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SHAKER Aamer, the last British resident detained at Guantanamo Bay, has spoken out about his treatment at detention centres in the US and Afghanistan,...

‘WE will not let Chase Farm Hospital close, and we are calling a massive march though Enfield on Saturday June 6 to keep...

THE Young Socialists March for Jobs, now in the final week on its route from Manchester to London, left Rugby yesterday morning, heading for...

IN ITALY’S industrial heartland, immigrant textile workers have launched a wave of coordinated strikes that have forced dozens of factories to concede basic labour...

UK unemployment has risen by 27,000 in the three months to the end of January to 2.53 million, the highest figure since 1994. The Office...

Former Labour cabinet minister Clare Short yesterday insisted she ‘had no doubt’ the July 7th London bombings were linked to Iraq and Palestine. Short...

THE largest aid convoy yet is on its way to the besieged Gaza Strip, four months after the massacre of activists by Israeli forces...

DISABLED people, benefit claimants and supporters held a vigil and remembrance event yesterday for those who have died because of the actions of Paralympic...

FOREIGN doctors volunteering in Gaza’s overwhelmed hospitals have shared distressing accounts of the dire medical situation and war crimes they’ve witnessed. With 80% of the...

THOUSANDS of junior doctors joined more than 140 picket lines across England yesterday to protest against the imposition of a new contract. Junior doctors took...

‘TEACHERS are concerned that the government have not taken the safety measures that they should have done,’ Dr Mary Bousted, Joint General Secretary of...

THE News Line Editorial Board sends its May Day greetings to the working class and the poor of the world. We send our revolutionary greetings...

A LIVELY demonstration of over 5,000 disabled people, chanted: ‘Cuts Kill, Kill the Cuts!’ as they marched to Parliament yesterday. At a rally on the...

YESTERDAY lunchtime TUC general secretary Paul Nowak gave a press conference ahead of the Congress. The main thing he talked about was the upcoming Employment...

‘CUT our pay – no way!’, ‘Two per cent is rubbish, so is Gordon Brown!’ and ‘Come on, come on Gordon Brown – raise...

STAFF are set to strike over a plan to ‘Fire & Rehire’ over 100 teachers at Richmond upon Thames College Staff at Richmond upon Thames...

UNITE has cancelled its strike ballot of BA cabin crew stating that a new deal is now on the table, and the dispute could...

FIREFIGHTERS across England and Wales took strike action last night from 6.30pm to 11.00pm and will strike again from 6.00am to 8.00am on Monday...

THE Labour Transport Secretary Lord Adonis yesterday demanded that Unite cancel the planned strike action by British Airways cabin crew, despite an overwhelming vote...

‘Any further increase in university fees will be about as popular as the poll tax,’ says University and College Union (UCU) general secretary Sally...

A COMPLAINT has been launched to the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court regarding the responsibility of UK officials...

TRANSPORT union the RMT is stepping up its campaign today against ‘swingeing cuts’ on South Western Railway which will unleash an attack on rail...

‘AN occupation now is the way forward for GM Luton and Vauxhall Ellesmere Port to defend jobs. A mass meeting at GM Luton is...

Hundreds of workers at the Birmingham-based LDV van plant were yesterday warned there is no guarantee they will have a job after a...

‘My personal view is the unions should be up in arms over the number of beds lost in the NHS,’ East Surrey UNISON official...

MOVES by a Midlands hospital trust to recruit unpaid ‘jobseekers’ to clean wards and ‘support patients through their hospital experience’ were condemned by a...

THE TUC General Council is meeting in Brighton at 9.00am today to discuss a resolution calling for it to consider the practicalities of a...

IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian says the nation should not allow rioters to cause insecurity in the country, stressing that protesting is different from rioting. ‘If the people...

‘BANK of England you’ve been told – Give Venezuela back its gold’ chanted a 60-strong picket line outside the bank yesterday lunchtime....

CROWN Post Office workers, all over the country walked out at 12.30pm sharp yesterday, in an effort to persuade the government to halt...

‘THIS is the biggest gathering that I can remember of solicitors, barristers, probation staff and the many people we represent,’ solicitor Paul Harris told...

WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange appeared in court in London yesterday looking very unwell after spending months languishing in Belmarsh Prison where he has been...

Over 24,000 manufacturing jobs are at risk over the next three months as UK firms struggle with falling orders, bosses warned yesterday. The latest Regional...

Work and Pensions Secretary John Hutton yesterday declared war on the unemployed, saying Labour will cut off benefits from those who reject...

THE floods crisis in central and western England continued yesterday with tens of thousands of homes stranded without water and electricity supplies. Up to...

CHANCELLOR Osborne delivered a class war Autumn Statement yesterday which revealed Tory plans to completely smash up the Welfare State. Starting with a gloomy assessment...

Keele University has one week to avoid the ignominy of becoming the first university to receive an academic boycott from the University and College...

‘LORRYLOADS’ of documents were shredded by the Metropolitian police over the course of two days, including documents relating to the Stephen Lawrence case,...

SPAIN’s chief prosecutor has brought back the Franco dictatorship by calling for charges including rebellion to be laid against Catalan leaders following the...

LAMBETH College UCU strikers held a lively picket and rally yesterday, on the last strike day of 2014 and stressed their determination to...

Downing Street Director of Communications Andy Coulson is under renewed pressure after it was announced yesterday that MPs will hold an emergency debate in...

THIRTY-FOUR sixth form colleges are on strike today to demand more funding for their students and their colleges. Nine colleges are joining the strike action...

TENS of thousands of rail workers in dozens of infrastructure and operating companies are to be balloted for strike action. This is after employers...

WORKERS groups in France are considering legal action, after a shocking video emerged of black women and children being brutally dispersed by police in...