Editorials

Daily editorials from the newspaper

Israel is in its death agony – the US, UK and EU trade unions...

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THE ISRAELI war cabinet minister Gantz has threatened to resign and completely split the ruling Israeli group unless Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out...

Tories declare class war to the finish – time for trade unions to organise...

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ON THE EVE of the unprecedented strike by nurses and ambulance workers, Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak said that he will not ‘back down’...

UK political crisis emerges over demands for ceasefire in Gaza!

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THE House of Commons dived headlong into a political crisis as MPs from both Labour and Tory parties struggled to maintain their support for...

Hamas fighters deal heavy blows against Israel, while Gaza masses remain undefeated!

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MORE than 700 Palestinians have been killed by Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, the Hamas-run health ministry...

Miliband adopts Osborne’s programme to smash Welfare State!

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LABOUR Party leader Miliband’s speech on the party’s economic strategy showed conclusively that the Labour Party leaders are prepared to completely destroy the Welfare...

‘Vile police’ and Tory grandees battle it out!

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A PETTY incident – the refusal of Downing Street police officers to allow the Tory chief whip to ride his bicycle through the gates...

Trade unions must take action NOW to free WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange!

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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange, the man who dared to expose imperialist war crimes, must be immediately released from Belmarsh high security prison where he...

Mervyn King The Bankrupt Representative 0F A Bankrupt Social System!

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ON Wednesday night, the outgoing governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, delivered a speech that amounted to little more than an extensive...

Workers must call general strikes to break the Israeli siege of Palestine

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THE Hamas Ministry of Health said on Wednesday that 102 Palestinian citizens were martyred and 287 others injured in 5 Israeli massacres in Gaza...

Coalition plan to beat the poorest to aid the richest

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SO FAR trillions of pounds have been spent by the state, using taxpayers’ money, to rescue, prop up and save bankrupt banks and...

Labour’s plan to demolish the public sector

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LABOUR’S Minister for Communities and Local Government, David Milliband, yesterday addressed the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) Annual Conference called ‘Empowerment not abandonment’. He...

The Eu Crisis Is Exploding!

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THE 61 per cent ‘no’ vote in Holland, on a 62 per cent electoral turnout, against the EU constitution was no surprise after the...

Nationalise The Banks To Resolve The Capitalist Crisis

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MORE than $170 billion (£87 billion) has been wiped off the balance sheets of companies worldwide as a result of the collapse of the...

Stalinist bureaucracy Shanghaied by working class

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THE Chinese working class is definitely on the march. It has already compelled the Stalinist bureaucracy to start bringing in legislation forcing the western capitalist...

TORIES TRY TO BRIBE GPs TO CUT HOSPITAL REFERRALS!

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RESEARCH conducted by the medical magazine Pulse has uncovered the fact that local GP practices are being offered bribes of thousands of pounds to...

Maude and Cameron seek the support of parliament for law-breaking

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THE Tory-led coalition is rushing through parliamentary legislation to impose on the Civil Service trade unions savage changes to their redundancy agreement (Civil Service...

Forward with the French, British and German workers to bring down the EU and...

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WITH millions of workers and youth on strike or taking to the streets, where they have been joined by the masses of the Yellow...

The Unity Of The Working Class With The Oppressed Nations Is The Way To...

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IRAN launched a multiple missile attack against two bases in Iraq that contain US troops and other coalition forces on Wednesday night in retaliation...

Hunt and Bailey will ‘do whatever is necessary’ to save bankrupt capitalism. Time to...

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ON MONDAY night, 400 leading figures from the world of high finance and corporate business gathered at the Mansion House in London to hear...

Junior doctors and student nurses lead the way Now call a general strike!

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THE decision by the BMA on Monday to walk away from the negotiations over the imposition of new contracts for junior doctors and to...

The working people of the world must NOW take action to establish the...

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THE Palestinian presidency on Wednesday expressed its great thanks and appreciation for the strong and clear Saudi position expressed in the Saudi statement issued...

Bank of England preparing to unleash hyperinflation in desperate attempt to save capitalism!

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THE LATEST economic forecasts for the UK released yesterday revealed that Britain’s economy is collapsing at an unprecedented rate this month. The Purchasing Managers’ Index...

Class struggle sharpens – Organise general strike!

