Lebanese village ‘massacre’

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With the encouragement of Bush and Blair, Israel continued its murderous air, land and sea bombardments on Lebanon yesterday, striking central Beirut for the...

BROOKS RESIGNS! – Murdoch disarray continues

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NEWS International chief executive Rebekah Brooks resigned yesterday morning, thrown overboard by Murdoch as he sought to get a grip on News International’s runaway...

No limits Stop and Search! Youth chain gangs! – Sweeping police powers ‘discriminatory’ –...

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THE TORY government yesterday put forward proposals for even more sweeping police powers. They include taking off all restrictions on Stop and Search. Under the...

‘We’ll picket until we get our jobs back’

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GATE Gourmet workers on the picket line at Heathrow Airport yesterday, said their lobby of the TUC General Council on Wednesday had been...

Summary Powers!

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Civil rights groups yesterday slammed calls from police chiefs for summary powers to dish out ‘instant justice’. Surrey Police chiefs went on television and gave...

UN votes in favour of Palestinian statehood

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THE UNITED Nations General Assembly overwhelmingly passed resolution on Palestine statehood on Tuesday, with 172 countries voting in favour of the resolution. The resolution affirmed...

LABOUR READY FOR EU SELL-OUT – as Watson prepares for EU elections

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TORY Justice Secretary David Gauke indicated yesterday that besieged PM May will seek to put her Withdrawal Agreement with a permanent Customs Union tagged...

‘Go North West’ buses continuous strike today! – Company plans strikebreaking force

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THE UNITE trade union, which represents over 400 bus drivers at Go North West, has written to the Mayor of Greater Manchester, Andy Burnham,...
Young people marching to the Israeli Embassy in London to denounce Israeli war crimes in Gaza

Duma Forms Guard To Beat Back Settlers!

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RESIDENTS of the Palestinian village of Duma in the occupied West Bank are forming voluntary groups to guard against attacks by Israeli settlers. This is...

Right Wing Racists Rule In Israel

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A NEW government, seen as the most right wing and racist in Israel’s history has been agreed, sealing Binyamin Netanyahu’s return to power. Netanyahu, who...
Hands off Syria’ demonstration in London in 2013 when former PM Cameron’s vote for bombing was defeated in Parliament – PM May has bypassed Parliament to authorise military action

‘PM accountable to Parliament not U.S.’ says Labour leader Corbyn

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‘THIS STATEMENT serves as a reminder that this Prime Minister is accountable to this Parliament, not to the whims of the US President,’ Labour...

Unions decide to intervene on Second Reading of Strikes Bill!

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PCS president Fran Heathcote will be speaking at the demo on 16 January to coincide with the second reading of the government’s Strikes Bill. The...

‘No Medals, Badges Or Claps Just Pay Nurses 12.5% Rise!’

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‘NO MEDALS, badges or claps this time – just pay nursing fairly’, a nursing union leader told Boris Johnson yesterday. The leader of the UK’s...

RMT opposes the TUC over 2nd referendum!

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RMT leader Mick Cash hit out to oppose the TUC General Council statement on Brexit saying that it was a staging post to try...

Oil $146 A Barrel – Gm Is Going Broke

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The price of oil continued to soar yesterday, with Brent crude rising above $146 per barrel (p.b.) for the first time ever. Brent crude...
West London Council of Action picket at Ealing hospital determined to keep it open and calling for a big turnout for Sunday’s ‘Big Bike Ride’

Join Our Big Bike Ride!

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‘CALLING all cyclists – join our Big Bike Ride from Ealing Hospital to Charing Cross Hospital on Sunday morning. And if you’re not...
Nurses marching in Nottingham last month demanding no cuts to the NHS

AN ‘OUTRAGEOUS PAY CUT’! – UNISON & RCN reject pay board threats

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Trade unions representing nurses, midwives and health workers covered by the ‘independent’ Pay Review Body (PRB), yesterday reacted angrily to a government-proposed huge ‘pay...

Great Response In Hackney And Kensington

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STUDENTS gave their full endorsement to WRP candidate for Hackney South and Shoreditch Jonty Leff yesterday as a campaign team worked hard fighting for...

Postal Workers Strike Hardening Up

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THERE was a hardened determination on the striking postal workers picket lines yesterday morning, as Communication Workers Union (CWU) members defiantly rebutted the Royal...
Marchers in London on Saturday June 5 demanding an end to the siege on Gaza

END THE SIEGE! – says Arab League’s Moussa

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‘The siege must end and the Arab League’s stance on this is very clear,’ said the body’s Secretary-General Amr Moussa yesterday. Speaking as he entered...

CWU to boycott privateers! – demands decent pay & conditions across sector

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The Communication Workers Union (CWU) yesterday launched a campaign to highlight the threat to the UK’s universal postal service and jobs. Calling for the postal...
Striking Serco workers outside The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel yesterday on the second day of their 48-hour strike

Serco Workers Are Determined To Win!

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‘WE WANT a 3% pay rise. SERCO are making us work more for no extra money,’ Unite hospital worker Florence Kwao said yesterday on...
Young Socialist marchers making their way out of Birmingham on Saturday

Great Midlands welcome for YS March for Jobs

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THE YS March for Jobs set off yesterday from Coventry after winning great support when they stayed there on Saturday night. Coventry Unison’s branch administrator,...
The campaign team for the Gate Gourmet workers anniversary rally in Southall yesterday

BA workers coming to Gate Gourmet rally

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BRITISH Airways workers are coming to the Gate Gourmet locked-out workers first anniversary march and rally in Southall this Sunday. Buying his ticket for the...

