Russia, Ukraine & US are set to talk in the UAE as the war...
RUSSIAN, Ukrainian and US negotiators are set to hold talks in the United Arab Emirates, marking the first meeting involving all three countries since...
BLAIR WARNING FOR CHAVEZ AND EVO MORALES – at EU-Americas talks
UK Prime Minister Blair yesterday attacked the Bolivian and Venezuelan presidents over their moves to end the foreign exploitation of their countries’ gas...
COVER-UP – Grieving families condemn Network Rail
PARENTS of two young girls killed on an Essex level crossing in 2005 accused Network Rail of a cover-up yesterday, after the rail privateer...
‘Unions need to stand together to properly defend the NHS!’
THERE were three sets of NHS workers on strike at the Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday, the domestic and catering workers, the pathologists...
SCHOOLCHILDREN WALK OUT! – against Edinburgh closures
Children at two Edinburgh schools yesterday staged a walkout of classes as part of a campaign against the planned closure of 22 schools and...
Syria Goes To The Polls
SYRIANS were voting in parliamentary elections yesterday, with the ceasefire holding and the Syrian government gaining more ground against terrorists in the war-hit country. Over...
Call Off The Talks!
‘Our union executive should immediately call off the talks with Royal Mail until the threats of redundancy, total flexibility, and attacks on our pension...
Ldv: No Jobs Guarantee
Hundreds of workers at the Birmingham-based LDV van plant were yesterday warned there is no guarantee they will have a job after a...
BACKWARD BRITAIN! – Reading University axes Physics
Students and lecturers at Reading University yesterday condemned Monday’s decision to axe the university’s Physics Department. Philip Diamond of the Institute of Physics said the...
CRIMINALS ARE TREATED BETTER! – than detainees at Yarl’s Wood Immigration Removal Centre
‘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...
‘Israel wants to erase the Palestinian nation – now is the time to act’
‘THE question here today is not why we are sailing. The story is not at all about the mission we are about to embark....
CRASH GOES INDUSTRY! – while A&L profits fall to £2m
A group from ‘Tent City’ occupation in Wembley occupied the London headquarters of ARK (Actual Return for Kids) the proposed sponsors of the Wembley...
‘We have to join with other unions’ say the firefighters
THE Fire Brigades Union has welcomed an offer from the government in Northern Ireland that would allow firefighters to retire at 55 without financial...
Gadaffi – fighting alongside his soldiers – says Juburi
MISH'AN al-Juburi, director of the Al-Ra’y Satellite Channel, has said that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gadaffi is still in Libya fighting side by side...
All Out For Gate Gourmet Rally!
‘WE ARE marching for a future where no employer can sack 800 workers by megaphone at a minute’s notice and where trade union leaders...
NHS trusts proceeding with £20bn cuts
NHS bosses have started to implement the £20 billion savage cuts programme, officially described as ‘efficiency savings’, that the new Tory government insists must...
Families are struggling with cost of living admits Reeves
FOOD, clothing, footwear, fuel, non-alcoholic drinks, alcohol, tobacco, and gig & play tickets all rose at a faster pace last month, leading to another...
Palestinian Killed At Point Blank Range
VIDEO footage has emerged showing a Palestinian being shot in the head by an Israeli soldier at point-blank range despite lying motionless and severely...
5,000-strong London Al-Quds Day rally!
A POWERFUL Al-Quds Day 5,000-strong rally took place on the Albert Embankment on the south side of the River Thames yesterday afternoon from 1pm-3pm. The...
Police attack Greek pension cuts protest
FIERCE battles took place outside the Greek parliament building (the Vouli) on Sunday night as riot police attacked the 30,000 youth, workers and poor...
GAZA WILL BE PART OF THE STATE OF PALESTINE – says President Abbas’ spokesman
IN response to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s so-called day-after plan for Gaza, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman for President Mahmoud Abbas, said yesterday that: ‘Gaza...
