SINN FEIN CALLS FOR ENDING OF THE GAZA BLOCKADE –at the...
BY JOHN COULTER, IRISH POLITICAL JOURNALIST SINN FEIN has called for the immediate ending of the Israeli blockade of Gaza. In a major speech, one of...
‘THE SYRIAN PEOPLE ALONE DECIDE WHO RULES THEM’ – message from...
‘WHAT Are the Real Reasons of the Western Positions Vis-A-Vis President Al-Assad? Or Why Has President Al-Assad Become an Obsession for the United States?’...
US-led Black Sea drills a ‘provocation’ – Russia’s Embassy in Washington
RUSSIA is warning Western allies that nothing good will come out of provocations in the Black Sea as any attempts to test Moscow’s willingness...
1,500 Greek Hospital Workers March In Athens
SOME 1,500 hospital workers and doctors, along with delegations from public and private sector trade unions and university students, staged a militant rally and...
THE UK IS A FIRST-WORLD COUNTRY WITH THIRD-WORLD EDUCATION – UCU...
The UK has dramatically slumped to the bottom of international education tables, the University and College Union stressed today. In the past twelve years it...
Longshoremen Are Organising An International Conference To Stop The War
ILWU Locals 10 and 34 are organising an International Labour Conference to Stop the War, on October 20 from 9am-5 pm in San Francisco,...
Wembley Campaigners Fighting For Sports Access
The fight to save local children’s access to a sports ground in the shadow of Wembley Stadium continued this week as protesters reoccupied the...
Thirty Palestinian Prisoners Join Shalabi Hunger Strike
The head of the Palestinian Prisoners Society announced last Monday that thirty Palestinian prisoners have joined the hunger strike of Palestinian heroine Hana Shalabi. Palestinian...
Systematic destruction of Khan Younis continues despite ceasefire!
The Israeli military launched a ‘fire belt’ attack on the southern Gaza Strip on Monday, killing two Palestinians, including a child, in its latest...
Tory Budget: war on NHS, education & pay
IN REFUSING to lift the 1% public sector pay cap, chancellor Philip Hammond is condemning ‘just managing’ civil servants to wage cuts of up...
German ‘Escape Helpers’ Risking Jail To Help Refugees!
GERMAN ‘escape helpers’ are driving to Hungary with cars and vans to collect refugees and ferry them across European borders, and back into...
Government Cuts Forcing Closure Of Children’s Hospices!
NHS and local council cuts are hitting lifeline care for seriously ill children, a survey of 27 children’s hospices in England carried out by...
Doctors feeling ‘abandonded’ by Tories over PPE says BMA council chair...
SHORTAGES of PPE (personal protective equipment) during the early months of Covid-19 left doctors feeling ‘abandoned’ by the government, BMA council chair Chaand Nagpaul...
Lagos University academics indefinite strike!
The University of Lagos (UNILAG) chapter of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) started an indefinite strike on Wednesday over unexplained cuts in...
Syria’s rightful sovereignty over Golan recognised by UN
THE UN General Assembly has again voted by majority to recognise Syria’s rightful sovereignty over the occupied Golan, and on considering all the measures...
‘From The River To The Sea – Palestine Will Be Free!’
‘FROM the river to the sea Palestine will be free,’ 1,000 people shouted outside Downing Street in Whitehall in central London on Wednesday evening. It...
Hamas movement wounds 3 Israeli settlers in shooting operation! – ‘a...
THE Hamas Movement said on Tuesday that the heroic shooting operation, that took place east of Tulkarem that morning and led to the injury...
Sarin Gas Shells Used By Syrian Opposition!
RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the documents submitted by Moscow to the UN on the use of chemical weapons in...
Displaced Palestinians have ‘no safe place’ to go!
THE United Nations says Israel’s indiscriminate strikes on the Gaza Strip and incessant evacuation orders have left displaced Palestinians with ‘no safe place’ to...
Targeted political killing! – SAFTU condemns brutal assassination of Mokoena Letsie
SAFTU (South African Federation of Trade Unions) has condemned in the strongest possible terms the brutal assassination of community activist and organiser Mokoena Letsie,...
‘We have to liberate every inch of the Syrian land’ says...
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad has said that everything in the world is changing regarding Syria on every level, both local, regional, and international. In a statement...
‘It’s herd immunity by the back door’
‘IT’S HERD immunity by the back door,’ Dr Deepti Gurdasani, an epidemiologist and senior lecturer at Queen Mary University told the BBC on Thursday. She...
