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30,000 March Against Cornish NHS Cuts

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The organisers of the biggest demonstration so far in defence of the NHS, a huge 30,000-strong march against NHS cuts in Cornwall, yesterday slammed...
Nurses on the Save the NHS march last month are now preparing all-out strike action over wages

270,000 Nurses consider taking strike action!

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MORE than a quarter of a million nurses could be balloted in May for immediate strike action to smash the Tory pay freeze. The...

Assad seeking ‘strategic response’ to Israeli attack

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PRESIDENT Bashar al Assad has outlined to Lebanese visitors that he is seeking a ‘strategic response’ to the recent Israeli air strike on the...
Israeli state forces clash with Palestinian youth in the West Bank

Israel Getting Ready To Annex West Bank

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ADALAH, the Legal Centre for Arab Minority Rights in Israel, warned on Monday that the Israeli government’s response to the petition, filed to the...

NHS care to be shifted out of OUR hospitals!

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UNDER plans unveiled by the government, NHS care in England will be significantly shifted out of hospitals and into newly proposed ‘neighbourhood health centres’. Prime...
The front of the march to the News Line Anniversary rally which got an enthusiastic response throughout the route through East London

‘Forward to workers power’

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OVER 300 workers and youth marched from the Altab Ali Park in Aldgate East yesterday afternoon through Whitechapel to the News Line Anniversary Rally...
Medical staff and other hospital workers marching from Royal London Hospital to Bart’s Hospital in March to defend the NHS

GOVERNMENT MUST TELL US THE TRUTH! – Meldrum to tell BMA conference

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‘I will remind the audience on Monday, at the BMA ARM that it is a huge privilege to have the trust of our...

Bank of E fears Barclays exposure to EU debt

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UK banks do not have enough capital to withstand an escalation in the eurozone crisis, the Bank of England’s risk regulator has warned. The minutes...

Assange hearing adjourned after Covid fears for lawyer – his supporters block the street

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ON DAY four yesterday of the Old Bailey hearing deciding the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the proceedings were adjourned until Monday while...
Young Socialist marchers got a great reception from students at Northampton College

Marchers speak at Northampton College

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The Young Socialists March for Jobs set out from Northampton for Bedford yesterday morning. The marchers sent out an advance team to recruit new members...

‘We Are Fighting For Reinstatement’

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WHILST maintaining their daily picket near Heathrow Airport Terminal 4, Gate Gourmet locked-out workers are campaigning for their march through Hounslow on Saturday March...

NUT to strike on July 5

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THE NUT has announced that members in England have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action to protect pay and working conditions. In the...

General Strike For Palestine!

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YESTERDAY, on Al- Quds Day, thousands of people took to the streets of London in a powerful march orchestrated by the Justice for Palestine...

NHS Pay Cutting Continues!

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NHS workers including nurses, paramedics, therapists and midwives face another year of financial hardship following the government decision to impose a one per cent...

LONDON FACES STANDSTILL! – as thousands of Metroline busworkers vote to strike

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LONDON is set to be brought to a standstill after thousands of bus workers employed by the privateer Metroline have voted overwhelmingly for strike...

Fresh Rail Gourmet strikes called

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TRANSPORT union RMT confirmed yesterday that Rail Gourmet staff at Edinburgh Waverley will be going ahead with a new phase of strike action in...

Chancellor Reeves in crisis as government borrowing soars!

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CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves is facing mounting pressure as government borrowing soars far beyond expectations, alongside new signs of economic decline. In the year to March,...

‘SET A SPEEDY UNILATERAL DATE FOR WITHDRAWAL FROM IRAQ’ TUC demands of Blair government

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THE Trades Union Congress yesterday voted unanimously to ‘call on the British government to set its own unilateral date for an early and speedy...
Unite busworkers marching in central London in September at the launch of their ‘Driving Up Pay’ campaign

London Bus Strike Today

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BUS workers across London are on strike today over an escalating battle over pay. The 24-hour strike is over the refusal of London’s 18 bus...

Walthamstow Public Meeting: Quit EU in October! – October 24th, 2019

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News Line & Workers Revolutionary Party Public meetings: Trade unions must act to make sure we quit EU on October 31st! For a workers government and...

Mark Duggan Inquest Opens

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‘WE HAVE been provided with nothing but lies, misinformation and delay,’ Pam Duggan, the mother of Mark Duggan said yesterday, on the opening day...

CUTS FOR THE WORKERS – tax cuts for the rich

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TORY Chancellor Osborne delivered a class war Budget yesterday offering whole swathes of new tax breaks for the rich, while hammering benefits, public services,...

Brown Wants 3 Years Of Wage Cutting

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THE GMB and PCS unions came out against Prime Minister Brown and Chancellor Darling’s plan to impose three-year pay settlements on public sector workers...

54,000 Mothers A Year Lose Jobs

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AHEAD of the House of Commons debate yesterday, the GMB Trade Union says an estimated 54,000 women lose their jobs every year due to...

