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Oil $146 A Barrel – Gm Is Going Broke

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The price of oil continued to soar yesterday, with Brent crude rising above $146 per barrel (p.b.) for the first time ever. Brent crude...

50 MILLION REFUGEES! – warns Amnesty

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‘IN 2013, for the first time since World War II, the number of those forcibly displaced from their homes exceeded 50 million,’ warns an...

MATERNITY ‘REFORMS’ CRISIS – as Ministers oppose policy

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The crisis over government plans to axe A&Es and maternity units deepened yesterday as it emerged that at least a dozen Labour ministers are...

Sky News Boss Admits Illegal Hacking

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Sky News boss John Ryley admitted to the Leveson Inquiry yesterday that the company broke the law by hacking emails. Following the admission Ofcom announced...

MPs SLAM UNIVERSAL CREDIT!

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Universal Credit (UC) is allowing ‘abusers’ to take control of family finances, an investigation by a parliamentary committee has heard. UC is paid to...

Junior Doctors Want A 35% Pay Rise!

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PICKETS were out yesterday morning at the Royal London Hospital on day two of the Junior Doctors’ strike. They are determined to fight whatever government...

‘The language of threats has no value’ – Hamas tells Trump

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HAMAS yesterday denounced US President Trump’s call for the Gaza ceasefire to be cancelled, warning that the only way for the Israeli captives to...

Sack Woodley and Simpson!

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ANGRY Rover workers yesterday slammed their betrayal by trade union leaders, Transport and General Workers Union General Secretary Tony Woodley, and Amicus General Secretary...

Russia Hits Isis Targets

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AN ISIS HQ, command point and an ammo depot in Syria were destroyed by Russian military night operations on Wednesday, it was revealed yesterday. Footage...

US Drives For War With Iran

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THE Iranian government yesterday denied US charges that it was smuggling arms into Afghanistan to help the Taleban destroy NATO tanks and bring down...

GRANGEMOUTH SACK THREAT 6.00pm TODAY

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FOURTEEN-hundred workers at the Grangemouth oil refinery in Scotland face the sack at 6pm today if they refuse to sign a wage- and conditions-cutting...

DON’T DEPORT OKAFOR-MEFOR – urge five trade union leaders

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For the first time an alliance of General Secretaries of trade unions has come together in support of Alphonsus Uche Okafor-Mefor, a Nigerian refugee...

Labour Demanding Windfall Tax Vote!

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LABOUR is tomorrow demanding a vote in the House of Commons to introduce a windfall tax on oil and gas companies, with former leader...
Students from the School of African and Oriental Studies joined Wednesday’s demonstration

‘We will not be intimidated’ –2,000 students march against police violence

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A MASS of students over 2,000 strong rallied outside the University of London Students Union (ULU) on Wednesday, to protest the arrest of 41...
Greek workers on the march fighting the dictatorship of the EU Central Bank – the struggle is now about to spread to Italy

Italy Hits The Rocks!

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Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti was yesterday in talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, chair of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 17 eurozone countries,...

Cable tells Vauxhall plants . . . YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN!

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BUSINESS Secretary Cable has warned General Motors that the planned development of the Ellesmere Port and Luton car plants will not get government support. This...

500 arrested in Trafalgar Square for opposing genocide!

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NEARLY 500 people were arrested in Trafalgar Square in central London on Saturday for holding up posters declaring: ‘I oppose Genocide – I support...
Protest outside the US embassy in London on January 11 – five years since the first prisoners were inarcerated at Guantanamo Bay

HUNGER STRIKE – against Guantanamo Bay’s new isolation units

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A MASS hunger strike is being waged by inmates in America’s Cuban Guantanamo Bay concentration camp, against being transferred into ‘maddening’ new isolation units. Thirteen...
Official TSSA picket at Rayners Lane yesterday where it was pointed out that the safety of passengers was the big issue

XMAS TRUCE ON THE TUBE – offer by TSSA & RMT

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A CHRISTMAS truce in the Tube dispute was offered today as millions of travellers faced another day of strike action. Speaking at...

£512 billion propping up banks!

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Banks are relying on the taxpayer for £512 billion support this year, the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee reported yesterday. The parliamentary...

Motor Bosses Threaten Thousands Of Jobs!

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‘We have made it clear that yesterday’s announcement was a good start but it will not in itself be quick enough to offset potentially...

Free Palestine! Free Mo Chara! – demand 1,000-strong crowd

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OVER 1,000 people assembled outside Westminster Magistrates Court in Marylebone, central London yesterday, protesting at the arrest on terrorist charges of member of Irish...
Business Secretary Mandelson with a manager at GM Luton  – he is now presiding over a shutdown of industry

Gas and grit rationing!

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GAS for industry and grit for the roads were being rationed yesterday as British industry began to shut down. Vauxhall, Ellesmere Port, Jaguar Land Rover,...

‘MAY’S TIME HAS RUN OUT!’ – Corbyn calls for general election

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TORY PM Theresa May’s ‘time has run out,’ Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn told Parliament yesterday. He added: ‘She no longer has the authority to offer...
Two of the students occupying SOAS yesterday in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza

BRING DOWN THE TORIES! – students marching today

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THE School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) was occupied yesterday in solidarity with the Palestinian masses of Gaza who are under murderous...

