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Rattled Labour Bails Out 28 NHS Trusts

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HEALTH unions yesterday welcomed a forced government retreat on the notorious ‘double whammy’ NHS accounting system whereby trusts have their funding cut twice if...
Firefighters at the High Court fighting the government’s plan to destroy their pensions and shut down fire stations

UK – Huge Trade Deficit

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BRITAIN’S trade deficit has ballooned to its biggest since 1989, shocking the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which released the data yesterday. In the three...

MACRON OUT! – demands 287,000 workers

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MORE than 287,000 people attended marches and clashed with police across France again on Saturday, wearing yellow vests to oppose tax rises on fuel...
Sheffield University students turned out in force last week to support their striking lecturers

Coventry becoming a ‘pariah university’

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COVENTRY University is in danger of becoming a ‘pariah institution’ lecturers union the UCU warned yesterday. The union launched a campaign against the university’s...
WRP candidate (3rd from right) led a very successful picket yesterday morning to keep Chase Farm Hospital open

Vote Anna Athow To Keep Chase Farm Open

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A LIVELY North East London Council of Action monthly picket of Chase Farm Hospital won big support yesterday for its determination to keep...

Venezuela will defeat the USA

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ROCIO Maneiro, Venezuela’s Ambassador to Britain, yesterday launched a new booklet ‘Trump unblock Venezuela’, which details the economic blockade by the US against Venezuela...

COVID IS BEING USED TO SACK TENS OF THOUSANDS says RMT leader Mick Lynch

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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch has accused the Johnson government and the privately-run train operating companies of ‘using Covid as a smokescreen’ to rip...

Free Palestine! Free Mo Chara! – demand 1,000-strong crowd

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OVER 1,000 people assembled outside Westminster Magistrates Court in Marylebone, central London yesterday, protesting at the arrest on terrorist charges of member of Irish...

DAMN THIS DEAL! – says Cyprus Speaker

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‘THIS decision is painful for Cypriot people. This decision was a defeat,’ Cyprus Parliamentary Speaker Yiannakis Omirou said yesterday. He was referring to the deal...
PCS picket line outside Baltic House in Norwich yesterday. PCS secretary for Norfolk and Suffolk, Dave Seagrave (lefy)

Jobcentre Strike Solid

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JOBCENTRE staff who deal with calls from people entitled to benefits and crisis loans went on strike yesterday over oppressive working conditions and unrealistic...

FAMINE – warning from World Food Programme!

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THE humanitarian situation in Gaza ‘could soon escalate into famine’ as Israeli forces continue to severely restrict the entry of food and other supplies...

EU announces £22bn tariffs on US imports

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THE EU has announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 26bn euros (£22bn) on US imports, responding to President Donald Trump’s 25% levies on global...
While thousands of Palestinians have been injured on the Gaza border, Israeli air strikes have destroyed the Said al-Mishal Cultural Centre in Gaza

Destruction of Gaza Cultural Centre condemned by leading playwrights!

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IN A LETTER to the British press, fourteen leading UK playwrights and theatre directors, have condemned the destruction of the Said al-Mishal Cultural Centre...

NO CONFIDENCE IN HUNT! BMA votes for repeal of Health & Social Care Act

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ANGRY doctors yesterday delivered a vote of No Confidence against Tory Health Secretary Hunt. Doctors at the British Medical Association’s (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting (ARM)...
Unite members with their banner on the ‘Save Our NHS’ march against privatisation

Unite ‘reassures members’ over NHS pay claim!

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UNITE national officer for health Sarah Carpenter said yesterday: ‘A story appeared in The Guardian today (Friday 9 March) about an impending pay deal...

5 WARDS AND 300 STAFF FACE THE AXE – in Lincolnshire hospitals

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Staff at United Lincolnshire Hospitals NHS Trust have been shocked by the sudden announcement on Monday of plans to close five hospital wards and...

Palestinians Form Unity Government

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Palestinian leaders unveiled a new unity government yesterday that they hope will stop months of deadly factional violence and end a crippling international aid...

Remain MPs move to block no deal Brexit

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AN AMENDMENT aimed at blocking any attempt to shut down Parliament to ensure that Brexit is carried out, was passed by a majority of...

Rcn Demands Inflation Plus 5% Nurses Pay Rise

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THE RCN (Royal College of Nursing) called for a pay rise of ‘inflation plus 5%’ for members over the weekend as it called on...

Stock Market Panic!

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AS panic gripped investors on the world’s stock markets, it emerged yesterday that Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway investment company has sold more than 245...
Student nurses and midwives marching to demand their bursaries are restored – on A-level results day figures reveal student applications for nursing have plummeted

Students driven out of university

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AXING student grants while hiking up university fees to an eyewatering £9,500 a year has driven tens of thousands of students out of education,...
Youth in Hounslow showing their support for the locked-out Gate Goumet workers marching in Hounslow

Harrier jets to stay in Afghanistan

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Six RAF Harrier GR7 jets are to stay in Afghanistan until 31 March 2007 to support UK troops and their allies on the ground,...
Young Socialists Summer Festival 2019 - Postponed to Aug 3

Young Socialists Summer Festival [Postponed] – August 3rd, 2019

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Postponed a week until Saturday, 3rd August 2019 – Doors open from midday Near Hoxton Market at St. John’s Church, Pitfield Street, N1 6NP Great bargains Live...

