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ICC seeks arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders!

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THE DECISION by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor to seek arrest warrants for three Hamas leaders Yahya Sinwar, Mohammed Deif and Ismail Haniyeh...

RMT Industrial Action Vote

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RAIL union RMT confirmed today that it has declared a dispute and is preparing an industrial action ballot on Great Western services. This is after...

Midwives Launch Action Ballot

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THE Royal College of Midwives (RCM) yesterday launched only its second ballot on industrial action in England and its first in Wales in its...

Egypt Masses Defiant

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Tens of thousands of defiant Egyptian workers and youth yesterday remained in control of the centre of Cairo, during a sixth day of protests...

Property crash fears!

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BANKS and speculators are attempting to offload mortgage default risk onto unsuspecting taxpayers and pension funds amid fears of a looming property crash in...
GMB exposes venture capitalist

GMB exposes venture capitalist

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The GMB trade union yesterday launched a campaign outside Holy Trinity Church, Clapham Common, south London, to stop venture capitalists asset-stripping the AA. The...

JUDGE BACKS WALSH DIKTAT! – ‘A disgraceful day for democracy’–Woodley

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‘It is a disgraceful day for democracy’, Unite joint general secretaries Derek Simpson and Tony Woodley declared after a High Court judge ruled the...

Mass mega picket support for Birmingham bin workers

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‘There must be 300 here today easily and that is replicated at the other four sites. There are no wagons going out at all...
Labour  MP JOHN McDONNELL addressing locked out Gate Gourmet workers calls for both the TUC and the TGWU to take action to win the dispute

AIRPORT MUST COME OUT! – to win the struggle say Gate Gourmet workers

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‘TELL the BA workers and every worker on the airport, we need their help again,’ Gate Gourmet striker Mrs P Samara told News Line...

Junior Doctors Ready To Strike

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TIME is now running as far as the negotiations between the BMA’s Junor Doctors Committee (JDC) and the Tory government is concerned. As part of...

Fresh Round Of College Strikes Begins

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THE FIRST day of a five-day strike yesterday marked an escalation in the college lecturers’ struggle with eleven colleges out on strike. At the College...

Gmm Profits Collapse!

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The future of the General Motors plant in Luton, IBC Vehicles, and its 1,000 workforce, is looking ‘doubtful’, despite assurances from GM bosses. GM says...

TORY MPs BOYCOTT CORBYN MEETING

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn convened a meeting yesterday with opposition MPs from the Liberal Democrats, Scottish Nationalists, Greens, Plaid Cymru and Change UK ‘independents’...

Gate Gourmet workers demand hardship pay

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers said yesterday that they were very happy with their conference with the News Line on Sunday. Mrs Rajamy Sharma told...
Over 50 Tesco distribution drivers on 90 days notice came down to Westminster yesterday to defend their jobs

Drivers fighting Tesco sacking deal!

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‘WE see it as nothing but a “dirty deal” from Tesco,’ Unite shop steward Trev Cheetham said outside Tesco’s, near to Parliament, yesterday. Over...

‘Immense’ London-wide Tube station staff strike today!

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‘MONDAY’S action will be immense and there will be more of the same if London Underground (LU) continues its attacks,’ leading RMT officer Carlos...
Royal College of Midwives president Lesley Page with midwifery students on vintage cycles yesterday demanding 5,000 more midwives

5,000 More Midwives Needed

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midwifery students on vintage bikes converged on College Green opposite Parliament yesterday afternoon, to highlight the Royal College of Midwives’ e-petition for 5,000 more...
Demonstrators demanding ‘Freedom for Palestine’ and ‘Hands off Lebanon, Syria and Iran’ in last Saturday’s demonstration in London

‘A DELIBERATE MASSACRE’ – Lebanese Premier denounces Israeli bombing

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Lebanon’s prime minister Fuad Siniora yesterday condemned the latest ‘deliberate massacre’ of over fifty innocent civilians in south Lebanon. As the UN argued over an...

Remain permanently in customs union – says Corbyn

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‘LABOUR’S plan is for Britain and the European Union (EU) to negotiate a permanent customs union to protect jobs and manufacturing,’ Labour leader Jeremy...

Tube Strike Action Tonight

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ON the eve of tonight’s tube strike action the RMT announced that it is calling for an immediate and indefinite suspension of the Mayor’s...
Royal Mail CWU pickets out in force at the South London Mail Centre, Nine Elms, South West London yesterday morning

CALL A GENERAL STRIKE! – as Royal Mail gets injunction declaring CWU strikes...

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POSTAL workers yesterday reacted furiously to news that Royal Mail had won an injunction at the High Court banning the next...

‘We won today in Court’ says Moris after Assange is granted Supreme Court appeal...

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‘MAKE no mistake we won today in court,’ Stella Moris, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange’s fiancee said to cheers outside the Royal Courts of Justice...

370,000 Council Homes To Be Sold Off!

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370,000 council and housing association homes will be sold off in England by 2020, the head of the Chartered Institute of Housing has warned. Terrie...

‘English Only Spoken Here’ Says Miliband

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IN a speech on immigration in the Wirral, north-west England, on Saturday, Ed Miliband pledged a Labour government would make sure everyone in Britain...

