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‘Those who support Israeli aggression are partners in their crimes’ –...

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Iranian armed forces have launched the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III by firing a barrage of missiles and drones toward the occupied...

Gaza’s children slaughtered – sometimes by missiles, sometimes by hunger, always...

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ON WORLD Day Against Child Labour, 12 June: Gaza’s crushed childhood turns into a struggle for survival, Hamas said yesterday. In Gaza, footballs, pencils, and...

Trump overrides California governor to send 700 Marines and thousands of...

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An appeals court on Friday temporarily blocked a federal judge’s order that directed the Trump administration to return control of California’s National Guard troops...

5,000 workers and youth join the Grenfell Tower Fire 8th anniversary...

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MORE than 5,000 workers, students and youth joined the Grenfell Tower fire 8th anniversary march through Ladbroke Grove, west London on Saturday. It was the...

COSATU concerned at Goodyear plant closure

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The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the Eastern Cape said on Thursday that is deeply concerned by the impending closure of...

US union leaders released after mass rallies across the US

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DAVID Huerta, the 58-year-old president of Service Employees International Union California, was released from federal custody on Monday on a $50,000 bond after a...

Israel is condemned for storming the Madleen!

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Global condemnations have poured in after Israel stormed the humanitarian vessel Madleen in international waters, which was en route toward the besieged Gaza Strip...

Unions denounce violent arrest of SEIU California President David Huerta –...

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THE INTERNATIONAL federation UNI Global Union has strongly condemned the arrest of David Huerta, President of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) California, who...

‘We want welfare not warfare 20,00-strong march tells Starmer

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AS the ‘Welfare not Warfare’ March was getting ready to leave the BBC and head for Downing Street, Margaret Mills, a Unison member from...

US government workers win legal victory against Trump sackings!

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The American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) scored a victory on Wednesday in its challenge to stop the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from...

Israeli airstrikes set out to destroy Yemen’s Sana’a Airport

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HUMAN Rights Watch (HRW) has called for an urgent investigation into the Israeli airstrikes on Yemen’s Sana’a International Airport, which happened on May 28,...

UN calls for investigation into ‘inhuman acts’ by Israel at aid...

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The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has condemned Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians at aid distribution centres in the...

Settler violence has ‘surged dramatically’ as 22 new illegal settlements approved!

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THE United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has surged dramatically this year, with over...

Canadian postal workers rally in 13 cities!

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Canada Post workers held rallies in 13 cities across the country on Saturday as the ongoing labour dispute with their employer reaches boiling point. The...

Strikes and unionisation campaigns sweep the USA

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Members of the Teamsters union in the United States were joined by other members of the Labour Alliance for Public Transit last Thursday at...

Argentina – right to strike targeted

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The far-right government of President Javier Milei on Thursday imposed a significant restriction on the right to strike in Argentina across many sectors. This move...

Israel applying Gaza genocide tactics on West Bank – says UNRWA

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Israel is applying many of the tactics used in its war on Gaza to seize and control territory across the occupied West Bank during...

800 UK lawyers & 300 prominent French writers demand sanctions against...

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MORE than 800 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges, have called on the UK government to impose sanctions on the Israeli government and its...

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – ‘a dangerous political sham’

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LEADING aid and human rights organisations have condemned the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ as ‘a dangerous, politicised sham’. Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) is among 11...

Defeat Israeli plan to ‘manage starvation’ & drive Palestinians out of...

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Two days after the limited entry of aid into the Gaza Strip, Palestinian voices are rising to emphasise the ineffectiveness of the aid provided. They...

Judge thwarts Trump’s federal mass sackings

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A US federal judge has extended her freeze on President Donald Trump’s plan for mass job cuts and reorganisations at 22 federal agencies until...

‘Gaza stands for the majority in the world’

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The Community Camp4Palestine hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday evening on Zionism and US militarism. The event was well attended on the site of the...

Iran considering participation in nuclear talks in spite of US ‘unreasonable...

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Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is considering whether to participate in the next round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the US. Araghchi said on...

‘14,000 Babies In Gaza Could Die Within 48 Hours!’

