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Protesters on Saturday’s “Tories Out’ march demand ‘Justice for Grenfell’

Flammable cladding No sprinklers! In tower blocks across UK

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CLADDING on 181 tower blocks in 51 areas of the country have now failed fire safety tests. Meanwhile it also emerged yesterday that there are...

Tory rights ‘smash and grab’ – threat to ban support for Palestine

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‘THE UK government’s extremism definition is a smash and grab on our human rights,’ Sacha Deshmukh, Amnesty International Chief Executive, said yesterday. He was speaking...
RMT and TSSA rail unions led a march against cuts announced in the coalition’s Comprehensive Spending Review last October

No New Anti-Union Laws!

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Trade unions yesterday condemned Tory threats to ban strikes after Downing Street dropped a bombshell, confirming that Tory leader Cameron is ‘considering’ just that. London...

‘Staff May Strike Again This Summer’ Warns RCN

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ROYAL College of Nursing (RCN) general secretary and chief executive, Professor Nicola Ranger yesterday warned staff may strike again this summer unless the government...

Disabled cutting back on food and heating

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THOUSANDS of disabled people are cutting back on food and heating as a result of the Bedroom Tax, says a group of leading charities. The...
Trade unionists rally in Athens during their strike action on January 17

Greek Debt Crisis Talks

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The Greek government spokesman Pantelis Kapsis stated that the Prime Minister was to meet with Institute of International Finance (IIF) director Charles Dallara yesterday...
Sacked Gate Gourmet workers rallying in Southall in December 2005 with the support of the local community. They are still fighting for their rights

Gate Gourmet Loses BA Short-Haul Contract

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Northern Foods has won the British Airways contract to supply meals and sandwiches for short-haul flights from Heathrow airport, replacing Gate Gourmet. Northern, the food...
March in Enfield in June against the closure of Chase Farm Hospital

Pfi Disaster For NHS

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday condemned ‘commercial involvement in the NHS’ as it emerged that the cost of NHS private finance initiative (PFI)...

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...
Greek riot police attack trade unionists with tear gas and truncheons outside the Labour Ministry

Greek Riot Police Attack Workers

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THIRTY-SIX trade unionists, including members of the GSEE (Greek TUC) general council, were attacked by the riot police with tear gas and truncheons and...
Enthusiastic picket at the Lewisham site of Lewisham & Southwark College yesterday against the plan to cut 112 jobs

Lewisham & London Met Strike Action!

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LECTURERS were on strike at Lewisham and Southwark College yesterday over 112 sackings because of the closure of the Southwark site in Camberwell, southeast...

‘WE WANT ACTION FOR JOBS’ says YS leader ’

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OFFICIAL unemployment figures released by the Office for National Statistics yesterday, revealed that nearly two-and-a-half million people remain unemployed, one million of them youth. The...

College strikes

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‘WE ARE taking action as part of national co-ordinated action for a pay rise of at least 5%,' Julia Roberts, Lambeth University and College...

‘We must come together to stop no-deal’ – says Labour leader Corbyn

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‘WE MUST come together to stop no-deal. This week could be the last chance. We are working with other parties to do everything necessary...

2,500 march in Berne to support Gate Gourmet workers

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OVER 2,500 people marched in support of the locked out Gate Gourmet workers last Saturday in the Swiss capital of Berne. The march was...

Thousands join BBC unions to take strike action!

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The BBC was gripped by the biggest strike in ten years yesterday, as over 11,000 journalists and technicians from all three BBC unions –...

‘We’re here to stop the genocide!’ say UCL occupiers

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AROUND 50 students have occupied the entrance on the forecourt of University College London (UCL) since last Friday in protest at Israeli genocide in...
Part of the massive anti-austerity demonstration on June 20th when 250,000 marched on parliament – many more will march and take strike action to defend trade union rights

Unite and fight this brutal assault says RMT

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‘THIS Tory government is coming after the one group of people – the trade unions – who are able to stand up for ordinary...

Huge cuts in school funding! says NUT’s Kevin Courtney

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DAVID Cameron is misleading parents and the public on school funding, says the National Union of Teachers (NUT). Commenting on Cameron’s statement on school funding...

Platinum miners – murder charges

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PLATINUM miners arrested at South Africa’s Marikana mine were yesterday charged with the murder of 34 colleagues shot by police. The police shootings sparked...

Hamas-US in direct talks!

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THE White House has confirmed that the United States has engaged in direct negotiations with Hamas regarding American captives held in Gaza, despite Washington’s...

Flammable wooden cladding found on 20 blocks!

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AN URGENT investigation has found that there are at least 20 housing blocks using the same wooden cladding and wooden structure as the block...

