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Train staff joined forces with furious commuters demonstrating at stations across the country against massive rail fare hikes which came in yesterday morning – MICK CASH (centre) RMT General Secretary, who joined the King’s Cross protest, called for the c

Renationalise railways!

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TRAIN staff were joined by angry commuters in protests at over forty stations across the UK as the 3.4% hikes in rail fares...
Mass demonstration through central London against US, UK, French and Israeli forces attacking Syria

Russia ‘reserves the right to respond’ – after Israeli actions down its plane in...

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RUSSIA ‘reserves the right to respond’ after Israel’s actions led to the downing of a military plane in Latakia in Syria, resulting in...
‘Mayor come down! Don’t cut our service!’ shouted families fighting against cuts to the disability service outside Tower Hamlets Town Hall yesterday lunchtime

East London families march against disability cuts

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AROUND 100 angry family members demonstrated against the threatened closure of their Bangladeshi Parent Adviser (BPA) service yesterday, marching from Chrisp Street Market in...
North East Lodon Council of Action pickets of Chase Farm Hospital said everyone was opposed to the closure

Chase Farm Picket Wins Big Support

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‘WE ARE having a successful picket again today,’ North-East London Council of Action secretary, Bill Rogers, told News Line outside Chase Farm Hospital yesterday. ‘Everyone...
A section of the 100,000-strong march against £9,000 tuition fees passing by Trafalgar Square on December 9 last year

STUDENTS’ ROBBERY! – to repay twice their fees and loans

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The University and College union (UCU) yesterday welcomed findings by the BBC, which it said shone a light on the real level of debt...

‘WE WON’T SIGN AWAY OUR RIGHTS’ says Gate Gourmet shop steward

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LOCKED out Gate Gourmet workers received a report back yesterday morning on the picket line at Heathrow Airport from their shop stewards, of a...
Demonstrators outside Downing Street on May 31 demand an end to the siege of Gaza

New Freedom Flotilla Being Prepared

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A new flotilla to break the siege on Gaza is being prepared in Lebanon. It includes an all-woman vessel, named the Mariam, organised by Samar...
100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

100th Anniversary of the Russian Revolution

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Sunday November 12, 2-8pm The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street,WC1H 9AU Rally • Films • theatre • art exhibition

Palestinian hunger striker wins his freedom! Kayed Fasfous is to be released December...

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PALESTINIAN prisoner Kayed Fasfous has won a decisive victory and ends his hunger strike after an agreement was reached to end his administrative det-ention...

The Met to investigate Downing Street parties

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THE METROPOLITAN police are investigating allegations surrounding parties at Downing Street and in Whitehall, M-et Chief Cressida Dick said yesterday, with the Sue Gray...
‘We will win this dispute’ said postal workers picketing the East London Mail Centre at Bromley-by-Bow yesterday morning

CWU ‘further strike action’

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‘ROYAL MAIL is misleading the public,’ the Communication Workers Union (CWU) said yesterday at the start of the national postal strike in defence of...
ERT TV station workers who have won their jobs back are saying that they will throw out the whole austerity programme

‘Down With Left Austerity’

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TENS of thousands of workers, youth, students and professionals demonstrated on May Day in over 80 Greek cities and towns. In all marches, the...

Israeli forces continue bombardment of Gaza

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ISRAELI forces continued to bombard the Gaza Strip on Thursday despite an announcement by mediators that a ceasefire agreement had been reached to end...

Joint enterprise case quashed

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THE FIRST person to have a joint enterprise murder conviction quashed was released from prison yesterday in a landmark ruling against the controversial...

‘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...

Further Education Unions Demand 6 Per Cent

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The six trade unions – ACM, ATL, GMB, UCU, UNISON and UNITE – representing 250,000 further education staff yesterday submitted a pay claim for...

‘MORE PEOPLE SET TO DIE FROM FIRES’ – Letter to PM May warns

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THE TORY government has been slammed over lack of preventative action, with PM Theresa May being warned that more people are set to die...

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...
YS MARCH FOR JOBS! – London to the TUC in Liverpool

YS MARCH FOR JOBS! – London to the TUC in Liverpool

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Began in London on Tuesday, August 19 and and have now arrived in Liverpool! – they will be marching to the TUC Congress from...
One of several FBU demonstrations in London this year against plans to close fire stations, axe appliances and sack firefighters

Fire strike ‘unavoidable’ says FBU leader Matt Wrack

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FIREFIGHTERS in England and Wales are preparing for strike action over pensions after governments in Westminster and Cardiff refused to reach a compromise in...

More than 60,000 junior doctors taking strike action!

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AS MORE than 60,000 junior doctors begin three days of strike action at 7am this morning, the British Medical Association (BMA) warns that two-thirds...
Picket line at Pizza Express where low pay and management policy is an issue

SLAVE LABOUR UK – but TUC Congress has no solution

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Two million UK workers are ‘trapped in a continual round of low-paid and insecure work where mistreatment is the norm’ according to the findings...

Croydon NHS demands Covid sick pay!

