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Brown Coalition Bid – Ready To Go

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GORDON BROWN offered the Liberals a coalition yesterday evening, and his resignation as PM by the time of the Labour Party conference. Brown, speaking outside...
NUJ General Secretary MICHELLE STANISTREET (6th from left) on the picket line at Broadcasting House, central London, yesterday told News Line ‘It’s a brilliant, solid turnout’

Nuj Stops Bbc Over Sackings

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‘WE will be balloting for further action, this issue is not going to go away,’ NUJ General Secretary Michelle Stanistreet told News Line yesterday. Speaking...
A midday vigil at Whipps Cross Hospital yesterday  campaigning against all cuts and closures in the NHS

‘whipps X Will Not Close!’

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OVER 70 hospital staff, patients, supporters and trade unionists held a rally outside the threatened Whipps Cross District General Hospital in Walthamstow, north London...

May forced to accept all amendments

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THE TORY government confirmed that it will accept all four amendments put by the Tory pro-Brexit MPs to the Chequers sell-out White Paper. Prime Minister...

US Drives For War With Iran

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THE Iranian government yesterday denied US charges that it was smuggling arms into Afghanistan to help the Taleban destroy NATO tanks and bring down...

‘The Gaza Strip Has Turned Into A Huge Prison!’

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AMID Palestinian ‘deep frustration’ with Israel’s ‘refusal to coordinate in good faith’, an EU delegation arrived on Saturday in Rafah to station security cameras...
Construction workers demonstrating on the Crossrail site at Farringdon yesterday against plans to tear up their industry agreements

Sparks Battle 35% Wage Cut

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MORE than 200 construction workers fighting 35 per cent pay cuts demonstrated on the Crossrail site at Farringdon Street in central London yesterday, brushing...
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...

MASSACRE! – US bombers kill 47 near to Syrian Border

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FORTY-SEVEN people were massacred in two bombing raids by American warplanes in occupied Iraq early yesterday morning, close to the Syrian border. The air strikes...

Striking Consultants & Junior Doctors Picket

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STRIKING consultants and junior doctors held mass pickets outside hospitals around the country yesterday in a show of strength in defence of the NHS...
Families and friends of those who died in police custody marching on Downing Street – victims of police spying stormed out of the inquest in protest on Wednesday

Police spy inquest: mass walkout in protest

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‘NO justice, No peace’ and ‘Sack Judge Mitting now,’ were the cries from campaigners and victims of political policing as they blocked the main...

STOP UNIVERSAL CREDIT CUT! – Labour insists maintain £20 uplift

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‘REDUCING Universal Credit and Working Tax Credit would be fundamentally the wrong decision. It would be a profound mistake and put millions of families...

Chinese AI ‘DeepSeek’ crashes US market!

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CHINESE artificial intelligence company DeepSeek entered ‘holiday mode’ for Lunar New Year yesterday, having crashed the US stock market the day before. The most notable...

64% Say End Afghan War

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A total of 64 per cent want all British forces to be withdrawn from Afghanistan ‘as quickly as possible’, with 33 per cent in...

‘GET READY FOR WAR!’ –Trump demands UK & NATO support

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IN A SPEECH to a military audience on Monday night, US President Donald Trump outlined his change of strategy on Afghanistan. He said: ‘A hasty...

13,165 JAILED – 19 UNIONS SHUT – after ‘Sent from God’ Turkish coup attempt

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A TOTAL of 13,165 people have been detained over the July 15th failed coup attempt, Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said yesterday. A three-month state...
Tenants and residents at the all-day picket and protest against evictions on the West Hendon estate in Barnet

‘I will never give up my home’

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200 RESIDENTS and their supporters took part in an all-day picket and protest at West Hendon housing estate in north west London yesterday, where...
Tens of thousands marched on September 12th to welcome refugees into Britain and demand that Britain must not bomb Syria

Powers Bill to be rushed in! –as Labour shifts ground over Syria attack

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THE British state yesterday stepped up security measures in the wake of Friday night’s terror attacks in Paris. Cameron held a Cobra emergency committee meeting...
GPs, local residents and trade unionists rally against the privatisation of St Paul’s Way surgery in Bow on January 31

GPs GIVEN AN OFFER THEY CAN’T REFUSE! – BMA condemns Labour dictatorship

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The British Medical Association has condemned the government for putting GPs into an impossible position and forcing them to choose between ‘two bad...

270,000 Civil Servants Ballot For Strike

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The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) yesterday announced that it will start a strike ballot today of 270,000 PCS members working for the...
Demonstrators in London last month fighting against the closure of the maternity department at Horton Hospital in Oxfordshire

STPs are to dictate budget & service cuts – says BMA

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THE government must not use ‘transformation’ plans as a cover for further cuts to the NHS, says the British Medical Association. Responding to a...
Delegates voting during the NUT conference in Harrogate at the weekend

Angry Teachers Vote For Strike Ballot Against Pay Cut

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The National Union of Teachers (NUT) annual conference in Harrogate voted unanimously on Saturday for a one-day strike against a pay-cutting two per cent...
MARY BOUSTED leads a protest of teachers and pupils demanding more funding for pupils special needs – many more are in poverty

‘HOLIDAY HUNGER HITS CHILDREN’! A NATIONAL Education Union snapshot poll of 1,026 teachers ...

