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Posted by: John Phoenix A myth was perpetrated in the late 19th century that continues to this day.  A new political party, the Labour Party (LP) was born to represent the interests and needs of the urban working class, but on analysis, when has the Labour Party ever truly fulfilled that role? Reaching power in 1945, at the end of WW2, it was Clement Attlee’s government that gave rise to the National Health Service (NHS) along with the welfare state but what was the real motive? The NHS was designed to appease the working classes and crush any ideas of socialist rebellion at a time when the socialist USSR was standing tall in the world following its victory over fascism. The same government, under the direction of Ernest Bevin, assisted in the formation of the North Atl...

Posted by: John Phoenix Reams of empty phrasemongering are aimed at hiding the fact that Truss and co have no plan to do anything to fix the crisis in our health service. Proletarian writers Subscribe to our  channel For decades, government after government has promised to ‘prioritise’, ‘improve’ and ‘fix’ the NHS. And yet, despite all the money poured into the pot marked ‘health service’, the experiences and outcomes for patients have continued to grow steadily worse – for the simple reason that it is not patients the endless reforms are aimed at serving, but profiteering monopoly capital. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1364010013&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true While Chance...

Posted by: John Phoenix First they came for the cleaners, then they came for the caterers, then for the porters, the student nurses and the junior doctors. Now they’re coming for the GPs. Bob Gill Subscribe to our  channel Our NHS is being slowly dismantled and sold out from under us in order to provide another cash cow to imperialist corporations. Are there enough honest and determined doctors to see and tell the truth? Are there enough class-conscious and action-ready workers to fight for the reinstatement of a real public healthcare system in Britain? The costs of failing in this mission will be high indeed. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1308764218&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user...

Posted by: John Phoenix In their desperation for sources of profit, our exploiters as individuals even end up damaging their own collective interests. Lalkar writers Subscribe to our  channel The fatal undermining of the health service by round after round of privatisation is creating a social and economic time bomb at the heart of British society. And governments in the present conditions of economic crisis and the desperate quest of the monopolies for profits are powerless to change course. https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/1420944715&color=%23ff5500&inverse=false&auto_play=false&show_user=true For as long as our party’s political publications have existed, our writers have been logging and commenting on ...

Striking NHS workers march from St Thomas' Hospital to Trafalgar Square in London on May 1, 2023.  (Photo: Jordan Pettitt/PA Images via Getty Images) "Only negotiations can resolve this and I urge ministers to reopen formal discussions," said one labor leader. "Nursing staff are looking for a fair settlement that shows the government values and understands their profession." KENNY STANCIL Nurses and other National Health Service workers walked off the job in half of England's medical facilities on Sunday night amid an ongoing fight for higher pay and better patient safety in the United Kingdom. The latest NHS strike comes after Royal College of Nursing (RCN) and Unite union members voted to reject the right-wing U.K. government's most recent pay...