‘Catastrophic’ Gloucester surgery move not safe! – warn 60 consultants

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A PLAN to move out-of-hours surgery from Cheltenham General Hospital seven miles away to Gloucester has been slammed by almost 60 consultants and senior...

‘We will conclude this matter on the streets!’ say South African workers

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THE South African Municipal Workers’ Union (SAMWU) in Ekurhuleni is shocked and agitated that out of the blue, the City has provoked municipal workers...
At a rally last Friday at the Department for Communities and Local Government a resident from north Kensington holds up a piece of charred cladding that had fallen from Grenfell Tower during the blaze

600 Combustible Cladded Towers!

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‘MANY in the fire service and the fire safety sector have been raising issues about regulation, issues like cladding, for many years and we...
Nurses and junior doctors demonstrating against the attempt by Hunt to impose a contract. Both sections condemn Hunt’s thoughtless cuts

‘CUTS WITHOUT THOUGHT’ – condemned by RCN nurses

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‘THIS report highlights yet another case of cuts without thought for the impact on staff and patients,’ said Stephanie Aiken, RCN Deputy Director of...

NURSES FACE SACK! –no more bail-outs says Mackey

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NURSES and other vital health workers face the sack within weeks, Jim Mackey, the chief executive of NHS Improvement, the body which is now...
Local government workers in Athens demonstrating against austerity

‘There could be a Lehmans moment!’ – World Bank warning

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AS GREEK workers went to the polls yesterday, bourgeois commentators were warning of a ‘widespread contagion’ or even an ‘asteroid strike’ of an economic...
Workers outside the ERT’s gate on Thursday morning who responded to the call from the occupiers that they were under attack before they were violently pushed away by riot police Photo credit: Dromographos

Riot Police Storm Ert Occupation

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AT 4.15 local time yesterday morning, hundreds of riot police forcibly entered the building of the ERT (state TV and radio corporation) which has...
School youth lead a mass demonstration through Athens in protest at the police shooting of 15-year-old Alexis Grigoropoulos

Greek Youth Tv Takeover

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Throughout Greece last Tuesday school and university students continued with demonstrations and occupations against the right-wing government of Kostas Karamanlis. Virtually all schools and...

NURSES DRIVEN OUT – Low pay & axing bursary has caused 37,821 vacancies

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THERE are now 37,821 nurse vacancies in the NHS, NHS England confirmed yesterday, releasing the latest data. This is a rise of 1,738 from the...

Crow Slams Hunt On NHS

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‘THIS government can’t wait to destroy the NHS,’ RMT general secretary Bob Crow told News Line yesterday. The rail union leader was responding to a...
WRP candidate MIKE DRIVER’s campaign is getting great support from young and old

Vote Mike Driver

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CAMPAIGNING in Firth Park, Sheffield, yesterday morning, the Mike Driver Vote WRP campaign said, ‘We got great support from everyone, with many agreeing with...

Minister seeking to ban NEU teachers strike!

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TORY education secretary Gillian Keegan is trying to get next week’s strike action by 100,000 members of the National Education Union (NEU) outlawed, claiming...

GAZA CITY MASSACRE! – 29 killed and 80 missing

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‘A MASSACRE with the full meaning of the word,’ took place in Gaza City’s Shujayea district yesterday, when Israel carried out an attack that...

Chase Farm – Council Seeks A Judicial Review

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Enfield Council leaders have decided to mount a legal challenge to Health Secretary Johnson’s decision to close Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E and consultant-led Maternity...
Delegates voting during the NUT conference in Harrogate at the weekend

Angry Teachers Vote For Strike Ballot Against Pay Cut

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The National Union of Teachers (NUT) annual conference in Harrogate voted unanimously on Saturday for a one-day strike against a pay-cutting two per cent...
Tamil students are continuing their hunger strike to demand an end to the genocide in Sri Lanka

Tamils Continue ‘Death Fast’

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British Tamil Students Suratharsan Sarakumaraval aged 21 and Praranesuraran Subramanian aged 28, lie in a weakened state outside the Houses of Parliament vowing ‘Hunger...
Students, lecturers and supporters marching against hundreds of job cuts at London Metropolitan University last summer

SAVAGE SPENDING CUTS – ‘will have serious consequences’ says UCU leader

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‘YOU cannot make savage funding cuts without serious consequences, despite Lord Mandelson’s insulting efforts to sell the cuts as an opportunity,’ said UCU general...
BMA Junior Doctors – fighting Tory attempts to dictate contracts will be demonstrating outside the BMA GP conference on  Saturday at 5.15pm at the Mermaid Centre, Puddle Dock, EC1

‘NOT FIT FOR PURPOSE!’ – GPs condemn the Care Quality Commission

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THE Care Quality Commission (CQC) inspection regime aimed at GP practices is damaging patient care by diverting resources and GP time away from treating...

TORTURE! – MPs committee given ‘wrong evidence’

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MPs and peers on the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights are demanding answers from defence chiefs over ‘discrepancies’ in their evidence to the...
The GMB’s PHIL DAVIES confronts Work and Pensions Secretary  PETER HAIN about the Remploy crisis at the TUC Congress

28 Remploy Factories To Close

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The GMB trade union yesterday slammed ‘failed Remploy management’ over plans to close 28 factories for disabled workers. Responding to proposals from Remploy management, GMB...