Unions must call general strikes to support Gaza and end imperialist war drive
ON MONDAY, Israeli warplanes bombed the Iranian consulate, which is situated next to the embassy building in the Syrian capital Damascus, killing seven Iranian...
‘Extraordinary Rendition’ – Blair and Straw hear and see no evil
“WE conclude that the government has a duty to enquire into the allegations of extraordinary rendition and black sites under the Convention against Torture,...
Hague Must Resign Over Libyan Debacle
THE latest NATO war crime, the bombing of the Libyan TV station, killing three technicians, was a repeat of a similar war crime,...
The only way to really defend Venezuela is for the working class to smash...
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro said in a televised speech last Tuesday night that a coup attempt by a small group of the military had...
Universities in crisis – courses slashed, thousands to be sacked and fees to soar!
UNIVERSITIES are being hit hard by the capitalist crisis with thousands of jobs and courses going, and with students facing a lifting of the...
Detroit gets its dictator over workers’ jobs, unions and wages
AN emergency manager, in fact a financial dictator with powers over jobs, wages and conditions, has been appointed for the bankrupt US city of...
US Secretary of State Blinken rushes to Kiev as Ukraine faces defeat by Russia
US secretary of State Antony Blinken made a surprise unannounced visit to Ukraine yesterday morning, as the war to weaken Russia suffers yet another...
Occupy Peugeot! Build a new leadership in the unions!
LEADERS of the trade unions said they were shocked by PSA Peugeot-Citroën’s announcement on Tuesday that it is closing its Ryton factory in Coventry,...
Labour support group props up Cameron
THE Cameron-led debate in the House of Commons on Monday disclosed a Tory Party split down the middle, with Boris Johnson leading a revolt...
End misery of bankrupt capitalism with socialist revolution
LAST Friday the European Banking Authority released the findings of this year’s Stress Test for European banks. These stress tests, introduced one year ago, are...
The world must act to defend Palestinians
YESTERDAY morning Israel announced that all the crossings between the Gaza Strip and Israel were closed. Israeli Defence Minister, Ehud Barak...
170,000 workers marched for Palestine last Saturday. Trade unions must call a general...
THE WHO (World Health Organisation) has joined the United Nations in urging Israel to immediately rescind orders for the imminent invasion of Gaza which...
A Capitalist Nightmare Confronts The Bosses As Economic Collapse And Revolution Nears!
THIS week the Daily Telegraph has published a supplement ‘The Investors’ Handbook 2020’ subtitled: ‘Rising protectionism, negative interest rates, equity bubbles, debt mountains, trade...
NHS Already Being Cut And Closed
THAT the Health and Social Care Act is all about privatising the NHS and handing it over to the private sector via the new...
Pompeo Pledges To Prevent Anti-Tory Regime Change In The UK By Smashing Corbyn Labour...
WITH THE Tories in what is being called an ‘existential crisis’ over breaking with the European Union, the British ruling class and its allies...
Trade unions must take action to boycott Israel, and halt all arms supplies!
ISRAELI warplanes struck multiple targets across the Gaza Strip on Friday after a 72-hour ceasefire agreement ended at 8am, killing a child and injuring...
‘Oppressed will rise all over the world’ – says Iranian president
Iran’s president-elect Mahmood Ahmadinejad has hailed his election win as a new Islamic revolution which he said he hoped would now spread its way...
Kiss of death for Deutsche Bank and the world banking system
THE writing is most definitely on the wall for Europe’s largest bank, with the kiss of death being delivered over the weekend when German...
Trump Wants Military Action To Seize Greenland! Trade Unions Must Call General Strikes...
THE White House has announced that US President Donald Trump is considering using the US military to grab Greenland as a ‘national security priority...
Brown supports lifting £3,000 cap off top-up fees
YESTERDAY Chancellor Gordon Brown joined hands with two of the leaders of the capitalist class to signal his willingness to raise the £3,000 cap...
NHS bed & staffing crisis is a ‘Grenfell Tower waiting to happen’ – Call...
THE NUMBER of NHS beds has halved in the last 30 years and proposals to slash bed numbers even further will make the ‘NHS a...
Care Home Big Five Demand A State Subsidy!
THE National Living Wage could result in a ‘catastrophic collapse’ in the number of care homes, according to the five biggest private providers, Four...
