Eurozone Collapsing!
Tory prime minister Cameron’s decision to veto an EU-wide treaty change over eurozone financial rules was ‘largely political’, Business Secretary Vince Cable said yesterday. He...
No private ambulances!
THE local community, backed by Unison, has launched a campaign to stop the privatisation of the patient transport service (PTS) within Greater Manchester. At a...
‘WE SILENCE OUR GUNS – TO SAVE THE LIVES OF OUR PEOPLE’ say Tigers
SELVERASA Pathmanathan, head of the Tamil Tigers International Diplomatic Relations, issued an urgent statement on Sunday morning. He said: ‘Despite our plea to the...
End The Cuts And Build Council Housing
‘We look forward to see what the government’s economic recovery strategy is,’ a TUC spokesman told News Line yesterday. ‘Any measures that ease the pressure...
NATIONALISE THE RAILWAYS! – ASLEF, RMT and TSSA launch Judicial Review
RAIL unions ASLEF, RMT and TSSA have launched a Judicial Review to challenge the government over plans to re-privatise the East Coast railway. The unions...
PA signs £80m Gaza reconstruction deal with UN
WITH support from Palestinian Authority (PA) Prime Minister Mohammad Mustafa, the United Nations Development Programme and the Arab International Organisation for Reconstruction in Palestine...
Obama’s last-minute talks – US on the brink
WITH Congress adjourned for the weekend, US President Obama was holding last-minute talks with Republican and Democratic leaders at the White House yesterday evening...
Unis already raising fees to £9,250
UNIVERSITY tuition fees in England will rise to £9,250 per year from 2017 and the increase could apply to students who have already started...
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...
‘Israel wants to erase the Palestinian nation – now is the time to act’
‘THE question here today is not why we are sailing. The story is not at all about the mission we are about to embark....
Bankrupt Budget!
In his first budget, Chancellor Darling hit the working class and middle class with big hikes in alcohol, tobacco and vehicle taxes while giving...
Maternity cuts despite baby boom
HALF of the English regions have cut their spending on maternity services despite the ongoing baby boom, according to new figures obtained by the...
220,000 disabled to win back payments
DISABLED people were thrown off benefits in their hundreds of thousands by private assessors Atos and then Capita, and left penniless to face eviction...
‘There could be a Lehmans moment!’ – World Bank warning
AS GREEK workers went to the polls yesterday, bourgeois commentators were warning of a ‘widespread contagion’ or even an ‘asteroid strike’ of an economic...
General Strike Shuts Down Greece
GREEK workers last Thursday staged a massive and militant general strike against the right-wing government of Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis, elected a year ago. Record...
‘We Must Take Strike Action’ –Cwu Reps Tell News Line
Communication Workers Union reps yesterday hit back at Royal Mail’s decision to hire up to 30,000 temporary workers to break the union’s planned 48-hour...
‘BRING ALL OF BA OUT’ say Heathrow pickets
THERE were lively picket lines around Heathrow Airport yesterday, as the British Airways cabin crew took their 11th day of strike action in defence...
Japan Shut Down
Japan’s nuclear crisis intensified yesterday as authorities raced to combat the threat of multiple reactor meltdowns, while investors feared a share market crash. More than...
Italy Hits The Rocks!
Italian finance minister Giulio Tremonti was yesterday in talks with Jean-Claude Juncker, chair of the Eurogroup of finance ministers from the 17 eurozone countries,...
Police try to stop the Beacon Hill locked-out workers picket
HEATHROW Airport police tried to remove the Gate Gourmet picket from the Beacon Roundabout outside the airport yesterday. Three locked-out workers were picketing in their...
Gaza’s Indonesian Hospital Under Siege!
AT LEAST 20 Palestinians were killed in an Israeli attack on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza yesterday morning, with the houses of...
Vote Wrp Vote Leff In Hackney And Shoreditch
‘I AM joining the fight to elect Jonty Leff because we must defend the NHS, defend Homerton Hospital and defend the Pathology Lab,’ RCN...
Stop ‘bedroom tax’ evictions
The Bedroom Tax will lead to massive rises in rent arrears and homelessness, hitting the poorest people the hardest, Margaret Hodge, Chairwoman of the...
