UNISON General Secretary DAVE PRENTIS (centre) surrounded by local government trade unionists outside Westminster Halls yesterday

Pensions Strike!

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‘UNISON is having a special local government pensions conference in February. The branches have forced our leaders to concede this so we can...

EU deal ‘overwhelmingly unlikely’ – Merkel tells PM Johnson

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GERMAN Chancellor Angela Merkel poured buckets of cold water over Tory PM Boris Johnson’s attempts to get a Brexit deal with the EU when,...
The front of Tuesday’s Athens march of local government workers

Greek Local Government Workers Occupy

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SCORES of town halls in the metropolitan Athens-Piraeus area were being occupied by municipal workers on Wednesday morning following a decision by the POE-OTA...
Greek youth, part of the massive demonstration that marched to the US and Israeli embassies in support of the Palestinian people

50,000 Greek Workers March For Palestine

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OVER 50,000 students, youth and workers marched through the Athens city centre last Saturday to the American Embassy and then to the Israeli Embassy. They...

100,000 besieged in northern Gaza!

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ABOUT 100,000 people are besieged in Jabalia, Beit Lahiya and Beit Hanoun in northern Gaza without medical or food supplies, the Palestinian Civil Emergency...

TORTURE NO CRIME! – no action against MI5

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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS); will not prosecute an MI5 officer over the torture of UK resident Binyam Mohamed in Pakistan in 2002, Director...

ROYAL MAIL SHARES ISSUE SHELVED – We’ve won a victory says London Region CWU

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‘The Royal Mail employee shares scheme shouldn’t be shelved, it should be scrapped altogether,’ Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) London Regional Secretary John Denton told...
Marchers in London last Saturday condemned US-backed Israeli terror bombing

AIR WAR – Israel vows to flatten Lebanon

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THE Israeli Cabinet decided yesterday it was not going to wage a ground war in Lebanon in the face of the disastrous reverses at...
University students  marching in Greece – the banner reads ‘Overthrow the government’

Greek General Strike Today

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THE General Council of the ADEDY (public sector trades unions federation) has called another 48-hour national strike for today and tomorrow against the destruction...

FBU ‘will Strike Against Wage Cuts’

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AROUND 100 members of the Fire Brigades Union from across London lobbied talks at ACAS yesterday, where FBU leaders warned the employers they would...

UK Current Account disaster!

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THE UK’s current account deficit was larger than expected in the final quarter of last year, official figures have shown. The deficit in the...

Tories Split Over Eu

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PRIME Minister Cameron yesterday defended his renegotiation of Britain’s terms of EU membership, as a number of his cabinet ministers lined up to call...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers yesterday campaigning for their First Anniversary March

Gate Gourmet workers campaign for anniversary march

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GATE Gourmet locked-out workers were interviewed by the Heathrow Airport free newspaper Skyport yesterday. Parmjit Bains told News Line: ‘All Heathrow Airport workers read it. ‘They...
The CT Plus picket line in Hackney on their fourth Friday of strike action

‘Our resolve is as strong as ever’

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‘OUR resolve is as strong as ever,’ said TGWU union rep Derrick Campbell, as five new days of strike action by Hackney CT Plus...

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...
Marchers on their way to the TUC Congress demanding ‘set the date for the General Strike!’

‘Name the date for the general strike!’

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THE Young Socialists completed the final leg of their 248-mile March For Jobs from London to the TUC Congress in Liverpool yesterday mid-day. Birmingham and...
The badly beaten face of Baha Mousa

AITKEN ‘WHITEWASH’ – condemned by Daoud Mousa lawyers

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The report by Brigadier Aitken on British Army abuses of Iraqi civilians is ‘a complete red herring and a whitewash’, said lawyers Phil Shiner...

Clacton–thumbs down for Cameron

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THE first poll of the Clacton constituency, where a by-election is due, shows that ex-Tory MP Carswell, who is standing for UKIP,...
There have been massive demonstrations in Britain in support of the people of Gaza. The picture shows children taking part in  Tuesday’s demonstration outside the Israeli embassy. They were very aware that children just like them are being murdered in Gaz

Hamas Kills 8 Israeli Soldiers

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THE HAMAS military wing, the al-Qassam Brigades said on Thursday that they had killed eight Israeli soldiers in northeastern Gaza City in what was...

2-year-old Awaab died ‘entirely due to mould!’

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TWO YEARS-OLD Awaab Ishak died on 21 December 2020 shortly after his second birthday ‘entirely’ as a result of extensive mould in his flat,...
The front of last October’s 500,000-strong TUC demonstration – Miliband is determined to drive the organised trade unions out of the Labour Party

Labour special conference to attack the unions!

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THE Labour Party is to hold a Special Conference in London in March next year in which the Miliband leadershipwill seek the abolition of...

9,000 Gm Jobs To Go!

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GM Europe will keep all four of its German Opel plants open, interim chief executive Nick Reilly revealed yesterday. GM issued the following statement: ‘Opel/Vauxhall...
The YS March for Jobs and Free State Education arriving in London in November last year

The Ys Calls ‘Jobs For Youth’ Lobby Of Tuc!

