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Marchers show their enthusiasm and determination before the march started in Southall yesterday

‘We will reopen Ealing Maternity!’

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OVER 500 workers and youth marched to Ealing Hospital yesterday on the day that its Maternity Unit was closed, pledging that they would battle...

Chagos Islanders ‘Cannot Return’

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FORMER residents of the Chagos Islands who were forcibly removed from their homeland more than 40 years ago have lost their legal challenge to...
The front of last Friday’s school students’ march in Athens. The banner reads, ‘We live today to fight for tomorrow’ signed by ‘Anti-state power school students’

‘We’ll have the last word’ say Greek youth

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THOUSANDS of Greek school and university students took part in militant anti-government and anti-police marches in all the major cities last Friday to commemorate...

Prosecute George Floyd’s murderers – demand millions of workers across the world

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‘WE SEND solidarity to the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) members and support the AFT’s call for the US Justice Department to conduct a...

Itv 24 Hr Strike!

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BROADCASTING unions at ITV have voted to go on strike next Thursday after management failed to budge from an ‘insulting’ pay offer of 2...

East London victory! – GP surgeries to remain open

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EAST London GPs have won an ‘extraordinary victory’, securing a write-off of hundreds of thousands of pounds of Tory cuts. Seventeen GP surgeries in east...
South African students in a sit-down protest outside the South African embassy demanded an end to police brutality against protesting students in South Africa

Victory To Sa Students

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THOUSANDS of South African students marched to the Union Buildings in the South African capital Pretoria, where they were met by riot police...

Iran & Iraq united against US attack

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THE US ATTACK on Iran and Iraq will cement the unity of the two countries, Iranian President Rouhani said in a phone call with...
A large and lively picket of striking teachers outside Copland Community School in Wembley yesterday morning

NO ACADEMY! COPLAND 5th STRIKE

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COPLAND Community School workers took an unprecedented fifth day of strike action yesterday to stop the ARK academy chain taking over their school in...

Secret trials go ahead!

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THE ‘secret courts’ Justice and Security Bill places UK Security Services and Government Ministers ‘above the law,’ civil rights charities Reprieve and Liberty warned...

Eastern Ukraine refuses to vote!

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THERE were big demonstrations in Donetsk and other eastern Ukrainian cities yesterday in opposition to the presidential election that was called by the unelected...
GMB members on strike in defence of pensions at St George’s Hospital in Tooting last November 30

97.3% VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION! –at Swindon’s Great Western Hospital

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porters, theatre technicians, catering, cleaning and other NHS support workers, employed by private contractor Carillion at Great Western Hospital in Swindon, have voted by...

Parliament undermined – after British pilots bomb Syria

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BRITISH personnel have already conducted air strikes in Syria, despite the government’s assurance that there would be a vote in Parliament before any such...
Ex-soldiers returning their war medals outside Downing Street yesterday

Ex-soldiers disgusted by Syria war

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OUTSIDE Downing Street yesterday, special forces veteran Ben Griffin read out a message on behalf of disabled veteran Dave Smith. Griffin said: ‘Dave Smith can...

Sweden to re-open Assange investigation

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YESTERDAY Sweden’s deputy director of public prosecutions, Eva-Marie Persson, announced that an investigation into a rape allegation made against WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange in...
Workers turned out in their hundreds of thousands on March 26 2011. They are determined to defend their jobs, pay, conditions and employment rights

‘WE’LL OPPOSE ATTACKS ON RIGHTS’ –pledges TUC

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‘Unions stand ready to oppose the attacks on workplace rights contained in the Beecroft Report,’ a TUC spokesman told News Line yesterday. ‘Attacking workers’ rights...
WRP candidate ARJ THIARA and his team got great support yesterday on the Golf Links estate near to the closure-threatened Ealing Hospital

Vote Wrp Vote Arj In Southall

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CAMPAIGNING on the big Golf Links council estate, five minutes walk from Ealing Hospital, the Arj Thiara Workers Revolutionary Party for Ealing Southall canvas...
North East London Council of Action march in Enfield last month demanding that Chase Farm Hospital’s A&E be reopened

Chase Farm Land Sell-Off!

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THE Hampstead-based Royal Free Hospital NHS trust, which will take over Chase Farm Hospital in Enfield and Barnet Hospital this July, has confirmed its...
Marching against the Health Bill on the 63rd anniversary of the NHS last year

Lansley leans on Royal Colleges

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After a joint meeting on Thursday hosted by the Academy of Medical Royal Colleges, British Medical Association and Royal College of Nursing, the following...
All over the country protests are taking place against the bedroom tax and plans to bring in Universal Credit

2.7m people frightened of Universal Credit

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A PAYMENT COUNCIL survey shows that more than 2.7 million people who are currently receiving benefits fear they will struggle when Universal Credit replaces...
Jeremy Corbyn marches with steel workers through London

Corbyn will fight any bid to keep him off ballot paper!

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LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn told the BBC yesterday that he was ‘disappointed’ Angela Eagle had chosen to run against him and would fight any...

End Croke Park talks–call a general strike!

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THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation has warned that it will pull out of the corporatist Croke Park talks if the Government does not...

Both EU and US sending coalitions to Gulf!

