Ritzy sackings threat withdrawn
31 October 2014
Just three days after Ritzy cinema owners Picturehouse accounced that a quarter of the workforce would be sacked, the company has been forced to back down.
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SNP seeks EU referendum veto
30 October 2014
Having failed to deliver Scotland bound and gagged into the hands of the European Union through the “independence” referendum, the Scottish National Party is now trying to ensure that the whole of Britain will be locked forever in to the Brussels embrace.
Ritzy workers face sackings threat
28 October 2014
The owners of the Ritzy art house cinema in Brixton, announced on 27 October it would sack a quarter of the workforce – to pay for the wage rise won in one of the year’s most imaginative struggles.
‘Shariafication’ of British law attacked
26 October 2014
The Secular 2014 conference included a devastating analysis by Pragna Patel of the disturbing influence of fundamentalism in Britain’s legal system by what she calls “shariafication by stealth”.
Property: The vultures gather [updated]
24 October 2014
An international feast of property speculators visited London for the first time in October – networking, partying, and carving up Britain’s assets.
EU ban threatens closure of North Devon fishing
24 October 2014
A ban on ray fishing in Britain by the EU Marine Management Organisation threatens the end of fishing in North Devon.
East London mothers fight for housing
24 October 2014
Women in east London are fighting a spirited campaign to stop evictions and to house local people in local estates.
Hands off the Middle East
Parliament disgraced itself when it voted in October for another assault on stricken Iraq – “making the rubble bounce”, in the US Air Force’s unsavoury phrase.
Ebola: capitalist health exposed
Just about every aspect of the insanity of capitalism is exposed by the current outbreak of Ebola virus centred on west Africa.
Midwives act on pay, staffing
On Monday 13 October the Royal College of Midwives struck for the first time in its long history – a four-hour stoppage.
NHS strike: News from hospitals
It is a reflection of the discipline and loyalty of health workers to their unions that despite the low ballot turnout they struck and held out in the face of adversity.
Rail: we’re propping up foreign governments
More than two-thirds of Britain’s rail network is now run by foreign state-owned companies – given to them not just by Westminster, but the false nationalists in Holyrood as well…