In the current General Election the issues surrounding social programmes will see the NHS, Education and Transport, raised to a greater or lesser extent. The NHS will be prominent but consciousness…Read more…
Letter to Island Labour pressures them to withdraw from the General Election on the Island:
Letter calls for Labour to make way for Greens on Isle of Wight Isle of Wight Labour parliamentary candidate Julian Critchley has said a call to stand aside for the Greens should be ‘put to…Read more…
Recession Rich: Britain’s wealthiest double net worth since crisis
Richest 1,000 families control total of £547bn, rising by more than 112% since 2009, and own more than poorest 40% of British households One of the mansions on the so-called billionaires’ row at…Read more…
Parties must make election pledges to scrap unfair pay restriction for NHS staff, says TUC
Commenting on proposals to be announced today (Wednesday) by the Labour Party on NHS funding and staffing, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “Under the government’s current plans, NHS…Read more…
Workers’ Memorial Day, 2017
The purpose behind Workers’ Memorial Day has always been to “remember the dead: fight for the living”, and to remember all those killed through work but at the same time ensuring…Read more…
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NUJ Brussels whistleblower protection meeting – Tues 25th April, 19.15
The Brussels branch of the National Union of Journalists (Britain & Ireland) is holding a special meeting on Tuesday 25th April – focusing on the challenge of whistleblower protection. As…Read more…
Len McCluskey re-elected as Unite General Secretary
Len McCluskey has been re-elected as Unite’s general secretary. The result will be seen as a boost for Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn. Len McCluskey’s chief rival Gerard Coyne was…Read more…
Woolwich Ferry staff to strike over sexual harassment
Woolwich Ferry staff set to strike over secretary’s ‘sexual harassment ordeal’ The Evening Standard Key link: the ferry transports two million passengers across the river every year Workers are set…Read more…
Strike action for BMW Plant Swindon sees Workers Fighting for their Pensions.
PRODUCTION at Plant Swindon is expected to fall silent today when around 750 BMW employees walk out in a dispute over pensions. Members of the union Unite walked out in the first day of strike action…Read more…
The Local elections, on May 7th, on the Isle of Wight reveal how Renewal of the Democratic System should now operate.
If there is to be any renewal of the democratic system it surely has to deal with this issue of selection of candidates. Only in the last 3 months did the Independents lose control of the Council to…Read more…
Exeter Political Forum:
An Invitation to the Exeter Political Forum on the Future of Society Saturday, May 20, 2017, 11:00 am (registration) – 5:00 pm To participate, contact us at the Trades Council. The times are…Read more…
Teachers to Strike over Cuts:
Teachers’ union threatens strike over school budget cuts By Hannah RichardsonBBC News education reporter in Cardiff Strike action over funding cuts in England’s schools has been backed by…Read more…
NHS: The “5-Year Forward View”
The Rationing of Health care and the Delaying of Operations Should Not Be Happening in a Modern Society Massive London demonstration March 4 – It is Our NHS! Simon Stevens, NHS England’s…Read more…
BMW Workers Vote to Strike over their Right to a Decent Pension
BMW workers have stepped up their defence of their final-salary pension scheme, as part of the struggle to defend pension rights for all, through an overwhelming vote for strike action. Unite members…Read more…
Condemn US Airstrikes against Syria!
Condemn US Airstrikes against Syria! Oppose the Warmongering Support of the British Government! Hands Off Syria! Stop the War protest outside Downing Street on Friday April 7 We condemn in the…Read more…
Communes, Cooperatives, and Radical Democracy in Rojava
By Enzan Munzur, originally published by Grassroots Economic Organizing March 28, 2017 cross-posted from Co-operative Economy in Rojava and Bakur The Revolution in Rojava has its own special dynamic…Read more…
The Young Communist League of Cuba currently has 300,752 members and over 33,000 grassroots committees.
When former U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro began normalizing relations in 2014, many claimed the move signaled the death of communism on the Caribbean Island. RELATED:…Read more…
A Marxist-Leninist Statement on Strikes Against Syria:
Oppose U.S. Air Strikes Against Syria! No to Escalating the Military Conflict in Syria! Hands Off Syria! Thursday, April 6 — 10:30 pm The U.S. has engaged in criminal activity by launching tomahawk…Read more…
Gerard Coyne’s Unite leadership campaign is about removing Corbyn and nothing else
John Corr Evolve Politics (on line news)- Let us be clear from the start. Support for Gerard Coyne’s campaign to lead Britain and Ireland’s largest trade union, Unite, has nothing to do with rescuing…Read more…