Miners dig in at Chile’s Collahuasi strike
THE copper-mining strike by 1,551 members of Sindicato de los Trabajadores de Collahuasi in Chile enters its second week today, with miners emboldened by...
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NEW GP CONTRACT – it introduces American...
THE TITLE of the new GP contract is ‘Investment and evolution: A five-year framework for GP contract reform to implement the NHS Long Term...
‘IRAN WILL CONTINUE ITS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME’ – says Khamenei
Supreme spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran will press on with its nuclear work. State television quoted Khamenei as saying:...
Syrian Army Making Considerable Gains
SYRIAN army forces have made considerable gains in their battle against foreign-backed militants around the capital, Damascus, retaking a key ‘rebel’-held town. The government forces...
Student Nurses, Unpaid And Uninsured, Are Treating Coronavirus Patients – And...
STUDENT nurses who are currently doing their placements are facing serious risks. Their lives are at risk as many are treating coronavirus patients and...
700 Haitian Families Evicted From Makeshift Camps
Haitian authorities forcibly evicted nearly 700 families from two make-shift camps in the last two weeks, reported Amnesty International. Hundreds of families were left...
Sri Lankan university teachers demand the resignation of Rajapaksa and the...
The Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) has demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickremaratne,...
3,000 Boston University workers begin indefinite strike for pay, healthcare and...
The SEIU union that represents over 3,000 Boston University (BU) graduate student workers started an indefinite strike on Monday. The decision came a week after...
Fatah and Hamas resolving issues over passports and detainees
FATAH and Hamas are close to resolving the issues of political detainees and passports for Gaza residents, senior Fatah official Nabil Shaath said Wednesday. Shaath...
Washington DC parents keep children home as ICE raids intensify
Immigrant families across the United States capital are facing the new school year under the shadow of aggressive federal immigration enforcement, with raids and...
Israel ‘main source of instability in West Asia’
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the Israeli occupation regime as the main source of instability in West Asia, and warned that the...
PENTONVILLE 5 VICTORY – 40 years on
TODAY is the 40th anniversary of the release of the Pentonville 5 dockers when the TUC was forced to call a general strike and...
TONY BLAIR AND GORDON BROWN SHOULD BE TRIED AS WAR CRIMINALS...
‘Tony Blair and Gordon Brown should be tried as war criminals,’ Peter Brierley, whose son Shaun was killed in Iraq in 2003, told a...
First Plane Uses Aleppo International Airport In Four Years!
A SYRIAN government airplane successfully took off from the Aleppo International Airport on Friday, marking the first time in four years that any aircraft...
Fonseka arrest deepens crisis of Sri Lankan ruling class
THE split in the Sri Lankan ruling class has deepened with the arrest of General Fonseka who led the military campaign which killed tens...
‘It’s a nightmare – patients and dead bodies arriving in overwhelming...
Two Australian doctors, Dr Nada Abu Alrub and Dr Saya Aziz, recounted the harrowing details of their work under constant Israeli bombardment and severe...
‘Between the Fence and a Hard Place’ Israeli-imposed restrictions strangling Gaza
‘Over the past ten years, the Israeli military has gradually expanded restrictions on access to farmland on the Gaza side of the “Green Line”,...
Airport workers strike in Argentina – while Milei pursued for arrest...
Airport workers carried out an 11-hour strike at 27 airports in Argentina on Thursday. The action took place in two slots, between 6am and 12...
Palestinian children arrested, tortured and thrown in solitary confinement!
AN international human rights group on Monday released details of the interrogation and assault of a Palestinian teenager during his arrest in June by...
South African firefighters demand payment for overtime!
Hundreds of members of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) marched to the Cape Town Civic Centre to deliver a memorandum...
OAXACA TEACHERS BLOCK ‘REFORMS’ – ‘a mechanism for privatisation’
TEACHERS in Oaxaca, Mexico, have taken their fight against their government’s punitive ‘education reform’ to a new level this month, with highly visible actions...
Collective punishment after truck attack
A PALESTINIAN was shot dead after driving a truck into a group of uniformed Israeli soldiers, killing four soldiers and injuring at least 13...
STOP ROYAL MAIL MANAGERS STRIKEBREAKING –200 post workers lobby Unite headquarters
Over two hundred postal workers from London, Edinburgh and Crewe lobbied the Unite head office in Holborn yesterday to demand Unite leaders Derek Simpson...
