‘OPEN THE DOORS TO THE REFUGEES’ – urge 20,000 marchers in Athens
‘OPEN the doors to the refugees,’ demanded 20,000 marchers in Athens on Thursday. Some 20,000 people marched through Athens on Thursday night calling for the...
Second Reprieve For Dale Farm
DALE Farm residents won another reprieve in the High Court yesterday, after a judge ruled that Basildon Council hadn’t been sufficiently clear in its...
Nationalise Gm Vauxhall
Business Secretary Mandelson told the BBC yesterday that there will be ‘painful change’ resulting from the takeover of GM Europe. He said that whichever of...
Sheffield hails March for Jobs
The YS March for Jobs and Free State Education marched for 17 miles from Sheffield to Chesterfield yesterday. It is marching on to Mansfield and...
Syria To Get S-300 Anti-Aircraft Missiles
Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov says Russia is going ahead with deliveries of S-300 anti-aircraft missiles to the Syrian army. The arms will help...
PRESCRIPTION CHARGES UP BY 25p
An increase in NHS prescription charges in England of 25p, putting them up to £7.65, came into effect yesterday, despite objections from the British...
Deported for refusing a DNA test! – Javid forced to apologise
THE HOME Office has been forced to apologise after people were wrongly deported for refusing to take DNA tests to prove they were entitled...
Determined Resident Doctors Defy Starmer’s Threats!
TENS of thousands of Resident Doctors begin their 15th wave of strike action today in defence of their pay and conditions against attacks first...
‘We will do everything to keep our hospital open!’
CARS hooted and people waved to Santa Claus on the Chase Farm Christmas picket, organised by the North-East London Council of Action yesterday. There was...
Railworkers strike for pay! – no rise since 2016
ASLEF and RMT railworkers are striking again this week in defence of their jobs, their working conditions, their pensions and pay. Aslef train drivers are...
Overthrow Government keep hospitals open! say Greek medical workers
HUNDREDS of hospital workers staged a rally outside the Greek Health Ministry in Athens last Thursday morning against the planned closure by the coalition...
Global Climate Change Strike
HUNDREDS of thousands of school youth are walking out on strike today in more than 100 countries around the globe over climate change. School youth...
STATE EXECUTION – 3rd anniversary of de Menezes murder
FRIENDS and family of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday marked the third anniversary of the young Brazilian’s killing by a police death squad who...
Gaza residents shocked by massive price rises!
GAZA residents have been shocked and angered over a steep rise in prices. As the sounds of war quietened with the advent of the first...
NHS England blockaded! No contracts with Israeli military supplier
HUNDREDS of health workers blocked the entrance to NHS England’s headquarters in central London yesterday. They were demanding the cancellation of business deals with American...
Postal Workers Will Not Accept Their Livelihoods Being Destroyed!
THOUSANDS of postal workers have voted in favour of more strikes in the long-running dispute over pay. More than 95% of staff who voted in...
Blair is to blame for Iraq war and occupation deaths
THE widow of Guardsman Anthony Wakefield, Ann Toward, is 100 per cent correct – Tony Blair is to blame for the death of her...
Ealing week-long strike action
GMB members employed by contractor Compass Medirest at Ealing hospital began a seven-day strike at 7.00am today until 7.00am next Friday, 21 March, for...
EU Extension Decision Due Today!
PM Boris Johnson pulled out of a scheduled appearance before a panel of senior MPs yesterday morning, saying he has to ‘focus on delivering...
Russia Points To Porton Down!
‘RUSSIA had nothing to do with’ the nerve attack in Salisbury, Russian ambassador to the EU Vladimir Chizhov insisted yesterday. He went on to...
REJECT PENSIONS SELL-OUT call at UNISON Conference
UNISON leaders came under fire from angry delegates at the union’s National Delegate Conference yesterday, over their decision to call off the local government...
‘You Have Right To Refuse To Work!’ – Aslef Advises Members
As London Underground ramps up services today, ASLEF has advised members of their right to refuse to work in circumstances where they are at...
No protection from unfair dismissal–for 7.5 million!
THE TUC yesterday warned that millions of workers lack basic protections if they lose their jobs in the coming months. New analysis shows that 7.5...
