Sellafield hit by further wave of strikes as 3,000 workers walk out The strike will take place from 6.01am on Wednesday until 5.59am on ThursdayPhoto: PA Sellafield is being hit by another wave of…Read more…
100th Anniversary of the Socialist Revolution in Russia:
Marking the 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution Painting of Lenin addressing mass rally shortly after his return to Russia in April 1917. Leninism: An Ideology Indispensable…Read more…
Blacklisting Day of Action – Wednesday 6 December 2017
Protests are planned across the UK plus a lobby of MPs at Westminster. The Blacklist Support Group is urging supporters to publicise the events and where possible to attend. Bring your banners and…Read more…
Book Review: Short Cuts: Life expectancy
Short Cuts Danny Dorling The first English Life Table was based on data collected around the census year of 1841 and gave female life expectancy as 42 and male as 40. By the sixth table, in 1891,…Read more…
Ireland: ‘Deal only possible if DUP and British Government uphold equality’
– O’Neill Sinn Fein Newsroom 12 November, 2017 There can only be an agreement to restore the Stormont institutions if the DUP and British Government are prepared to uphold rights and…Read more…
What is the EU defence union PESCO?
Sertan Sanderson With 23 of the EU’s current 28 member states joining the Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO), there seems to be a great deal of consensus among member states but a few…Read more…
UK minister Priti Patel secretly urged aid for al-Qaida via Israel
Asa Winstanley Lobby Watch The Electronic Intifada Israel’s anti-BDS minister Gilad Erdan and UK aid minister Priti Patel meeting at Parliament in September. Violating rules, Patel did not…Read more…
TUC to warn business leaders that ‘fourth industrial revolution’ requires a revolution in workers’ rights too
Issue date 06 Nov 2017 Speaking today (Monday) at the CBI annual conference to introduce a session on ‘Ensuring automation works for everyone’, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will call on…Read more…
Fragmentation of the NHS:
Making a virtue of variation? The fragmentation of the English NHS by ADRIAN MERCER Nov 8, 2017 Geographic reform of the NHS is not new: region, district, area, and locality are all familiar terms in…Read more…
Vestas shifts investment from the Isle of Wight once more:
New MHI Vestas facility to open at Fawley Wind turbine blade at MHI Vestas. The Danish, MHI Vestas, monopoly will now invest in Fawley, away from the Isle of Wight, into a…Read more…
Gala Evenings in Russia, 100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution, Organised by the Communist Party of the Russian Federation:
Celebrations in Russia: Oktyabrsky Grand Concert Hall, St. Petersburg, November 3, 2017 Part 1 Part 2 Rossiya Concert Hall (Luzhniki), Moscow, November 5, 2017 Part 1 Part 2 AdvertisementsRead more…
First ‘accountable care systems’
Simon Stevens names the first ‘accountable care systems’ Simon Stevens has announced the first eight “accountable care systems”, saying they will be given control of up to £450m in transformation…Read more…
Rail Workers Striking for “altruistic” reasons: to ensure a “safe” and secured Island railway.
Isle of Wight MP Bob Seely says striking train staff are ‘selfish’ people. ISLE of Wight Conservative MP, Bob Seely, has said that striking rail workers are ‘selfish,’ How…Read more…
100 years ago today …
… the Bolsheviks seized power in Petrograd. This video may be worth viewing. Read more…
The Revolution that Shook the World:
100th Anniversary of the Great October Socialist Revolution The Greatest Revolution that Shook the World- Communists say: The greatest revolution that shook the world and ushered in the era of…Read more…
Video on 100th Anniversary of the Great October Revolution in 1917:
Canada: Increasing Use of Police Powers in the Name of Cyber Security
Trudeau Government’s Anti-Democratic Electoral Reform – Anna Di Carlo – On October 19, Facebook Canada launched its “Canadian Election Integrity Initiative,” which it…Read more…
Spain Imposes Direct Rule on Catalonia:
TML (Canada) Support Catalans’ Right to Decide Their Future! Oppose the Spanish Government’s Takeover! Celebrations in Barcelona as Catalonian parliament votes for independence, October…Read more…
Red Robbo: Trade unionist Derek Robinson dies, aged 90
Derek Robinson pictured leading several thousand trade unionists on a protest march after he was sacked in 1979 BBC The former British Leyland worker and trade unionist Derek Robinson has died, aged…Read more…
Why does Spain have so many autonomous regions?
https://www.eyeonspain.com/blogs/iwonderwhy/11849/Why-does-Spain-have-so-many-autonomous-regions.aspx Ever wondered why Spain has so many autonomous regions? For many years the Spanish monarchy and…Read more…