STALINISTS AND REFORMERS BETRAY STEEL AND BANK WORKERS – Build the...
Statement by the Revolutionary Marxist League Greek Section of the International Committee of the Fourth International The only road for all workers is to build...
‘NO WAR ON VENEZUELA – Bank of England must end its...
A DEMONSTRATION of over 100 people gathered outside the Bank of England on Saturday as part of a global day of action to demand:...
‘GOVERNMENT REFORMS HAVE CREATED A MARKET IN HEALTHCARE’ – BMA launches...
The British Medical Association (BMA) on Monday launched a public campaign against the privatisation of the NHS. The BMA press statement said it is stepping...
Forced Academies – ‘This Is A Huge Government Climbdown!’ Says Nut
‘THIS is a huge government climb-down and is a testament to the campaigning of teachers and parents,’ Kevin Courtney, Deputy General Secretary of the...
Stop Ealing Maternity closure–Occupy!
‘OCCUPY Ealing Maternity Department to stop its closure on 1st July,’ Ealing Hospital nurse, Claire, a Unison member, told News Line on Monday. A demonstration...
Russian support welcomed in Africa – as colonialists overthrown in Niger
RUSSIA has the capability to assist with the economic development of Africa and could be a superior replacement to Western countries that are currently...
No Trump, No War, Chant South Koreans
OPPONENTS of US President Donald Trump’s visit to South Korea this week gathered behind the Kyobo Building in Gwanghwamun, near the US embassy in...
Day 16 of strike action against academisation
TEACHERS and pupils at The John Roan School in Greenwich took their 16th day of strike action to stop its privatisation. The school is being...
The Israeli Cabinet approves the legalisation of settlements
THE Israeli cabinet has approved the ‘legalisation’ of five settlement outposts in the occupied West Bank, and further sanctions on the Palestinian Authority for...
‘Wheels on the verge of falling off’ the ambulance service say...
Unite, which has over 100,000 workers in the NHS, including thousands of paramedics, is warning that unprecedented demand is resulting in the ‘wheels being...
Nearly 3,000 children in Gaza are at risk of dying before...
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says nearly 3,000 children are at risk of dying before the eyes of their families as they have...
Special Educational Needs & Disabilities funding – cut to the bone!
SPECIAL Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) funding is being cut to the bone, the National Education Union (NEU) warned in a motion on the...
Stop the privatisation of the Public Services
TRADE unionists from across the public sector spoke out on Tuesday, demanding action from the TUC to stop the privatisation of the NHS and...
SOUTH AFRICAN UNION NEHAWU CALLS TO ‘STAY AWAY’ ON AUGUST 28th...
THE NATIONAL Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (Nehawu) has called on health staff to stay away from work on 28th August to protest...
Cuts Will Leave Poor Families ‘Close To Destitution’
PARENTS working on the minimum wage are on the brink of a new crisis in family finances that will leave many close to destitution,...
‘UK must stop funding the Israeli terrorist state’ – Hyde Park...
The first speaker at the rally in Hyde Park was Lujain Abdullah from the Palestinian Forum in Britain, who said: ‘It’s the 29th week...
The month of May – a graveyard for journalists in Gaza
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...
Sinn Fein Doubts Whether Robinson Can Ever Be A Partner
BY JOHN COULTER, IRISH POLITICAL JOURNALIST THE current Stormont impasse which has politically crippled the Northern power-sharing Executive for almost five months deepened this week...
3.1 MILLION NEW HOMES NEEDED – Shelter’s vision for social housing
A LANDMARK report by Shelter’s social housing commission published today calls for an ambitious 3.1 million new homes, extending the offer of social housing...
Banning Boycotts Of Israel Is A British Reward For The Occupier
MEMBERS of the PLO Executive Committee Hanan Ashrawi and Saeb Erekat on Wednesday slammed the United Kingdom’s decision to ban the boycott of Israeli...
South Africa: ‘A society that has become the most unequal in...
‘THE South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has consistently opposed the need to borrow from the international financial institutions for reasons we will...
President Abbas visits Gaza Strip as Israeli leaders condemn Kerry over...
MIN MAQBUL, secretary of the Fatah Revolutionary Council, revealed Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas’s intention to visit the Gaza Strip this week in preparation for...