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WORKERS at Croydon Hospital are staging a protest on January 31st to demand Covid sick pay. Porters and cleaners at the south London hospital are...

1,000 Southern trains a year: Driver Only!

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SOUTHERN are running the equivalent of a 1,000 trains a year with just a driver and no other member of staff on board, RMT...

Israel obstructs the ceasefire agreement

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ISRAEL has continued to obstruct the implementation of the ceasefire agreement by linking the reopening of the Rafah crossing and the entry of humanitarian...

‘Finances prioritised over patient care!’ – BMA reviews Scottish NHS

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A SUBSTANTIAL majority of doctors in Scotland feel that patient care is being given a lower priority in Scotland’s NHS than both finances and...
EMMA GINN (second left), ENID RUHANGO and SOPHIE ODOGO (centre) and GILL BUTLER (second right) were among those who attended a press conference outside the Home Office yesterday, where they demanded the closure of Yarl’s Wood and all the other immigration

CRIMINALS ARE TREATED BETTER! – than detainees at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre

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‘I was a victim of the Ugandan authorities and this inquiry shows I became a victim of the UK authorities,’ said Enid Ruhango yesterday. She...
Teachers march during a national public sector strike in defence of pensions

The Great Pensions Robbery! Millions worse off under pension ‘reforms’

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MILLIONS of workers will be worse off under state pension reforms, the TUC warned yesterday. New research published by the TUC found that the vast...
Part of the large contingent of midwives on Saturday’s TUC demonstration in London

Maternity Crisis

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‘THE UK’s health services are hopelessly underfunded in terms of resources and staff who are trained to deal with new mothers with mental health...

£11.5bn of cuts & wage cuts – at the centre of Osborne’s budget

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CHANCELLOR Osborne delivered a massive onslaught on public services and public sector pay in his budget yesterday, imposing billions more in cuts as well...

BUDGET DAY STRIKE VOTE! – PCS votes 61% in favour

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CIVIL Servants have voted by a massive 61% majority in favour of strike action in their fight for a pay rise of £1,200, or...

3 days of Tube strikes – being discussed by RMT & ASLEF executives

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TUBE unions’ national executives are meeting today and are expected to announce a further three days of strike action over the Night Tube and...

Starmer Volunteers To Work In The National Interest!

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LABOUR Party leader Sir Keir Starmer volunteered yesterday to ‘work with the Prime Minister in the national interest.’ Appearing on the BBC’s Andrew Marr Show,...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers campaigning on Southall High Street with KIRAN GILL (extreme left) and THOMAS MURPHY

Big Support For Gate Gourmet Workers Meeting!

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Gate Gourmet locked-out workers were campaigning yesterday on Southall Broadway near Heathrow Airport for their public meeting on Sunday November 5th. The meeting is being...

Reverse Palestine march ban!

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THE threat by the Metropolitan Police to ban Saturday’s National March (PSC) for Palestine from assembling at the BBC in Portland Place as arranged...
PCS General Secretary SERWOTKA with members demonstrating outside the Law Courts against Labour’s attempt to destroy their redundancy agreement

‘BREATHTAKING ARROGANCE’ – PCS, GMB, Unite condemn coalitions’ attack!

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‘We will use all the means at our disposal to fight,’ PCS civil service union General Secretary Mark Serwotka declared yesterday. He accused the government...

Birmingham bin strike Megapicket

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Thirty-five Labour MPs have written a letter in support of the striking Birmingham bin workers ahead of their MEGAPICKET on Friday. Many hundreds of trade...

Russia takes Kherson & surrounds Mariupol

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YESTERDAY morning, one week after the start of their operation, Russian forces captured the main city in southern Ukraine, Kherson. Kherson is not far from...

US READY TO BOMB IRAQ – but Straw rejects Hersh warning as ‘nuts’

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Yesterday two warnings were given as to the critical situation in Iraq and of US plans to use tactical nuclear weapons against Iran. Award-winning US...

FBU strike ballot on pensions

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The Fire Brigades Union says the government’s pension proposals are ‘unacceptable’ and are consulting fire crews with a recommendation there is a rapid move...

Tories scrap 2 weeks cancer waiting times target – new boost for health...

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THE TORIES stepped up their onslaught on the NHS yesterday with the announcement of the scrapping of the requirement for patients with suspected cancer...

Energy Price Rise Bombshell

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UNISON leader Dave Prentis has warned that the massive 10 per cent price hike announced by the British Gas energy privateer yesterday will lead...

Venture Capitalists Are Targeting Sainsbury!

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Venture capitalists Texas Pacific and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts are this week expected to bid for the supermarket group, J Sainsbury. Their take-over will mean sackings,...

‘A BRIDGE TOO FAR’ – but Minister Gove remains in his job

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TEACHERS and heads unions yesterday welcomed education secretary Gove’s abandonment of plans to scrap GCSEs in key subjects in England and replace them with...

5th day of Haitian protests rage

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A fifth day of anti-government protests raged in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince and other cities on Monday, paralysing much of the country amid rising...