2nd wave more deadly than first! Labour pledges to push through Johnson’s national lock...

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DEATHS from coronavirus will be twice as high this winter than in the first wave of the pandemic, Tory PM Boris Johnson told Parliament...

‘THEY ARE GOING TO PAY FOR THEIR LIES!’ – Menezes family hails Blair inquiry

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‘This will be the start, they are going to pay for all their lies, all the shootings,’ Alex Pereira, the cousin of Jean Charles...

South African Strike Wave Spreads

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THE strikes that have halted work at seven of South Africa’s gold and platinum mines have spread to the chrome sector. It emerged yesterday that...

‘Free pass to commit war crimes’ – Amnesty slams army immunity from prosecution

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‘IT IS in no-one’s interests for members of the armed forces to be given a free pass over alleged war crimes’ said Kate Allen,...
Lambeth College lecturers, students and supporters fighting vicious budget cuts

‘HANDS OFF OUR JOBS, WAGES AND PENSIONS’ – Lecturers warn the Tory Lib-Dems

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On the eve of today’s budget, striking lecturers told News Line they are determined to defend their pay, pensions and jobs against the Tory-led...

Bma Warns Brown Don’t Destroy NHS

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‘we will not stand by and see you decimate hospitals for purely financial reasons. We will not stand by and let you damage patient...

EU-UK post-Brexit deal deadlock!

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TALKS between the UK and EU broke up yesterday, as the two sides remained at loggerheads over a post-Brexit trade deal. Another deadline passed, but...
Athens University administration workers and their children marching on Saturday

7th week on strike for Greek admin workers

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ADMINISTRATION workers at eight Greek universities are continuing their strike for the seventh consecutive week against the government’s plan to sack some 1,500 of...

Call for worldwide Gaza solidarity action

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THE Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) continued to carry out intensive deadly strikes targeting civilians in different areas of the Gaza Strip, mainly in Gaza...
Striking Cambridge postal workers said the mood is defiant as they look forward to the national strike

Post Strikers Determined To Win!

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‘The mood is defiant,’ said striking postal workers in Cambridge yesterday. This came as the Communication Workers Union branded Royal Mail’s business approach ‘chaos management’. Thousands...

Teachers fury at Labour’s ‘inadequate & unfunded’ 2.8% offer!

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DELEGATES at the annual conference of the National Education Union (NEU) in Harrogate yesterday voted for districts, branches and school groups to ‘immediately prepare’...

Bin workers reject pay cut capitulation deal!

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'THERE’S no mention of the massive £8,000 pay cut. If it’s not satisfactory we’re quite prepared to reject this deal and vote to stay...
Students on the NUS and UCU joint demonstration last November – they oppose the Tory move to charge different fees at each and every university dependent on the ‘quality of education’

Parents remortgage to pay uni fees

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PARENTS are being forced to remortgage their homes in order to pay for their sons’ and daughters’ tuition fees. ‘My Home Move’ analysed figures which...

5 US marines killed – near Ramadi

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Five US marines have been killed near Ramadi, western Iraq, when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb, the US military said in a statement...

$8.7 Billion Iraq Oil-For-Aid Cash ‘missing’

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ALMOST 96 per cent of oil and petrol money earmarked for humanitarian needs and reconstruction in Iraq after the 2003 invasion has gone missing,...

CIA Torture Centres In Lithuania!

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The CIA had at least two ‘black sites’ in Lithuania where they tortured illegally held victims of ‘extraordinary rendition’, a Lithuanian parliamentary inquiry has...

‘MORE COPS WON’T SOLVE ANYTHING’ – say defiant French youths

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‘More repression means more destruction’, said defiant French youths yesterday, in answer to the state-of emergency announced by Interior Minister Nicholas Sarkozy. They said curfews...
35 Years Since Orgreave

35 years since Orgreave – June 15th, 2019

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March & Rally 12 noon, Saturday June 15th 2019 Orgreave Lane, Sheffield S13 9NE Remember those who were attacked and who lost their lives in the miners...

Food And Clothes Prices Soar

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SOARING food and clothing prices saw the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) inflation rate measure for March rising to 3.5% from 3.4% in February. The Office...

TORY CRISIS DEEPENS AS SUNAK SET TO BORROW £598bn MORE

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CHANCELLOR Sunak began his Budget speech by drawing attention to the £280 billion already spent on Covid-19 rescue measures saying, ‘I said I would...

A ‘BEYOND SUBSTANTIAL’ PAY RISE FOR NHS IN 2021-22! – demand health trade unions

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THE CORONAVIRUS pandemic reinforces – not diminishes – the strong case for the NHS workforce to receive a ‘beyond substantial’ pay rise for 2021-22,...

5,500 Children killed in Gaza! – World Children’s Day November 20th

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ON WORLD Children’s Day yesterday it was recorded that at least 5,500 children have been killed by the Zionist Israeli regime since it began...