‘Underhand’ plan to fire 50 Kent dockers
‘UNDERHAND’ plans to fire 50 GB Terminals workers who unload and process Volkswagens at Sheerness docks in Kent have been slammed as a ‘sneaky...
Virgin to axe 3,150 jobs! – and permanently leave Gatwick
VIRGIN Atlantic is to cut a third of its staff in the UK and will keep its operation at Gatwick closed in response to...
Sulivan teachers, pupils & parents lobby council
Teachers, parents and pupils are lobbying a full Cabinet meeting of Hammersmith and Fulham Council, which starts at 6pm tomorrow at Hammersmith Town Hall,...
Cameron hiding behind Hunt
PRESSURE mounted on prime minister Cameron yesterday over his refusal to refer the actions of Culture, Media and Sports Secretary Jeremy Hunt to...
Russia ‘reserves the right to respond’ – after Israeli actions down its plane in...
RUSSIA ‘reserves the right to respond’ after Israel’s actions led to the downing of a military plane in Latakia in Syria, resulting in...
Pay Cut For Buncefield Firefighters
‘As fire crews and support staff were being honoured at a Buncefield award ceremony, fire authority bosses were busily cutting the pay of the...
SLEEPING ON THE STREETS! – treatment of asylum seekers condemned
REFUSED asylum-seekers are eating out of bins and sleeping in parks, public toilets and phone-boxes because of government policy New reports show government...
BLAIR WARNING FOR CHAVEZ AND EVO MORALES – at EU-Americas talks
UK Prime Minister Blair yesterday attacked the Bolivian and Venezuelan presidents over their moves to end the foreign exploitation of their countries’ gas...
‘we All Need To Strike Together’
THE second series of strikes in the national postal dispute commenced yesterday morning, with Mail Centres walking out at the start of three days...
NHS Bosses Using Election To Gag Staff – Gmb
NHS bosses are trying to ‘gag’ staff during the general election, GMB Union revealed yesterday, warning that health service workers are being told they...
Iran at Bay – ‘Russia not fire brigade’ – Putin
THE chief commander of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) said Iran does not seek war but is not afraid of one either. Making a...
‘We hail the struggle of the Palestinian workers and youth’ editor Jonty Leff...
NEWS LINE Editor Jonty Leff told the News Line 52nd Anniversary Rally on Saturday: ‘We hail the struggle of the Palestinian workers and youth. ‘We...
DEFEND GM JOBS! – JUNE 1st is bankruptcy day
Car parts maker Magna International was yesterday reported to have reached an agreement in principle with General Motors to take GM Europe off its...
France – 3 Million Take Action
Three and a half million took to the streets across France in the biggest anti-pensions law mobilisation yet on Tuesday, October 12 in 244...
Refugees unlawfully imprisoned in Napier – High Court rules Home Office broke the law!
IN A CRITICAL and damning judgment, the Home Office’s decision to house asylum seekers who had made it across the Channel in a ‘squalid’...
NO PAY CUTS! Southampton strike continues
PUBLIC services staff in Southampton have rejected a revised pay proposal by the Tory city council and voted to continue their programme of rolling...
Students begin occupying UK universities in support of Palestinian Revolution!
PRO-Palestinian students have occupied several university campuses in the UK, to protest against the Israeli war on Gaza. Students in Leeds, Newcastle, Bristol, Sheffield, Manchester,...
‘We’ll step up our struggle!’ – vow Iraqi protesters after 5 killed
AT LEAST five demonstrators have been killed in Baghdad, Karbala and Baqubah in Iraq as security forces opened fire on the mass protest of...
‘I WILL BE SEEKING A BALLOT FOR MORE STRIKE ACTION’ says UNISON NHS Logistics...
‘I will be seeking a fresh ballot for more strike action,’ NHS Logistics UNISON Maidstone assistant branch secretary Dean Lane told News Line yesterday. ‘Personally,...
EU invites Syria’s Tahrir al-Sham
THE European Commission has invited representatives of Syria’s Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), currently ruling Syria, to attend an official donor conference despite the group’s...
17,000 jobs rely on Bombardier!
‘AT THE end of the day this is being portrayed as a trade war, but it’s workers who will be suffering, thousands of them...
Ratings Agency Threatens Euro
THE Standard and Poor’s ratings agency has threatened to bankrupt the major eurozone states by shredding their triple A status. This would make it impossible...