Nurses on the march on Saturday’s 20,000-strong demonstration to defend the NHS

Take Action To Increase Nurse Numbers!

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TORY government plans to boost the number of trainee nurses in the wake of the Francis report into Mid Staffs are failing, the Royal...
Labour leader CORBYN marching with steel workers in defence of jobs

Labour To Abolish Zero-Hours Contracts

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JEREMY Corbyn speaking in Swindon yesterday confirmed that Labour will abolish zero-hours contracts. He said that, ‘Some one million people are on zero-hours contracts’ and...

More Savage Budget Cuts!

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TORY Chancellor Philip Hammond has signalled more savage cuts in Wednesday’s Budget, saying he will not be having a public sector ‘spending spree’. Writing...
Midwives on the picket line at Ealing Hospital in west London during the October 13 strike

Midwives plan more strikes over pay

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HEAD of the midwives union RCM slammed the Tory government’s attack on NHS workers’ pay in her speech to the RCM conference that...

200 UNLAWFUL KILLINGS – will be the subject of Public Hearings

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THE families of Iraqi civilians killed and tortured by British troops, yesterday won their legal battle for public hearings. Their lawyers, Public Interest Lawyers, announced...
Jubilant Hampstead postal workers walked out on strike together at 9.00am Saturday

‘We Will March On Postal Executive’

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‘We walked out at 9am today as we said we would,’ Hampstead Delivery Office Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) Unit rep John Cotier said on...

Nurses voting begins in indicative strike ballot – 160,000-strong petition handed to No 10

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A DELEGATION from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) representing members from across the country handed in a 160,000-strong petition to 10 Downing Street...

EU to throw 1.26 trillion euros at the banks

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EUROPEAN Central Bank chief Mario Draghi yesterday launched the bank’s ‘expanded asset purchase programme’, to buy bonds from banks to try...

EXTRADITION HALTED! ‘A victory for Julian’ – Stella Moris addresses Assange supporters outside Old...

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‘TODAY is a victory for Julian! Today’s victory is the first step towards justice in this case,’ Stella Moris, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fiancee...

Israeli forces execute health workers in Al-Shifa Hospital!

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ISRAELI forces executed many health workers and other civilians at Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza during their two-week occupation which ended overnight yesterday morning. Many departments...

Over 40 lecturers and staff picket Queen Mary’s University

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A STRONG contingent of over forty lecturers and staff picketed both gates of Queen Mary’s (QM) University in east London on the second day...

BA sack BASSA branch secretary – Unite condemns bullying and intimidation

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The Unite union yesterday condemned the sacking by British Airways of a senior Unite official, BASSA branch secretary Duncan Holley, as ‘another act of...

Iran retains control of Strait of Hormuz

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THE Iranian nation and armed forces have imposed new realities on the battlefield that Washington and its allies must now accept,’ the Islamic Revolutionary...
Protest against the privateer benefit assessor Maximus

Tories stripping MS sufferers of mobility

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THE TORIES have been stripping sufferers of multiple sclerosis of the vital funds they need to buy mobility scooters and vehicles if they can...
Marchers in Enfield last November determined to defend the NHS and stop the closure of Chase Farm Hospital

62% Don’t trust coalition on NHS!

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A You Gov poll commissioned by Unison reveals that the majority (62 per cent) of the public do not trust the government to handle...

UN condemns Israel’s man-made famine as a ‘war crime’

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THE humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip has turned into a man-made famine, the United Nations human rights chief has said, adding that Israel’s...
Passenger protest against rail fare hikes outside King’s Cross station on January 1st 2016

3.4% Rail Hike ‘Kick In Teeth’

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TRAIN fares in Britain will go up by an average of 3.4% from 2nd January, the biggest rise since 2013, and described by rail...

VENEZUELA – MILITARY INTERVENTION IMMINENT – China-Russia warn USA

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CHINA and Russia are rallying behind Venezuela, warning against an imminent military intervention into the Latin American country. It is facing a showdown today...
Children whose lives have been saved by the Royal Brompton Hospital marching against the closure of its heart unit

Artificial heart saves 13-year-old – Royal Brompton must not close!

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THIRTEEN-year-old Chloe Narbonne would have died if it wasn’t for a revolutionary pioneering operation that gave her a new artificial heart, all thanks to...

TUC appeals to the bosses to avoid issuing ‘Work Notices!’ – will not call...

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‘UNIONS are not going to lie down’, assured TUC Assistant General Secretary Kate Bell yesterday. She was addressing a press conference at Congress House ahead...
Birmingham University students demonstrating on their campus against fees

Student loans privatised! – Birmingham University occupied!

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BIRMINGHAM students have occupied their university, pre-empting yesterday’s announcement that Student Loans are to be sold off by the Tory coalition government...
Disabled people and their supporters marching last May against benefit cuts

Cameron Forcing Through Benefit Cuts

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Disability Rights UK, representing over 500 organisations across the country, and the Child Poverty Action Group, yesterday condemned MPs for overturning House of Lords...

