Demonstration in Tower Hamlets against the closure of a GP surgery

General Practice brought to its knees by funding crisis!

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MORE than 34 million patients in England will this year fail to get an appointment with their GP, when seeking treatment, because of the...
Nurses marching in Nottingham last month against cuts and sackings in the NHS

A&E VISITS 1 MILLION UP! – while Labour embarks on A&E...

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Official figures revealed yesterday that there were one million more visits to Accident and Emergency departments in 2005-2006 as the government prepares to ‘reconfigure’...
ALEX PEREIRA (second from right) addressing a de Menezes family press conference in July this year

DE MENEZES EVIDENCE ‘JUSTIFIES A PROSECUTION FOR MURDER–say lawers

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‘We have to have a judicial review; you can see from the day he was shot, everything was wrong,’ the cousin of murdered Brazilian...
Teachers marching in London condemn the Tory coalition and Gove for their savage attacks on state education and the teachers’ unions

‘SORRY’ GOVE IS TO APPEAR BEFORE MPs TODAY

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EDUCATION Secretary Michael Gove is appearing before the House of Commons today to explain his role in the ‘Trojan Horse’ row for which he...

‘NO MORE GOVERNMENT BOND BUYING’ BY BoE!

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BANK of England (BoE) Governor Andrew Bailey announced yesterday morning that there will be no more government bond-buying by the Bank after tomorrow, regardless...

Day four of Harland & Wolff occupation – South African unions send international solidarity...

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THE OCCUPATION of Harland and Wolff, in Belfast in the north of Ireland, is going from strength to strength, now into its fourth day...

£50,000 A Day To Strike Break

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Firefighters in Suffolk were angry yesterday as the Ministry of Defence and the Armed Forces set out to break their strike actions against plans...
GMB hospital workers marching through Swindon against the bullying of privateer company Carillion

‘NO VICTIMISATIONS!’ – Carillion workers rally today

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WORKERS at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital are holding a mass lunchtime rally outside the hospital today, against victimisation by their multi-national privateer employer Carillion. Swindon...

Cameron must resign! – demands John Mann MP after tax haven scandal

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LABOUR MP John Mann yesterday called for PM Cameron to resign in light of the ongoing scandal regarding Cameron’s father’s offshore bank account, exposed...
Greek transport workers demonstration led by a cavalcade of 200 motorcyclists in Athens

‘AN UPRISING OF THE WORKING CLASS IS COMING’ – say Greek transport workers

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ABOUT 2,000 Greek public transport workers took part in a magnificent demonstration last Tuesday afternoon in Athens, against the government’s Transport Bill which slashes...
Youth marching to Parliament Square on June 20th to demand that the Tories scrap their austerity programme

Tuc-Nus Joint Campaign Against Privatisation!

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THE TUC and the NUS signed an agreement yesterday for joint campaigning by the trade union and student movements for the coming year. The partnership...

STOP POACHING AFRICA’S DOCTORS AND NURSES – urge BMA and RCN

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Doctors’ and nurses’ leaders have written letters to Prime Minister Blair and Chancellor Brown urging Britain and other G8 nations to stop poaching doctors...

Labour Failing Homeless

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Homelessness charity Crisis yesterday called on the government to make public services more accessible to homeless people. Crisis said: ‘Public services are failing homeless people. ‘Public...

‘Unacceptable’ Says Bma

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GP LEADERS yesterday slammed as ‘unacceptable’ the decision by St Helens Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG) to suspend the non-urgent referral of patients to local...
Demonstration outside Downing Street demanding the arrest of Israel’s President Netanyahu during his visit on September 9th

Hunger Strikers Reject Offer Of Exile!

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HUNGER striking Palestinian prisoners have rejected an Israeli proposal to ‘free’ them, on condition that they are expelled, the Palestinian Detainees and Ex-Detainees...
A section of the early morning mass picket which will now take place daily from 9.00am to 2.00pm to keep Chase Farm Hospital open

Chase Farm Daily Picket

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MONDAY’S launch of the daily picket of Chase Farm Hospital, in preparation to occupy the departments threatened with closure, was a roaring success. The...

Special forces attack Athens seafarers

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HUNDREDS of Greek Coast Guards’ special forces and riot police raided striking seafarers’ pickets at the port of Piraeus at 3.30 Wednesday morning. During the...

Young Socialists lobby calls for general strike to bring down Starmer and bring in...

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‘WE HAVE to call action here this week at the TUC Congress to support Palestine and stop the genocide,’ Susan Cook, a delegate from...

No to ‘Son of a Dog’ Trump’s deal – Abbas

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PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has firmly rejected President Donald Trump’s ‘deal of the century’ the details of which were announced yesterday evening. Abbas said: ‘Trump...
Junior doctors and BMA members demonstrate their support for the junior doctors’ struggle outside the meeting yesterday

Demand TUC take action! – Anna Athow tells BMA’s Representative Meeting

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BMA chair Dr Mark Porter told the union’s Special Representative Meeting yesterday that ‘Twenty-four years ago, it was the first reforms that established an...
Marchers in London last Saturday condemned US-backed Israeli terror bombing

AIR WAR – Israel vows to flatten Lebanon

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THE Israeli Cabinet decided yesterday it was not going to wage a ground war in Lebanon in the face of the disastrous reverses at...
Thousands gathered late on Sunday night at the Athens city centre to hear a victory speech by SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras

Syriza Victory!

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SYRIZA swept to power yesterday in the Greek elections winning 149 seats, just two short of an absolute majority. After the final results came in...