GPs OPPOSE DISABLED WORK TESTS

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GPs at their annual conference in Liverpool yesterday voted in favour of a motion calling for the end of the work capability assessment. The doctors,...

‘LEAVE NOW’ DEMAND MAY’S MPs – as Tory split widens

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DURING the House of Commons Prime Ministers Questions yesterday, both Tory PM May and Labour leader Corbyn avoided the burning issue of the hour,...

Spain held general strike against Israel’s genocide!

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A day of protest was called on Friday, September 27, and a general strike took place across the whole of Spain in solidarity with...
Nurses and other NHS workers on the 50,000-strong London march during the pensions strike last month

Industrial action not ruled out – over pensions says Scottish BMA leader

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A group of seven leading public health specialists, past presidents of the UK Faculty of Public Health, have called for the Health and Social...

BMA leader to condemn unreal government demands!

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ADDRESSING the BMA’s Annual Representative Meeting (ARM) this morning, Dr Mark Porter will reaffirm the BMA’s position on seven-day hospital services – that patients...

Met ‘failed to perform its legal duty’ when it banned Sarah Everard vigil

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THE Metropolitan Police breached the rights of the organisers of a planned vigil for Sarah Everard, two judges have ruled. The group had to cancel...

UK abusing terrorism laws! says Amnesty International Secretary General

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IN A MAJOR police state move, 29 demonstrators were arrested in London at a protest in support of Palestine Action on Saturday, the day...
Capita Unite members during a strike in Reading – the BMA doctors’ union has called for Capita to be stripped of its NHS contract after 3,500 women did not receive their cervical screening letters

Strip Capita Of NHS Contract!

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STRIP private outsourcing giant Capita of its NHS contract, doctors’ union the BMA demanded after the shocking news broke yesterday that more than 3,500...
Greek riot police in action. UK Chancellor Osborne is demanding an EU-wide War on Welfare

Osborne Targets Eu Welfare

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CHANCELLOR Osborne has called for an all-out EU-wide War on Welfare, demanding yesterday that the European Union must ‘do more’ to ensure economic competitiveness...

CATALAN ‘REBELLION’ CHARGE! – as Puigdemont visits Brussels seeking support

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

Labour Failing Homeless

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Homelessness charity Crisis yesterday called on the government to make public services more accessible to homeless people. Crisis said: ‘Public services are failing homeless people. ‘Public...

Met Police Ban Rally At BBC For Palestine!

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THE METROPOLITAN Police have been condemned for their decision to impose a last-minute ban on a planned mass pro-Palestinian march starting from outside the...

WE’LL STRIKE ON PENSIONS! say the rail trade unions

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

Tory Crisis Deepens As Parliament Returns

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LIZ TRUSS returns to Parliament for the first time as Prime Minister today, amidst a bubbling rebellion of MPs and economists who are aghast...
Picket of the Israeli embassy on August 1st during the Zionist onslaught on Gaza claiming the lives of thousands of Palestinian men, women and children

RECOGNISE PALESTINE! – Palestinian ambassador urges MPs

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MANUEL Hassassian, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, has renewed his call on MPs to pass the resolution that will be before the House...
Postal workers marching during the General Strike in Belfast on January 18 2001 sparked by the sectarian killing of a young postal worker

Belfast Cwu – Still Out!

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Striking Belfast postal workers yesterday told union representatives that they are not going back to work. Communications Workers Union spokesman, Owen Davey, said after...

BANKS FACE WIPEOUT! – Labour hints at state takeover

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The first banks to get money under the UK government’s £500bn bank rescue plan are expected to do so this morning. Over the weekend, the...

ACCEPT MAGNA DEAL OR FACE CLOSURE – Luton workers told

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Workers attending the morning shift at the GM van plant in Luton yesterday were presented with a Unite union leaflet, informing them of a...
Students at Exeter University, one of a number of universities occupied to support striking lecturers

UCU Welcomes Oxford’s Pensions U-Turn

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THE VICE Chancellor of Oxford University withdrew her support for Universities UK’s attack on lecturers’ pensions yesterday, joining dozens of others, including Cambridge, to...

Iranian missiles cause panic in Israel and close Knesset!

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IRANIAN missile strikes triggered widespread panic across Israel yesterday, forcing the suspension of a Knesset (parliament) session. On the 25th day of the conflict, unrelenting...
A strong and confident picket line at the Brockley Delivery Office yesterday morning

‘OUR LEADERS MUST LEAD’ – demand London postal workers

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LONDON postal workers took 24-hour strike action yesterday, with pickets across the capital demanding that the action is stepped up and that the union...
Marchers greeted by bakers and food workers union (BFAWU) who told them of the struggle the union had waged at Hovis where they kept out zero-hours contracts. The marchers were told that jobs for young people were one of the major concerns of the union

Manchester workers greet march!

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‘Victory to Palestine!’ rang out through the streets of Central Manchester on Day 15 of the Young Socialists March for Jobs to the TUC...