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On the 70th anniversary of the NHS millions of workers who depend on the NHS must organise to bring down the Tories to save it!

Celebrate 70 years of the NHS! –by bringing down the Tories

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70 YEARS of the NHS are being celebrated with a mass demonstration today in central London supported by the TUC and 11 other health...

TORIES ‘FORCING’ WEEKEND RAIL STRIKES – insist ASLEF’s Whelan and the RMT’s Lynch

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ASLEF members working as drivers for over a dozen train operators will strike this Friday 12th May, and then again on Wednesday 31st May...

Striking Bus Workers To Top Up Their Claim!

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BUS workers are to increase their Olympic Games payment claim against the bus privateers and Transport for London (TfL), Unite declared yesterday. London buses will...

CAMPSFIELD REVOLT! – after ‘violent removal’ of Algerian detainee

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‘This will probably happen in other detention centres, the only time people listen is when there is a revolt,’ Bill MacKeith of Close Campsfield...

Greek Concentration Camps For Illegal Immigrants

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THE Greek Assistant Minister for Public Order M Othonas said on Wednesday morning that the first concentration camp for alleged ‘illegal immigrants’ could be...
Marchers on July 22 demonstration against the attack on the Lebanon and Palestine denounce US, UK and Israel as terrorist

ISRAEL KILLS 28 FARMERS – close to the Syrian border

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Five Israeli soldiers were killed yesterday afternoon as ferocious resistance by Hezbollah fighters held off their attempts to advance into southern Lebanon. Hezbollah also said it...
Greek workers demanding the Syriza government fight Troika-imposed austerity

Greece mass rallies on Sunday!

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THE Greek government’s spokesperson Gavriil Sakelarides stated yesterday morning that ‘he was optimistic of a deal’ with the European Commission by this Sunday. He said...

UNISON TO BALLOT – over 3-year NHS wage-cutting deal

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DELEGATES at the UNISON Health Conference in Manchester yesterday voted to ballot over the government’s staged three-year pay deal. The UNISON leaders had previously accepted...
Part of the huge general strike rally last Thursday on the duel carriageway outside the occupied ERT in Athens

Ert Occupation Is A Centre For The Greek Revolution!

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TENS of thousands of Greek workers and youth are congregating every day and every night at the occupied ERT (State TV and Radio) building...

Labour’s Starmer offers Johnson support for the ‘national effort’

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‘LATER this week we will announce which areas will fall into which tiers,’ Tory PM Johnson told Parliament yesterday, speaking from Number 10, where...

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...
Doctors on Wednesday’s march in Athens

3,000 Greek Doctors Fight Health Bill

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Over 3,000 medical doctors and health workers demonstrated on Wednesday through the Athens city centre against the government’s Health Bill, shouting ‘Loverdo (Health Minister)...
Young NHS workers march against Tory government cuts

530 lifesaving cancer operations axed

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HUNDREDS of cancer operations were cancelled during the NHS winter crisis, meaning that for some patients, by the time they are treated, their cancer...

Global Amazon protests and strikes!

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PROTESTS took place worldwide outside Amazon buildings on ‘Black Friday’ yesterday, in the US, UK and across Europe. Black Friday is the busiest online shopping...
Masses of students marching on parliament last December were joined by trade unionists who backed their fight against tuition fees. Now the government is planning a showdown with the trade unions in the summer

TORIES PREPARE SUMMER WAR – Organising tens of thousands of strike breakers

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Cabinet Office Minister Francis Maude has been overseeing ‘war games’ in preparation for a General Strike this summer. Following orders from the Cabinet...

Midwives To Ballot!

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MIDWIVES in England and Wales are to be balloted on industrial action. The move was announced by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) at its...

2,450 sacked by email – 214 Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton shops shut

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TORY PM Johnson must wait until there are fewer than 1,000 Covid infections a day before lifting lockdown, NHS bosses and scientists have warned. The...

Google handed 1.6m NHS patients records!

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GOOGLE has been given the confidential records including full names and patient histories of an estimated 1.6 million NHS patients in a data-sharing agreement. Under...
A section of yesterday’s 100-strong demonstration outside the offices of Maximus, the company taking over the work capability assessment from ATOS

‘Welfare Reform Kills!’

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UP TO one hundred trade unionists, disabled campaigners and their supporters demonstrated yesterday outside Maximus, the company who have taken over the work-capability assessment,...

Israeli massacres across Gaza and West Bank

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‘THE Israeli occupation army has committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip over the past 24 hours, killing and injuring at...

Catalan Leaders Jailed

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TENS of thousands have demonstrated in Barcelona in protest at the jailing of eight deposed Catalan ministers who have been remanded in prison by...

CIA Torture Centres In Lithuania!

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The CIA had at least two ‘black sites’ in Lithuania where they tortured illegally held victims of ‘extraordinary rendition’, a Lithuanian parliamentary inquiry has...
Serco strikers on the picket line are demanding that Unite call a national demonstration in support of the strike and bring other Serco workers out to win the dispute

‘Unite needs to call a nationwide demo’ – Serco strikers

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‘OUR members are standing firm and determined to win,’ striking Royal London Hospital Unite rep Ebrima Sonko told News Line yesterday on the morning...

