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Five Million Mortgage Holders Under Threat!

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OVER five million mortgage holders – half the mortgage holders in Britain – could face eviction if interest rates go up and current government...

Labour Budget Will Drive 250,000 Into Poverty!

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LABOUR Chancellor Rachel Reeves delivered a vicious £4.8bn cuts onslaught on the working class and poor in her Spring Statement yesterday. According to the government’s...

‘OUR LIVES ARE NOT VALUED BY THIS SYSTEM’ – Chris Kaba family

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‘TODAY, we are devastated. The not guilty verdict leaves us with the deep pain of injustice, adding to the unbearable sorrow we have felt...
Demonstration in Iran in support of Marzieh Hashemi

Marzieh Hashemi Is Free

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IRAN’S Press TV English service anchor Marzieh Hashemi, 59, was freed on Wednesday from a Washington prison where she had been held by federal...

Youth unemployment at 20% – in some parts of the UK: new ONS figures

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FIGURES released yesterday by the Office for National Statistics (ONS) show that the number of workers on UK company payrolls fell by 649,000 between...

BBC will defend against Trump law suit

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THE BBC said yesterday that it will defend a $10bn (£7.4bn) lawsuit filed against it by US President Donald Trump over an edit of...

Large scale assault on northern West Bank

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ISRAELI occupation forces (IOF) continued a large-scale assault on the Tubas governorate in the northern West Bank for the third consecutive day on Friday,...

PCS SLAMS £15bn CUTS PLAN

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THE Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) warned that further spending cuts will damage services and jeopardise the delivery of government policies as it...

French Pensions Strike!

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THE French transport workers’ strike against pension cuts yesterday caused huge stoppages on TGV fast rail routes, local train, metro and bus services. Only 90...

‘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...

Syriza Declaring War On Seafarers!

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THE Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) and Independent Greeks party (ANEL) coalition government, has confirmed that it is to implement a privatisation programme. This...
Leeds heart unit campaigners are determined that their children’s heart unit should remain open

‘WHITEWASH!’ –Leeds heart surgery report is condemned

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‘WHITEWASH!’, said the furious parents of extremely sick children yesterday, as they branded a long overdue report into the decision to suspend children’s...

Firefighters 24-Hour Strike Action

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FIREFIGHTERS in England have announced a further 24 hour strike to take place next Tuesday in the escalating battle over pensions. However no strike action...

Renationalise Thomas Cook!

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NINE thousand Thomas Cook workers lost their jobs yesterday with a further 20,000 threatened across Europe as the company, founded in 1841, went bust....
Bailiffs cutting their way through the chain binding occupier Hank Roberts to a pole

Bailiffs invade Brent occupation

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THIRTY policemen and 20 bailiffs invaded the Wembley Park Sports Ground anti-academy occupation at 6.30am Friday morning and used grinding equipment to remove Hank...

‘Our policy for the TUC is to call a general strike’ says RMT’s Lynch

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‘OUR policy at the TUC is to call a general strike,’ RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch told News Line on the picket line at...

3-day week looms! JCB cuts 4,000 workers’ hours

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DIGGER manufacturer JCB is cutting production and working hours in the UK as it faces a shortage of components from China due to the...
Chagos Islands Community Association chair HENGRIDE PERMAL addressing the News Line Anniversary Rally yesterday

Build Revolutionary Leadershp

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‘As ordinary trade union members are fighting for their jobs they must have a leadership with a policy of “not one job sold, not...
Workers throught the UK have had enough of Tory coalition austerity – time for action has come

A FRENZY OF BENEFIT CUTTING! – Coalition goes for the poor

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THE Coalition and its supporters are engaged in a frenzy of benefit cutting which is victimising and pauperising the working class and many sections...
Living conditions could not be more primitive on the Eskdale estate with women cooking outside their one storey shacks next to an open drain

Fury At Gourmet Sell-Out Deal!

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TGWU leader Tony Woodley told the mass meeting of locked out Gate Gourmet workers yesterday afternoon that the sell out deal he has negotiated...

Iran at Bay – ‘Russia not fire brigade’ – Putin

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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 will save Egypt from military rule!’

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CROWDS marched to Cairo’s Tahrir Square again yesterday after the April 6 movement called for a protest starting at 5.00pm (1500 GMT) ‘against the...

‘Disastrous’ contract changes GPs ready for industrial action

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GPs HAVE voted overwhelmingly to ballot for industrial action if ‘disastrous’ changes to their working contract, which they say threaten patient safety, are not...
Junior doctors rally on September 28 – prepared to strike against an imposed contract. Photo credit: Steve Eason

JUNIOR DOCTORS DEMANDING ‘CONCRETE ASSURANCES’ FROM HUNT! – will march to Parliament Square on...

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JUNIOR doctors have demanded ‘concrete assurances’ from Tory health secretary Jeremy Hunt before ‘considering’ re-entering negotiations. Junior doctors are furious at the Tory government’s attempts...

DEXTER BRISTOL WALK-OUT! – died after being classified illegal

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THE MOTHER and sister of Dexter Bristol (57), who died suddenly earlier this year after being classified as an illegal immigrant, angrily walked out...