London/Manchester joint Grenfell march
THE FIGHT for Justice for every single man, woman and child who died in the Grenfell Tower and their families and the survivors who...
UK, US, French Role In Invasion Of Libya Exposed By Wikileaks!
‘WIKILEAKS publication represents a great victory for freedom of expression in the face of government secrecy,’ said a statement by respected journalist Patrick Cockburn,...
Unison delegates want action
UNISON members are gathering at the union’s national delegate conference in Manchester today, determined to defend their jobs, pay, pensions and public services. They will...
FOODBANK USE ROCKETS! – huge demand for emergency food supplies
THE number of emergency food supplies given out by Farnborough Foodbank has risen by 5.27% in the last year. Farnborough Foodbank is part of The...
UK Military support Saudi entry into Syria!
THE UK is ready to back up the newly founded Saudi coalition ground army, with air support in Syria, British military sources told the...
May Day manifesto! Keep the Tories out! The working class will deal with Blair!
THE Editorial Board of the News Line, the daily socialist paper of the WRP, sends its greetings to the workers and youth of the...
140 Air Strikes On Gaza!
THE ISRAELI military has carried out over 140 air strikes against the Gaza Strip, threatening another full-scale military offensive against the blockaded coastal enclave...
REVOLUTIONARY BOOKS – New website launched
We are pleased to announce our new website: revolutionarybooks.co.uk where you can now buy Marxist classics on line, as well as other socialist literature.
Prescott-Blair Fate Linked
Pressure mounted on deputy prime minister Prescott to quit yesterday, with Labour MPs queueing up to say he should go despite warnings that if...
632,000 child deaths since Saudi-led war on Yemen
YEMEN’S Ministry of Public Health and Population has given a detailed report on the devastating effects the Saudi-led coalition war – which it launched...
Midwives To Ballot!
MIDWIVES in England and Wales are to be balloted on industrial action. The move was announced by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) at its...
UNIVERSITIES WALKOUT! – over 1% insulting pay offer
ACROSS the UK yesterday morning, university lecturers and staff walked out on strike against an ‘insulting’ 1% pay offer which, when taken into account...
McDonnell pledges £500bn investment – as deputy leader Watson quits
‘WE STAND in the best tradition of British socialism,’ Shadow Chancellor Labour’s John McDonnell said to cheers, outlining yesterday Labour’s economic policy for the...
KPMG paid £10m to recommend NHS closures
LABOUR has demanded the publication of reports costing £10 million, paid by the NHS to management consultants KPMG, which recommended closing hospitals and axing...
Hunt refuses BMA offer –TIME FOR THE TUC TO TAKE ACTION
THE BMA wrote to Tory health secretary Hunt yesterday with a clear offer: lift the imposition of the new contract and junior doctors will...
‘All Out Strike Action’ Call
CWU London Regional Secretary John Denton told News Line yesterday, minutes before the 24 hour strike action began: ‘Our members are determined to see...
Young Socialists Summer Festival [Postponed] – August 3rd, 2019
Postponed a week until Saturday, 3rd August 2019 – Doors open from midday Near Hoxton Market at St. John’s Church, Pitfield Street, N1 6NP Great bargains Live...
Barber supports low pay! – Congress shaken by his ‘reservations’
BRENDAN Barber yesterday shook the TUC to its foundations when he told Congress that this was not the time to raise the minimum wage...
‘Horrific intentionally repeated crime’
GAZA’s Government Media Office yesterday accused Israel of ‘a horrific, intentionally repeated crime’, having lured starving Palestinians to aid centres run by the Gaza...
100,000 Demand Smash Fees!
OVER 100,000 students, lecturers and college youth filled the streets of Westminster yesterday, in a massive demonstration against the Tory-Lib Dem coalition’s announcement of...
JOBS CRISIS – WORSE TO COME – says TUC
CLAIMS by Chancellor Osborne and Prime Minister Cameron that Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures showing 0.5 per cent growth is ‘good news’ were...
Murdoch-Farage Out To Get Cameron
FORMER Surrey Police officer Alan Tierney, 40, yesterday admitted selling information to the Sun newspaper. Tierney pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to two offences...





















