NHS HANDS OVER £26m TO PRIVATEERS

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A NEW investigation carried out by the BMA has discovered that private consultancy firms have been paid at least £26m by the NHS as...

‘SERIOUS DANGER TO PATIENT SAFETY’ –from Ambulance Service privatisation

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Public service union, Unison has warned of the serious dangers to patient safety if the Ambulance Services are privatised. This comes after the East of...

Israel kills 45 women and children in Rafah tent camp massacre

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ISRAELI forces bombed a camp housing displaced people in a designated ‘safe zone’ in Rafah on Sunday night, killing at least 45 Palestinians, most...

Suspend inquiry unless panellist immediately replaced say Grenfell campaigners

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THE SECOND phase of the inquiry into the Grenfell Tower Fire began yesterday with families and friends of the 72 men, women and children...
Greek youth marching to demand the end of the dictatorship of the European Central Bank

‘EUROZONE FACING A SYSTEM FAILURE’ says EC president Barroso

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The debt crisis is now eating at the heart of the Eurozone, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso warned yesterday. He urged all 27 EU...

Imperial College No Confidence Vote Against Gast & Sanderson!

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STAFF at Imperial College London have voted ‘no confidence’ in the university’s President Alice Gast and Muir Sanderson Chief Financial Officer demanding that they...
MARIA OTONE DE MENEZES (centre) holds a picture of her son Jean Charles De Menezes on a march to parliament

‘I THOUGHT POLICE WERE FANATICS’ – tube driver tells Menezes inquest

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A Tube driver risked getting electrocuted and fled into a tunnel at Stockwell station because he was terrified that ‘fanatics’ had shot dead Jean...

Cuts To Legal Aid Deny Non-UK Residents Justice

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MP’s are voting today in parliament over controversial plans to cut legal aid which legal charity Reprieve say will see ‘torture victims denied their...
‘Stop using – chemical weapons!’, ‘Indian army – go home!’, ‘Tamil Tigers – freedom fighters!’ chanted the 300-strong demonstration opposite the Houses of Parliament yesterday afternoon

Tigers Not Using Tamils As Shields

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‘PRAMESH gets weaker every day but his spirits are high,’ 18-year-old student Janani Paramsothy, told News Line yesterday on the 24-hour picket on the...

‘DON’T RETURN US TO SLAVERY!’ – migrant workers demonstrate

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HUNDREDS of migrant domestic workers will be gathering in Old Palace Yard, Westminster at 11.00 am this Sunday to demonstrate against the government’s proposed...
‘Free us from private landlords’ shouted Chagos Islanders outside Crawley Town Hall yesterday

Chagos Islanders demonstrate for their rights

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Motorists honked their horns in support of the Chagossian islanders who marched through the pouring rain to Crawley Town Hall yesterday, to demonstrate against...

FOODBANK USE ROCKETS! – huge demand for emergency food supplies

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THE number of emergency food supplies given out by Farnborough Foodbank has risen by 5.27% in the last year. Farnborough Foodbank is part of The...
BA cabin crew on the picket line at Heathrow on Saturday morning

‘We will win’ say BA strikers

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STRIKING British Airways cabin crew are calling for the rest of the British Airways workforce to be brought out on strike alongside them. They are...
‘Defend Lewisham Bridge School’ campaigners joined by students from Goldsmiths College demonstrating against Brown yesterday

HANDS OFF OUR SCHOOLS! – parents lobby Brown

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ANGRY parents occupying the roof of Lewisham Bridge Primary School and students from Goldsmiths College demonstrated against Prime Minister Brown when he arrived...
RMT members emphasising cuts cost lives

RMT STRIKE BANNED! –Ruling class justice at work

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THE High Court yesterday followed up its decision to ban strike action at British Airways at Christmas by banning strike action at Network Rail...

May Finished!

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PM MAY is to meet with Graham Brady, chairman of the 1922 Committee of backbench MPs, to agree a timetable for her departure as...

Full support for Al-Quds Day protest on Sunday!

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NEWS LINE completely condemns the unprecedented decision by the government to ban the peaceful Al-Quds March on Sunday and only allow a ‘static’ protest. Last...
Enthusiastic Unison strikers at London Metropolitan University, Holloway Road, yesterday lunchtime

London Met Job Cuts Battle

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UNISON members at London Metropolitan University took strike action yesterday in the latest round of their struggle against job cuts, as the...

Tories drop debate and vote

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THE GOVERNMENT has dropped the debate and vote on The Financial Services Bill which seeks to secure funds that can be released if there...

Bus Drivers Determined To Win!

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LONDON bus drivers employed by French government-owned privateer RATP took their third day of strike action against £2,500 pay cuts yesterday, with another two...

Blair Calls For Intervenion In Somalia And Sudan

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Prime Minister Blair yesterday said UK forces had to be ready for action in Sudan and Somalia as part of a policy of foreign...