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UN Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Tom Fletcher warned on Tuesday morning that as many as 14,000 babies could die in Gaza within 48 hours if...

The month of May – a graveyard for journalists in Gaza

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Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed at least 219 journalists and media workers since the regime’s genocidal war started in the Gaza Strip...

South African trade unions demand action on unemployment

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SOUTH AFRICA’S leading trade union federations the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and the Federation...

‘You are an avalanche and you will prevail’ – Palestine Ambassador...

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The rally in Whitehall started with a short video called: ‘The Nakba never ended,’ describing the history of the Nakba, and declaring: ‘Britain created...

‘It’s The People vs The Developers’ – declares powerful Peckham meeting

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A PUBLIC meeting of over 200 Peckham residents on Thursday evening stepped up the fight against plans by developer Berkeley Homes to tear down...

Norwegian TUC leads charge against Israeli Apartheid

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IN a challenge to Israeli impunity, Norway has recently emerged as one of the first Western states to implement a cohesive and escalating campaign...

California State University students on hunger strike against Israel’s blockade of...

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More than 30 California State University (CSU) students are on a hunger strike to protest against Israel’s blockade of food and water going into Gaza,...

‘Join us in celebrating International Nurses Day’– declares RCN

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‘HAPPY International Nurses’ Day!’ declared the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Monday, 12th May. The RCN said: ‘Today, we’re celebrating the incredible skill, dedication...

‘Silent wave of death’ deliberately enforced in Gaza – says Euro-Mediterranean...

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THE Euro-Mediterranean Human Rights Observatory said yesterday that Gaza is experiencing a ‘silent wave of death’ of increasing numbers of elderly and children due...

End all arms sales to Israel NOW! – demands Palestinian Youth...

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There was a demonstration of over 500 people outside the Foreign Office in Westminster on Friday evening organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)...

Labour authorises export of over 8,600 munitions to Israel for use...

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DESPITE public commitments to halt arms shipments that could be used in Gaza, the Labour government has authorised the export of over 8,600 munitions...

Trump’s executive order removes over 200,000 AFGE members!

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THE AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), the nation’s largest union for federal workers, president said on Monday the organisation’s ongoing staff downsizing will...

‘We teach our children hunger is more bearable than humiliation’ ...

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‘I feed my children sugar and water … but if they opened a corridor for us to leave in exchange for raising a white...

‘International actors must stop Israel’s Gaza genocide’ – demands Amnesty International...

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AMNESTY International Secretary General Agnes Callamard has called on all international actors, foremost among them the European Union, to take serious steps to stop...

‘Russia will successfully complete Special Military Operation in Ukraine without resorting...

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RUSSIA has sufficient capabilities to successfully complete the special military operation in Ukraine without resorting to nuclear arms, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told...

Gaza starves as Israel turns blockade into a weapon of mass...

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AT DAWN on 26th April, a single Israeli airstrike obliterated an entire Palestinian family in central Gaza’s al-Sabra neighbourhood. The al-Khour family, spanning three generations,...

Tens of thousands march in Turkey on May Day

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DOZENS of trade unions, youth groups, and resistance movements in Turkey marched on Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square on May Day, in open defiance of...

Make corridor care ‘a never event’ – demand Welsh NHS unions

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THE RCN (Royal College of Nursing) and the British Medical Association (BMA) in Wales have joined forces to address the alarming state of corridor...

Russia calls truce on 80th anniversary of Victory Day

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Russia is ready to continue its dialogue with Western lawmakers both in North America and Europe, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday when speaking...

‘Israel and the states supplying it with weapons must be stopped’...

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The United Nations special rapporteur has called for a halt to arms sales to the Israeli regime, which has been committing genocide in Gaza...

Hundreds respond in London to Palestinian call for Global Action for...

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A VERY lively protest in response to the call from the Palestine Republic for a Global Day for Gaza to besiege US Embassies, the...

ANC drops VAT increase to save coalition – as SAFTU celebrates...

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South Africa’s finance minister dropped plans on Thursday to increase value-added tax (VAT), in a major climbdown to prevent the collapse of the coalition...