Israel escalates Gaza slaughter as the UN confirms GENOCIDE!

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AS the united Nations officially confirmed that the Israeli war on Gaza is a ‘GENOCIDE’ yesterday, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) massively escalated their...

Close Down Torture Camp!

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The United States government is torturing inmates at its Guantanamo Bay concentration camp on the tip of Cuba, and it should be shut down. That...
West Midlands delegation standing by a CWU campaign banner outside the CWU Policy Forum in central London showing their determination to stop privatisation

‘No Way Is This Industry Going To Be Privatised’

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THE Communication Workers Union Policy Forum of over 500 CWU reps in central London yesterday voted unanimously for a national strike ballot of Royal...

BILLIONS WIPED OFF SHARES – after Japan stock market collapse

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Billions of dollars, pounds and euros were wiped off worldwide share prices yesterday as investors took fright at the abrupt collapse and closure of...

Ealing Children’s Ward Must Be Re-Opened Urges Xmas Picket

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THE WEST London Council of Action got a huge response at their Xmas picket at Ealing Hospital, yesterday morning. Shaihin, a paediatric nurse at Ealing...

UK-UKRAINE ALLIANCE – ‘We are strategic partners’ – UK Defence Secretary

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THE UNITED Kingdom has finalised an agreement with Ukraine that allows Kiev to buy British warships and missiles to enhance its naval capabilities, a...
Students and staff from London Metropolitan University lobby of the board of governors on December 15

UNIS WILL BE FORCED TO AXE THOUSANDS – warns Universities UK President

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Thirty per cent funding cuts will force universities to axe thousands of courses, lecturers and students, university bosses’ most senior representative has warned. In...

JLR seeks £2bn government loan!

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JAGUAR Land Rover (JLR) has been in talks with the government for weeks to secure a loan of £2bn, to prevent mass sackings following...
A section of yesterday’s picket to keep open closure-threatened Chase Farm hospital in north London

Chase Farm Mass Picket

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SUPPORT for the occupation of Chase Farm Hospital is growing as more and more residents and staff support the picket against its closure. Passing motorists...

Norwich City Council to strike!

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WORKERS who carry out vital services for Norwich City Council have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action. In the Unite ballot 83% of the workers backed...
Ambulance workers on the picket line at Deptford Ambulance Station on the first of the national NHS strike days last October

Tory Health & Social Care Act Damaged The NHS!

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TORY changes to the NHS were ‘opposed by patients, the public and NHS staff, but politicians pushed through the changes regardless’ Dr Mark Porter,...
Rally of short term ‘Stage’ training workers in Athens last Tuesday

Clashes In Athens

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Clashes broke out yesterday between police and demonstrators across Greece as marchers commemorated the first anniversary of the fatal police shooting of 15-year-old Alexis...

Israeli forces kill more than 71 Palestinians

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ISRAELI forces have killed more than 71 Palestinians in the 24 hours leading up to Thursday in Beit Lahiya, Rafah and Khan Younis, with...
Delegates at the TUC Congress earlier this month showing their support for Palestine – a resolution at the Labour Party Conference demanded end the siege of Gaza

‘Stop UK arms sales to Israel and end Gaza blockade’

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END the blockade of Gaza! Stop selling arms to Israel! Investigate Israel for war crimes! delegate to the Labour Party conference, Sarah Jane Potter...

Gaza’s ‘man-made’ famine escalating at extraordinary speed

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SENIOR UN officials have warned that Israel’s genocide and blockade of Gaza have created a man-made famine that is escalating at terrifying speed, with...
Swindon Hospital Carillion workers demonstrate outside the company’s HQ in London against the company’s work practices

Carillion workers in Qatar sleep 10 in a room

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WORKERS for Carillion in Qatar sleep ten to a room in lodging reminiscent of tenement slums in Victorian London and nothing has changed despite...

‘TAKE STRIKE ACTION IN OUR DEFENCE!’ – urge Vestas occupiers

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‘we are calling for strike action in our defence,’ occupying Vestas worker Mark Smith declared yesterday, after bailiffs turned up at the wind turbine...

‘We strike to protect ourselves and our patients!’ – say Guy’s and St Thomas’...

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STRIKING Day Surgery nurses at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital Trust are holding a demonstration at 2pm today at Guy’s Hospital entrance, St Thomas’ Road...

Blackburn College Sacking Staff But Boosting Bosses’ Pensions!

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LECTURERS are furious after Blackburn College announced plans to sack staff but boost bosses’ pensions. 29 jobs are at risk in the fifth round of...

Sixth Day Of Strike Action Against £2,500 Pay Cuts Per Annum!

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UNITE members at RATP London United yesterday held their sixth day of strike action against £2,500 per annum pay cuts being imposed by French...

Government refuses to hand over pandemic messages & notebooks – NOW FACES LEGAL ACTION

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THE government yesterday defied the 4pm deadline for handing over unredacted messages and notebooks to the Covid inquiry. It now faces legal action over...
Student nurses demanding the return of bursaries – financial hardships are forcing many student nurses to drop out of their courses

25% Of Nurses Drop Out Of Degree Courses

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ONE-IN-FOUR student nurses are dropping out of their degrees before graduation, according to a new investigation, adding to the ongoing NHS staffing crisis, warns...

‘We refuse to become informants’ – Doctors, nurses and teachers oppose Police Bill

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DOCTORS, nurses and teachers have warned that the Police Bill will turn them into police informants. The Bill, to be debated in the House of...

