GM withdraws Europe loan applications

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General Motors announced yesterday that Opel/Vauxhall ‘have decided to withdraw all applications for government loan guarantees across Europe’. The GM statement said: ‘There have been...
Greek transport workers demonstration led by a cavalcade of 200 motorcyclists in Athens

‘AN UPRISING OF THE WORKING CLASS IS COMING’ – say Greek transport workers

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ABOUT 2,000 Greek public transport workers took part in a magnificent demonstration last Tuesday afternoon in Athens, against the government’s Transport Bill which slashes...

Israel steps up its Gaza genocide campaign!

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SCORES of Palestinian civilians were murdered and many others injured on Friday as the Israeli genocide campaign in Gaza continued for the 42nd day...

‘Unite, Rise Up And Resist The Invaders’

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President Saddam Hussein called on Iraqis to ‘unite, rise up and resist the invaders’, at his show trial yesterday. This prompted chief judge Rauf Abdel...

Farmers Descend On Parliament!

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HUNDREDS of farmers descended on Parliament on their tractors yesterday, demanding ‘Save Family Farming!’ Having driven to the capital from as far afield as Exmoor,...
Yesterday morning’s demonstration outside the headquarters of Network Rail at Euston

NO PAY RISE FOR YEARS! – end exploitation of rail cleaners say RMT

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MORE than 50 members of the RMT rail union demonstrated outside the headquarters of Network Rail at Euston yesterday morning, before picketing the Association...
ALEX ALVES PEREIRA (centre, foreground), grieving and angry cousin of Jean Charles de Menezes, accus

Parliament Cleaners Strike Today!

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Houses of Parliament cleaners will be on the picket line outside the House of Commons at 10am this morning. They will be joined by Labour’s...
An enthusiastic crowd gathers at the start of yesterday’s Al Quds march outside the Saudi Embassy in central London

Thousands March For Palestine

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‘PALESTINE in its entirety must be handed back to the Palestinians, from the River to the Sea,’ Rasa Maxim spokesperson for IHRC said yesterday...

Nurses Union Slams Low Pay Plan!

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THE Royal College of Nursing (RCN) yesterday warned that local pay will harm patient care. It did so as it slammed the plan by 20...

‘Mobilise to defeat this imperialist aggression’

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‘THE entire country must mobilise to defeat this imperialist aggression,’ the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela declared in a defiant statement yesterday. It said: ‘The Bolivarian...

Tories Causing NHS Crisis

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DOCTORS yesterday hit back at Tory Health Secretary Hunt, who had tried to claim that changes to GP contracts were to blame for A&E...
Junior doctors taking part in a mass demonstration in central London last month – they are preparing for three days strike action

Doctors prepare to strike – as Tories drive doctors out the NHS

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AS junior doctors are preparing for strike action for three days next month, there is mounting fury at the Tory government’s attacks on...
A massive demonstration in September makes it very clear that all refugees are welcome in the UK and that British workers are opposed to the bombing of Syria

2016–Year For Revolution!

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NEW YEAR’S MANIFESTO by the News Line Editorial Board THE News Line Editorial Board sends its revolutionary greetings for the New Year of 2016 to...
NUT and ATL members determined to defend state education lobbying against the mass forced academisation of schools

Hard-Pressed Schools Face Savage Cuts

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‘THE government plans the biggest real-term cuts in school funding since at least the late 1970s,’ warns the National Union of Teachers. The NUT has...
Up and down the country demonstrations are taking place against the government’s cuts – people are demanding ‘Where is the recovery?’

‘Part-time low-wage economy’

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THE UK unemployment rate fell to 7.4%, from 7.6% for the three months to September, according to figures released by the Office for National...
US troops humiliate a prisoner in Iraq

LONDON ALERT! – Police ordered to shoot to kill

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Yesterday, London was living off its nerves after reports of four explosions, three at underground stations and one on a bus. Police were given orders...

Tories are driven back over schools opening!

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THE PLAN for all primary school years in England to go back to school before the end of term has been dropped by the...

Israel Steps Up Terror Raids

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The Israel military yesterday continued its terror attacks on the West Bank and Gaza Strip. This followed a declaration by Acting Israeli Prime Minister Ehud...
Picturehouse cinema workers rally in Hackney during their strike action last October

Picturehouse Cinemas Strike Action Today!

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IN A REPEAT of one of the largest strikes in UK cinema history, that took place in February, five Picturehouse cinemas will be on...

UK Torture Pay-Outs!

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The BRITISH government is to pay millions of pounds in compensation to around a dozen British torture victims and former Guantanamo Bay detainees, it...
Strong TGWU picket line of DHL Exel workers who deliver from the Iceland distribution depot in Enfield  yesterday and had to face harassment, threats and intimidation from gangs of security guards

Strikebreakers Repelled!

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Striking drivers and warehouse workers at the Iceland distribution depot in Enfield told of brutal attempts yesterday to break their strike by contractor DHL...

