Sylvester Killing – No Action Against Police

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THE family of Roger Sylvester are disappointed but not surprised by the decision of the Independent Police Complaints Commission that the police officers involved...

Hamas welcomes call for an immediate ceasefire!

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THE OVERWHELMING United Nations vote for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza on Tuesday night was welcomed by the Hamas Movement and the Palestine Liberation...

UN condemns ‘deadly trap’!

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Top UN and Palestinian health officials are warning that the new Israeli-controlled aid distribution system in Gaza is being used as a ‘deadly trap’,...

WE WANT ALL OF OUR JOBS BACK insist Gate Gourmet workers

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GATE Gourmet workers are very angry that their union, the TGWU, is still urging them to sign the Compromise Agreement deal negotiated with the...

‘THE HEART OF REMAIN!’ – Boris Johnson condemns Treasury

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FOREIGN Secretary Boris Johnson has declared civil war in the Tory Party and savaged Chancellor Hammond and the Treasury as being the main...

‘STOP PANICKING’ – Ukrainian President Zelensky tells United States

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US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said the ‘imminent’ threat of Russian military action in Ukraine justifies evacuating the US embassy in Kiev. His...

Unite and GMB surrender to BA and mass sackings!

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BOTH the Unite and GMB trade unions have given up the fight to halt the mass sackings organised by British Airways, centring on Heathrow...
London United RMT busworkers lobbying Hounslow bus garage yesterday demanding union recognition

Recognise RMT Demand London United Bus Workers

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ANGRY busworkers, members of the RMT, yesterday demonstrated outside London United’s Hounslow bus garage, as part of their fight for trade union recognition. Since joining...
Part of the picket line at NHS Logistics at Bury St Edmunds late Thursday evening

‘There must be national action to prevent nhs privatisation’ say NHS Logistics pickets

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THE first national strike in the National Health Service in 18 years began on Thursday night at 10pm as dedicated health workers and supporters...

Hamas Files A Legal Challenge In The UK

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PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas has filed a legal challenge in the UK against its designation as a ‘proscribed terrorist organisation’, marking a significant move...
Workers listening to a classical music concert at the ERT grounds last Friday night

Occupiers won’t quit ERT

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‘COME and get it if you dare!’ was the defiant reply of the ERT (Greek state TV and Radio network) workers’ union POSPERT to...

Teenage Suspect Charged

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A seventeen-year-old boy arrested by police in connection with an alleged plot to blow up airliners has made a second appearance in court. The...

Russia issues defence warning!

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RUSSIA has issued another warning against a proposal made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on ‘a true European Defence Union’. The Kremlin...

Tsipras visits Athens police HQ

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The leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Alexis Tsipras paid a long electioneering visit on Monday to the Athens area Police...

Grimsby maternity support workers begin two week strike

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MATERNITY support workers in Grimsby began two weeks of strike action yesterday, over their employer’s failure to compensate them fairly for the many years...

Tata Union Reps To Meet Monday

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‘I DO not believe that nationalisation is the right answer,’ Tory PM Cameron said yesterday, putting two fingers up to the 15,000 steel workers...

Labour landslide victory in Oldham West

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PARTY leader Jeremy Corbyn has said Labour’s win in the Oldham West and Royton by-election shows its ‘strength and the appeal of its anti-austerity...
NHS workers and their families marching to defend the service from the privateers

DEFEND HINCHINBROOKE HOSPITAL – 1,300 doctors, nurses, and health workers’ jobs at stake

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Doctors, nurses and health workers will take to the streets with local people today, Saturday 4 October, to defend the future of Hinchingbrooke Hospital,...
On November 30 over 2 million workers took strike action throughout the UK in defence of their pensions – the struggle is continuing

2012–The year for organising the working class to take power

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THE News Line Editorial Board sends its revolutionary greetings for the New Year of 2012 to all our readers and to the working class...
Local government workers on the May Day march in Athens organised by the Coalition of the Radical Left

‘Peoples Of Europe Rise Up!’

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GREEK workers in the public and private sectors are preparing for today’s 24-hour general strike which is certain to be one of the biggest...
Gate Gourmet strikers at Düsseldorf are maintaining  their picket in the heavy snow

£5.96bn TRADE GAP

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The Bank of England kept interest rates on hold at 4.5 per cent yesterday, as latest official figures showed Britain suffered a new record...

3 MPs–CRIMINAL CHARGES!

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THREE Labour MPs and one Tory peer will face criminal charges over their expenses, Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) Keir Starmer announced yesterday. MPs Elliot...

Upfront fees deter patients – Immigrants denied cancer treatment says BMA

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PATIENTS from other countries are failing to get the urgent cancer treatment they need, because of upfront fees. These fees are ‘deterring immigrants from...

FBU Agrees To Limit Pickets

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The Fire Brigades Union yesterday gave an undertaking in the High Court not to hinder or intimidate emergency crews provided by private company AssetCo...
Greek university students on the march

‘THROW OUT THE GOVERNMENT’ – demand Greek workers and students

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OVER 5,000 university students and public sector workers held an impressive and militant rally and march in Athens last Thursday against the government’s plans...

