Save Lewisham Hospital and other campaigns outside the Tribunal On Friday, March 20, the Tribunal of Charlotte Monro came to an end and the presiding judge gave his final comments. In these comments,…Read more…
Part 2 – A Brief History of Public Housing
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 2 – A Brief History of Public Housing Public housing in Britain has a long history stretching back to the 19th Century. The steep rise in the population…Read more…
The Essence of Community-Centred Health, is a Programme of Creeping Privatisation:
The source of Community-Centred Health and well-being is the NHS Executive itself. Public Health England is an agency of the Department of Health. Signatories to their report published in 2015, are…Read more…
Sacked union leader reinstated after health trust u-turn:
First published Wednesday 1 April 2015 in Waltham Forest Guardian Last updated 12:12 Thursday 2 April 2015 by Zoie O’Brien, Reporter, covering Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone. Sacked union…Read more…
Teachers to ballot for strikes over school funding
By Hannah Richardson BBC News education reporter Teachers are threatening to take strike action over school funding Teachers are set to call for a ballot on national strikes amid a growing row over…Read more…
Human Rights Is an Election Issue
Included in RCPB(ML)’s call for the May 7 General Election is that the electorate should vote for candidates who stand for the rights of all. This is a very serious issue. Rights can not be given…Read more…
Why is teaching the most unionised job?
Sean Coughlan Education correspondent BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-32116168 Teachers are more likely to be in unions than transport staff or mine workers Why is education the most…Read more…
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue
The Right to Housing Is an Election Issue Part 1 – A Public Housing System Is a Requisite of a Modern Society An important issue in the coming general election is the right to housing, to which all…Read more…
Workers, You need your modern Communist Party!
This year the Revolutionary Communist Party of Britain (Marxist-Leninist) is 36 years old. Party members have worked since 1979 to continue, since the Party was formed, to establish itself,…Read more…
Come on out of your crib!
If you want your life to have meaning, if you want to be someone then stand up and be counted. Sitting on the fence, letting others do everything, is not an option some can take. They want to hold…Read more…
The Treacherous Decision-Makers at GKN must be Opposed.
The Rolls-Royce announcement after accepting Government cash and help from the region, disgraces management at the highest level. Last week the CTi manufacturing technology capability, along with…Read more…
Why has Austerity failed?
Austerity is severe medicine administered by the minority for the majority, hence the notion of being, “All in it together” in practice is false. It is the Victorian bourgeois values of hard work not…Read more…
National Gallery Workers Strike:
National Gallery: Loach defies artists to back sell-off strike Conrad Landin Threatened workers petition PM Cameron FILM director Ken Loach challenged fellow artists yesterday to support striking…Read more…
Smurfit Strike:
Union calls for strike action in dispute over workers at Northampton firm The Smurfit Kappa headquarters in Moulton Way, Northampton. 07:30Sunday 29 March 2015 More than 100 workers at a major…Read more…
Unite consultation shows ‘massive support’ for North Sea Strike Action
27 March 2015 Unite’s consultative ballot of members covered by the Offshore Contractors Agreement (OCA) has shown ‘massive support’ for industrial action in response to attacks on jobs, pay and…Read more…
U.S. Pressure Fails to Stop New Development Bank
Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank In October 2014, twenty-one Asian nations discussed and signed on to create a new development bank for Asia, the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)….Read more…
Yemen
U.S. Authorizes Saudi Arabian Military Aggression On March 26, Saudi Arabia initiated airstrikes against Yemen killing some 39 civilians, according to news agencies. The action came after extensive…Read more…
Canada’s Economic Existential Crisis
A New Direction for the Economy – K.C. Adams – Part One: Problems in the Manufacturing Sector A modern economy is a complicated organism. Without all its parts functioning in harmony, the organism…Read more…
Pensions reform dogma exposes more savers to rip-off risk, says TUC
26 March 2015 Commenting on the publication of the final Retirement income market study report from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which warns that the government’s pensions reforms may…Read more…
The Necessity of Connectivity:
Concerning a Fixed-Link to the Isle of Wight: The debate on “For or Against” is irrelevant when it it comes to connectivity. Whether it is a ferry, bridge or tunnel or a balloon. It is a…Read more…