‘The TUC must call strike action and show solidarity with Palestine’
‘THE TUC must call strike action, show unity and solidarity with the people of Palestine and end the genocide,’ a Chartered Society of Physiotherapists...
Mugabe Resigns!!
‘ROBERT Mugabe has handed me his letter of resignation,’ the speaker of Zimbabwe’s Parliament announced yesterday, sparking wild celebrations. Cheers, singing, shouting and dancing erupted...
MAY QUITS! Now bring down Tories
AT 10:36 yesterday morning PM May announced that she will resign as PM on June 7. She said: ‘I have agreed with the Party Chairman...
Russia poised to recognise Donbass republics! 5 Ukrainian officers killed trying to cross into...
THE RUSSIAN Security Council discussed yesterday recognising Donetsk and Lugansk in the Donbass region of Ukraine as independent states. Russian President Vladimir Putin said: ‘I...
Tories in a crisis over state attack on Corbyn
THE REVELATION that senior British civil servants have been briefing the capitalist press that Labour Leader Jeremy Corbyn is too sick and unfit to...
Bring us back in-house now! – demand St George’s Hospital strikers
St George’s Hospital workers employed by the public services privateer Mitie are escalating their action with a week-long strike commencing on Monday 20th June. On...
Gaza ceasefire possible if Israel stops setting new conditions says Hamas
HAMAS said yesterday that ‘a Gaza ceasefire is possible if the occupation stops setting new conditions’, while Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was reportedly heading...
NAO TO PROBE GREENSILL! – and how it collapsed the UK steel industry
THE NATIONAL Audit Office (NAO) has launched a probe into supply chain finance firm Greensill Capital following its collapse, which threatens to end the...
Williamson readmitted to the Labour Party – split widens as 90 MPs oppose his...
LABOUR MP Chris Williamson was allowed back into the party yesterday morning after an investigation into comments he made about the party’s handling of...
8th GAZA BABY DIES OF COLD
AN EIGHTH baby died of hypothermia due to a lack of shelters as temperatures plummeted amid Israeli military attacks on Gaza yesterday. The father of...
BA pilots strike!
BALPA (British Airline Pilots Association) yesterday gave notice to British Airways that it calls on its members to strike on 9th, 10th and 27th...
‘Close down the Island if they try to evict us’ say Vestas occupiers
‘I’M not leaving,’ occupying Vestas worker Mark Smith told News Line yesterday. He was speaking in the wake of a hearing at Newport Court where...
BANK OF ENGLAND BUYS GOVERNMENT BONDS! – to try to restore orderly market conditions
THE Bank of England (BoE) launched a huge intervention in government bond markets yesterday, as the UK financial crisis spiralled out of control following...
END GAZA BLOCKADE! – UK agencies urge UK, US, Russia and UN
UK agencies yesterday called on members of the Mid-East Quartet meeting in London (the US, EU, Russia and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon) to put...
Greek Students Stage A Huge National March!
GREEK students staged a huge national march in Athens last Thursday against a government Bill to establish private universities while shutting down or merging...
Johnson Imposes Tier 3 On Manchester
TORY PM Johnson announced yesterday the government will impose the strictest measures – a Tier 3 lockdown – on Manchester, despite Greater Manchester Mayor...
Food Prices Causing Widespread Stress!
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...
Teacher Unions Vote To Strike
THE NUT and NASUWT teachers unions voted overwhelmingly for strike action at their annual conferences over the weekend. Speaking after the Priority Motion on Pensions...
Russia Today fined £200,000!
BRITISH broadcast regulator Ofcom has just slapped Russia Today (RT) with a six-figure £200,000 fine for allegedly breaching impartiality rules. The fine comes before a...
VESTAS OCCUPIED! – workers demand nationalisation
Workers occupying the Vestas wind turbine factory in Newport on the Isle of Wight demanded the nationalisation of the plant yesterday. In a defiant statement,...
Labour Stabs Iraq In The Back
LABOUR leader Corbyn absented himself from the vote on Wednesday night when Labour and Tory MPs voted down an SNP motion condemning the ...
Marchers speak at Northampton College
The Young Socialists March for Jobs set out from Northampton for Bedford yesterday morning. The marchers sent out an advance team to recruit new members...
RT’s Nikolov and TV-Novosti sanctioned by Tories
RUSSIA Today (RT) managing director, Alexey Nikolov, was sanctioned yesterday by the UK government. Sanctions have also been imposed on RT’s parent company, TV-Novosti. The...
