Peter Lazenby Morning Star Crisis looms for industry as factories expected to announce cuts THE future of Britain’s struggling steel industry was dealt another blow yesterday as India-owned Tata…Read more…
The Devolution Deception
Osborne’s devo drive is about shifting the blame for austerity to powerless councils rather than broadening Britain’s democracy, believes GMB’s TIM ROACHE BEING handed the power to control services…Read more…
The crisis in the Steel industry is bigger than it appears at first sight:
Tata Steel production in the UK To give an idea of the scale of Tata Steel in the UK: The firm has 17,000 employees. In Motherwell: Dalzell rolling mill and Clydebridge coating plant – the…Read more…
What did Cuba do when it Nationalised?
LAWS 890 AND 891 APPROVED 55 YEARS AGO Nationalization means to put under the nation’s control October 1960 saw the approval of Laws 890 and 891 on the nationalization via expropriation of all…Read more…
Tata Steel ‘set to cut 1,200 jobs’
Tata Steel is expected to announce 1,200 job cuts at its Scunthorpe steel plant next week. It is thought that the company could also axe more jobs in Scotland. Tata has not denied reports which said…Read more…
Capital-Centred vs Human-Centred Thinking
Capital-centred thinking underscores the current anti-social direction. This retrograde thinking puts the ownership and control of social wealth and narrow private interests as most important. It…Read more…
Trade Union Bill – your country might be next
If the UK passes this draconian Trade Union Bill, your country might be next by Keith Ewing , John Hendy QC It did not take long for the UK’s new Conservative government to bring forward a new round…Read more…
Closure of Redcar Steel Blast Furnace:
Stand with the People on Teesside Fighting for their Jobs, their Industry and their Community The north-east of England has been shocked by the collapse of Sahaviriya Steel Industries UK (SSI UK) and…Read more…
Manchester Demonstration Against Conservatives:
Mass Demonstration across Manchester Demands an End to Austerity Actions took place in Manchester over several days during the Conservative Party conference to demand an end to austerity and the…Read more…
Jobs paying below living wage:
More jobs paying below living wage BBC Nearly one in four jobs outside of London pay less than the living wage – the pay level suggested for an adequate standard of living. Some 23% of jobs…Read more…
UNITE Grass Roots Left Conference in Birmigham:
Want a change? Tired of inactivity & non –committal actions, looking for something better than mere words? Then come to the; Grass Roots Left. Who will be holding their Fifth National conference…Read more…
Tata Jaguar are covering up their overproduction crisis
To help their friends in the Conservative Party, Tata, the large Indian conglomerate, owning much of the British Steel industry and Jaguar/Rover, are concealing the fact that they are in deep…Read more…
The Tories are setting up their own trade union movement
The neo-liberals believe they are continuing with the Thatcherite policies of the past. The Tories took on the NUM in 1984-8 and created the UDM split.The Trade Union bill, due its third reading in…Read more…
Council workers stage strike over job fears
Wednesday, 7 October 2015 By Shafi Musaddique Council workers gather at Barnet House COUNCIL workers staged a 24-hour strike over austerity cuts and outsourcing of jobs. Members of the Unison union…Read more…
Palestine: Six protesters killed in Gaza by Israeli army
Hamas leader Haniyeh declares third intifada ISRAELI troops killed six protesters in Gaza yesterday as clashes escalated across the Palestinian territories and Israel. The Israeli military said about…Read more…
Mick Jagger in Cuba
The living legend of rock ‘n’ roll toured Havana’s Historic Centre Author: Michel Hernández | michel@granma.cu october 5, 2015 19:10:46 The emblematic lead singer of The Rolling…Read more…
Kurdish Women Are Fighting ISIS
RT filmed a unique documentary “Her War: Women Vs. ISIS” about young Kurdish women in Syria, who are defending their country against the Islamic State (IS formerly known as ISIS/ISIL) militants. For…Read more…
Manchester march:
Mass protest at Tory conference Thousands of people have attended an anti-austerity protest near the Conservative Party’s annual conference in Manchester. Organisers the TUC said the rally was …Read more…
Naqtional march and rally:
TUC Congress 2015: The Time Is Now!
The TUC held its 147th Congress from September 13-16 in Brighton. Many important issues were discussed: problems facing society, the organised workers’ movement, health and education, the…Read more…