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Shipbreakers KHALANI ISMAIL (left), DHANANJAY YADAV (centre) and (right) VIDYADHAR RANE, secretary of the Mumbai Port Trust, Dock and General Employees’ Union

Shipbreakers Demand Action

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FIFTEEN per cent of the 65,000 workers employed in scrapping ships at sites on India’s west coast are suffering from asbestosis. The shocking statistic...
In April 2012 Kenyans took their case to the High Court demanding compensation for the massive slaughter of up to 90,000 Kenyans by the British colonial  administration in the 1950s and 60s

90,000 Kenyans executed – £19.9m compensation

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UK Foreign Secretary Hague yesterday expressed ‘sincere regret’ and announced compensation totalling £19.9m for Kenyans who were tortured during the Mau Mau uprising in...

Blair’s Market – For Both Health And Education

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Prime Minister Blair yesterday announced plans for a ‘system of independent, self-governing state schools’, and an education ‘market based on choice’, with changes being...
Over 1,000 people marched through Norwich last month against the Arts Council cuts

MASSACRE OF THE ARTS! – Arts Council withdraws grants from 184 organisations

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A total of 184 arts organisations have had 100 per cent of their funding withdrawn, Arts Council England announced yesterday. While it said that 17...

CONFIDENCE IS EVAPORATING! – say the CBI bosses

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THE UK economy is ‘in a bad place, with confidence evaporating’, the head of the UK’s biggest employers’ organisation has warned. John Cridland, director general...

‘Heathrow sits on mountain of cash while sacking 4,000’ says Unite as strike ballot...

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‘HEATHROW’S cash mountain should be used to help low paid staff threatened by “fire and rehire”,’ Unite said yesterday. Heathrow workers are currently being...
Greek hospital workers demanding free health care for all. Their banner declares ‘All together we will win!’

Greek workers march against cuts and privatisation!

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THREE thousand hospital workers, Metro workers, primary school teachers and pensioners marched through Greece’s capital, Athens last Wednesday. The day of strike action was against...
FBU members from the Midlands with their banner on last October’s TUC demonstration against austerity

West Midlands firefighters strike looms – over 300 jobs threatened

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FIREFIGHTERS in the West Midlands have warned they could be forced to take industrial action over plans to cut 300 firefighting posts, leaving the...

George Floyd murder trial begins ‘Whole world is watching’

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‘GEORGE Floyd was living, breathing, walking and talking just fine until the police put him face down in handcuffs and put a knee on...
Irish Congress of trade Unions demonstration in Dublin in September highlighting the 455,000 unemployed – set for a massive increase with the austerity budget

Irish Workers March Against Austerity

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The President and the General Secretary of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) have urged people to join today’s national demonstration in Dublin,...

TGWU must defend BA shop stewards say GateGourmet workers

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‘We have rejected the deal between the TGWU leaders and Gate Gourmet and put in for our employment tribunals. ‘The TGWU and TUC leaders...

STAND TOGETHER!–RMT urges Southern rail staff

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THE RMT transport union yesterday called on Southern rail staff to stand together and reject a divisive and tainted company plan to destroy safety...

Iraqi Death Toll Reaches New Hihe

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THE death toll of civilians in Iraq reached a new high of 3,709 in October, with sectarian violence to blame for most of the...

Warsi expenses row

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TORY party co-chair and Cabinet member, Baroness Warsi, has become involved in an expenses row. She has admitted failing to declare rental...

70th anniversary of Chinese Revolution!

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CHINA has celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding with a massive military parade in Beijing showing off some of the world’s most advanced...

1,000 WORKERS MARCH ON ORGREAVE ANNIVERSARY – Corbyn pledges Labour government inquiry!

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UP TO A thousand workers from both Yorkshire and across the country marched to the 35th Battle of Orgreave memorial rally on Saturday. They marched...
Workers taking strike action over pensions in Oxford – are being supported by the Young Socialists

Oxford Mini Plant Out Over Pensions!

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A 24-HOUR strike by BMW workers making car engines and the Mini took place on Sunday in Oxford and Swindon. The other strike dates...
A strong picket line at Middlesex University yesterday saw the students union supporting members of Unite and the UCU who were striking to defend their jobs

Strike Action To Defend Uni Jobs

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STRIKE action took place yesterday across the three campuses of Middlesex University with lecturers and staff picketing every entrance against the threat of 300...
WRP candidate for Camberwell and Peckham, AMINATA SELLU (holding poster), with some of her supporters

Vote Wrp Vote Aminata Sellu For Camberwell & Peckham

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ON THURSDAY evening workers in the Samlak cafe on Southampton Way, Camberwell showed support for Aminata Sellu, WRP candidate for Camberwell & Peckham. Aminata...

‘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...