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EIGHT EU nations: France, Germany, Belgium, Denmark, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands and Portugual will support a European-led naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz,...
The marchers were given a great reception by Unison and GMB members as they arrived in Harrow

Workers support march to TUC!

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ON THE first day of the Young Socialists March for Jobs from London to Liverpool, as the marchers made their way through Harrow, on...
Ys March For Jobs

Ys March For Jobs

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Youth are marching from Manchester to London to demand 'Jobs for youth' and 'Free State education'. The March started in Manchester on Saturday 30...
The 50-strong mass picket of Ealing Hospital yesterday morning was joined by nurses and doctors

Ealing mass picket supports junior doctors

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‘DEFEND Ealing Hospital! Support the junior doctors! Kick the government out!’ shouted the fifty-strong mass picket of Ealing Hospital to defend its vital...

Unions Agree To Axe Steel Jobs And Sell Out Members

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UP to 500 jobs will be axed at British Steel with the trade unions agreeing to the axing. The union leaders have warned the takeover...
UCU lecturers ‘Fair pay in FE’ lobby during their pay talks last month

Unions Go For One-Day General Strike!

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THE PCS trade union is having a consultative ballot asking members to back its ‘We all need a pay rise campaign.’ This calls for a...

Labour lets May & Gove off the hook!

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THE LABOUR opposition let both Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove and Home Secretary Theresa May off the hook by failing to call for their...
London firefighters demonstrating against mass sackings and emphasising that closing fire stations and cutting the service will cost lives

Vauxhall copter crash! – Emergency services save the day

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Two people were killed and 13 injured when a helicopter crashed into a crane on top of a tall building under construction in Vauxhall,...
RMT Tube workers fighting London Underground’s plans to sack 800 workers are threatened by Tory coalition plans to provide free labour for employers

Forced Labour For The Unemployed

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Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith yesterday revealed plans to force unemployed benefit claimants into slave labour. TUC senior policy officer Richard Exell said...

BRING DOWN THE TORIES! – TUC must call a general strike

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‘EVERY major union is supporting this march. We welcome this opportunity for people to take to the streets to protest at this government. ...

New Police Bill attacks right to protest! – Labour votes against

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‘THIS GOVERNMENT was elected a year ago on a manifesto to support the police and uphold law and order,’ Tory Home Secretary Priti Patel...
Two of the protesters outside the embassy of Ecuador who have ideas about making big changes in the UK

Bradley Manning must be released says Assange

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THE head of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, yesterday afternoon thanked supporters for ‘turning out in the middle of the night’ when ‘police were storming up...

Many Families At Breaking Point!

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ONE in five UK households borrowed money or used savings to cover food costs in April, the latest Which? monthly insight tracker survey has...
RMT members demonstrate opposite Downing St in July after the collapse of Metronet, demanding tube maintenance be taken back ‘in-house’. PM Brown refused

‘WE REJECT PRIVATISATION’ – says RMT leader on eve of strike

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‘WE DON’T accept privatisation,’ RMT rail union leader Bob Crow said yesterday, on the eve of today’s strike by over 2,300 RMT members employed...
Enthusiastic striking BA cabin crew aboard their battle bus at Heathrow yesterday

‘We are fighting for our rights!’

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PICKET lines at Heathrow Airport were all manned successfully yesterday and there was a carnival atmosphere at the Bedfont Football Club, as a battle...
Firefighters rallied last month to set out their campaign against station closures and downgrades

70 Fire Stations To Close

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seventy fire stations in England are threatened with closure and scores more face severe downgrading when the government presses ahead with its spending cuts,...
Firefighters and their supporters marching in Clapham last Saturday against the closure of the fire station

Stop Fire Station Closures!

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THE Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has demanded London mayor, Boris Johnson, abandon plans to shut 12 fire stations. The demand was made after firefighters...
A section of the packed audience of striking firefighters at yesterday’s lunchtime rally at Central Hall, Westminster

24-Hour Firefighters Strike Solid!

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‘THIS dispute is not over,’ declared Fire Brigades Union General Secretary Matt Wrack at a packed 2,000-strong rally of striking firefighters in Westminster, central...

BMA condemns private management consultants

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THE British Medical Association (BMA) yesterday condemned the government for spending £171 million on private management consultants, who have been hired to advise NHS...

EURO CRISIS DEEPENS! – as Germany refuses joint ‘E-Bond’

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The euro fell sharply in morning trading yesterday, as bond yields on the debt of eurozone periphery countries began to push higher. This came after...
NHS workers in Norwich picket during the recent strike action – they are determined to prevent the privatisation of the NHS

Opportunist SNP! –would not vote against NHS privatisation in England

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THE SNP would not vote against privatisation in the English health service provided it has no impact on Scottish spending, Scottish Health Secretary Shona...
Striking BA cabin crew aboard their battle bus at Heathrow airport

‘BA Won’t Succeed’–Woodley

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Tony Woodley told striking British Airways cabin crew to cheers yesterday that: ‘Derek Simpson and I stand here as one behind your campaign behind...

Cameron’s war on youth

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TRADE unions yesterday slammed Cameron’s plans to axe housing benefits for under-25-year-olds. A TUC spokesman told News Line: ‘This is a vicious attack on young...