Part of the rally outside the EU Offices in Athens on Tuesday evening

‘US-Eu Stop Supporting Nazi Coup!’

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SOME 300 members of the Athens Ukrainian community, including relatives of the Greek-Pontus minorities in the Ukraine and the Crimea, along with contingents of...

Platinum Miners Strike Spreads

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MINERS at Eastern Platinum (Eastplats) in South Africa came out on strike yesterday, alongside the striking Marikana miners, in a sign that the strike...
Shipbreakers KHALANI ISMAIL (left), DHANANJAY YADAV (centre) and (right) VIDYADHAR RANE, secretary of the Mumbai Port Trust, Dock and General Employees’ Union

Shipbreakers Demand Action

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FIFTEEN per cent of the 65,000 workers employed in scrapping ships at sites on India’s west coast are suffering from asbestosis. The shocking statistic...

Straw Rejects Ban On Rendition!

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THE government has rejected demands for new laws against ‘extraordinary rendition’: the practice of kidnapping and flying detainees to secret sites around the world,...

PM’s top advisor Cummings refuses to quit

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‘I KNOW that the British people hate the idea of unfairness. People like me who make the rules should be accountable for their actions,’...
Southern rail picket line at Victoria Station yesterday morning

Southern guards remain rock solid

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‘RMT guards on Southern Rail remain rock solid and absolutely determined in their action in defence of rail safety,’ General Secretary Mick Cash said...
A section of last Saturday’s determined march against plans for a new immigration detention centre at Gatwick

‘End These Cruel Detention Centres’

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UP TO 500 protesters marched in Crawley on Saturday to demonstrate against the building of a new immigration detention centre at Gatwick Airport. The...

UK-TATA £1.2bn DEAL – 3,000 JOBS TO GO!

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WELSH ministers and Tata bosses are due to continue talks this week about the future of the Port Talbot site. The UK government and Tata...

CONSULTANTS 2 DAYS OF STRIKE ACTION! – and further action to follow

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CONSULTANTS in England are holding two more days of strike action today and tomorrow, demonstrating their commitment to fix consultants’ pay in order to...
A section of the mass picket at Chase Farm Hospital organised by the North East London Council of Action on June 5th

FULL SPEED AHEAD TO CHASE FARM CLOSURE! – occupation is the only answer

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Barnet, Haringey and Enfield Clinical Strategy Board has made it clear that it is rapidly proceeding with the closure of Chase Farm Accident and...

Iran will answer dangerous Israeli aircraft movements

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IRAN’S armed forces have warned they will answer ‘dangerous’ Israeli aircraft movements over neighbouring countries, while the Foreign Ministry condemned a fresh US-Gulf statement...

‘WE WANT OUR JOBS BACK’ say Gate Gourmet workers

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Locked out Gate Gourmet workers insisted to News Line yesterday they want their jobs back. On the picket line at Heathrow Airport Jarnail, said: ‘I...

6.35 million need full-time jobs

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UNEMPLOYMENT in the UK rose by 28,000 in the last three months, to 2.67 million. Youth joblessness soared by another 16,000, with the...
Local residents and FBU members joined forces in a march to demand justice for Grenfell – firefighters are concerned over toxicity

Firefighters exposed to deadly carcinogens – FBU demands greater protection

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FIREFIGHTERS are at risk not only from running into burning buildings to save lives but through daily exposure to carcinogens, mutagens and reprotoxics; and...
Lambeth College lecturers on yesterday’s picket line at the Clapham campus. They are out on strike again today, and are preparing for their indefinite strike

Lambeth College strike strengthens!

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LAMBETH College UCU (University and College Union), resumed their strike action yesterday against the imposition of inferior work contracts, by Lambeth College management. This week’s...
Unite leaders Woodley and Simpson alongside TUC General Secretary Barber marching with former CBI boss Digby Jones. The union leaders prefer to collaborate with the bosses and oppose occupations and nationalisation

GM defer Open Vauxhall choice – as GM Luton workers are kept in dark

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With just five weeks until the German elections, Chancellor Merkel yesterday expressed her anger and frustration at the failure last Friday of General Motors...
Civil servants and their children defending jobs and benefits in central London pointed out that there could be as much as £100 billion outstanding in tax fraud

Cameron ‘Bounty Hunters’ Condemned!

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The Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) yesterday condemned the coalition government’s decision to use ‘bounty hunters’ to tackle alleged benefit fraud. The charity was commenting...

Lgv Drivers Halt Oxford Mini

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PRODUCTION of the MINI at Oxford could be severely disrupted after drivers delivering components voted to go on strike for six days in a...
A strong picket line at Middlesex University yesterday saw the students union supporting members of Unite and the UCU who were striking to defend their jobs

Strike Action To Defend Uni Jobs

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STRIKE action took place yesterday across the three campuses of Middlesex University with lecturers and staff picketing every entrance against the threat of 300...

14 Palestinians starve to death!

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FOURTEEN more Palestinians, including two children, died from starvation and malnutrition in Gaza in the 24 hours to yesterday, reports the Palestinian Ministry of...
Youth from Forest Gate demonstrating outside New Scotland Yard yesterday afternoon

‘WE SUFFERED A NIGHTMARE’ says sister of jailed men

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,?her innocent family should be forced to go through the same nightmare we went through,’ said Humeya Kalam, the sister of brothers Abdul Kahar...