Assault on Al-Aqsa is a ‘declaration of war’ on Palestinians!

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THE ASSAULT on the Al Aqsa Mosque is equal to a ‘Declaration of War on the Palestinians’, said the spokesman for the President of...
Police taking away the vast bulk of BRIAN HAW’S (right) posters and placards from Parliament Square in May last year

Brian Haw Wins Right To Demonstrate

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‘We won, as we should have done, because it was wrong and the police were wrong’, anti-war protester Brian Haw declared to cheering supporters...

Coldest Night Of The Year In Gaza

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TUESDAY night was described by meteorologists in Palestine as the coldest of the year, laid bare the scale of suffering endured by hundreds of...

‘GET READY FOR WAR!’ –Trump demands UK & NATO support

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IN A SPEECH to a military audience on Monday night, US President Donald Trump outlined his change of strategy on Afghanistan. He said: ‘A hasty...

Hunger strike to shut Yarl’s Wood

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A HUNGER strike was launched by 43 women at Yarl’s Wood Detention centre in Bedford yesterday against indefinite detention, forced removal and appalling conditions....
MICK WHELAN, Aslef general secretary (ASLEF T-shirt) and Unite leader LEN McCLUSKEY (3rd from left) at the front of the National Austerity Protest last

Defend right to strike!

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THE TRADE Union Bill, to be outlined tomorrow in parliament by the Tory government, is designed to railroad through legislation which will make it...

Israel’s permanent occupation of Gaza plan ‘deeply alarming’

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THE NETANYAHU-led Israeli regime’s just-announced plan for the permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip and permanent expulsion of Palestinians from it has been widely...
At a rally last Friday at the Department for Communities and Local Government a resident from north Kensington holds up a piece of charred cladding that had fallen from Grenfell Tower during the blaze

600 Combustible Cladded Towers!

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‘MANY in the fire service and the fire safety sector have been raising issues about regulation, issues like cladding, for many years and we...
Marchers in London on July 1st demanding ‘Tories Out’!

May Being Urged To Risk Split And Sack Johnson!

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AN UNDER siege Theresa May was fighting for her political life yesterday as she suggested she would not shy away from sacking foreign secretary...

Parliament pushes to bomb Syrian troops

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PUSHING for the UK to begin openly bombing Syrian army positions and to consider taking action against Russian aircraft, Tory MP for Sutton Coldfield,...
The GMB ‘Coach and Horses’ demonstrating in Charlton yesterday morning

GMB ‘Coach and horses’ victory

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THE GMB trade union yesterday won its first victory in the battle over trade union rights at Asda, on the eve of a five-day...
Teachers marching in London last November 30 during their strike action to defend their pensions

Tories In ‘Head-On Collision’ With Classroom Teachers

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Teachers have been ‘angered, alienated and attacked’ by coalition ministers who are determined to engage in a ‘head-on collision’ with the profession, delegates to...

Victory To Ambulance Strikers!

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STRIKING Paramedics, Emergency Care Assistants, call handlers and other ambulance staff across the country who are on strike again in England and Wales today,...

Hamas Rejects Presence Of Any Israeli Forces In The Gaza Strip Area!

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SENIOR Hamas official Osama Hamdan has welcomed the general ceasefire plan proposed by US president Joe Biden, saying it contained ‘positive ideas’. Hamdan reiterated his...

Farmers Descend On Parliament!

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HUNDREDS of farmers descended on Parliament on their tractors yesterday, demanding ‘Save Family Farming!’ Having driven to the capital from as far afield as Exmoor,...
Sacked school guards demonstrating in Athens on Wednesday. Banner reads ‘We want our jobs and dignity back’

Defeat For Greek Government!

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THE Greek coalition government’s presidential candidate right-winger Stavros Dimas received the votes of just 160 parliamentary deputies last Wednesday night in the first round...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers joined the Terminal 5 building workers’ picket line yesterday

Mass Picket A Great Success

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‘We want our jobs back! No to the Compromise Agreement! Kick out Gate Gourmet!’ shouted 150 locked out Gate Gourmet workers and supporters...
Royal Mail workers marching against privatisation that will mean mass sackings

FOOD INFLATION RISE! – while union leaders agree to wage cuts

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food and drink inflation rose by a hefty 11.5 per cent on an annual basis last month, the Consumer Prices Index figures revealed yesterday,...

NHS Being Driven Backwards

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The Royal College of Nursing yesterday called for a halt to the closure of hospital beds until trusts can clearly demonstrate that alternative, tried...
Firefighters outside Central Hall Westminster yesterday before going on to lobby MPs against plans to make savage cuts to the fire service

‘CUTS WILL COST LIVES!’ – FBU leader Wrack warns

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‘CUTS will cost lives,’ Fire Brigades Union (FBU) general secretary Matt Wrack insisted yesterday. He was addressing a 500-strong rally in Westminster of FBU delegations...

Strikes will grind Heathrow to a halt

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WORKERS at Heathrow Airport Ltd (HAL) are launching three 24-hour strikes over plans to fire and rehire its 4,000 workers on vastly reduced pay...

US Prison Ships Used Diego Garcia

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‘The US government must reveal information about prison ships used for “terror suspects”,’ the legal action charity, Reprieve said yesterday. In June 2005 the UN’s...

Hancock ‘lying over PPE’ alleges GMB – Probed by committees over 127,000 deaths!

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TORY Health Secretary Matt Hancock was ‘lying through his teeth to MPs when he claimed there was no Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) shortage during...