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A NATIONAL Education Union snapshot poll of 1,026 teachers in England paints a harrowing picture of the increase in poverty seen in our schools...

‘On the frontline fighting for the homeless’ says Unite leader Sharon Graham

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OVER 100 striking St Mungo’s workers and other trade unionists lobbied City Hall yesterday lunchtime demanding better pay and conditions. There will be a further...

Israeli military continues its massacres in the region!

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THOUSANDS of people in northern Gaza are facing an imminent massacre as the Israeli military continues its weeks-long siege and heavy bombardment of the region,...

‘Disband Iraq’s Puppet Police Force’

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The puppet Iraqi police force is infiltrated by sectarian militias and should be disbanded and reorganised, a panel of retired US generals led by...

University fees & loan hikes rushed through!

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LEGISLATION has been raced through Parliament before it breaks up for the general election which allows universities to raise tuition fees every year until...
Young Socialists on the march got tremendous support for their demand that the TUC call a general strike to kick the Tories out

‘TRUST ME!’ – May pleads with Cabinet

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UNDER HEAVY FIRE, PM May yesterday was reduced to pleading with fellow ministers and MPs to ‘trust me to deliver’ over Brexit. Writing in...
Yesterday’s march by lecturers and students heads towards Whitehall from the London School of Economics

500 universities & colleges strike! – to defend pensions and fight pay cuts

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MEMBERS of the University and College Union (UCU) at around 500 colleges and universities across the UK took strike action yesterday against changes to...

Corbyn pledges–no anti-union laws–no zero hours contracts!

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for right wing Labour MPs to ‘think again’ after reports that some are planning a ‘semi-split’ breakup of...

‘When we start you will know’ – says Nasrallah

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THE head of Lebanon’s Hezbollah has vowed that his militant group would oust militants from a region on the border with Syria, but declined...

Nurses Very Angry Over The Big Pay Sell-Out!

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THE HEAD of the Royal College of Nursing has apologised after nurses in England complained of being ‘misled’ over the new pay deal. The union...
Saturday afternoon’s march through Enfield demanding the immediate reopening of Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E which won a huge response

Stop Clause 119 – Stop The Hospital Closures!

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THE government faces a revolt over Clause 119 of the Care Bill today. This clause would give health secretary Hunt and appointed officials powers to...

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...

‘TERRORISTS’ WERE UK CREATED – ex-MI5 Head tells Chilcot

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BLAIR’S invasion of Iraq ‘substantially’ increased the terrorist threat to the UK, the former MI5 Director General told the Chilcot Inquiry into the Iraq...

UK’s Shrinking Economy!

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THE UK economy shrank by 0.2% in the last three months of last year, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics...

Iraqis March To Free Journalist!

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Thousands of Iraqis took to the streets yesterday demanding the release of the al-Baghdadiya TV reporter who called Bush ‘you dog’ and threw his...

Super-exploitation in Covid-infected meat factories!

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THE LINK between outbreaks of Covid-19 at meat processing plants and the sector’s widespread exploitation of migrant workers on low pay and insecure contracts...

Ecuador revolutionary victory! Moreno forced to cancel IMF loan!

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ECUADOR’S President Lenin Moreno has been forced to back down and cancel the country’s IMF loan after the revolutionary uprising sweeping the country won a...

BRING OUT THE AIRPORT – urge Gate Gourmet workers

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‘We are calling for the whole airport to come out, not just to support us but to defend themselves,’ Jaswinder Phal told News Line...
Demonstrators in London in February last year demand no attack on Iran and immediate withdrawal of British troops from Iraq and Afghanistan

Iraq-Afghan Wars Costs Soar

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The government’s forecasts for the costs of military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in this financial year have ‘increased significantly over the last three...

‘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...

NATIONALISE GM – occupy Luton and Ellesmere Port to stop closures

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THE head of General Motors Europe warned yesterday that without government finance Vauxhall Luton and Ellesmere Port face immediate closure as ‘the obvious next...
The BMA demonstrating against the privatisation of the NHS

Banning Procedures On NHS – A ‘gamble With Patient Health’

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Banning NHS operations to save money will gamble with patients’ health, the president of the Royal College of Surgeons warned yesterday. John Black, one of...

HEALTHCARE WORKERS RISKING LIVES! – without ‘death in service’ benefits guaranteed says BMA

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THE BMA (British Medical Association) said yesterday that ‘frustration grows’ over the government’s failure to guarantee that the families of healthcare workers who lose...