‘We will appeal!’ –as High Court rules Bedroom Tax for disabled is legal

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OUTSIDE the High Court in London yesterday, lawyer Richard Stein said: ‘We, along with the other lawyers acting on behalf of adults with disabilities,...
Haringey bin men on their picket line on Thursday morning

Haringey Binmen Fight Strikebreaking

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STRIKING Haringey bin men are into the second week of their action against private contractors, Haringey Accord, which plans to cut two dust crews,...
Royal Mail workers out on strike against privatisation at East London Mail Centre

PO-ROYAL MAIL SPLIT – threatens tens of thousands of jobs

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‘We must demand the TUC call a General Strike to defend public services, because that is what Royal Mail is,’ leading postal workers’ union...

Ireland-Germany fear ‘no-deal’ Brexit

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IRELAND and Germany have issued warnings about the consequences of a ‘no deal’ Brexit. To ‘prepare for no deal’ the Irish deputy prime minister Simon...

Labour supports key NHS role for health privateers!

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PRIVATE health trade body the Independent Healthcare Providers Network (IHPN) has welcomed the cross-party consensus on the key role of the independent sector in...
Ealing mothers, residents and trade unionists lobbying the CCG meeting yesterday demanding to occupy Ealing Hospital to stop the closure of the Maternity Department

Occupy Ealing Hospital! – Clinical Commissioning Group sets July 1st Maternity closure

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‘EALING Hospital maternity department is to close by July 1st’, Pippa Nightingale Maternity Lead for ‘Shaping a Healthier Future’ told a meeting of Ealing...

3 More Mass Graves Found At Nasser Hospital!

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MORE tragedy keeps unfolding in the city of Khan Younis, with more mass graves found inside the courtyard of Nasser Hospital. Medical staff and international...
South African students in a sit-down protest outside the South African embassy demanded an end to police brutality against protesting students in South Africa

Victory To Sa Students

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THOUSANDS of South African students marched to the Union Buildings in the South African capital Pretoria, where they were met by riot police...

FISCAL CRISIS STATEMENT DELAYED! – as UK government consults with bankers

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CHANCELLOR Hunt has announced that the ‘fiscal statement’, which had been due to be delivered next Monday, 31st October, will now be delayed by...

We shall never tolerate such crimes–Putin

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‘WE will never tolerate such crimes,’ Russian President Putin declared yesterday, after Turkish fighter planes shot down a Russian Su-24 on the Syrian border. Putin...
Confident striking BA cabin crew on the picket line last Thursday at Heathrow during the first of their five-day strike actions

‘WALSH WON’T BEAT US’ say cabin crew

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THERe was a family day event for the striking BA cabin crew at Bedfont Football Club yesterday, with bouncy castle, face painting and other...
A huge and enthusiastic picket line at Peckham Bus Garage full of determination to win £31,000 a year for every bus driver

‘£31,000 For All Bus Drivers!’

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‘WE are rock solid!’ Unite leader Len McCluskey declared yesterday during the 24-hour London-wide bus strike that brought the capital to a standstill. He was...

BERNANKE READY TO ACT – to print hundreds of billions more dollars

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US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said yesterday that he is ‘ready to act’ on the US economy, hinting that the US is about...
CWU members demonstrate in Corby last March against privatisation

POSTAL WORKERS STRIKE –against unacceptable changes

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OVER 12,000 postal workers across the UK will be striking today, with thousands more demonstrating against continuing cuts and executive action by Royal Mail....
An earlier demonstration against the privatisation of GP surgeries in Tower Hamlets – now they are to be closed

17 SURGERIES UNDER THREAT! – in Hackney and Tower Hamlets

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SEVENTEEN GP surgeries in Hackney and Tower Hamlets are facing closure from Tory-led coalition cuts. Five GP practices in Tower Hamlets and 12 in Hackney...
Rail workers lobbying the House of Commons yesterday to defend their pensions

Blair Refuses To Name Day!

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Prime Minister Blair yesterday refused once again to name the day when he will begin the transfer of office to his successor, who is...
Young Socialist marchers lead the way to yesterday’s News Line Anniversary rally in the final mile of their journey from Manchester to London

‘FORWARD TO THE GENERAL STRIKE!’ – YS marchers tell News Line Anniversary Rally

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‘The working class saw our march and lifted it up on their shoulders,’ Young Socialists marcher Paul Lepper told an audience of 250 youth...
Doctors, nurses and NHS staff stopped to support the extremely determined picket to save Ealing Hospital

Re-open maternity & children’s wards – demands Ealing mass picket

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DOCTORS, nurses and NHS staff on hearing the demands blasting out of the megaphone ‘Re-open Maternity! Re-open the Charlie Chaplin childrens’ ward!’ stopped to...

DID YOU APPROVE A CHANGE TO SHOOT TO KILL? – Blair dodges reporter’s question

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‘Did you ever discuss or approve a change in the rules of engagement for British police to shoot to kill, shoot in the head...

State navies should break Israel’s siege of Gaza – says UN’s Albanese

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THE Israeli occupation forces (IOF) yesterday hijacked at dawn the Gaza-bound aid ship Madleen and kidnapped the activists on board. The vessel, operated by the...
South Tyneside local government workers marching in London on November 3rd in defence of the NHS

DON’T SHORT CHANGE WORKERS! – UNISON warns council chiefs

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Public sector union UNISON has warned councils in England not to short change workers when they plan their budgets for 2008. ‘Our members won’t settle...