Nurses sleep on wards – as hospitals hit 100% capacity
HOSPITAL staff are sleeping on hospital wards during this extreme weather to ensure that patients get treated. They are working in extremely...
54,000 youth DNA tested!
POLICE take a DNA sample from a child every ten minutes in England and Wales, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform...
General Strike Overdue
TUC general secretary Frances O’Grady has said on the eve of the annual TUC Congress, that unions may come together in co-ordinated strike action...
Tens of thousands rally in Athens
Tens of thousands of workers and youth participated in yet another mass rally outside the Vouli (Greek parliament) in Athens yesterday, demanding the overthrow...
‘We need to reassure the markets’ says Truss as she sacks Chancellor Kwarteng
THE TORY party’s putrefaction continued yesterday with Prime Minister Liz Truss’ sacking of her ‘great friend’, Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng, followed by a four-minute statement...
Low pay ‘endemic’ 4.1m in serious debt
AN EXTRA 94,000 people were in work at the end of the latest three-month period, however it now emerges that the unemployment figures have...
‘US-Eu Stop Supporting Nazi Coup!’
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...
60% Of Sadr City Dead Are Women And Children
THE Sadr City region of Baghdad is facing a humanitarian catastrophe with tens of thousands of residents cut off from clean water, food and...
Israel sentences child to 10 years – Syria launches new offensive in Idlib
ISRAEL has sentenced a Palestinian child, Hammoudeh Khader Sheikh, to 10 years in prison, Quds News Network reported yesterday. The boy, 15, from occupied East...
UK Grinds To A Halt!
THE UK economy ground to a halt in the three months to June 30, with Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up just 0.2 per...
‘Bully’ Brown Puts Targets Before Healthcare
THE BMA yesterday condemned the Brown government for putting the drive to reach its political targets before patient healthcare. ‘We are being bullied so...
World Stockmarkets Shudder!
Billions of pounds were wiped off share prices in London yesterday, as oil prices surged back towards the March high of $57 a barrel. Brent...
Striking Doctors Besiege Tories In Manchester
STRIKING Junior Doctors and Consultants are laying siege to the Conservative Party Conference in Manchester today, determined to defend the NHS against vicious Tory...
WHITEWASH! – says Ian Tomlinson’s widow
JULIA TOMLINSON walked out in anger yesterday from the Metropolitan Police Disciplinary Inquiry into the role of PC Harwood in her husband’s death crying...
Emi – 2,000 Jobs To Go
EMI is to announce tomorrow that 2,000 jobs are to go as part of a major restructuring plan. Jobs will go throughout the company,...
UCU Fights Mass Sackings
The University and College Union (UCU) has slammed Manchester College after it was revealed that it is paying its top earner almost £200,000, while...
BAILIFFS DEFIED – Enfield Visteon workers maintain occupation
THE Visteon car parts plant, in Enfield, once owned by Ford, is still occupied by over 100 workers who are defending their jobs and...
Gate Gourmet has to be central question for TUC Crow tells pickets
THE Gate Gourmet mass picket at Heathrow airport was visited yesterday by RMT general secretary Bob Crow, along with a number of RMT executive...
100 years of the Russian Revolution Lectures
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PROTECT OCCUPATIONAL PENSIONS – demand unions
Workers who lost their pensions when their firm went bust gave a cautious welcome to a second High Court victory yesterday. The court rejected an...
400 nurses and other NHS workers strike over safety and pay!
DAY surgery operating theatre nurses at St Thomas’ Hospital opposite Parliament are striking again today against having their shift times forcibly extended again! The 50...
Father of Yellow Vest whose hand blown off to sue
THE FATHER of the Yellow Vest protester who had his hand blown off by a gas grenade in Paris on Saturday says he plans...
Occupiers won’t quit ERT
‘COME and get it if you dare!’ was the defiant reply of the ERT (Greek state TV and Radio network) workers’ union POSPERT to...
‘Great support for march’
GATE Gourmet locked-out workers are getting great support for their march through Hounslow on Saturday. Saturday’s march assembles at 1.00pm (see advert on this...