San Antonio Symphony Orchestra Strike

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SAN ANTONIO Symphony Orchestra musicians have called a strike after management imposed a binding new contract on them from September 13. The Texan San Antonio...
Grenfell Tower survivors and supporters condemn the Tories for their deregulation and fire service cuts which led to the inferno

Grenfell Tower management sacked – after meeting between survivors and May

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THE Tenant Management Organisation which manages Grenfell Tower is to be stripped of its responsibilities for the west London estate, Tory Prime Minister Theresa...
TGWU Gate Gourmet sacked workers defied their TGWU union leaders and refused to accept the Compromise Agreement which gave away all their legal  and trade union rights. Their struggle continues today – 21 months later – and they remain determined to end t

Gate Gourmet Moves To Cut Wages!

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Thirty drivers at airline caterers Gate Gourmet are furious after receiving letters from the company telling them to accept pay cuts. The Transport and General...
Lobby of Waltham Forest council meeting last month to win support for the campaign against the closure of Whipps X Hospital A&E

DEFICITS NOT PATIENT CARE! – driving Blair’s NHS plans

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Shocked health unions yesterday warned against prime minister Blair’s plans to close a large number of District General Hospitals’ Accident & Emergency...

GMB denounces May’s NHS plan

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‘How does the government expect to deliver everything promised in the plan without the staff to deliver the services,’ asked GMB union yesterday in...

‘Last Ditch Talks’ Over NHS Pay

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Health unions yesterday warned the government that if it fails to improve on its pay-cutting offer they will proceed with strike ballots. UNISON said: ‘New...
Colonel Daoud Musa, father of Baha Musa (who was tortured to death by British troops)  outside the High Court with Public Interest lawyers in 2004

Iraqis killed, abused and tortured by British troops

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Scores of Iraqis were at the High Court in London yesterday demanding an Independent Public Inquiry into allegations that British interrogators abused, killed and...

RMT WALKS OUT! –as King heaps praise on TUC’s Barber

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The RMT delegation walked out of the conference hall in Manchester yesterday as Bank of England governor Mervyn King stood up to warn the...

GROSS MISCONDUCT – officer being investigated

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The officer who restrained 20-year-old Rashan Charles in Dalston, East London shortly before he died on July 22 is being investigated for gross misconduct. Rashan...

Round the clock GPs slammed

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TORY leader Cameron is today unveiling measures to force GPs to open from 8.00 to 8.00pm and on Saturdays and Sundays. The hours change is...
Young Socialists marching through east London to last year’s News Line Anniversary on November 21. They had marched from  Manchester to London demanding jobs for youth and warning workers that the only way to deal with the Tory-led coalition was to bring

‘THROW COALITION OUT!’ – YS leader says angry workers will rise up

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JOSHUA Ogunleye, National Secretary of the Young Socialists, told News Line yesterday: ‘The huge rise in youth unemployment to over the one million mark...
The Young Socialists marched from London to the TUC Congress to demand action to secure real jobs at trade union rates of pay for youth

‘Only one in forty new jobs is full time’ – says TUC

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ONLY one in every forty new jobs since the onset of the crash in 2008 is full-time, with the other 39 either part-time...

UCL Condemned For Going To The Law Courts!

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‘UCL Stand for Justice’ has condemned the north London university for going to the courts and smearing its campaign in support of Palestine and...

£1,000 A Year Energy Bills!

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Consumer and pensioners organisations yesterday slammed massive inflation-busting gas and electricity price rises announced by energy giant Powergen. Watchdog Energywatch warned that consumers face...

GATE GOURMET IS FACING HUGE FINE – lawyers plead it had to sack first...

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GATE GOURMET has admitted at a Reading employment tribunal, hearing eight of the remaining 70 cases, that it wrongfully dismissed the eight at...

IRAN FREES SAILORS – as a gift to the British people

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‘Although Iran has the right to prosecute them by following the model of the Prophet, the fifteen people are pardoned and their freedom given...

Inflation Surge!

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inflation leapt in December with the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) rising to 3.7 per cent, up from 3.3 per cent in November, and the...

GPs ANGRY OVER PENSIONS CAP!

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A JUDICIAL Review sought by the British Medical Association to challenge the government’s decision to cap the pensions of GPs will take place in...

Corbyn Attacks ‘No Deal’ Brexit At Tuc Conference!

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn made a ‘project fear’ speech at the TUC in Brighton yesterday, in which he described a No-Deal Brexit as a...

TORIES SPLIT – Johnson faces revolt over new restrictions

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‘I WANT to see this community testing which has been successful in Liverpool rolled out right across the tier three areas, as much as...

Chronic NHS Staff Shortages At Guy’s And St Thomas’

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CHRONIC staff shortages, concerns about patient safety and plunging morale at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are the key findings of a...

GREEK GENERAL STRIKE – for workers’ rights against privatisation

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A massive strike wave is taking place against the Greek right-wing government this week as workers are staging national strikes, including a general strike...

Ingram misled parliament over Baha Mousa hooding

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ADAM Ingram – Armed Forces Minister during the British occupation of southern Iraq in 2003 – has admitted wrongly informing MPs that Baha Mousa...
Delegates vote at the BMA Annual Representative Meeting in Brighton

‘DON’T MESS WITH OUR JOBS AND PENSIONS!’ says BMA’s Meldrum

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THE BMA’s Chairman, Dr Hamish Meldrum, fired a warning shot at the government yesterday as he opened the Association’s annual conference in Brighton. His...

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,...