TODAY marks the 104th anniversary of the death of Robert Tressell, writer of The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists. Everyone knows about corruption in national and local Government. Those swinging…Read more…
General Election 2015:
There Is an Alternative to the Corrupt Cartel Party System! Break with the Old, Usher In the New! In the May General Election, the voters have a choice: they can elect a candidate who does not belong…Read more…
Plans denounced to allow ship named after a Nazi war criminal
“We will never forget” – union anger at plans to allow ship named after SS officer to dock in UK February 2, 2015 Tim Lezard Europe, UK, Sea / Dockers, Transport (ITF), UK unions, Unite, Anti-fascism…Read more…
Private Monopoly Interests Have Captured the Public Authority
World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Private Monopoly Interests Have Captured the Public Authority – K.C. Adams – UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses World Economic Forum in Davos,…Read more…
Build Houses!
The struggle for housing and the London demonstrations focus the capital centred economy versus the pro-social economy. The worsening conditions due to the imposition of bedroom tax and unaffordable…Read more…
Austerity Is an Election Issue!
Austerity Is an Election Issue!Read more…
The Workers’ Opposition Has the Aim of Defeating the Coalition Government and Holding the Future Government to Account
The Northern Public Services Alliance (PSA) summit in Newcastle was on one level a fighting conference to rally the public sector organisers behind the fight against austerity. As Dave Prentis said,…Read more…
Syriza Triumphs in Greek Elections
Greece’s parliamentary election was held on Sunday, January 25, resulting in Syriza, the Coalition of the Radical Left, gaining 149 seats, just short of of the 151 needed for an overall…Read more…
Utilising the Election Campaign to the Advantage of the Electorate:
It is over three months before the General Election on May 7. But already there is intense speculation on the balance of forces in the new Parliament, and the “100 days” to the election rocket has…Read more…
TUC: HolocaustMemorialDay
#HolocaustMemorialDay 2015: Remember the holocaust 27 Jan 2015, By Frances O’Grady This Holocaust Memorial Day the spotlight is on the worrying growth of anti-semitism in Britain and elsewhere…Read more…
70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz by the Red Army
Russia Excluded from Commemoration Ceremonies Prisoners at the Nazis’ Auschwitz concentration camp are liberated by the Red Army, January 27, 1945. The attempts to rewrite history are…Read more…
Countryside bids on the Isle of Wight should be blocked:
This is not a good move and the notice for bids should be withdrawn. The move is part and parcel of the privatisation and land grab orientation of Government. Access and Public ownership and…Read more…
Ventnor Town Council Open Salisbury Gardens:
A great Community resource for the Community and local small business start-ups. Progressive local Councillors go their own way in making their own decisions these days. At a time of uncertainty and…Read more…
Hinchingbrooke hospital scandal:
Lesson one from the Hinchingbrooke hospital scandal. Beware the mutual Advocates of a market-led, partly privatised NHS for England have been saying for years that “what matters is what works”,…Read more…
Charlotte Monro Trial:
Bosses at Britain’s biggest health trust “beefed up” allegations to justify sacking union official, tribunal told 21 WednesdayJan 2015 Posted by Ross Lydall in Health Barts Health, Charlotte Monro,…Read more…
Donetsk pushes out Kiev troops
Morning Star UKRAINE’S anti-fascist resistance vowed today to push Kiev’s troops out of the Donetsk region entirely. Self-declared Donetsk People’s Republic prime minister Alexander Zakharchenko…Read more…
Ministers in ‘severe’ breach of workers’ rights standards
by Peter Lazenby THE government is riding roughshod over workers’ rights in breach of an international treaty Britain signed more than 50 years ago. The European Committee on Social Rights found the…Read more…
CUBA: Workers to discuss economic plans
The Cuban Workers’ Federation (CTC) has convoked a nation-wide discussion, in assemblies in each and every workplace, of the recently approved 2014 Economic Plan and State Budget. Author: Yosel M….Read more…
Ian Stephens to stand as independent MP candidate after quitting Isle of Wight Council leadership
By Emily Pearce County Press Thursday, January 22, 2015 Cllr Ian Stephens, who quit as Isle of Wight Council leader, has said he will stand as an independent MP in the General Election. Picture by…Read more…
Most of Leipzig turn out to oppose fascists and right-wing:
Anti-fascist people mobilise against fascists over the last couple of days. They shall not pass! It is reported that the districts of Leipzig in Germany tonight emptied as anti-fascist residents…Read more…