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Junior doctors out in force on a demonstration three days before their last strike on February 10th – this time they are out for 48 hours

Junior doctors 48hr strike today

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‘OTHER trade unions should take action to support us and defend the NHS and I really hope we are all going to come together...

Israeli Bombers Target Gaza Schools

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ISRAELI forces have attacked five separate schools in Gaza in just eight days, killing dozens of people sheltering in them, according to Palestinian officials,...
Junior doctors demanding training posts and calling for the defence of the NHS; many are very angry at the BMA for not defending them

BMA BOOSTS BROWN’S PLAN FOR ‘INDEPENDENT’ NHS – before BMA conference even discusses it

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THE BMA yesterday, on the eve of its Annual Representative Meeting in Torquay, sought to impose Gordon Brown’s plan for an ‘independent board to...
‘Rail Against Privatisation’ demonstration in London in April 2005

RMT INQUIRY – into Potters Bar crash and Greyrigg derailment

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ON THE eve of the fifth anniversary of the Potters Bar rail crash which killed seven people and injured 70, Britain’s biggest rail union...
The front of the occupied National Opera House in Athens, with the central banner reading: ‘Theatre is our streets, art is uprising’

Greek Banks Downgraded!

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Three of the top Greek banks have been downgraded by the economic agency Moody’s, after losing 70 per cent of their share price in...

British Soldier Killed In Basra Attack!

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A British soldier has been killed and another injured during an attack at a UK base in Basra, southern Iraq, the Ministry of Defence...

Hunt Reveals A Bankrupt Britain

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CHANCELLOR Jeremy Hunt has warned it is ‘unlikely’ that there will be room for any ‘significant’ tax cuts in the Budget. But Hunt said that...

Largest School Cuts For A Generation!

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TWO National Union of Teachers (NUT)/YouGov polls of parents and teachers reveal the growing crisis in schools, the NUT said yesterday. The polls found: ...
Youth and workers marching through central London against the Coalition’s Health and Social Care Bill in July

‘They are tearing the heart out of the NHS’ – says Kevin O’Brien Epsom...

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‘THEY are tearing the heart out of the hospital,’ said Epsom and St Helier NHS Unison branch secretary Kevin O’Brien yesterday. He was responding to...

ICC seeking arrest warrants for Netanyahu & Yoav Gallant

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THE United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and dozens of organisations and countries are striving to block or delay an arrest warrant by the...
Police on horseback charge at miners at Orgreave on 18th June 1984

ORGREAVE – police conspiracy exposed

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CHRIS KITCHEN, leader of the NUM, demanded an inquiry yesterday into South Yorkshire Police over their manipulation of evidence against miners charged following...

Israel Steps Up Jabalia Genocide

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QUADCOPTER drones equipped with loudspeakers instructed Palestinian families trapped inside a UN-run school in the Jabalia refugee camp in northern Gaza to flee yesterday,...

French Workers March To Bring Down Macron

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FRENCH protesters downed tools and marched once again in Paris and other cities yesterday. They have been galvanised by President Emmanuel Macron’s decision to ram...

Put Elbit in the dock! – First six of Filton 24 appear in court

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THE first six defendants in the Filton 24 case appeared at Woolwich Crown Court yesterday, after being held for more than a year on...

UK committed ‘Crimes Against Humanity’ over Chagossians return

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THE UK committed ‘crimes against humanity’ by refusing to allow Chagos Islanders to return to their homes on the Chagos Islands, which is now...

DWP staff to get police powers! – to investigate the poorest people on Universal...

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DWP STAFF are to get police powers, the Tory government announced yesterday to investigate the poorest people on Universal Credit. The DWP (Department for Work...

‘NHS at breaking point’ – Says BMA deputy chair Dr David Wrigley

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‘FROM HEALTH to social care, everything is at breaking point,’ deputy chair of the British Medical Association Council (BMA), Dr David Wrigley warned yesterday. ‘I...

Liverpool City Council ‘in partnership’ with army! – over testing crisis

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FLANKED by Brigadier Joe Fossey, Tory PM Johnson set out the mass testing programme trialled in Liverpool in which 2,000 troops have been sent...
A section of the over 2,000-strong picket of the Israeli embassy in London last night to mark the first anniversary of the Israeli bombardment of Gaza

‘we Must End Gaza Blockade!’

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‘In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians,’ rang out at the mass demonstration of thousands of mainly young people opposite the...
London Tube workers on a picket of Downing Street during the recent struggle of collapsed privateer Metronet

Safety Fears Halt Tube Lines!

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EMERGENCY brake problems that led to the suspension of the Hammersmith and City, Circle and District lines were first raised on Tuesday, London Underground’s...
Mass stop and search of youth on the street in west London – May’s proposed powers would drive Britain towards a police-military dictatorship

May Launches Tory Police State

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TORY Home Secretary May’s plans to ban democratic rights, that she proposed to the Tory party conference yesterday, was condemned as ‘worthy of a...

