Robert Peston, Economics editor BBC Can Osborne get off the rollercoaster? The Chancellor told Jim Naughtie on the Today Prog that the scale of austerity in the opening years of the next…Read more…
NHS Dental Tendering on the Isle of Wight:
Somerset NHS Trust take on Isle of Wight community dental services onthewight All staff currently providing community dental services will be transferring to Somerset Partnership and all clinics will…Read more…
The biggest NHS privatisation yet:
Leak reveals worrying truth behind the biggest NHS privatisation yet A leak has revealed deeply worrying details of one of the largest NHS privatisations yet – the proposed privatisation of…Read more…
IOW Green Candidate on Ferries:
Green candidate meets and compares the ferry companies onthewight Isle of Wight Green Party prospective parliamentary candidatefor the 2015 elections Vix Lowthion has now met with the two major ferry…Read more…
Minimum Wage Boost ‘To Give Britain A Pay Rise’
The minimum wage will rise by 20p to £6.70 an hour this October, benefiting 1.4 million low-paid workers. David Cameron and Nick Clegg have announced the Coalition has accepted the 3% rise…Read more…
TUC: The Impact on Women of Recession and Austerity
The Impact on Women of Recession and Austerity This report, prepared for TUC Women’s Conference 2015, takes stock and looks at how women have fared through recession and austerity. It finds that…Read more…
Building the Workers’ Opposition is a Central Question Facing Women in Society
Today, what is being increasingly recognised in the movements of the working class and people is that because there is no serious organised political opposition in Westminster to the “austerity”…Read more…
International Women’s Day 2015:
The Fight for the Affirmation of Women Women are at the Forefront of the Fight for a New Society This year, International Women’s Day comes two months before a General Election in Britain. The role…Read more…
The Fight in France Against Islamophobia:
The New Secularism, a Discriminatory Principle to Promote the Clash of Civilizations – Nicolas Bourgoin – These are hard times for the Republic: multiplying attacks against Muslims and their places…Read more…
Sacked union rep Charlotte Monro, formerly of Whipps Cross Hospital, defended by former employees
A fired union rep at Whipps Cross Hospital was defended by former employees at a tribunal today. The tribunal resumed today for Charlotte Monro, former moving and handling coordinator at the…Read more…
Crisis of Government Revenue
Necessity for New Pro-Social Direction for the Economy The current methods to claim government revenue have hit a roadblock. Two issues emphasize the difficulties: 1) The global monopolies that…Read more…
FBU members angry at forced changes to their shift patterns
Emergency 999 control operators in Essex today begin an eight-day strike over changes to their shift patterns. The FBU members – most of whom are women – are angry at having to leave their jobs or…Read more…
The tribunal of Charlotte Monro, sacked from Whipps Cross Hospital in 2013, will resume today
The employment tribunal for a union leader sacked from her job at Whipps Cross Hospital after 26 years over criminal convictions will resume today. Charlotte Monro, who worked as a moving and…Read more…
Castro, Correa and Morales Rally Behind Venezuela to Condemn US Sanctions
Various Latin American countries have rallied behind Venezuela to condemn new U.S. sanctions against the South American nation. The Cuban government has slammed the U.S. sanctions as “arbitrary and…Read more…
Northern Ireland public sector strike disrupts public services
The biggest public sector strike in years has “brought much of Northern Ireland to a standstill”. The strike has affected education, public transport and administration. It was taken in…Read more…
Workers have a basic consciousness because of their social being.
Time and conditioning, history, has had an effect on workers’ consciousness. This basic consciousness is not simply put there by any individual or propaganda but is gained by experience of…Read more…
Consciousness
Thoughts on; The Doctrine of Being Hegel’s limitations within the ideal do not help it to escape into the material world. It only forms the essence of his finite universe and absolute. The…Read more…
The Protectors of Mottistone Privilege
Mat Thomas The starting point of this argument is privilege. It is a question of class. The Seely clan are active representatives and form the minority, active in ‘thwarting’, all on the pretence of…Read more…
Human History is about its actions in time
(Thoughts on parts of Marx’s German Ideology) Workers Opposition IOW, ideological studies. Human history is about time and how it materially affects human beings. It has been a cause and effect for…Read more…
First female western fighter dies fighting Islamic State
Ivana Hoffmann, 19, from Duisburg in Germany, died on Saturday fighting for the Turkish Marxist-Leninist Communist Party against Isis in Syria Louise Osborne in Berlin Guardian Monday 9 March 2015…Read more…