It is good that actions are taking place throughout the country in order to develop the Anti-Austerity movement. The scope and depth of the movement must also develop as well as its momentum….Read more…
Greek crisis: crunch time
Paul Mason We’re at a critical point in the Greek crisis, which is really the 2010-11 Euro crisis being unfrozen after five years of make believe solutions. Money is leaving the banking system at…Read more…
Defeat Austerity!
Carry Forward the Struggle against the Austerity Agenda! End Austerity Now! Demonstration “No to Austerity”, Newcastle June 6 The struggle against the Cameron government’s austerity…Read more…
How Many Have Died After Being Sent Back To Work By Work Capability Assessments?
AT WHAT COST, IDS? Morning Star Campaigners demand the truth of how many have died after being sent back to work by Iain Duncan Smith’s hated work capability assessments by Lamiat Sabin THE…Read more…
Projected implications for Britain on Greek exit from eurozone:
What impact would Grexit have on the UK? By Mark Broad Economics reporter, BBC As the UK is not part of the euro zone, it has not directly contributed to bailing out Greece since the country got into…Read more…
Government trade union reforms are a stain on the spirit of Magna Carta, says TUC:
Speaking ahead of today’s (Monday) 800th anniversary of Magna Carta, TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: “On the day when we rightly celebrate human rights and access to justice, our…Read more…
CPI inflation: no surprises, not out of woods.
When the inflation numbers are moving from positive to negative territory it is difficult to avoid excitement about ultimately small changes, driven to some extent by erratic and exceptional factors. Today Britain moved out of deflation, alternatively …Read more…
High Representative of the European Union receives Cuban First Vice President:
Díaz-Canel is heading the Cuban delegation to the CELAC-EU Summit, bringing together representatives of 61 countries and international organizations in the Belgian capital Author: Prensa Latina(PL)…Read more…
U.S. State Department identifies Posada Carriles as planner of 1976 terrorist attack
A declassified 1976 State Department document, released June 3, identifies Luis Posada Carriles as the most likely author of a terrorist attack on a Cuban airliner, which took the lives of all 76…Read more…
Criminal Manipulation of Currencies for Private Gain:
Banks’ Guilty Pleas Underscore Necessity for New Direction for the Economy – K.C. Adams – The global financial institutions Citicorp, JPMorgan Chase, Barclays and Royal Bank of…Read more…
Necessity to Organise against Government’s Proposed Anti-Trade Union Legislation:
The Queen’s speech threatened that the government would “bring forward legislation to reform trade unions and to protect essential public services against strikes”. This has posed the question…Read more…
National Gallery Struggle:
The Fight against Privatisation and for the Right to Speak Out and Organise Candy UdwinOn Saturday May 30, Trafalgar Square was filled with thousands of people who came to support the workers at the…Read more…
Tata steel workers vote for strike action over ‘work till you drop’ pension plans
Members of Britain’s largest union, Unite, working for Tata Steel UK Ltd have overwhelmingly voted for industrial action over the company’s plans to close the British Steel pension scheme (BSPS) and…Read more…
Labour leadership: Jeremy Corbyn enters race:
Veteran left-winger Jeremy Corbyn is throwing his hat into the ring to become the next Labour leader. The 66-year-old MP for Islington North, a fervent anti-war campaigner, told the Islington Tribune…Read more…
Weakening workers’ rights in the EU is playing with fire, warns TUC:
Weakening workers’ rights will not win votes to stay in the EU, says the TUC today (Wednesday). TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady will spell out a strong message on the EU referendum as she…Read more…
A New Situation after the election in Alberta Canada;
Notley is leader of the first NDP government in Alberta, elected in 54 of 87 seats in the Legislature. The Alberta Progressive Conservatives had been in power for almost 44 years, the longest stretch…Read more…
Eurozone still in denial about Greece:
Robert Peston BBC There is something wonderfully mad about the idea that if Greece’s creditors can agree on a bailout, which they have done, that represents important progress. Because, as…Read more…
Child Poverty in a modern Society who is to blame?
Originally posted on Isle of Wight TUC:
This is totally unacceptable in a Modern thriving Society The IW has come second in the worst area in the South East after the Government decided not to raise…Read more…
Britain launches national day of action against austerity:
29 May 2015by Mischa Wilmers A national day of action to protest against austerity took place across the United Kingdom, ahead of a large demonstration outside the Bank of England next month. The…Read more…
Diane Abbott unimpressed by Labour Party leadership race:
by Luke James Hackney MP unimpressed by leadership race LABOUR members face a “depressing” choice in the leadership election without a left candidate, MP Diane Abbott told the Star yesterday. The…Read more…