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...
NUT members marching on the April 14 ‘Defend the Welfare State’ demonstration in London

‘Free Schools’=Chaos

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‘The Government’s commitment to “free schools” will create chaos at local level,’ National Union of Teachers (NUT) General Secretary Christine Blower warned yesterday. She continued:...

£1,000 A Year Energy Bills!

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Consumer and pensioners organisations yesterday slammed massive inflation-busting gas and electricity price rises announced by energy giant Powergen. Watchdog Energywatch warned that consumers face...

May’s ‘Insulting’ Pay Offer!

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TWO million out of five million public sector workers are set to get a £2bn ‘below-inflation pay rise’ as one of PM May’s final...

Steel Crisis Meeting At The Tuc

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STEELWORKERS’ representatives from the Community, Unite and GMB trade unions met at the TUC yesterday to demand action to save their jobs and industry. They...

Hunt pledges sanctions against benefit claimants

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‘A CONSERVATIVE government believes those who can work should work, so sanctions will be applied more rigorously to those who fail to meet strict...

Gaza residents shocked by massive price rises!

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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...

TUC CALLS A NATIONAL RIGHT TO STRIKE DAY! on Wednesday February 1st

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FOLLOWING the moving of the new Tory anti-union legislation in the House of Commons on Tuesday, the TUC announced yesterday that it will hold...
The families of Rover workers demanding that the Longbridge plant stay open. It was closed after the May 2005 general election and most of the workforce are now working in very low paid jobs

SACKED! – one hour’s notice at BMW Oxford while Unite trade union just looks...

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Agency workers at BMW’s Mini plant in Oxford erupted in fury yesterday after 850 of them, a third of the Cowley plant workforce, were...

Construction workers submit 10% pay claim

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TRADE UNIONS led by Unite, have submitted a pay claim to the Construction Industry Joint Council (CIJC) seeking a 10 per cent pay increase in...

Huge sussex education cuts!

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HEAD teachers from all 250 primary schools in West Sussex have written to Theresa May to demand an extra £20 million as they face...
March on the 63rd anniversary of the NHS, was supported by BMA members who fought for their union’s policy that the Health Bill be immediately withdrawn

NO CONFIDENCE IN MELDRUM! – London BMA demands huge campaign to smash Health Bill

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BMA chairman Dr Hamish Meldrum has been rocked by a ‘no confidence’ vote at last week’s meeting of the London Region of the BMA. ...

Dictator Hunt imposes NHS contract

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HEALTH Secretary Hunt has decided that Junior Doctors are to have a new contract imposed on them from August next year. The imposition follows on...

WORKING CLASS MUST TAKE POWER IN 2020! New Year’s Day Manifesto

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THE News Line Editorial Board sends revolutionary greetings for 2020 to all our readers, and to the working class, youth and the poor who...

Syrian government absolutely rejects allegations

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THE SYRIAN government absolutely rejects the allegations ‘that the army used in the past or uses now or will use in the future any...
WRP candidate ANNA ATHOW found that her stand to defend the NHS and keep all hospitals open is very well supported

OUR HOSPITALS MUST NOT CLOSE! – Voters tell Enfield WRP candidate Anna Athow

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Enfield North WRP election candidate Anna Athow and her campaign team received a big response on the High Street yesterday. Anna, a consultant surgeon, has...

Priti Patel ramps up police enforcement!

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‘OUR police officers are now moving more quickly to issue fines where people are clearly breaching coronavirus regulations,’ Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel said...

Tories are now rushing to smash & privatise NHS!

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THE TORY goverment is now rushing to privatise the NHS, by using all means that are available for the task including the use of...
Greek workers on the march fighting the dictatorship of the EU Central Bank – the struggle is now about to spread to Italy

Italy Hits The Rocks!

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Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti was yesterday in talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, chair of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 17 eurozone countries,...
WRP candidate JONTY LEFF and his team are getting a great response on the Pembury Estate in Lower Clapton

SUPPORT BUILDING UP FOR WRP’s SELLU & LEFF

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AMINATA Sellu, Workers Revolutionary Party candidate for Camberwell and Peckham, received a warm reception and enthusiastic applause when she spoke at a hustings meeting...

Anti-deportation fighters block removals – are backed by TUC

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MOST of the people due to be put aboard a controversial deportation flight to Jamaica yesterday have been removed from the flight list! This was...

209,000 Miss Out On University

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Lecturers and students unions yesterday warned that increased fees will see even more youth denied higher education, as new figures confirmed that a record...

Visa Rules Will Drive Doctors Out Of NHS!

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THE BMA has warned that the Tory government’s recommendations on new visa rules from the Migrations Advisory Committee could lead to UK-trained doctors leaving...
A section of the 3,500-strong picket of Downing Street demanding that Britain intervene to stop the mass murder of Tamil people

Britain Must Stop The Killing Of Tamils

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THE Tamil Youth Organisation (TYO) mobilised over 3,500 supporters of the struggle of the Tamils in a lively and colourful demonstration outside Downing Street...