‘We are united, stronger together – We cannot and will not...
‘NONE of us want to strike, but we’ve been forced to by the government,’ Dr Kevin O’Kane, Chair, BMA London Regional Council, told a...
Israel steps up detentions of Palestinians and bulldozing of land
THE Israeli army detained 340 Palestinians in the West Bank, East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip during the month of May, including 25 minors...
Ithaka – the fight to free Julian Assange
ITHAKA – The film title is from a Greek poem – a long journey and the overcoming of obstacles through the knowledge gained on...
‘REJECT NORMALISATION AGREEMENT’ – Palestinian Minister tells Arab League
PALESTINIAN Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riyad Malki, called on the Arab League to reject the United Arab Emirates-Israel normalisation agreement. ‘Otherwise, our meeting...
Russian forces build bridge under fire across the Euphrates River!
THE Russian Defence Ministry have released footage showing military forces building a bridge across the Euphrates River close to Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province. ‘A...
Youth organisations lead 150,000-strong march in Paris
A dozen youth organisations marched through Paris on Saturday afternoon against the government’s pension age hike from 62 to 64, following last Thursday’s mass demonstrations...
GMB and Unite slam the Grenfell Report
THE GMB union has slammed the failure of the Grenfell Report to tell the full story. The roots of this disaster lay not with the...
‘Young people want to work!’: says Hassan Yussuff of the Canadian...
FAR too many young Canadian workers are either unemployed or underemployed and governments must come up with a strategy to solve the problem –...
US union wins right to boycott Israel
THE UNITED Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers of America (UE) earlier this summer won a major battle in the courts that recognises the UE’s...
Russian air defence systems strike nine Ukrainian aircraft
Russian air defence systems have struck nine Ukrainian Air Force aircraft, including seven Su-27s, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on Tuesday. They said: ‘Two...
Hundred thousand Swaziland workers mass action
A HUNDRED THOUSAND Swazi workers have begun a campaign of mass action, led by the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), and its...
Amazon workers in USA win second vote for union
AMAZON warehouse workers in Bessemer, Alabama, USA are getting a second vote on unionising, after a National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) official ruled in...
Israel Fears Palestinians Will March On Border
Israel strengthened its forces along the border with the Gaza Strip last Sunday, fearful that thousands of Palestinians may march on the border against...
China hails recent naval drills with Russia & Iran in Sea...
CHINA has hailed the recent joint naval drills with Russia and Iran in the Sea of Oman, saying the exercises boosted the ability of...
Syrian Democratic Council Sends Delegation To Damascus To Talk To Assad!
US BACKED militants in Syria have sent a delegation to the Syrian capital for talks with Syrian government officials. The so-called Syrian Democratic Council...
Syrian film wins award at ‘International Resistance Film Festival’
SYRIAN feature film ‘The Father’ has collected the Best Screenplay Award at the ending ceremony of the International Resistance Film Festival in Tehran. The...
‘They are planning to get rid of the whole of Ealing...
ANN FRANKLYN, 22 years a nurse and midwife at Ealing Hospital, carrying heavy bags, stopped at the occupation at 6.30pm on Friday evening. ‘Today...
TENS OF THOUSANDS OF GAZANS ARE STILL HOMELESS – and without...
TENS of thousands of Gazans are still homeless and without basic services such as piped drinking water three months after the 18 January ceasefire,...
CANADIAN POST UNION OPPOSES ‘US-BACKED COUP’ IN VENEZUELA
CANADA’S postal workers union, the CUPW, has condemned the government of Canada’s decision to recognise Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the legitimate president...
Settlers Launch Pogrom On Palestinian Village
OUTGOING Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said the dream of a ‘greater Israel’ was over, a day after settlers raided the Palestinian village of...
‘West will pay a heavy price for supporting Al-Qaeda’ – says...
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad warned on Wednesday that the West will pay a heavy price for its support of Al-Qaeda in Syria. Assad, whose regime has...
Luas Tram Drivers 12 Days Of Strike Action In Dublin!
DUBLIN’S Luas tram drivers are taking their 12th day of strike action tomorrow (Friday), with their union SIPTU accusing management of being ‘out of...
Pro-Palestine activities in US & UK campuses facing restrictions!
CONCERNS are rising over restrictions to free speech, academic inquiry, and student activism related to Palestine at universities across the UK. This trend has been...