Iran declares ‘historic & crushing defeat’ for USA

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IRAN yesterday declared a ‘historic and crushing defeat’ of the United States and the Israeli regime after 40 days of war. It announced that Washington...

Assad visits Damascus Catholic church

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SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has made a visit to a Christian church in an eastern suburb of the capital Damascus as Christmas is approaching. Assad...

SCRAP THE BEDROOM TAX! – a third of all tenants in rent arrears

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SINCE the bedroom tax came into force this year, one in three council tenants have fallen behind in their rent, the TUC’s False Economy...

Tube Strike Brings London To A Standstill!

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POWERFUL picket lines continue outside London rail depots this morning as the RMT Tube union completes this week’s first 24-hour strike at 12noon today,...

SANDERS TO STAND

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US Senator Bernie Sanders announced yesterday that he will run again for president in 2020, making a second attempt to win the Democratic Party’s...

GOURMET CRISIS! – Siegel flies back to the USA

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THERE WERE no talks yesterday between the TGWU and Gate Gourmet bosses after its chairman David Siegel flew back to the US for crisis...
Immigrant workers marching in Athens during Thursday’s one-day strike

One Million Strike In Greece

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HUNDREDS of thousands of workers and youth took part in mass rallies and marches in all Greek cities and towns on Thursday as part...
Part of the huge general strike rally last Thursday on the duel carriageway outside the occupied ERT in Athens

Ert Occupation Is A Centre For The Greek Revolution!

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TENS of thousands of Greek workers and youth are congregating every day and every night at the occupied ERT (State TV and Radio) building...
‘We all support Colonel Gadaffi’ demonstrating Libyan students insisted outside Downing Street yesterday

LIBYA DEFIANT! – After Gadaffi assassination attempt fails

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‘DOWN, DOWN Cameron, Down, Down Sarkozy, Down Down Obama,’ chanted hundreds of angry Libyan students outside 10 Downing Street yesterday afternoon, holding up pictures...
Greek school students demonstrating in Athens last Friday against the police killing of a 15-year-old boy. Continuous protests, strikes and fighting with the police has taken place across Greece for the last week since the shooting

‘the Last Days Of The Karamanlis Government’

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GREEK police made hundreds of arrests as students and youth continued the mass demonstrations against the government in Athens and all major cities. On...
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...
Two thousand teachers and Unison members marched through Tower Hamlets yesterday

Public sector workers strike action

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STRIKING teachers and other public sector workers marched through Camden and Tower Hamlets yesterday. The vibrant demonstration and rally of 500 Camden NUT members was...

Mass Delhi rally called against power privatisation!

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WORKERS in the power industry across India will hold a massive rally in Delhi on November 23 against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022, which...

25,000 Bank Jobs At Risk

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The Unite union yesterday warned that up to 25,000 banking jobs are at risk with the government’s plan to sell off the profitable parts...
Junior doctors remain angry at Hunt’s attempts to dictate to them – they will be taking strike action over three days

3 Days Of Junior Doctors Strike Action

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THE BMA has today confirmed the dates and details of possible industrial action by junior doctors, following a decision by BMA Council, the body...
Palestinians carrying a badly injured  child as a result of an Israeli bombing of flats in Gaza

UK STOP STARVING THE PALESTINIANS – Recognise the Hamas government!

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Israel’s brutal occupation of the Palestinian people has created refugees, death squads, and now starvation in Gaza, and hunger throughout the occupied territories. Thousands...

Bombardier Mass Sackings

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BOMBARDIER announced the sack for over 1,000 Belfast workers yesterday, as a portion of 7,000 sackings they are planning worldwide over the next two...
Save Charing Cross campaigners at the Unite lobby of parliament against Clause 119 of the Care Bill which gives the government sweeping powers to close hospitals without consultation

Stop hospital closures!

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OVER 100 workers and youth lobbied parliament yesterday afternoon ahead of a vote on the government’s Care Bill which includes the hated ‘Clause 119’...

‘Dreadful Outlook For Wages!’

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LIVING standards are the worst since the last war ‘if not since the 1920s’, the leader of the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) declared...
Confident CWU strikers at the Greenford Mail Centre in west London yesterday morning

THIS A WAR WE HAVE TO WIN! – postal workers tell News Line

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THE programme of rolling strike action by the Communication Workers Union – in opposition to Royal Mail’s plans to cut wages, add five years...

‘don’t Close Heart Units’

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PARENTS yesterday spoke out in opposition to the closure of four specialist children’s heart units. The ‘Safe and Sustainable’ review of children’s heart surgery...
Greek workers and youth marching in Athens against mass sackings and demanding permanent jobs

2010 – year for revolutions! NEW YEAR MANIFESTO by News Line Editorial Board

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NEWS LINE sends its revolutionary greetings for 2010 to the working class and the poor of the planet. We especially greet the insurgent masses...

Blair Profiles Poor For Special Measures

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PRIME Minister Blair yesterday revealed his plan to use the same profiling techniques that are being used to identify ‘terrorists’ to identify...