Junior doctors taking part in a mass demonstration in central London last month – they are preparing for three days strike action

Doctors prepare to strike – as Tories drive doctors out the NHS

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AS junior doctors are preparing for strike action for three days next month, there is mounting fury at the Tory government’s attacks on...
Students at Goldsmiths College in New Cross, south London, march to defend the NHS

NHS must remain free! – says RCP

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‘STOP reorganising the NHS, increase NHS funding, and commit to an NHS free at the point of delivery,’ demanded the Royal College of Physicians...
Teachers marching to protect education from Gove and the Tory vandals during their last strike on October 17

NUT to strike on March 26

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THE National Union of Teachers (NUT) yesterday announced a national strike across England and Wales on Wednesday 26 March. The NUT said the strike is...
Athens University students marching on the May Day demonstration

Greek Decree For Mass Sackings & Wage Cuts

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The Greek government of Prime Minister Yiorghos Papandreou has unveiled the contents of a Presidential Decree which would allow for mass sackings, at half...

Dr Bawa-Garba victory –‘a defining moment’

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DR BAWA-GARBA’s victory, in reversing the General Medical Council’s decision to strike her off the medical register over the death of a patient was...

OCCUPY GM LUTON NOW! – to defend all workers’ jobs

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WORKERS attending for the Monday night shift at the General Motors van plant in Luton were shocked to be informed that all production would...
Workers Revolutionary Party Norwich Central candidate GABRIEL POLLEY speaks out to the discomfort of leading Blairite CHARLES CLARKE (second from right)

Gabriel Polley Speaks Out For Workers

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‘THE working class is tired of listening to the lies put forward by the ruling class politicians,’ said Workers Revolutionary Party candidate Gabriel Polley,...
Thursday’s march in Athens. School and university students banner reads, ‘Cash to the banks – Bullets to the youth. This is the time for our days, fight for freedom and justice’

Greek Students Clash With Police

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THOUSANDS of Greek school and university students staged protest marches in Athens and 20 cities throughout the country last Thursday on the 10th anniversary...

Alarming A&E Waiting Times

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THE British Medical Association (BMA) has warned that a million more patients will face waits of more than four hours at accident and emergency...
General Motors UAW members demonstrate against the attack on their conditions

Herts FBU – Two Eight Hour Strikes

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HERTFORDSHIRE fire crews have given seven day’s notice of two eight hour blocks of industrial action on 15 and 20 May. They said late proposals...
A section of the delegates at the Torquay  conference

Bma Row!

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AT a stormy morning session of the BMA Annual Representative Meeting yesterday, Birmingham BMA demanded the resignation of the chairman and deputy chairman...
Postal workers marching through Wolverhampton last weekend against privatisation of Royal Mail

Cwu Marches To Defend Royal Mail

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) are hosting a march and rally in Corby, Northamptonshire, today against the privatisation of Royal Mail. The March will begin...

13-year-old Palestinian boy killed for letting off fireworks!

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THE ISRAELI Occupation Forces (IOF) continued their genocide of the Palestinian people in Gaza and the West Bank overnight on Tuesday and throughout yesterday. In...
The lobby calling to scrap Clause 118/9 of the Care Bill which will allow health secretary Hunt to close any hospital he chooses

Stop Hunt Closing Hospitals!

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OVER 150 people lobbied the Houses of Parliament yesterday in an angry demonstration against clause 119, which if passed gives Tory Health Secretary Hunt...
Delegates at the TGWU biennial conference in Brighton

‘NO TO TWO TIER PAY & CONDITIONS’ – urges TGWU biennial conference

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DELEGATES at the TGWU Biennial Delegate Conference in Brighton yesterday gave their full support to Salford Council workers who will be taking more strike...

Libyan forces strike NATO’s agents

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AT 2109 gmt on Sunday, pro-Gadaffi Damascus-based Al-Ra’y TV reported that Bani Walid, 150km southeast of the Libyan capital Tripoli, had rejected negotiations...

10,000 dead in Israel’s month-long Gaza genocide!

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MORE than 10,000 Palestinians have been slaughtered in Israel’s month-long genocide since October 7th, Gaza’s Health Ministry announced yesterday, with 10,022 people, including 4,104...
Sacked Gate Gourmet workers at the TUC, demanding  union leaders who will fight, and action against the venture capitalists

RENATIONALISATION – demands TUC Congress

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DELEGATES to the Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday voted overwhelmingly to demand the re-nationalisation of public utilities, in opposition to the TUC leadership’s ‘reservations’. TUC...

LOCKED IN FLOODED CELLS! – Harmondsworth inquiry demand

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On Monday, 23 June, the High Court will respond to a Liberty demand for an independent investigation into the treatment of detainees at Harmondsworth...
Nationwide, people are taking to the streets to defend their hospitals. Picture shows 10,000-strong march in Ealing last September

NHS Francis Inquiry Slammed

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THE Francis inquiry into what happened at Mid-Staffordshire ‘has allowed the government to blame frontline clinicians rather than those in charge.’ This was the...
RMT members on the second day of their strike action on the Wood Group Shell. Photo Credit: RMT

5 days of Govia strike action

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FIVE further days of strike action have been confirmed by train union RMT over the removal of all guards from Govia Thameslink trains. Driver...