‘UNAFFORDABLE!’ £718–average monthly rent in England & Wales

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‘AVERAGE private rents are unaffordable for ordinary working families in over half (55%) of local authorities in England,’ Shelter the housing charity said yesterday....
Delegates applauding at the GMB Congress yesterday morning

MIGRANTS HAVE RIGHTS – GMB warns bully bosses

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THE GMB yesterday at its annual Congress in Blackpool demanded that the owner of the American Dry Cleaning Company, Julian Stone, reinstate two...

Streeting announces 18,000 NHS sackings

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THE LABOUR government announced 18,000 NHS staff sackings in England yesterday, with a deal with the Treasury signed off to hand the health service...
Members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) rallying in Westminster, demanding ‘Reject Cuts Now’

BIN PAY CUT PLANS says GMB leader Kenny

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Trade unions yesterday reacted angrily to demands from the Institute of Directors (IoD) to end national collective bargaining in the NHS and Education sectors,...

Nigeria Shut Down By General Strike!

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The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and Trades Union Congress (TUC) and civil society groups yesterday shut down the entire country at the beginning of...
Part of the mass lobby of the law courts by 100 firefighters midday yesterday to stop Mayor Johnson’s savage cuts

100 firefighters picket courts! – to stop closure of 10 London fire stations and...

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OVER 100 firefighters picketed the Royal Courts of Justice yesterday against the decision to close ten fire stations in London and cut 552 jobs...

Itv Strike Ballot!

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ITV staff are to ballot for strike action over pay. BECTU said: ‘Union officials at ITV have rejected the company’s latest pay offer for 2015...

Corbyn Not Pledging To Deliver Brexit!

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LABOUR leader Corbyn gave himself room for more manoeuvres when he told The Andrew Marr Show yesterday: ‘We will table a motion of no...

No deal on March 29 means leaving the EU says Brexit Secretary Barclay

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THE UK will be leaving the EU with no deal on March 29th if there are not sufficient changes to the backstop and any...
Young Socialists lobby the TUC making clear they won’t work for nothing and demanding a general strike so they can have proper jobs

Miliband stabs youth in the back!

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THE PCS civil servants union yesterday slammed Labour’s new proposal which would see three quarters of unemployed youth thrown off Jobseekers Allowance (JSA) because...
The anti-union laws that Tory Premier Heath introduced were smashed when the mass movement for a general strike forced the release of five imprisoned dockers – picture shows BERNIE STEER and VIC TURNER being liberated from Pentonville Prison

POA CONDEMNS INJUNCTION! – as Trade Union Act becomes law

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The POA (Prison Officers Association) has condemned an injunction secured by the Tory government from judges banning its industrial action planned for yesterday. ‘The POA...

Israeli warships approach the Gaza-bound flotilla!

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AS THE the Global Sumud Flotilla neared the Gaza coast yesterday an Israeli warship approached the leading Alma vessel, causing a disruption in communications...
A section of last Friday’s 200-strong Gate Gourmet locked -out workers mass picket at Heathrow – see feature

200-Strong Picket Supports Gate Gourmet Locked-Out Workers

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TWO hundred people joined a mass picket by the locked-out Gate Gourmet workers at Heathrow, six months after the 700-strong workforce at the airline...
Firefighters marching through Aylesbury demanding the reinstatement of sacked colleague Ricky Matthews – after Maude’s statement they know that the biggest battle is directly ahead to stop the privatisation of the fire service and all public services

Privatise Fire Service & NHS plus wage & job cuts – Tory plan for...

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HOSPITALS and fire services will be run ‘outside the public sector’ Francis Maude, Tory Cabinet Office minister revealed yesterday, speaking to the Daily Telegraph. Firefighters...
Under planned new Tory powers targeting ‘all forms of extremism’ – views of protesters on demonstrations like this one which took place last Saturday in Sheffield would be considered ‘extreme’ and individuals and organisations targeted by the state

Tories launch war on ‘all extremism’

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‘IT is no good simply talking about violent extremism, we need to confront all extremism, we need to recognise that the poison of extremism...
Ealing Hospital strikers employed by contractor Medirest in determined mood during their last 48-hour pay strike

Ealing week-long strike action

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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...

Rail & Busworkers Support Call For A General Strike

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RAIL and bus workers are supporting the call for the TUC to call a general strike to bring down the Tories. On the picket line...

SPECIAL BRANCH COLLUDED IN 15 MURDERS – paid £79,840 to Loyalist killer

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Collusion between Special Branch officers and a loyalist death squad was made possible by support at the ‘highest level’, Police Ombudsman Nuala O’Loan said...

NHS Hit List!

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday slammed the government for ‘treating health care like a business opportunity’. It was responding to news that the government...

‘We Need A Pay Rise!’ Shout Striking RMT Cleaners

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‘WE need rise of pay! RMT here to stay!’ shouted over 40 striking cleaners outside Arriva Rail’s London head office in Swiss Cottage yesterday...