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THE Young Socialists yesterday called a mass lobby of the TUC Annual Congress for Monday September 12, beginning at 8.00am. The conference is being held...

‘I WILL NOT SET A DATE’ – Blair defies Brown and unions

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PRIME Minister Blair yesterday refused to name the date for his departure. Speaking yesterday on a visit to one of the new ‘pathfinder...

UK economy collapsing – destitution on the rise

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BUSINESS activity in Britain fell for the third consecutive month last month, with economists warning of recession. The S&P Global/CIPS flash services business activity index...

Brown Attacks Unions On Pay

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In his keynote speech to the Labour Party Conference yesterday, Chancellor Gordon Brown declared for ‘New Labour renewed’. Assuming he will succeed Blair as...
Mass anti-government demonstration in Athens on Sunday

Thousands march against ‘murderers government’

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OVER 5,000 Greek school and university students along with teachers and university lecturers demonstrated through the Athens city centre yesterday afternoon for the third...

‘THEY WANT TO STEAL LIBYA’S OIL’ says Chavez

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THE Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has accused the US of preparing to invade Libya to steal its oil. ‘A campaign of lies is being...

Young Socialists lobby calls for general strike to bring down Starmer and bring in...

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‘WE HAVE to call action here this week at the TUC Congress to support Palestine and stop the genocide,’ Susan Cook, a delegate from...

Bromley NHS Trust ‘Meltdown’

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Bromley Hospitals NHS Trust plans to close wards and sack hundreds of staff in a bid to save £23 million in a year, in...
A section of the 2,000-strong march on February 3rd to keep open Whipps Cross Hospital

Unison National NHS Demo On June 30

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UNISON confirmed yesterday that it is holding a National Demonstration in London on Saturday June 30 in defence of the NHS. A spokeswoman told...

GPs REFUSE TO CHARGE PATIENTS

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GPs FROM across the UK yesterday resoundingly rejected calls to introduce a charge for access to general practice. The proposal was debated and voted...

Over Half Of All London Nurses Want To Leave The City!

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OVER half of London’s nurses want to leave the city as the cost of living devours their income. The majority of nursing staff blame the...

Food Inflation – Highest For Fourteen Years!

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SOARING milk, cheese and egg costs have pushed food inflation to its highest level for 14 years, with millions of UK families heading into...

Murdoch May Be Recalled

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MPs on the House of Commons Culture, Media and Sports Committee are writing to James Murdoch, ex-News of the World editor Colin Myler and...

‘TORIES WANT TO SUPPRESS THE UNIONS!’ says RMT leader Mick Lynch

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‘GRANT Schapps doesn’t respect the right to strike. He wants to make strikes ineffective. I don’t believe him at all. I don’t think he’s...

Israel Attacks Palestinian Journalists!

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DOZENS of Palestinian journalists have suffered excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli military forces attacked a peaceful sit-in staged in the northern sector of...
Palestinian youth battle with Israeli troops and settlers on the West Bank

Ashrawi Denounces New Israeli Settlements Move

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HANAN ASHRAWI, a Member of the PLO Executive Committee, has strongly condemned the so-called Israeli Civil Administration’s decision to grant the approval for the...

‘DIFFICULT TIMES AHEAD’ – GM Works Council leader fears for Luton plant

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Negotiations over the future of GM sites in Luton and Antwerp would be ‘a hard nut’ to crack, Opel Works Council chief Klaus Franz...
Piraeus dockers and sacked cleaners demonstrating outside the Finance Ministry in November 2014 in central Athens – the  cleaners remain sacked depite the change of government

‘ECB STILL HOLDING ROPE AROUND OUR NECKS!’ says the Syriza leadership

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THE Eurogroup’s President Jeroen Dijsselbloem said on Tuesday that unless the Greek government implements immediately the promised ‘reforms’ – that is austerity measures –...

Cameron leads EU’s right wing!

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TORY PM Cameron yesterday called on European leaders to deport more refugees, describing them as ‘economic migrants’ who, he claimed, don’t have a genuine...
Yesterday’s monthly picket showing its determination to keep Chase Farm Hospital open

Growing Anger Over Threat To Chase Farm

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‘You have to fight for what is right’, Chase Farm Hospital worker Paulette Wright told News Line at the North East London Council of...
Jason, James, Kofi, and Mitchell, all students at Bedfordshire University,  Luton.

DEFEND GM JOBS! – JUNE 1st is bankruptcy day

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Car parts maker Magna International was yesterday reported to have reached an agreement in principle with General Motors to take GM Europe off its...
Marseilles transport workers against the privatisation of bus, tram and metro services in the city at the front of the Saturday’s Paris demonstration

MAKE OUR DISPUTE OFFICIAL say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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A DELEGATION of Gate Gourmet locked out workers is due to meet the TGWU head of civil aviation, Brendan Gold, at the union’s head...

NHS staff ‘exhausted & on the brink!’ – BMA

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A YEAR of unparalleled pressure has left staff exhausted and on the brink, a just-released BMA survey shows. Thousands of doctors have revealed the impact...