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900 construction workers were sacked at the Lindsey Oil Refinery, north Lincolnshire yesterday in what the GMB General Secretary Paul Kenny called ‘a case...

Iran frees sailors – time to withdraw all British troops from Iraq

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THE decision of the Iranian leadership to unconditionally free the fifteen British sailors and marines, who trespassed into Iranian waters, and also to leave...

Arm The Palestinian Masses Now!

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ISRAEL has set Palestine ablaze yet again with the death in an Israeli prison of Maysarah Abu Hamdiyeh, a 64-year-old prisoner, who had been...

Tories considering proposal to ban MPs from ‘engaging’ with opponents of Israeli genocide

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FOLLOWING the ‘shock’ victory of George Galloway in last Thursday’s Rochdale by-election, Tory Prime Minister Rishi Sunak hastily rushed to the podium outside 10...

Defend North Korea! Prevent nuclear war by a revolutionary disarming of imperialism!

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IN AN OPEN declaration that it is prepared to plunge the world into a nuclear war US imperialism has threatened that it ‘is prepared...

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...

Syria goes to the polls – a great victory for the Syrian people and...

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YESTERDAY, millions of Syrians were casting their votes in record numbers in parliamentary elections against the backdrop of a ceasefire that is generally holding,...

Answer attacks on welfare state with a general strike

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THE LOCAL Government Association (LGA) yesterday warned that the increase in council tax bills by 5% will do absolutely nothing to halt the continued...

RBS crashes as banks get set for rate rises

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LOSSES AT the state owned Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) were twice as bad as expected, at £1.13bn and much bigger than the £950...

Multinational companies who supplied cladding and insulation on Grenfell Tower making super-profits!

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Yesterday’s Observer newspaper revealed that manufacturers of the insulation installed on Grenfell Tower – cladding that led to the inferno that killed 72 people...

Revolution and counter-revolution in Bahrain and Libya

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THE US State Department urged US citizens on Tuesday not to travel to Bahrain and suggested Americans there should leave at once due ...

Crisis deepens as shares crash worldwide!

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THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its concerns about Spain’s economy, saying ‘far-reaching’ reforms are needed to ensure its recovery. It said the country...

Israel threatens to ‘finish the job’ in Gaza

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THE DAILY Telegraph reported at the weekend that they had been told by two Israeli officials that daily ‘violations’ by the Palestinian resistance movement...

Unions Must Be Made To Take Action To Secure The Nationalisation Of Tata Steel,...

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THE Unite and GMB trade unions have issued calls for the Johnson Tory government to take action to save 8,000 Tata workers jobs in...

Labour pledges limitless billions to arm Ukraine while refusing to support workers’ pay demands

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IN A speech yesterday at the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), Labour’s shadow defence secretary, John Healey, pledged that any future Labour government would...

Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill – sky high food prices here...

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DURING a public on-line question and answer session on Monday, the Bank of England’s chief economist Huw Pill warned that higher food prices ‘may...

Outsourcing companies facing ruin – socialist revolution is the only answer!

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IT IS almost exactly one year since the dramatic collapse into bankruptcy and compulsory liquidation of the giant outsourcing and construction company Carillion. At the...

Migrants Not Wanted In The UK – Unless They Are ‘White Helmets’

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THAT well known humanitarian organisation, the Israeli armed forces, that is killing Palestinians on a daily basis, has just conducted a ‘humanitarian’ raid into...

US economy slumps as Obama proposes huge budget debts

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THE American economy contracted by 6.2 per cent in the last three months of last year, as consumer spending dropped by 4.3 per cent...

Workers across the world rise up on May Day – Forward to world socialist...

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May Day erupted across Europe and the entire world this year in an unprecedented and revolutionary uprising of workers and youth against an international...

Illegal and deadly restraints still in use, smash the racist capitalist state

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Just 16 months after a man died whilst being restrained by private security guards on board an aircraft, the House of Commons home office...

‘Those who support Israeli aggression are partners in their crimes’ – Iranian Foreign Ministry

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Iranian armed forces have launched the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III by firing a barrage of missiles and drones toward the occupied...

Racist laws must be smashed!

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The uprising at Harmondsworth detention centre near Heathrow has badly shaken the crisis-ridden, reactionary Blair government. It began last Tuesday night and continued into Wednesday,...