436 Killed In Gaza Yesterday – Half Of Them Children!

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THE NUMBER of people killed in Gaza since 7th October rose to 5,087 yesterday – an increase of 436 since Sunday, the Health Ministry...

PRESCOTT INQUIRY –visited US billionaire tycoon seven times

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PARLIAMENTARY Commissioner Sir Philip Mawer yesterday announced a full investigation into Deputy Premier Prescott’s relations with US tycoon Phillip Anschutz, focusing on his...

EU announces £22bn tariffs on US imports

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THE EU has announced retaliatory tariffs of up to 26bn euros (£22bn) on US imports, responding to President Donald Trump’s 25% levies on global...
Workers at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Woolwich, on the first day of their two-day strike in a bitter struggle against the privateer ISS

Woolwich Hospital two-day strike

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WORKERS at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich in south east London were on strike yesterday and are striking again today in a bitter struggle...

TORTURE NOT OK! Law Lords defend Iraqis’ human rights

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BRITISH troops were told to hood Iraqis and use banned ‘stressing’ techniques when interrogating them, human rights lawyer Phil Shiner claimed yesterday at...

Greek seafarers win historic victory

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THE Greek seafarers’ trade union PENEN declared on Wednesday the victory of the 10-day solid strike on the ferries of the Italy-Greece line at...

MAJORITY DEMAND – Keep Chase Farm Hospital open!

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The hugely expensive ‘consultation process’ meant to rubber stamp the closure of Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield has backfired, after the majority of returnees...
Labour Party supporters of Jeremy Corbyn protesting at the right-wing witch-hunt against him

Labour NEC gives in to witch-hunt

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THE LABOUR Party’s governing body, the National Executive Committee (NEC), yesterday adopted all of the examples of ‘anti-Semitism’ in the international definition, in addition...

Richest are 30% better off!

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‘THIS situation cannot be allowed to continue,’ GMB national officer Sharon Holder told News Line yesterday in response to this year’s Sunday Times Rich...

‘WE NEED NEW LEADERS’ – say Gate Gourmet workers

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LOCKED-out Gate Gourmet workers were very angry on the picket line at the weekend after many of them had received special delivery letters informing...

Public sector must unite to smash privatisation

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THOUSANDS of firefighters are marching on Westminster today against government cuts to the fire and rescue service and attacks on their pensions. Coachloads of firefighters...

40,716 children held in cells overnight

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‘KEEPING a child in a cell overnight is not only inappropriate and distressing for the child concerned, but is a breach of their fundamental...

Prentis And Woodley Praise Brown

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In a nationalistic speech to the Labour Party Conference yesterday, prime minister Brown made sweeping promises to improve public services. Hardly mentioning the world capitalist...

Payday Bloodsuckers!

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A Which? survey has found that about one million households use high interest payday lenders every month to try to make ends meet and...
The RMT has consistently fought to stop the  privatisation of the Rail network in Britain

RENATIONALISE THE RAIL – demands RMT rail union

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Rail union RMT yesterday called for the renationalisation of the railways. A union statement said: ‘The post-Christmas chaos caused by major engineering overruns on the...

HEADS WILL BOYCOTT SATs

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SATs tests are being used as a ‘big stick’ to beat state schools with, says the president of the National Association of Head Teachers...

Starmer Launches War On Benefits And Youth!

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THE STARMER Labour government is launching its war on the sick, the disabled and the unemployed, with the youth particularly targeted, as it brings...

‘We are on the brink of making history’ says New York’s first socialist mayor

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ZOHRAM MAMDANI, a self-proclaimed ‘democratic socialist’, was elected the 111th mayor of New York yesterday. He is the first person of South Asian descent and...

UK Tax Havens Scandal

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‘The UK is responsible for one in five of the world’s tax havens – that’s more than any other country,’ stated Tax Justice Policy...

St Thomas’-Barts march to Trafalgar Sq

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OVER 300 NHS workers and their supporters from Barts’ and St Thomas’ Hospitals marched from St Thomas’ to Trafalgar Square. Unite had called a 2-day...

Birmingham bin strike escalates! – Unite condemns ‘disgraceful use of unlawful labour’

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NEARLY 400 Birmingham refuse workers began indefinite strike action yesterday over the scrapping of the waste collection and recycling officer role (WRCO), which has...

Sadiq Khan blocks £50 million Palantir police contract

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LONDON Mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan Police contract with US surveillance technology company Palantir, citing a ‘clear and serious breach’ of...

‘Boycott General Motors’ Demands Unifor’s Dias

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UNIFOR National President Jerry Dias, speaking during a press conference, has asked for all Canadians and Americans to boycott all General Motors vehicles that...

Five US Troops Killed In West Iraq

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A force of up to 2,500 US troops, supported by puppet Iraqi troops, moved into Iraq’s western Al Anbar province yesterday in the biggest offensive...