Israeli genocide in Gaza tops 35,000!

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THE death toll from Israel’s genocidal onslaught in Gaza topped 35,000 yesterday, as the regime’s tanks rolled into the massive Jabalia refugee camp. At least...

6th form teachers strike today!

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TEACHERS are striking today and have announced further strike dates due to the government’s ‘failure to resolve a clear pay discrepancy’ between staff in...

GREECE PLEADS FOR TIME TO REPAY LOANS – ‘EU exit would be a catastrophe!’

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THE EU-IMF-ECB-imposed Greek Prime Minister, Antonis Samaras, on Saturday called for more time to carry out savage austerity cuts, warning that a Greek exit...

WE ARE GOING TO WIN! – say striking Grangemouth workers

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The 1,200 striking workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery yesterday made it clear they are determined to defend their pensions. Unite members walked out of...
The demonstration in Brixton on Friday night condemned PM May’s ‘deliberately unreachable bar’ for migrants as racism

Corbyn indicts May! – for her ‘cruel and discredited policy’

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn says Prime Minister Theresa May’s ‘hostile environment’ set a ‘deliberately unreachable bar’ for migrants and created the Windrush generation scandal. In...
The PCS took strike action on Budget Day and outside the House of Commons its members were very much alive to the issue of a general strike

PCS in general strike talks!

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PUBLIC and Commercial Services Union (PCS) general secretary Mark Serwotka confirmed yesterday that the PCS is in talks with other trade unions on holding...
A section of the 100-strong vigil outside the Syrian embassy on Friday evening in memory of the over 70 killed in the latest bombing in Damascus

Syrians Support Assad

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Around 100 Syrians and supporters held a vigil outside the Syrian embassy in London last Friday evening, to condemn last Thursday’s terrorist bombings in...

Lonmin Agm Picketed!

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PROTESTERS picketed South African mining company Lonmin’s AGM in central London yesterday, demanding it pays compensation to the families of mineworkers killed in a...

FBI charges Trump’s former campaign manager

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PAUL MANAFORT and his former business associate Rick Gates were indicted on Monday on money laundering, and tax and foreign lobbying charges, a...
Mass picket by bus workers during strike action at Metroline bus company in west London last November

A Damning Indictment Of The Bus Industry

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A SURVEY published yesterday shows that bus workers believe that the privatised bus companies are far more interested in making big profits than providing...

Labour attacks BA strike

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THE Labour Transport Secretary Lord Adonis yesterday demanded that Unite cancel the planned strike action by British Airways cabin crew, despite an overwhelming vote...
Marchers on the last silent walk on November 14th demanded that those responsible for the Grenfell inferno be held to account

Grenfell fire ‘could have been put out with an extinguisher’ – Outrageous claim by...

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CLADDING which burst into flames up the side of Grenfell Tower ‘could have been put out with a simple extinguisher’, cladding company Arconic has...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line at Heathrow yesterday

AIMING FOR VICTORY – say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are campaigning every day for delegations to attend their conference in London on Sunday January 29, whilst at the same...
Unison healthworkers from St Georges Hospital on a TUC demonstration – they demand more staff or patients will die

Nursing Staff Levels Dangerously Low!

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‘My department is running at VERY UNSAFE levels due to inadequate staffing,’ said one of almost 3,000 nurses from across the UK who took...

Firefighters Responding To Medical Emergencies!

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CALL an ambulance and a fire engine turns up! Firefighters with just six days basic first aid training are being sent to medical emergencies instead...
North Est London Council of Action picket of Chase farm Hospital yesterday morning

‘we Won’t Let Chase Farm Close!’

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‘WE’RE not going to let Chase Farm close,’ Bill Rogers, North East London Council of Action Secretary told News Line yesterday at a lively...

30,000 university staff jobs at risk!

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UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) yesterday launched action to support casualised staff. Over a third of all staff are on ‘fixed-term contracts’ rather than...

Two Pumas Down – Two Dead, 15 Injured

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Two UK servicemen were killed yesterday when two British helicopters crashed in northern Iraq in the early hours, Defence Secretary Des Browne...

7 UK soldiers charged with war crimes

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The family of Baha Mousa who was tortured to death and eight other torture victims yesterday welcomed the announcement that three British soldiers from...

REJECT JUNIOR DOCTORS CONTRACT! – says the Doctors’ Association

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THE Doctors’ Association (DAUK) has refused to endorse the junior doctor contract deal agreed by the BMA and the government, warning that some members...
Midlands GMB members on the march against the Tory coalition government’s savage budget cuts

Beds Council Workers Defy Wage-Cutting

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BEDFORDSHIRE Council’s ultimatum to employees to sign new wage-cutting contracts or face the sack has been met with defiance by council workers, who...

UNLAWFUL KILLING! – to be considered by Tomlinson Jury

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Jurors at the inquest into the death of Ian Tomlinson will consider whether the actions of a police officer amounted to unlawful killing, assistant...
Nurses are battling on all fronts – yesterday their vote against charges greatly strengthened the struggle to defend the NHS

Rcn Rejects NHS Charges!

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NURSES at the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Annual Congress in Liverpool voted by a massive 91% majority against NHS charging yesterday. Delegates at the...