Tory Rwanda plan unlawful

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THE TORY plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda was yesterday dismissed by the Supreme Court, ending over 18 months of legal battles in...
Pickets at Heathrow during the 2010 cabin crew strike that brought in cut-price cabin crew

Cabin Crew Strike Over Poverty Pay!

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THOUSANDS of cabin crew working for British Airways ‘Mixed Fleet’ have voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action over poverty pay and broken promises. Seventy-nine...

‘Get ready for a General Election’ says Corbyn

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‘TODAY we put ourselves on notice. Labour is preparing for a general election in 2017,’ said Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn concluding his hour-long speech...
Campaigners on a demonstration against the closure of two community hospitals in Lowestoft

Community hospitals are shut – patients sent to private care homes

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THE meeting of the Great Yarmouth and Waveney Clinical Commissioning Group (Health East) last Friday was met by angry protesters organised by Lowestoft Against...

DEFIANT SADDAM – refuses to recognise stooge court

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Saddam Hussein yesterday insisted he was the president of Iraq, and refused to recognise the US appointed court, declining to give his name or...

Tens of thousands rally in Athens

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Tens of thousands of workers and youth participated in yet another mass rally outside the Vouli (Greek parliament) in Athens yesterday, demanding the overthrow...

TORIES ARE FORCING NURSES TO STRIKE – says Cullen

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NURSES will strike across Britain on Thursday 15th & Tuesday 20th December, the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) announced yesterday. ‘Strike action will happen in...

GREEK RIOT POLICE ATTACK PROTEST! – thousands march against Police State Bill

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FROM NICK AXARLIS IN ATHENS SCORES of Greek armed riot police attacked thousands of workers and students with tear-gas and noise-smoke grenades last Thursday night...
Our West Hendon campaigners determined to defend their homes and their rights

No To West Hendon Evictions!

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TENANTS and leaseholders are protesting in Tyrrel Way, West Hendon, north London from 7am today, against the eviction threat to 250 families...

100bn euros for Spanish banks! – 21,000 euros of new debt for every Spaniard

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THERE was fury across Spain yesterday after prime minister Mariano Rajoy hailed a eurozone ‘lifeline’ of up to 100 billion euros ($125 billion) to...
Young people in one of the tents in the camp discussing their activities for the day

Police Raid Climate Camp

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POLICE raided the Climate Change camp on the perimeter of Heathrow Airport on Tuesday evening, with the aim of intimidating protesters, News Line was...
MPs, councillors and local residents demonstrated yesterday in Westminster to oppose the closure of the  A&Es in four West London hospitals – Ealing, Central Middlesex, Hammersmith and Charing Cross

REPEAL THE HEALTH ACT! – BMA delegates reject leader’s advice to quit fight

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DELEGATES to the British Medical Association (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) in Bournemouth yesterday voted for a ‘campaign by the BMA to repeal the...

UK ECONOMY IS CRASHING! – facing its biggest ever slump

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TORY CHANCELLOR SUNAK yesterday said it is ‘very likely’ the UK is in a ‘significant recession’, as figures show the economy contracting at the...
WRP candidate JONTY LEFF is getting great support for the party’s policies from young people

Vote WRP Vote Leff in Hackney South and Shoreditch

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‘I AM voting for Jonty Leff Workers Revolutionary Party because I want the Tories out and I want a party which is going to...

STOPPED 25 TIMES! –Stuart Lawrence accuses police of racism

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STUART LAWRENCE, the brother of murdered black teenager Stephen Lawrence, has complained to the Metropolitan Police that officers have stopped and searched him 25...

Israel opens fire on Palestinians – dozens killed and wounded!

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Israeli occupation forces (IOF) opened fire on civilians gathered near its GHF (Gaza Humanitarian Foundation) site in Rafah, southern Gaza again yesterday, killing at...

Speaker blocks vote on Brexit deal – Parliamentary Committee to investigate his impartiality!

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AS EXPECTED, the Speaker of the House John Bercow yesterday blocked Parliament from voting on the new Brexit deal with the EU. Announcing his judgement...
There was a very lively picket at Mile End station where pickets agreed that the big issue was safety

DEFIANT TUBE STRIKERS! –determined to defend safety and jobs

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London traffic was gridlocked during yesterday’s 24-hour strike, as Tube workers on picket lines expressed their determination to defend jobs and safety. At Mile End...
March around Sussex University Campus during the occupation on 25th March 2013 – they have now resumed their occupation

Birmingham Occupation Spreads To Sussex

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THE occupation by University of Birmingham students of the Aston Webb building is continuing in defiance of the High Court Injunction secured by the...

STOP UK’s ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL DEMAND 100+ MPS

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OVER ONE hundred British MPs have demanded an immediate cessation of the UK’s arms sales to Israel amidst the ongoing conflict in Gaza. This request...

UK banks £60bn black hole

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THE UK’s ‘big four’ banks face a financial black hole of up to £60bn from regulatory demands, hidden losses, and potential mis-selling costs that...