Bosses covered up coronavirus infections and deaths in workplaces to keep the profits rolling...
THOUSANDS of deaths by workers who contracted Covid in the course of their jobs have gone unreported in the official figures, according to research...
US seeking to destroy Venezuela – UK workers must take action
AFTER the failure at the Guri hydroelectric power plant left much of Venezuela without power last Thursday night, Venezuelan authorities, after a huge effort,...
Nationalise British Gas! Bosses Are Making Billions Out Of The Crisis As Millions Go...
BRITISH Gas’ owner Centrica has posted huge profits after oil and gas prices soared last year as the US and the UK stoked up...
Israel closes Irish embassy in fury over Ireland’s recognition of Palestine and its support...
THE DECISION by the Israeli regime on Sunday to close its embassy in Dublin brought a swift response from Ireland’s taoiseach (prime minister) Simon...
Tories split over massive debt crisis! Make the bosses pay for their crisis through...
THE TORY Party split over how to pay off the massive debt run up bailing out the bosses during the coronavirus pandemic is now...
Economic Crisis Is Smashing Up Europe!
YESTERDAY official statistics for France show that core inflation had actually fallen into negative figures, - 0.2%, for the first time in recorded history...
Hedge fund speculators make super-profits out of starving millions across the world
A REPORT compiled by Unearthed, the investigative unit of the Greenpeace environmentalist organisation, and the independent journalist organisation Lighthouse Reports has thrown a light...
Starmer embraces ‘harsh light of fiscal reality’ as he demands working class pays for...
LABOUR Prime Minister Keir Starmer vowed to ‘embrace the harsh light of fiscal reality’ in a speech delivered in Birmingham yesterday, in what was...
Trade Unions Must Fight For Chagossians’ Right To Return!
SAAD Iqbal Madni, was kidnapped by the CIA while visiting relatives in Indonesia. He was then transited through the British colonial possession of Diego...
Unions must demand TUC call a general strike to support junior doctors and defend...
TODAY is the first of four days of strike action by junior doctors throughout the health service in England, in what is the biggest...
Israel warns 250,000 Gazans that they must leave Gaza City at once!
THE Israeli government has told ‘everyone’ in Gaza City, which has over 250,000 inhabitants, that they must leave the city at once so that...
Saddam Murder Within Days
THE decision to hang the Iraqi president, Saddam Hussein, and also the Iraqi Vice-President, Taha Yasin Ramadan – whose sentence was increased from life...
BoE chief: British capitalism ‘turning clock back’ to 18th century!
THE SPLIT in the leading bodies of the Bank of England over whether or not to raise interest rates has emerged just shortly after...
No Fees Or Loans And Restore Student Grants For All!
AFTER Blair and Brown abolished students’ grants and introduced a regime of fee paying for university education – putting an end to free university...
Putin And Lavrov Come To Obama’s Rescue!
OBAMA had been facing massive opposition in every State of the Union, with opinion polls saying that he faced defeat in any Congressional vote...
Windrush just ‘tip of the iceberg’ – time to kick out the Tories and...
IN A MONUMENTAL act of cynicism, the Tory government on Monday announced that this Friday will be designated ‘Windrush Day’ and that henceforth 22nd...
Unemployment and inflation rising, as British capitalism crumbles!
THE number of people unemployed in the UK rose by 43,000 to 2.5 million during the three months to February, the highest figure since...
Tories refusal to implement fire safety tests puts millions at risk of another Grenfell...
NINE months after the fire at Grenfell Tower that caused the horrific deaths of 71 people, all the Tory pledges that never again would...
Benn Forecasts Coalition Government
LABOUR Party left winger Tony Benn yesterday raised that Tony Blair and David Cameron could serve in each other’s cabinets and the possibility of...
TUC must call a general strike in support of the RMT and to bring...
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch joined the picket line at London’s Euston Station yesterday morning after pay talks with the Tories collapsed on Monday. Earlier,...
Full Support For The Doctors’ Strike
EVERY TRADE UNION and all trade unionists must support today’s 24 hour strike action by the BMA doctors’ trade union, and must be demanding...
Short-term contracts driving teachers out of the profession
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...
Bring down the Tories to end benefit cuts and homelessness!
THE Tories are continuing to lash out at the working class and the poor. Last week housing charity Shelter revealed that new government figures on...