Usa On The Brink! Of Economic And Financial Collapse

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Both US President Barack Obama and the Republican leader in Congress John Boehner raised the spectre of a market crash today if the political...

Supreme Court rejects Julian Assange extradition appeal!

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THE UK Supreme Court yesterday rejected WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s appeal of the decision to extradite him to the US, where the WikiLeaks co-founder...

Three-Day General Strike In Turkey

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AS THE mass uprising swept Turkey for a fourth day yesterday, Turkish trade unions called a three-day general strike against prime minister Erdogan’s AK...

JOHNSON URGES MPs TO SUPPORT HIS WAR ON RUSSIA!

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PRIME Minister Boris Johnson spent less than five minutes apologising over ‘Partygate’ to the House of Commons yesterday, before putting it to one side. He...

Starmer withdraws support for Pro-Palestine Labour candidate

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LABOUR has removed its backing for Palestine-supporting Rochdale by-election candidate Azhar Ali. Ali was recorded speaking out in support of Palestine at a Labour Party...

Slave Labour Out!

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THE Tory-LibDem Coalition stepped up its mass youth slave labour drive yesterday, with Deputy Prime Minister Clegg launching his payment-by-results ‘Neets’ campaign. ‘Neets’ is the...

Iran Pledges Reprisals Against Sanctions

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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinezhad yesterday warned of ‘firm reprisals’ against any country leading the way to impose new sanctions, adding that Iran was ‘not...

Occupy Oakland Shuts Port

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Riot police fired tear gas at young protesters in Oakland, California, on Wednesday night after the port city was shut down in protest against...

Airport workers support Sunday’s march

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers yesterday got great support for their march this Sunday for reinstatement for all sacked workers on their original terms...

Gate Gourmet Locked-Out Workers Lobby Tuc

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In London Gate Gourmet locked out workers lobbied the TUC. Here they are discussing with MARY BOUSTED the leader of the ATL teaching union...

‘BLAIR MUST BE PUNISHED’ – Military families serve notice on Downing Street

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‘I HOPE this gets Tony Blair punished for all his war crimes, for the death of our sons and all those Iraqis,’ Rose Gentle...

‘Indefinite strike to win’ – demand striking bus drivers

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‘INDEFINITE strike action to win it quick and win it now,’ Hounslow bus garage driver and Unite member Stoyan Ivanov demanded yesterday. More than 2,000...

Filton judge refuses to quit!

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THE judge in the trial of four Palestine Action activists has refused to remove himself from the case following a request from the defence...
Syrians march in support of President Assad – Syrian Kurds in Afrin are now calling on the Syrian army to defend them

‘Send Troops’–Kurds Call To President Assad!

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KURDISH authorities in Syria’s Afrin district have called on President Assad and the Syrian government to send troops to help defend them from a...

BUDGET DAY STRIKE VOTE! – PCS votes 61% in favour

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CIVIL Servants have voted by a massive 61% majority in favour of strike action in their fight for a pay rise of £1,200, or...

Chase Farm – Council Seeks A Judicial Review

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Enfield Council leaders have decided to mount a legal challenge to Health Secretary Johnson’s decision to close Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E and consultant-led Maternity...

Tories in crisis attack youth – bring them down!

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THE Tory Party Conference opened in a massive crisis in Birmingham yesterday, after two top Tories resigned from their positions in the preceding two...
BA strikers confident of victory on the first day of their strike action on March 20th

Cabin Crew – 20 Days Of Strike Action

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UNITE, Britain’s largest union, yesterday announced a new round of strikes over 20 days at British Airways. This follows the third overwhelming vote by Unite’s...

Rights Groups condemn Israel’s control of ‘Area C registration’

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ISRAEL’S cabinet has approved a measure to assume full control of land registration in Area C of the occupied West Bank, which covers around...
Campaigners outside the House of Lords yesterday

No Benefit Cuts!

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campaigners lobbied the House of Lords yesterday demanding ‘no going back to Dickensian days’. They also chanted ‘Defend Child Benefit for all’, ‘Oppose all benefit...

Hezbollah ‘swarm’ of drones hits Israeli military camp!

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HEZBOLLAH carried out its deadliest attack against Israel since the latest escalation in fighting began on Sunday night, sending a ‘swarm’ of drones to...

US unions split – as class struggle erupts in USA

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The leaders of five of the largest unions in the AFL-CIO – the Teamsters, UFCW, UNITE-HERE, Laborers’, and SEIU – held a ‘Change to...

Workers pressure mounting but the TUC still won’t call a general strike!!

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WORKERS pressure is mounting on the TUC to call a general strike to bring down the Tories at its Annual Congress in Brighton next...