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...

Cameron Is Facing A ‘Bare-Knuckle Fight’ – Over Privatisation Plan

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Trade unions yesterday reacted angrily to prime minister Cameron’s declaration of war on the public sector. Writing in the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Cameron said the...

£1.90 AN HOUR ON CELTIC FERRIES – major unions lead protest

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LEADERS and officials of Britain and Ireland’s transport unions will today expose the poverty-pay shame of a ferry company operating in UK and Irish...

‘Probe Johnson for corporate manslaughter’ – Labour MP – Care home incompetence led to...

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‘WHEN will the Prime Minister and others be investigated by the police for alleged corporate manslaughter and why did they not follow the example...
Copland school in Brent, north west London, where staff, parents and pupils are fighting the attempt to impose an academy

‘Say No’ To Academies

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ONE of the largest chains of academies in England is to be stripped of the control of ten schools, the Department for Education (DfE)...

Tories, Labour & SNP join forces to attack China!

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TORY Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab’s latest attack on China – suspending the UKs extradition treaty with the country, was supported by all Parties, turning...
Junior doctors leader JEEVES WIJESURIYA (2nd left) joins SERCO strikers yesterday on the picket line at the Royal London Hospital

‘We are determined to win a pay rise!’ say SERCO strikers

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‘WE ARE determined to have a pay rise,’ Unite shop steward Melissa Manso declared at a lively morning picket line outside the Royal London...
Junior doctors demonstrate against the government’s NHS ‘reforms’

PFI DAMAGES THE NHS – Private investors are draining away NHS funds say BMA

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Private investors are benefiting from Private Finance Initiative debts which are damaging the NHS, said the British Medical Association this morning. The BMA was responding...

A further half a million will be in fuel poverty! warns shadow business secretary...

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‘THERE is absolutely no question of the lights going out,’ Kwasi Kwarteng, Tory business secretary claimed yesterday He was making a statement after a number...
Finance Ministry cleaners in Athens have spent 267 days fighting to get their jobs back and are now determined to return to work

Athens Cleaners Want Jobs Back

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THE new Greek Prime Minister, Alexis Tsipras, the leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA), announced his government on Tuesday. Meanwhile, the sacked...

FREE JULIAN ASSANGE! – demands Stella Assange outside High Court

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‘DROP this shameful case. It is a shame on every democracy. Free Julian! I ask everyone to rally behind him,’ Stella Assange urged in...

Israeli forces are killing entire families!

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YESTERDAY Israeli forces and colonists intensified their assaults across the occupied Palestinian territories, killing numerous civilians including entire families. In the early hours of Friday...

Medvedev Meets Merkel To Back The Magna Bid

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Black Sea town of Sochi yesterday to discuss carmaker Opel and other industrial...
Two New Books Out Now

Two New Books Out Now

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Imperialism – the Highest Stage of Capitalism by Lenin and Genesis of Capital by Marx have just been reprinted. These new editions cost just...

Tories scrap Leeds leg of HS2 – trade unions must take action

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THE TUC, Unite, RMT, GMB, Aslef and TSSA all said yesterday that the Tories scrapping of the Leeds leg of the HS2 was a...

ISRAELI INVASION THREAT – Lebanese army will fight alongside Hezbollah says Defence Minister

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Lebanese Defence Minister Elias Murr yesterday pledged that the Lebanese army will stand and fight against an Israeli invasion. Murr warned: ‘The Lebanese army...

‘We as Palestinians are ready to fight!’ – WEST BANK AND GAZA ERUPT

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‘WE as Palestinians are ready to fight!’ Hamas leader Salah al-Bardawil said as both the West Bank and the besieged Gaza Strip erupted ...

‘Europe will pay the bill for the US supplying Ukraine with weapons!’

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NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has called on the United States to continue supplying Ukraine with weapons in its war against Russia, assuring that...
Locked-out Gate Gourmet workers demand the end of the  sell-out ‘Compromise Agreement’ on their march in Southall earlier this month

Only 137 have signed ‘Compromise’ deal

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LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers on the picket line yesterday were determined that they will win their struggle to return to their jobs on their...
Young Socialist March for Jobs and Free State Education gets to Clay Cross and a great welcome from local workers and youth

Great Support For Ys March For Jobs

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THE Young Socialists March for Jobs and Free State Education from Manchester to London is campaigning in Stoke today, before moving on to Stafford. Speaking...

GLOBAL MOBILISATION! – Hamas calls Friday-Sunday action against genocide

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THE HAMAS Movement has called for intensified global mobilisation to Israel’s genocide and starvation war against the Palestinian people referring to the ongoing Israeli...