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‘The unacceptable face of capitalism’ – Green warned to pay up

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‘IF PHILIP Green won’t do the right thing by the members of the BHS pension fund then he should have his knighthood removed. And...

270,000 Civil Servants Ballot For Strike

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The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) yesterday announced that it will start a strike ballot today of 270,000 PCS members working for the...

FBI charges Trump’s former campaign manager

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PAUL MANAFORT and his former business associate Rick Gates were indicted on Monday on money laundering, and tax and foreign lobbying charges, a...

NO NHS CUTS! – says UNISON Conference

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THE UNISON National Delegate Conference voted unanimously yesterday to oppose cuts to the National Health Service and against privatisation by the Labour government. The main...

NURSES ANGRY! – ready for industrial action

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ROYAL College of Nursing members in England will be asked next Monday if they favour a ballot for strike action to force the government...

WALK OUT! – RMT and TSSA take 24 hour tube strike action

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10,000 MEMBERS of the RMT and sister union TSSA walked out on 24-hour strike at 9pm last night over plans to axe 800 jobs...
RMT pickets at Victoria Station emphasising what the Southern rail strike is all about

Grayling wants to bust unions – RMT condemns Tory witch-hunt

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‘THIS is an industrial dispute about safety, we are not trying to bring the government down,’ RMT general secretary Mick Cash insisted yesterday. He was...
RICKY MATTHEWS

Reinstate Ricky Matthews

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FIREFIGHTERS are coming from all over the country to protest in Bucks over the sacking of firefighter Ricky Matthews. Matthews was sacked for coming out...

PNA ‘A TERRORIST ENTITY’ says Israeli Premier

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THE Israeli cabinet announced yesterday that it has decided to impose a range of punitive sanctions against the Palestinian National Authority (PNA). The sanctions...

Decanted families warehoused in office blocks

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FAMILIES are being ‘warehoused’ inside an office block in Harlow, Essex after being decanted from their local boroughs, with tenants forced to eat, drink...
Demonstrators expressing their anger at the Israeli onslaught on Lebanon in July – police would like to criminalise slogans on placards they decide to be ‘offensive’

POLICE MUST NOT BE CENSORS – says Liberty

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Civil rights organisation Liberty yesterday urged the government not to give police powers to arrest demonstrators for ‘offensive’ chants and/or slogans on placards. This followed...

Driving the sick back to work! – private company to displace GP practices

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DOCTORS have slammed a new scheme to drive workers who are sick back to work. The extremely controversial proposal will see workers who are off...

Israeli occupation forces open fire on families!

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THE Israeli occupation forces yesterday morning opened fire and executed at least two displaced families who were taking shelter inside a school run by...

FINANCIAL CRASH! – bankers warning over ‘risky loans’

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Risky loans are leading to a financial crash, leading bankers warned yesterday. William Rhodes, senior vice chairman of Citigroup warned: ‘Lenders all too often, are...

Murder in Syria was for ‘self-defence of Iraq’–claims ambassador

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FOLLOWING the uproar questioning the legality of the UK drone assassination of a British citizen in Syria, a letter to the UN casts doubt...

Palestinians Form Unity Government

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Palestinian leaders unveiled a new unity government yesterday that they hope will stop months of deadly factional violence and end a crippling international aid...

‘You’re playing with fire’ – IMF tells Chancellor Osborne

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INTERNATIONAL Monetary Fund (IMF) chief economist Olivier Blanchard has warned UK Chancellor Osborne that he is ‘playing with fire’ with his fiscal policy. Blanchard also...
Marchers defending the NHS and making the point that one of the best ways to finance it would be to get rid of Trident

50,000 NHS Patients Being Left In Pain And Misery!

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IT WAS announced on Tuesday night that all operations during the month of January are cancelled, leaving over 50,000 patients in pain and misery. Also...
BEN GRIFFIN, an SAS trooper who refused to serve in Iraq addresses rally on the third anniversary of the attack on Iraq

Combat Troops For Afghanistan

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Britain is considering sending more troops to Afghanistan ‘as a matter of urgency’ Defence Secretary Des Browne told MPs yesterday. In a statement to the...

Gaza Children Die From Severe Cold

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JUMA AL-BATAN, a 20-day-old baby, died from ‘severe cold’ yesterday, while his twin brother remains in the intensive care unit at a local hospital,...

