NHS pay fury at 3% pay rise – unions consider strikes

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HEALTH workers, furious about the government’s offer of a below-inflation 3% pay deal are to be consulted by their unions, the BMA, RCM, RCN,...

Mandate For NHS Privatisation

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SECRETARY of State for Health, Andrew Lansley, delivered his Annual Report to Parliament on the Health Service yesterday, to coincide with the publication of...
Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes and lawyers for his family holding a press conference at the TUC in London yesterday

‘INCONCEIVABLE!’ – that Sir Ian Blair did not know that Jean Charles de Menezes...

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‘NO ONE has been held responsible for anything, no one is going to be prosecuted and the police have been allowed to get away...

Sky News Boss Admits Illegal Hacking

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Sky News boss John Ryley admitted to the Leveson Inquiry yesterday that the company broke the law by hacking emails. Following the admission Ofcom announced...

Iran’s retaliatory operation dispells Israeli invincibility myth

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COMMANDER of the Iranian Army’s Ground Force, Brigadier General Kioumars Haydari, says Iran’s retaliatory operation against Israel has further dispelled the ‘threadbare myth that the...
A section of the North-East London Council of Action picket outside Chase Farm Hospital yesterday

GET READY TO OCCUPY CHASE FARM! – march on July 26th

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‘WE ARE calling on everyone to march with us through Enfield on Saturday, July 26th. Workers of Enfield won’t allow this government to close...

Labour is to immediately recognise Palestinian state

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LABOUR’S Manifesto declares that it will ‘Immediately recognise the State of Palestine.’ It adds that Labour will ‘Introduce a War Powers Act to ensure that...

Sunak’s £6,000 grants ‘are too little too late’ – as pubs and restaurants face...

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‘WE HAVE responded, I think generously today, the grants that we have outlined, up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants that we provided...

Sweeping emergency powers are unveiled! – Police given powers to arrest suspected corona...

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NEW emergency powers were outlined yesterday by the Tories as they published the Emergency Coronavirus Bill. The sweeping new powers which will last as...
The over 200-strong demonstration against Legal Aid cuts outside Westminster Magistrates Court in London yesterday morning

No Legal Aid – No Justice!

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OVER 200 barristers, solicitors, law students, probation officers and trade union supporters yesterday morning demonstrated outside Westminster Magistrates Court in defence of legal aid. Russell...

Israel decides to widen ground assault

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Four Israeli soldiers were killed and a number wounded yesterday in a rocket attack at a southern Lebanese village, as fighting continued to rage along...
Palestinian AYSAR SHAMALLAKH (centre in white jacket) on hunger strike in solidarity with over 1,600 hunger-striking Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails. Picture shows Aysar and supporters demonstrating in Parliament Square on Wednesday evening

‘OUR CHAINS WILL BE BROKEN BEFORE WE ARE’ says Barghouthi

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‘ISRAEL cannot silence us, nor isolate us, nor break us, our chains will be broken before we are,’ Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi has said...

GPs pensions action!

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DOCTORS have made an overwhelming call to their leaders to reject the government’s proposed changes to the NHS Pension Scheme and shown a willingness...

Zambian villagers sue mining giant

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1,800 Zambian villagers are taking legal action in the High Court in London against UK based mining giant Vedanta Resources Plc and Konkola Copper...

BBC strike action by Xmas!

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BECTU and the NUJ yesterday warned that BBC plans to cut 2,000 jobs would provoke strikes by Xmas. The BBC intends to reshape its TV...
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...

McDonnell wants a national anti-Brexit government

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LABOUR Shadow Chancellor McDonnell said yesterday that Labour may form the next government, a minority government, without a general election, if MPs don’t back...

Labour making plans to deal with run on pound – says John McDonnell

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THE Labour Party is making detailed plans for government, including ‘war-game-type scenario-planning’ for events such as ‘a run on the pound,’ Shadow Chancellor John...

BROWN – ‘We’re going to change the way we govern’

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Prime Minister Brown, flanked by Chancellor Darling, told a press conference yesterday that, ‘the changes I have announced in the cabinet and in the...

Amnesty condemns the Israeli genocide on the Gaza Strip!

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ISRAEL'S treatment of Palestinians in the occupied Gaza Strip amounts to genocide, Amnesty International declared in a new report that shatters any pretence of...

Woodley Discussing Wage Cuts With Magna-Gm

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BUSINESS Secretary Mandelson’s Department and the Unite union both said yesterday that talks on Wednesday with new GM Europe owner, Magna, were ‘constructive’ but...

Bank Keeps Rate At 5.5%

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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee yesterday voted to keep the official Bank Rate on hold at 5.5 per cent. The Bank had been...
Sacked BBC canteen workers demonstrating outside Bush House in Central London yesterday

Bbc World Service Workers Back Caterers

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‘THE BBC says it subscribes to “BBC values”, but it would appear BBC Values do not apply to contractors such as Aramark.’ BECTU General Secretary...

Huge Tax Cuts For The Bosses – In Sunak’s War Against Workers!

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‘FAMILIES hit by the cost of living crisis, business hit by a supply chain crisis, those who rely on our schools and our hospitals,...