‘NO MORE RACIST STOP AND SEARCH’ – says Liberty

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Rights group Liberty has warned the government against draft police guidance that would allow race to be a basis for stop and search operations...

UN says Israel must quit ‘unlawful presence!’

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THE UN General Assembly has adopted a Palestinian-drafted, non-binding resolution demanding Israel end ‘its unlawful presence in the Occupied Palestinian Territory’ within 12 months. There...

Evacuate within 24 hours or else face Israeli invasion – US & Israel tell...

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ISRAEL has ordered residents of Gaza City to evacuate the area within 24 hours, in what is viewed as a precursor of a ground...

Israeli Forces Demolish Palestinian Homes

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ISRAELI forces yesterday made preparations for the punitive demolition of the family houses of three Palestinians suspected of carrying out a fatal attack outside...

Assault on Al-Aqsa is a ‘declaration of war’ on Palestinians!

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THE ASSAULT on the Al Aqsa Mosque is equal to a ‘Declaration of War on the Palestinians’, said the spokesman for the President of...
Doctors march in defence of surgeries in east London

194,941 sign ‘Sack Hunt’ petition

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PATIENTS and doctors still need answers on seven-day hospital services, Dr Mark Porter, the chairman of the British Medical Association (BMA), said yesterday. This follows...

Troika dictates its terms to Cyprus

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THE International Monetary Fund (IMF) has set out the ultra-harsh terms of the ‘bailout deal’ that the Cypriot government has agreed. In order to receive...

Launch Of Work Till You Drop Pension Plan

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Yesterday’s pensions announcement went down like a lead balloon with pensioners who were expecting immediate action to index link the state pension with average...

Two-day nationwide lecturers pay strike

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A TWO day nationwide strike of lecturers at every university in the country has been called in an escalating row over pay, the University...

Palestinian fury over Israeli flight to UAE!

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PALESTINIAN political factions have reacted with fury to the first official visit by an Israeli delegation to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to finalise...
Thousands of Tamils poured into Parliament Square yesterday, after police broke up their overnight sit-down protest on Westminster Bridge

Police Attack Tamils

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Hundreds of Tamils demonstrated in Parliament Square yesterday after a sit-in of thousands on Westminster Bridge was broken up by riot police. The protesters alleged...

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...

Halt NHS privatisation! – no consent from the people

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LABOUR’S shadow health secretary Andy Burnham has called for NHS privatisation to be halted until after the 2015 general election. Speaking yesterday Burnham said ‘privatisation...

Gaza Critical – ‘Hunger Rebellion’ In Nablus

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UNRWA, the United Nations’ agency for Palestinian refugees, yesterday evening suspended its operations in the Gaza Strip citing a shortage of fuel. The suspension means...

Greenford Bus Workers To Join Mass Picket

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GATE Gourmet locked-out workers are holding their monthly mass picket at the Beacon Roundabout, Beacon Road, near Heathrow Airport, Terminal Four from 11am to...
Sacked Gate Gourmet workers lobbying the TGWU biennial conference last Monday

TAKE ON ANTI-UNION LAWS – Rob Williams tells TGWU conference

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THE leadership of the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) was shaken at the union’s biennial delegate conference in Brighton yesterday, when a substantial...

Medvedev Meets Merkel To Back The Magna Bid

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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met German Chancellor Angela Merkel in the Black Sea town of Sochi yesterday to discuss carmaker Opel and other industrial...

DEXTER BRISTOL WALK-OUT! – died after being classified illegal

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THE MOTHER and sister of Dexter Bristol (57), who died suddenly earlier this year after being classified as an illegal immigrant, angrily walked out...

DOWN WITH GOVERNMENT OF MURDERERS! – shout 50,000 Greek workers and youth!

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‘DOWN with the government of murderers’ shouted over 50,000 enraged workers and students last Thursday in Athens in a most militant march on the...
A section of the massive London march during the two million-strong November 30 public sector pensions strike last year

Time To Get Rid Of Capitalism

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MAY DAY STATEMENT BY THE NEWS LINE EDITORIAL BOARD THE Editorial Board of the News Line sends its revolutionary greetings to the workers of the...

Israel Planning Iran April Strike

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US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta believes there is a ‘strong likelihood’ that Israel will strike Iran’s nuclear installations this spring, the Washington Post said...
Young Socialists banner on the May Day march

PM ‘SQUATTING IN DOWNING STREET’ says Labour’s Emily Thornbury

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INTERVIEWED on BBC TV’s Andrew Marr Show yesterday morning, Labour leader Corbyn said of the Tories: ‘They are trying to form a government at...

70th anniversary of Chinese Revolution!

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CHINA has celebrated the 70th anniversary of its founding with a massive military parade in Beijing showing off some of the world’s most advanced...