18-59% food prices hike!

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The price of staple foods has shot up by between 18 and 59 per cent over the past three years, as world supply problems...
Gate Gourmet locked-out workers on the picket line at Heathrow yesterday

MASS PICKET – a huge success say Gate Gourmet locked-out workers

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AROUND 150 locked-out Gate Gourmet workers and their supporters – including members of the PCS, CWU, UNISON and Amicus trade unions – staged a...

Russia issues defence warning!

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RUSSIA has issued another warning against a proposal made by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on ‘a true European Defence Union’. The Kremlin...

‘Complete denuclearisation’ – Trump signs agreement with Kim Jong-un

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US PRESIDENT Trump announced he has agreed to suspend ‘war games’ with South Korea in return for a commitment to the ‘complete denuclearisation of...

Grenfell fury over new ‘fire risk’ skyscraper! – 40% of cladded buildings still unsafe

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THE GRENFELL community spoke out in furious anger yesterday that a building almost two and a half times taller then the Grenfell Tower is...

Israel’s ‘terrorism, threat and intimidation won’t frighten us!’ – says Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh

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THE agreement between Israeli Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu and extremist Itamar Ben Gvir is ‘a broad call for an escalation in the violence in...
Platform of Saturday’s packed ‘Save Chase Farm’ meeting, (L-R) consultant ANNA ATHOW, Maternity Liaison Committee member Gail McCONNELL, Ambulanceman Jonathan FOX, chair STEPHEN ARMSTRONG, Save Chase Farm councillor KIERAN McGREGOR, local GP Dr NICHOLAS P

BUILD COUNCILS OF ACTION! – Save Chase Farm Hospital meeting urged

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A packed 400-strong Save Chase Farm meeting in Enfield last Saturday heard calls for Councils of Action to organise occupations to stop the closure...
Gate Gourmet workers marching on May 1 – yesterday TGWU leader Tony Woodley admitted that their struggle was not over

PCS NATIONAL STRIKE THREAT – ‘You can’t tell Brown and Blair apart’ – Serwotka

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‘THE government could face a national strike by civil servants in a matter of weeks,’ PCS leader Mark Serwotka told a pre-TUC Congress press...

CONGRATULATIONS’ – Hunt texts Murdoch

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CULTURE secretary Jeremy Hunt sent a congratulatory text message to News Corp executive James Murdoch just hours before he was asked to oversee the...

Bankers’ Man Hunt Imposes Tens Of Billions In Tax Rises & Savage Cuts

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CHANCELLOR HUNT yesterday announced tens of billions in tax rises and spending cuts in his Autumn Statement. Hunt acknowledged that the UK was in recession...
The Blackpool Health branch of Unison marching against job cuts on the TUC demonstration on March 26

890 Ambulance Jobs To Go

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THE London Ambulance Service (LAS) announced yesterday that it plans to cut 890 jobs over the next five years. The LAS, which is making £53...

Stop Carving Up West Bank

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The Palestinian National Authority (PNA) has appealed to the international community to force Israel to stop carving up the West Bank into Bantustans. Meanwhile, Syria has...

ALL LABOUR MPs FACING RE-SELECTION! – Corbyn tells campaign launch

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JEREMY Corbyn launching his official campaign to remain the leader of the Labour Party promised to ‘hold out the hand of friendship’...
Teachers marching through London at the end of last month demanded ‘Gove must go!’

Teachers Slam New Tory Curriculum

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FIVE-to-14-year-olds will be required to learn more ‘hard facts’ under the new National Curriculum announced by prime minister Cameron and Education Secretary Gove yesterday. The...

de Menezes Inquest ‘a Whitewash’

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THE FAMILY of Jean Charles de Menezes yesterday vowed to continue their struggle for justice, and while denouncing the conduct of the coroner at...

May welcomes Trump victory

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EARLY on Wednesday morning Donald Trump’s Republican Party reached the all-important 270 electoral college votes, meaning that he had won the election to become...
GPs demonstrating to ‘save your surgery’ in Rugby earlier this year

Bma Launches ‘Save Your Surgery Campaign’

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The British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday announced a national ‘Support your Surgery’ campaign to defend and promote NHS GP services in England. The BMA warned:...

Ferguson youth defy curfew

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ANGRY workers and youth defied Saturday night’s midnight-5am curfew imposed in Ferguson, Missouri, where unarmed black teenager, Michael Brown, was shot dead by police...

Ryanair Pilots Down Tools!

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RYANAIR pilots have downed tools today causing huge cost to the company after Ryanair managers again refused to enter talks to end the long...

Grimsby maternity support workers begin two week strike

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MATERNITY support workers in Grimsby began two weeks of strike action yesterday, over their employer’s failure to compensate them fairly for the many years...
Workers at the Lindsey power station were urging workers to join the strike movement to stop union-busting bosses

‘THIS DISPUTE IS OFFICIAL!’ – GMBs Kenny tells 2000 workers

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‘FROM the moment Total and their contractors dismissed our members at Lindsey, this became an official dispute.’ So said GMB General Secretary Paul Kenny, addressing...