Greek farmers are staging mass motorway blockades – as well as blocking customs entry

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GREEK farmers staged mass tractor motorway blockades on Thursday and Friday, while also blocking customs entry points into Greece from neighbouring Balkan countries, as...
Midwives, nurses and other NHS staff on the picket line at King’s College Hospital during the NHS strike on November 24th

STRIKE-BREAKERS!– being organised for Thursday’s NHS strike

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WITH talks between the NHS trade unions and health secretary Hunt due at 2pm today, in a bid to avert Thursday’s NHS strike, efforts...
Chagossians with their Community Association banner, demanding the right to return to Diego Garcia, outside parliament yesterday

WE WILL RETURN TO DIEGO GARCIA – say Chagos Islanders

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A delegation from the Chagos Islands Community Association (CICA) travelled from Crawley yesterday to attend a ‘Let Them Return’ meeting in the House of...
Thousands marched in London last February demanding no cuts in NHS services

STOP WASTING BILLIONS ON THE HEALTH MARKET – Nagpaul to tell BMA ARM

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DOCTORS’ leader Chaand Nagpaul is today warning of an ‘all year’ crisis in the NHS as eight in ten doctors say underfunding is significantly...

Teachers Vote For National Strike

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‘NUT members have voted overwhelmingly in favour of the campaign to stop cuts in the real pay of teachers,’ Steve Sinnott, General Secretary of...

GM – ‘No repeat of Vauxhall closure

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There is growing anger amongst workers over the future of the GMM Luton plant, at the same time as a decision is imminent...

Gate Gourmet Conference Campaign Going Well

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GATE Gourmet workers held a successful campaign yesterday for the News Line/Gate Gourmet-Locked-Out Workers Conference on the 29th January. They visited Greenford Council depot and...

REPORT MINIMUM WAGE CHEATS – GMB warns Virgin Media contractor Cobra

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THE GMB trade union yesterday called on workers being cheated of the national minimum wage to contact their local GMB office to enforce their...

‘ELITE CONSPIRACY’ Johnson warning

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FORMER foreign secretary Boris Johnson said yesterday that changing the date of leaving the EU from 29 March would be ‘shameful’, and the public...

Coronavirus–10,000 troops on the streets!

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‘OPERATION Broadshare’ has been launched by the military to put 10,000 troops on the streets. The military said that it will work alongside the...

NO PAY CUTS! –take strike action for at least 5% for all

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COALITION ministers have announced a basic 1% pay rise for the public sector, in reality a wage cut with CPI inflation running at 2%. However,...

‘We will work with Brown’–Prentis

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‘We demand fairness and justice for our members – and we are prepared to fight and, if necessary strike, to get it,’ UNISON general...
Vast crowds massed outside the Greek parliament in Athens last Wednesday night

Greek Workers Vow To Bring Down Government

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250,000 workers, youth and professionals demonstrated outside the Vouli (Greek parliament) in central Athens last Wednesday evening against the Austerities Measures Bill and demanding...

Zahawi Denies Blackouts Ahead

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TORY Minister for Equalities Nadhim Zahawi claimed yesterday morning that ‘blackouts are extremely unlikely this winter,’ when he did the rounds of the TV...

Catalonia Declares Independence!

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CROWDS outside the Catalan parliament erupted in celebration, letting off fireworks as Catalonia declared its independence from Spain yesterday afternoon, after a vote of...

SERCO STRIKE – battle against low pay & exploitation

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HUNDREDS of key NHS workers, employed by the giant outsourcing company Serco, will stage a two week strike across Barts Health NHS Trust in...

2,500 refugees’ lifejackets placed outside parliament

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OVER 2,500 lifejackets were placed on the lawn outside parliament, in Parliament Square yesterday, each representing the life of a refugee man, woman or...
Sheffield Central WRP candidate MIKE DRIVER campaigning in the city centre yesterday

Labour refuses to commit to stop hospital closures!

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‘EALING Hospital A&E and Maternity must not close and it’s a disgrace that the Labour candidate refuses to commit to this,’ Scott Dore, Workers...
Our West Hendon campaigners determined to defend their homes and their rights

No To West Hendon Evictions!

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TENANTS and leaseholders are protesting in Tyrrel Way, West Hendon, north London from 7am today, against the eviction threat to 250 families...

‘Get ready for our strike ballot result’ – RCN nurses issue strong warning

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‘WE DON’T forget that our pay was cut by you,’ 300,000 nurses who are currently balloting for strike action told the newly appointed Tory...

No more talks until 620 prisoners released!

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IN AN INTERVIEW with Al Jazeera yesterday, Basem Naim, a member of Hamas’s political bureau, said the Palestinian group will not engage in further...

MURDER IN IRAQ! – new inquiry into British Army

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THE Secretary of State for Defence will today announce in Parliament the establishment of a public inquiry into the incident of alleged mistreatment and...

Johnson declares sanctions war on Russia with Starmer’s support

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TORY PM Boris Johnson and Labour leader Keir Starmer came together yesterday in their sanctions attack on Russia – the only disagreement being that...

Labour Party leadership ‘will never be forgiven for cuts’ – says FBU leader Steve...

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THE LABOUR Party leadership will ‘never be forgiven’ if it goes ahead with its benefit cuts plans next Tuesday, the Fire Brigades Union leader...