Assange Ecuador Protests

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ECUADORIANS have taken to the streets in the capital Quito against the arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in the country’s embassy in London. The...

GM HANDED TO MAGNA! – 10.000 to be sacked

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GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel was first to announce yesterday that General Motors (GM) has chosen Canadian auto parts manufacturer Magna to buy Opel and...

HEALTHCARE WORKERS RISKING LIVES! – without ‘death in service’ benefits guaranteed says BMA

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THE BMA (British Medical Association) said yesterday that ‘frustration grows’ over the government’s failure to guarantee that the families of healthcare workers who lose...
PCS members joined the RMT march against government spending cuts on October 23rd 2010

STRIKES WILL PROCEED DURING OLYMPICS – say unions

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UNIONS reacted angrily yesterday to threats by Arts, Media and Sports Secretary Hunt that public sector workers who strike during the Olympics should face...

CIA Waterboarded Suspect 83 Times

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INTERROGATION methods, including ‘dunking suspects in icy water’ and ‘smashing a prisoner’s head against a wall’ are included in a long-awaited US Senate report,...

NHS ‘more than 10,000 doctors needed!’

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THE latest NHS workforce data is ‘not something the government should be proud of’, says the BMA. Responding to the latest NHS workforce data BMA...

Israel’s permanent occupation of Gaza plan ‘deeply alarming’

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THE NETANYAHU-led Israeli regime’s just-announced plan for the permanent occupation of the Gaza Strip and permanent expulsion of Palestinians from it has been widely...
A section of Monday’s lobby of the London Fire Authority when it voted against the cuts and closures

MAYOR DETERMINED TO SHUT FIRE STATIONS – FBU will resist cuts and closures

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ANY ‘Mayoral Directive’ issued by London mayor Johnson to force through savage cuts and closures in the London fire service will be fought ‘vigorously’,...
Hunger striker PARAMESWARAN SUBRAMANIYAN has decided he will not give up

HUNGER STRIKER ON 23rd DAY

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HUNGER striker Parameswaran Subramaniyan, is continuing his hunger strike for the 23rd day outside Parliament, surrounded by more than a thousand Tamil workers...

Striking Nurses To March On Downing Street!

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STRIKING nurses are marching on Downing Street today, leaving UCLH (University College London Hospital) at 2.30pm, as nursing staff go on strike in what...
Fighting 4 Grantham Hospital campaigners taking part in yesterday’s protest demanding the reopening of their 24-hour A&E

‘Save our NHS!’ – Huddersfield, Banbury, Stafford and Grantham join NHS campaigners in London...

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‘ALL the unions should take part in a Day of Action for the NHS,’ Steve Mathan of Hands Off HRI told News Line yesterday. Over...
Marchers on last October’s TUC demonstration against the coalition’s austerity measures

Food Prices Causing Widespread Stress!

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ONE-THIRD of the UK population struggles to pay for food, with almost a quarter saying that growing food prices remain one of the main...

Emergency GP surgery appointments only!

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SURGERIES are in such crisis that one in six GPs have cancelled all routine appointments at some point over the last year, seeing emergency...
Boris Bikes strikers on the picket line in Islington, north London yesterday morning – they continue their strike until 10.00pm tonight

Boris Bikes Strike

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FOLLOWING a 100% strike vote, RMT members working on the Serco Barclays so-called ‘Boris bikes’ London cycle scheme began a 48-hour strike on Sunday...

Gadaffi – fighting alongside his soldiers – says Juburi

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MISH'AN al-Juburi, director of the Al-Ra’y Satellite Channel, has said that Libyan leader Muammar al-Gadaffi is still in Libya fighting side by side...

Greek bosses stop wages!

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HUNDREDS of workers and youth demonstrated in front of the Greek Business Association (SEV) building in Athens on Wednesday afternoon demanding that firms pay...
Chagos Islanders outside the Horsham County Court on Wednesday morning

Chagos Islanders Go To Court

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THE case against the Chagos islanders was adjourned for 14 days on Wednesday. They are being prosecuted for their campaign in Crawley for their right...

KING CRISIS WARNING –prepare for Eurozone break-up

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Bank of England Governor Mervyn King yesterday urged banks to brace themselves for a eurozone collapse. Introducing the latest financial stability report, King said: ‘Faced...
Refugees in the Moria camp are in a prison until they are to be moved out of Greece by the police and army. Photo credit: left.gr

Army & police will be deployed in the removal of refugees

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REFUGEES staged protests shouting ‘freedom’, in English, last Wednesday and Thursday, at the main gate of the Moria village ‘Detention Centre,’ that is, concentration...

Unprecedented Carnage In Vanni

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TAMILNET reports ‘mad shelling’ yesterday morning by the Sri Lanka Army into civilian areas in Mu’l’livaaykkaal north, forcing everyone into the bunkers. Several...
Relatives of Jean Charles de Menezes outside Downing Street recently to protest over his

COMMANDER DICK GAVE ‘AMBIGUOUS’ ORDERS – De Menezes inquest is told

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OPERATIONS commander, Cressida Dick, gave ‘ambiguous’ orders in the run-up to the police killing of Jean Charles de Menezes, the inquest into his death...

Released prisoners reveal grim tortures in Israeli facilities!

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ON THURSDAY, Israeli authorities released 64 detainees from Gaza. Among the released were two women from Gaza, detained while accompanying patients in Israel. Of...