Kurds raided by counter-terrorism police – ‘an unjust & heavy handed operation’

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THE Kurdish Community in London have written a statement ahead of a march in central London tomorrow against the arrest of Kurdish demonstrators in...

Stella Assange denounces the US case as ‘pathetic, founded on lies’

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ON the second and pivotal day of Julian Assange’s appeal hearing, the unwavering spirit of Assange supporters was palpable outside London’s High Court, despite...
UCU lecturers and students were joined by other public sector unions to march against cuts at London Metropolitan University last year, it is now feared to face closure

Cable To Double Student Debt!

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Business and Universities Secretary Cable has confirmed his intention to lift the cap on tuition fees, as recommended in the Browne Review. Lifting the cap...

Lgv Drivers Halt Oxford Mini

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PRODUCTION of the MINI at Oxford could be severely disrupted after drivers delivering components voted to go on strike for six days in a...

Ambulances waiting crisis!

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About 300,000 ambulances were left queuing outside hospitals last year, with patients waiting up to eight hours, or even longer, to be transferred into...
Junior doctors from Remedy UK outside the High Court yesterday before the start of their judicial review over ‘MTAS’

ABSOLUTE CHAOS! – doctors training crisis continues

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JUNIOR doctors went to the High Court yesterday in a bid to get the online Medical Training Application Service (MTAS) ruled ‘unlawful’, warning...
United steel workers (USW) trade unionists travelled all the way from Massachusetts to lobby the National Grid AGM in Birmingham yesterday – Unite supported their lobby

Locked-out US steel workers lobby UK AGM

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REPRESENTATIVES of United Steel Workers (USW) trade union members who are locked out in Massachusetts, USA, by National Grid, lobbied the parent company’s AGM...
Demonstration outside University College London Hospitals Trust insisting that the NHS is not for sale

ACCEPT PRIVATISATION OR BE SACKED! NW London NHS pathology staff told

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THE GMB yesterday condemned the forced transfer of nearly 700 northwest London NHS pathology service staff to a private company. The service carries out blood...

Savage Cuts On The Way!

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THE TORY government is preparing to simultaneously end the ‘triple lock’ pensions guarantee and raise the employee national insurance contribution (NIC) by one per...

‘WE WON’T INTERFERE IN UKRAINE’–Lavrov

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RUSSIA’S Foreign Minister Lavrov, said yesterday that Moscow will not interfere with affairs in Ukraine. The Kremlin has reacted with barely-disguised anger...
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...

Walthamstow Public Meeting: Quit EU in October! – October 24th, 2019

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News Line & Workers Revolutionary Party Public meetings: Trade unions must act to make sure we quit EU on October 31st! For a workers government and...

Abolish ICE say US workers

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CROWDS continue to gather in Minneapolis to protest against federal immigration enforcement (ICE), after the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Alex Pretti. Minnesota Governor Tim Walz...
Picket line at Pizza Express where low pay and management policy is an issue

SLAVE LABOUR UK – but TUC Congress has no solution

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Two million UK workers are ‘trapped in a continual round of low-paid and insecure work where mistreatment is the norm’ according to the findings...

STOP SPYING ON WORKERS – demands GMB after Churchill ‘location tracking’

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Churchill Security is based in Chorley and employs more than 160 people in the UK, including Cardiff Bay, Cheltenham, Watford, Milton Keynes, Bromley, Abingdon...

‘Unprecedented economic uncertainty in the UK’ BoE

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BANK of England (BoE) boss Andrew Bailey has said the UK faces ‘an unprecedented level of economic uncertainty.’ Britain’s economy shrank by 20% in the...

Mau Mau Torture Victims Victory

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THERE was jubilation among a group of fifty former Mau Mau freedom fighters in Nairobi yesterday as news broke that a torture victims compensation...

Cameron’s Police State

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PM CAMERON addressed the House of Commons yesterday on the crisis with Russia, the IS movement in Iraq and security in the UK. On the...
Protesters outside Downing Street on July 11 condemned Israeli war crimes against Lebanon – Amnesty International has said Israel bombed  civilians deliberately

Israel in crisis over failed war

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Israeli prime minister Ehud Olmert is under pressure to authorise an independent commission of inquiry into the conduct of the recently failed war in...

Post Office third day of strikes!

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POST Office staff in the country’s network of 373 Crown Post Offices are taking a third round of strike action today in a dispute...

Catalonia Declares Independence!

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CROWDS outside the Catalan parliament erupted in celebration, letting off fireworks as Catalonia declared its independence from Spain yesterday afternoon, after a vote of...