Murdoch-Thatcher Wapping Deal

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Rupert Murdoch sought assurances from prime minister Thatcher in the 1980s about policing of print union strikes, the Leveson Inquiry has been told. In a...
Thousands of health workers and their supporters marched through Nottingham last Saturday demanding the defence of the NHS. They called to stop the privatisation of NHS Logistics

‘A PRIVATISATION TOO FAR’ – UNISON leader Prentis urges suspend NHS Logistics sell-off

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UNISON members at four NHS Logistics depots began a second 24 hour strike, last night at 10pm. Runcorn depot stopped at 11pm. The workers are...

UK a ‘bullying hypocrite!’ – says Bashar al-Assad

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SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has accused the UK government of bullying and hypocrisy in its bid to militarise the conflict in his country. In an...
Greek public sector workers rally in Salonika in support of striking teachers

Police Attack Greek Teachers

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POLICE brutally attacked the large teachers’ rallies which were held in all major Greek cities on Monday, as the primary schools teachers entered the...
Midwives, nurses and other NHS staff on the picket line at King’s College Hospital during the NHS strike on November 24th

STRIKE-BREAKERS!– being organised for Thursday’s NHS strike

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WITH talks between the NHS trade unions and health secretary Hunt due at 2pm today, in a bid to avert Thursday’s NHS strike, efforts...

MASSACRED BY BRITISH TROOPS – Iraqis demand damages and a public inquiry

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Lawyers yesterday revealed shocking allegations about the behaviour of British troops in Iraq. Martyn Day, senior partner at law firm Leigh Day & Co, and Phil Shiner of Public...

Gaza Children Die From Severe Cold

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JUMA AL-BATAN, a 20-day-old baby, died from ‘severe cold’ yesterday, while his twin brother remains in the intensive care unit at a local hospital,...

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...

‘TUC MUST ACT’ to win dispute says John McDonnell Labour MP

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GATE Gourmet strikers are travelling to the TUC Congress in Brighton on Monday demanding action to win their dispute from the TUC not...

UCU calls global boycott of Leicester University

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THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) yesterday announced a global boycott of the University of Leicester as the union hit the institution with the...

‘A CHILLING ATTACK ON THE PUBLIC SECTOR’ –Prentis condemns government cuts

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‘Prime Minister Cameron’s plans to slash public spending will hit the poor and the vulnerable,’ TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber warned yesterday. Commenting on ...

‘Stay Off Work From Next Monday’ Say Neu Leaders!

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MANY schools across the UK will not be able to remain open past the end of the week, say teachers’ leaders. ASCL general secretary Geoff...

Iran retains control of Strait of Hormuz

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THE Iranian nation and armed forces have imposed new realities on the battlefield that Washington and its allies must now accept,’ the Islamic Revolutionary...

‘Metropolitan police recruiting criminals’ – concludes police watchdog

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THE METROPOLITAN Police’s approach to tackling corruption within its ranks is ‘fundamentally flawed,’ an inspection by the police watchdog published yesterday concluded. It found the...
Striking SERCO workers at Barts NHS Trust at a rally at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday

‘WE WANT A PAY RISE’ say 200 Barts SERCO strikers

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‘WE WANT a pay rise!’ said over 200 striking Bart’s NHS Trust ancillary workers employed by privateer SERCO at the trust’s four London hospitals. The...
Confident striking BA cabin crew on the picket line at Heathrow yesterday

‘BRING ALL OF BA OUT’ say Heathrow pickets

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THERE were lively picket lines around Heathrow Airport yesterday, as the British Airways cabin crew took their 11th day of strike action in defence...

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...

Al-Araqib Village Stormed By Israeli Police

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Israeli police on Tuesday stormed a Bedouin village that was completely razed in July, levelling efforts to rebuild homes for the third time in...

41 Heathrow Airport Limited strikes

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UNITE has called ‘targeted’ strike action at Heathrow Airport Limited (HAL) from Friday 2nd April to Sunday 25th April, with 41 strikes over the...

New UCL rent strike –against rat and insect infestation

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INSECTS and rats have infested UCL students’ halls of residence sparking a new rent strike against the terrible conditions students are expected to live...
Local residents, staff, trade unionists and young people joined a march last November to oppose plans to close Chase Farm. They will march again on Saturday July 26 to save the hospital

‘Save Chase Farm – Save Lives’

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THERE was a lively campaign yesterday, as local people joined in and gave out leaflets for the North East London Council of...
A section of the TUC march on October 20th showing its determination to defend the NHS and the public sector

34 NHS TRUSTS IN DEFICIT – while NHS made £2 billion surplus

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IN A devastating report published yesterday on the NHS crisis, the Public Accounts Committee of MPs revealed that 34 NHS trusts are broke. The report...
News Line-Atua Conference: Sunday June 19

News Line-Atua Conference: Sunday June 19

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The News Line-All Trades Union Alliance is organising this conference this Sunday, 19 June, to build a leadership to lead a struggle inside the...
A strong happy and well-fed picket line at Stoke Newington Delivery Office insisted that their union was not going to be run by judges

Massive London Postal Strike Action

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PICKETS were out in force at Stoke Newington N16 Delivery Office in Hackney on Wednesday, day one of the London postal workers three day...