ICC defends arrest warrants for leading Israeli officials!

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THE International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has staunchly defended his decision to issue arrest warrants for Israeli officials over war crimes in Gaza,...

Deputy leader Watson condemns Labour EU policy

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LABOUR members’ ‘hearts are Remain’ Labour’s deputy leader Tom Watson claimed yesterday addressing the Centre for European Reform. He went on to insist that...

Youth Services Devastated

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ANOTHER round of council cuts is set to devastate services for young people in London, with more than £1 million of cuts planned for...
Kherson engineering workers have called on workers throughout the Ukraine to support their struggle

Kherson workers occupy – call for workers councils

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The labour collective occupying the Kherson engineering factory has issued a decree appealing to the ‘Workers of Ukraine’. The decree says: ‘We understand that we...
Workers taking strike action over pensions in Oxford – are being supported by the Young Socialists

Oxford Mini Plant Out Over Pensions!

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A 24-HOUR strike by BMW workers making car engines and the Mini took place on Sunday in Oxford and Swindon. The other strike dates...
Staffordshire residents occupied Stafford Hospital grounds for eight months to stop the closure of the hospital’s A&E Department

Staffs Bed Closures – Lives At Risk!

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‘BED closures will put patients’ lives at risk,’ campaigners fighting to save community hospital beds across North Staffordshire declared yesterday. The claim that ‘patients...
Workers at the Ritzy, Brixton are fighting for the Living Wage in the face of a rapidly rising cost of living. They are taking strike action again today

Inflation & House Prices Rise As Wages Fall!

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INFLATION has risen to 1.8% for the first time in 10 months further cutting the value of wages, as transport prices soared over March...
Students on the National NUS march in central London demanding an end to all fees and the restoration of student grants

Scrap Sky High Student Fees And Debts!

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THE TORY coalition government has rejected demands that it hold an urgent review into the student loan system, despite the system reaching...

Barnsley Nurses To Strike

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GMB trade union members at Barnsley Hospital have voted to take strike action in a dispute following the introduction of Agenda for Change. The members...
Mothers from across the US marched into Washington DC on Saturday condemning the killing of unarmed black teenagers by police

‘Million Moms March’

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MOTHERS from across the United States poured into Washington, DC on Saturday, choosing Mother’s Day weekend to march for justice for the ‘epidemic’ of...

Abolish ICE say US workers

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CROWDS continue to gather in Minneapolis to protest against federal immigration enforcement (ICE), after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz...
Riot police attack demonstrators on Wednesday in Athens. Photo credit: Marios Lolos

Greek One-Day General Strike

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UNDER the umbrella of ‘Social Alliance’, the GSEE (Greek TUC), the ADEDY (public sector workers’ unions federation) and the small and medium sized business...

Sanders campaign rally

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AT HIS first rally for the US 2020 presidential bid, Senator Bernie Sanders promised to defeat Donald Trump, calling him ‘the most dangerous president...
Stoke CWU members from Burslem were victimised earlier this year – Stoke CWU is out indefinitely

Cwu Must Form Public Sector Alliance

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Another week of postal strikes begins today – affecting East Anglia, London, the South West and other parts of the UK, the Communication...
Crowds gather in Ramallah for the funeral of murdered Palestinian Minister Ziad Abu Ein

PROTECT PALESTINIAN PEOPLE! – urges Palestinian Mission to the UK

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THE Palestinian Mission to the UK yesterday urged the UK government to protect the Palestinian people following the killing of Palestinian leader Abu Ein. In...
100,000-strong ‘Refugees Welcome’ march proposes a different kind of deal for Cameron

Gunboat diplomacy! – Cameron targets refugees

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TORY PM Cameron has been accused of ‘gun boat diplomacy,’ after the announcement that Royal Navy vessels will be deployed this summer to turn...

‘take Action To Defend NHS’

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Despite Tory leader Cameron’s protestations that he supports the NHS, it emerged yesterday that several leading Tory shadow cabinet members put their names to...
Amicus and TGWU members campaigning to defend jobs at Peugeot’s Ryton plant were joined by Gate Gourmet locked-out workers outside the International Motor Show in east London

Call a Day of Action to defend jobs and services!

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GATE GOURMET locked out workers joined the Amicus and TGWU campaign to save Peugeot jobs at the International Motor Show in Docklands, east London...
The platform at yesterday’s press conference given by the family of Jean Charles de Menezes, including his cousins Patricia da Silva Armani (second from left) and VIvian Figueiredo (third from left)

Hold The Police To Account Demands de Menezes Family

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THERE will always be doubts in the minds of Jean Charles de Menezes’ relatives about why there is no CCTV evidence of when armed...

‘DOING THE DIRTY WORK FOR DICTATORS’ – Blair and Clarke accused

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‘Is it our intention to do the dirty work for dictatorships all over the world?’ Labour MP John Denham challenged Home Secretary Clarke yesterday. Denham...
RICKY MATTHEWS

Reinstate Ricky Matthews

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FIREFIGHTERS are coming from all over the country to protest in Bucks over the sacking of firefighter Ricky Matthews. Matthews was sacked for coming out...