIVERSITY lecturers and staff across the country have voted for strike action with an overwhelming 76% ‘YES’ vote. It means 37 universities will join...