Tories want GPs to do their cuts dirty work!
The coalition government is pressing ahead with plans to make GP practices responsible for purchasing health care in England, replacing Primary Care Trusts and...
Great Welcome In Glossop For Marchers
The Young Socialists March from Manchester to London for Jobs and Free State Education reached Sheffield late yesterday afternoon after a massive reception in...
‘Nationalise Land Rover & Jaguar’ – call at TGWU Conference
THE Transport and General Workers Union Biennial Delegate Conference in Brighton yesterday heard a call for the nationalisation of Jaguar and Land Rover to...
BT Group Votes For Strike Action
CWU general secretary Dave Ward, announced yesterday at a press conference that a vote for strike action was carried by CWU members in the...
100th Aniversary of the Russian Revolution – This Sunday
Sunday November 12, 2-8pm The Camden Centre, Bidborough Street,WC1H 9AU Rally • Films • theatre • art exhibition FOR MORE DETAILS SEE 100th ANNIVERSARY IN LEFT HAND...
‘A SUSTAINED ATTACK ON THE POOR’ – Tories assault on council housing condemned
Homeless charity Shelter yesterday condemned the planned ‘radical reform’ of council housing as ‘a deliberate attack on the poorest in society’. Announcing the measure, ...
‘SCAPEGOATS FOR THE DEFICITS CRISIS’ – RCN condemns targeting of young foreign nurses
Yesterday Royal College of Nursing (RCN) General Secretary Beverly Malone condemned the government’s latest scheme to keep overseas junior nurses out of Britain. Responding to...
THIS CASE THREATENS PRESS FREEDOM says Julian Assange’s fiancée
‘THIS CASE is a grave threat to press freedom, not just for Julian Assange, but for all British journalists,’ lawyer Stella Morris, Julian Assange’s...
WAGES WILL BE FROZEN UNTIL 2015 – says Miliband
Ed Miliband yesterday warned that average pay will be no higher in 2015 than it was in 2003, quoting figures published by the Resolution...
West London UCU strike action!
UCU members at West London College sites in Hammersmith, Acton, Ealing and Southall were on strike yesterday against job losses. Fourteen staff face loosing their...
Tax hike for workers while rich pay zero! – 1.25% NI hike bulldozed through...
A VOTE took place last night, fast tracking the Johnson government’s 1.25% hike on National Insurance to pay for social care announced only on...
‘GPs – patients champions!’
GPs at the BMA Local Medical Committees annual conference in London yesterday debated motions in relation to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt and his policies. They...
Johnson cannot rule out Xmas lockdown!
THE TORY government ‘can’t make hard, fast guarantees’ that there will not be a Christmas lockdown, Deputy PM Dominic Raab said yesterday. The cabinet met...
Keep Ealing Maternity open!
A CAMPAIGN team was out on Southall Broadway yesterday fighting for this Wednesday’s march and occupation to stop the closure of Ealing Hospital Maternity...
MANUFACTURING COLLAPSE – Nissan cuts production
Nissan announced a halt to production at its Sunderland plant for a fortnight and shorter working days for three weeks during October and November...
Sanctions Linked To Foodbanks!
NEW University of Oxford research confirms there is a strong link between increased benefit sanctions and higher foodbank use. The University of Oxford researchers analysed...
FBU ‘will Strike Against Wage Cuts’
AROUND 100 members of the Fire Brigades Union from across London lobbied talks at ACAS yesterday, where FBU leaders warned the employers they would...
All tube lines out on March 1st and 3rd!
TRANSPORT union RMT announced strike action yesterday on all lines of the London Underground (LU). The announcement comes in the wake of a recent ballot...
Scrap Sky High Student Fees And Debts!
THE TORY coalition government has rejected demands that it hold an urgent review into the student loan system, despite the system reaching...
PROBATION PRIVATISATION COSTS ELECTORS £500m!
THE CRISIS caused by the privatisation of the probation system in England and Wales has cost taxpayers almost £500m, the government’s National Audit Office...
US Is Preparing Assange Charges
THE US Justice Department is preparing charges against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, whose website published thousands of classified US government documents. US federal prosecutors inadvertently...
MASSIVE ‘YES’ VOTE –expected for national post strike
A LEADING CWU (Communication Workers Union) representative in the Midlands yesterday said a national strike was needed to tackle ‘all our difficulties’. Malcolm Brundrett, CWU...