Towers Threatened With Collapse

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TWO tower blocks on the Broadwater Farm estate in Tottenham are at risk of a ‘catastrophic collapse’. After the horrific Grenfell fire, which left so...
Unite banners assemble on London’s Embankment at the front of Saturday’s 150,000-strong march

150,000 marchers demand action to kick out Tories!

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150,000 WORKERS, trade unionists, students and youth marched from Embankment to Hyde Park in central London on the TUC’s ‘Britain Needs a Pay Rise’...

Immigration rules are tearing families apart

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FAMILIES are being ripped apart because the Home Office refuses to let mums and dads join their children and spouses in the UK. This is...

‘WOODLEY SHOULD RESIGN OVER GATE GOURMET’ says RMT member

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A team of locked-out Gate Gourmet workers campaigned on Southall High Street yesterday. They spoke to Warish Singh an RMT member from Earls Court tube...

SUSPENSION OF PARLIAMENT – ‘a political judgement’ says Eadie QC

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THE suspension of Parliament is ‘the territory of political judgements not legal standards’, the Tory government’s lawyer told the Supreme Court yesterday. The court is...
PCS members picket the Law Courts against government attempts to smash the pensions agreement

Private Pensions Robbery!

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UNISON yesterday called on private companies to act responsibly and provide decent pensions for their workers, instead of leaving individuals struggling to make complex,...

‘WITHDRAW HEALTH BILL’ – urge Public Health Doctors

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An emergency meeting of public health doctors has called for the withdrawal of the Health and Social Care Bill and for other medical Royal...
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...

Fallon Wants Lawless Army!

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UK DEFENCE Secretary Michael Fallon yesterday called for withdrawal from the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph he...

Unemployment in Gaza rises to 52%!

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THE UNEMPLOYMENT rate in the Gaza Strip sharply increased in 2018 to reach 52% compared with 44% in 2017, while in the West Bank...

Students join striking university staff – Day one of 3-day strike at 58 unis

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AS PART of the nationwide three-day strike to combat pay and pension cuts to university staff, a team of over 40 activists from unions...

FORD PLANNING CLOSURES – in Belgium, Germany and the UK

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FORD is planning to close its plant in Southampton which makes the Transit van and employs 500 workers. A meeting between Ford’s management and unions...
Riot police brought into the centre of Paris to confront an uprising by youth against the CPE cheap labour law that had to be abandoned by the government

YOUTH FOR REVOLUTION! – in Paris and Athens

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FRENCH university and high school students were called on to make this Thursday, November 22, a day of strikes and demonstrations against the law...

Israel launches ‘war of extermination!’ – 274 killed in first few hours yesterday

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THE Lebanese Health Ministry reported at 4.00pm yesterday afternoon that 274 citizens had been killed in Israeli airstrikes which began at 6.30am, including 21...

Lib Dems Dump Hs2 Policy To Win Tory Seat!

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THE Lib Dems have pulled off another opportunist by-election victory, overturning a 16,000 Tory majority in a seat that has always voted Conservative. They did...

‘Life-threatening’ failings – in BMI private hospital

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EX-PATIENTS and their families were angry yesterday to hear that the local clinical commissioning group (CCG) has only suspended referring NHS patients to the...

Manufacturing Orders Decline

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UK manufacturing growth fell to its lowest rate for 21 months in June as new orders declined, the latest Markit/Cips survey says. The groups’ manufacturing...

ESCALATE ACTION – as Oxford walk out

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‘WE ARE going to escalate the strike action,’ a Communication Workers Union spokeswoman told News Line yesterday evening. However, she added that after a long...
Young Socialists lobby TUC Conference for a general strike

‘Food banks and pay cuts for the many – tax cuts for the few!’

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‘FOOD BANKS, zero hours and pay cuts for the many – tax cuts and pay growth for the few,’ that’s what ‘recovery’ means to...

Israel Targets Families Trying To Leave Rafah

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A YOUNG girl was shot in the face as her family attempted to return to north Gaza on Sunday, footage posted on social media...
Part of the delegation of local government short-contract workers from Salonica. Banner reads

Greek Workers March For Jobs

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Greek public sector workers on short contracts staged a successful 24-hour national strike last Thursday demanding permanent jobs and full labour rights. Their struggle was...

Bank Keeps Rate At 5.5%

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The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee yesterday voted to keep the official Bank Rate on hold at 5.5 per cent. The Bank had been...

Indian farmers: tens of thousands rise up!

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TENS of thousands of farmers drove in a convoy of tractors yesterday into the Indian capital during national Republic Day celebrations as part of...