UK £120bn banking shortfall!

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THE Bank of England has warned that the biggest banks and building societies operating in Britain face a £120bn shortfall in their finances. In a...
CWU members and their families in Corby fighting the Labour government’s attempt to privatise Royal Mail – they are now poised to take on the Tory-led coalition

DEFEND ROYAL MAIL! – against Tory-Lib Dem rush to privatisation

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‘THIS IS a match-fix for privatisation,’ the leader of the Communications Workers Union (CWU) said yesterday, after the Tory-Lib Dem coalition announced it was...

REINSTATE OUR STRIKES! – CWU members tell leaders

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THE Communication Workers Union (CWU) sent out a letter to its branches yesterday, declaring that Royal Mail was prepared to impose ‘change’ on the...

Murder in Syria was for ‘self-defence of Iraq’–claims ambassador

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FOLLOWING the uproar questioning the legality of the UK drone assassination of a British citizen in Syria, a letter to the UN casts doubt...
A recent defend education march in Lewisham – parents will be shocked to find out that tens of thousands of children are being fingerprinted at school

Fingerprinting At Over 280 Schools

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‘Schools should hold off until there is proper guidance,’ NASUWT general secretary Chris Keates told News Line yesterday. The teachers union leader was responding to...
Students battling to defend NHS bursaries – Cameron has just pledged even more savage cuts if workers vote to leave the EU

Cameron threatens savage cuts!

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PRIME Minister Cameron and Chancellor Osborne have threatened more savage cuts in spending on pensions, the NHS and defence if the UK votes to...
After the 2017 general election Labour Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell called a march on Parliament to kick the Tories out  – this still has to be done

May Survives No Confidence Vote

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PRIME Minister May survived a no confidence vote by 325 to 306 votes after a vitriolic attack on the opposition parties especially the Labour...
Junior doctors taking strike action against an imposed contract said they were fighting to save the NHS. Now everybody must join this fight

Stop NHS privatisation! Stop bed cuts! Unions must act!

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THE GMB has demanded answers over a plan to privatise services at Barnsley Hospital in a desperate bid to save cash. The trust which runs...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line at Heathrow yesterday

AIMING FOR VICTORY – say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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LOCKED-OUT Gate Gourmet workers are campaigning every day for delegations to attend their conference in London on Sunday January 29, whilst at the same...
RMT and supporters demonstrate outside the House of Commons for passenger safety, insisting guards must be kept on the trains

RMT New Strike Actions

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THE RMT has announced strike action against two of the country’s rail privateers – a 48-hour strike on Virgin Trains East Coast and a...
PCS members say they are on the front line in fight against ‘union bashing’

Pickles ‘out to smash union’

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A LIVELY PCS lobby yesterday of the Royal Courts of Justice took place as the union took the Department for Communications and Local Government...
Palestinians in Gaza mourn the victims of the savage Israeli air attacks

Stop the Gaza slaughter! – Ambassador appeals to Security Council

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ACCORDING to Gaza’s Ministry of Health, 100 Palestinians have been killed and over 600 injured in Israel’s assault on the besieged coastal enclave. The Palestinian...
Junior doctors on the picket line during their last strike

No Return To 90-Hour Week For Doctors And Nurses!

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‘A RETURN to the days where doctors and nurses work 90-hour weeks would be bad for patient safety, for staff and for the NHS,’...
The PAME strike rally in Athens

Greek Tuc Scabs On General Strike Action

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THOUSANDS of Greek workers and students took part in rallies and demonstrations last Thursday in a one-day general strike called by several trade unions...
Delegates at the UNISON conference in Brighton yesterday

DON’T GAG CONFERENCE! – UNISON delegates demand debate on coordinated strike action

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UNISON’s national delegate conference yesterday opened with a row over the refusal of the Standing Orders Committee to allow a debate on emergency motions...

‘Criminal Investigation’ –Into Death Of Ian Tomlinson

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THE Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) yesterday afternoon announced a ‘criminal investigation’ into the death of Ian Tomlinson. Home Secretary Jaqui Smith had conceded earlier...
Cleaners, security and catering staff at the Royal London Hospital took strike action against their employer Serco last year

Carillion crash hits NHS hospitals hard

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THE LIQUIDATION of Carillion has created such a crisis in the NHS that 14 hospital Trusts have had to trigger their emergency ‘contingency...

Tanker drivers being ‘driven into conflict’ – says Unite trade union leadership

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TANKER drivers are being driven to strike action, the Unite trade union warned yesterday. The UK’s major oil companies, retailers and independents providing fuel for...

More FBU strike action

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THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has announced that its members in England and Wales will take strike action again next weekend, Friday 13 and...

30th Anniversary of Red Army’s withdrawal from Afghanistan! Sputnik interview General Gromov

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THE 15th of February marked the 30th anniversary of the pullout of Soviet troops from the Democratic Republic of Afghanistan. The Soviet-Afghan War lasted...