Ukrainian fighter jet flanked Malaysian plane

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THE RUSSIAN military announced yesterday that they detected a Ukrainian fighter jet flying alongside the Malaysian passenger jet before it crashed. The Russian military...
A section of the many thousands of marchers who demonstrated outside the American embassy in London last Saturday in support of Hezbollah and against the Israeli attack on the Lebanon

Hezbollah Battles Zionists

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Hezbollah resistance fighters killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded seventeen others as a massive Israeli invasion force was halted on the outskirts of Bint...

French Police Chokehold Mutiny!

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NATIONWIDE demonstrations in France on Tuesday demanding better pay and resources for health workers were the subject of repeated police attacks. 18,000 people attended demonstrations...

EU Withdrawal Bill proceeds Lords amendment rejected

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THE GOVERNMENT saw off an attempt by Remainers to adopt the Lords amendment which would have allowed a ‘meaningful vote’ on the final Brexit...
The Gate Gourmet locked-out workers campaign team in Southall High Street yesterday

Gate Gourmet Workers Rally

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Gate Gourmet locked out workers are campaigning every day up until their first anniversary march and rally in Southall this Sunday, 20th...

‘People’s vote remains an option’ – Corbyn

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‘WE HAVE called for a new customs union, with a say in future trade deals, a strong single market relationship and a guarantee to...

Released prisoners reveal grim tortures in Israeli facilities!

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ON THURSDAY, Israeli authorities released 64 detainees from Gaza. Among the released were two women from Gaza, detained while accompanying patients in Israel. Of...
‘The Building Worker’ memorial in Tower Hill

Ruling Class Snob Attacks Builders

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CONSTRUCTION union UCATT, has reacted with fury after their memorial to construction workers killed in the building of London was criticised on The...

Workers Of The World Support BA Cabin Crew

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‘WE stand in solidarity with our brothers and sisters at Unite who are fighting for a fair contract at British Airways,’ says the Teamsters...

Ireland Brexit threat!

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IRELAND’S EU commissioner yesterday threatened that his country will continue to ‘play tough’ on the border issue, claiming that the solution is for the...

PCS & Care4Calais legal challenge against Patel – Border Force prepare to strike

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BORDER staff were preparing yesterday to strike against Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel’s hated ‘pushback’ policy against migrant boats trying to reach the UK. Their...
A packed Central Hall in Westminster on Wednesday where thousands urged TUC to call action to defend the NHS

Further Widespread Pensions Action

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THE Coalition has now published a fourth ‘final offer’ on public sector pensions, without any negotiations with the trade unions. Public and Commercial Services union...

‘Don’t use anti-strike laws against us!’ – FBU leader Matt Wrack urges fire chiefs

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THE FBU (Fire Brigades Union) has called on all fire service employers to refuse to implement the government’s new minimum service levels, condemning the...

Israeli forces are killing entire families!

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YESTERDAY Israeli forces and colonists intensified their assaults across the occupied Palestinian territories, killing numerous civilians including entire families. In the early hours of Friday...
Victimised firefighter RICKY MATTHEWS (left centre) with FBU general secretary MATT WRACK at yesterday’s march in Aylesbury

REINSTATE RICKY MATTHEWS! – 2,000 firefighters march through Aylesbury

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‘REINSTATE Ricky Matthews!’ demanded 2,000 firefighters on a national FBU demonstration in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, yesterday. The march took place as firefighters throughout England took 24-hour...

Bosses to get £1,000 for keeping workers on for 3 months after furlough!

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FEARFUL of workers’ fury at mass unemployment when furloughing ends, Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a plan to try to persuade bosses to keep...

Israel launches ‘war of extermination!’ – 274 killed in first few hours yesterday

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THE Lebanese Health Ministry reported at 4.00pm yesterday afternoon that 274 citizens had been killed in Israeli airstrikes which began at 6.30am, including 21...
A section of the packed audience of striking firefighters at yesterday’s lunchtime rally at Central Hall, Westminster

24-Hour Firefighters Strike Solid!

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‘THIS dispute is not over,’ declared Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack at a packed 2,000-strong rally of striking firefighters in Westminster, central...
Nurses are very angry over pay! RCN nurses have already sacked their leadership over the issue

‘DON’T INTRODUCE REGIONAL PAY!’ – RCN warning for Chancellor Hammond

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REGIONALISING public sector pay would exacerbate the NHS recruitment crisis and leave parts of the country unable to provide safe care, the leader of...
OUTSIDE Holloway Road Post Office yesterday pickets striking for the 13th time drew huge support from the public in opposition to the scandal of the privatisation of 70 Crown Post Offices.

One-day strikes are not enough! say striking postal workers

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OUTSIDE Holloway Road Post Office yesterday pickets striking for the 13th time drew huge support from the public in opposition to the scandal of...
RCN nurses campaigning in defence of the NHS and for jobs for all nurses

‘SCAPEGOATS FOR THE DEFICITS CRISIS’ – RCN condemns targeting of young foreign nurses

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Yesterday Royal College of Nursing (RCN) General Secretary Beverly Malone condemned the government’s latest scheme to keep overseas junior nurses out of Britain. Responding to...