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Zimbabwe trade unions ‘itching for mass action’ to be paid in...

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THE OPPOSITION Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) has joined forces with the Zimbabwe Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) to push for salaries in United...

‘If Pelosi cares so much for human rights she should apologise...

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CHINA has called on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to express remorse and apologise for the atrocities committed by the Americans in Afghanistan, Iraq,...

10,000 march in London demanding ‘Kill the Bill’ – as protests...

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OVER 10,000 youth and workers demanding ‘Kill the Bill’ marched from Speakers Corner Hyde Park and rallied in Parliament Square, central London, on Saturday. Protests...

STAND UP AGAINST THE UNION BUSTERS! Honda convenor brings greetings to...

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STRIKING British Airways cabin crew received great support from workers and other trade unionists over the weekend. Last Saturday, News Line interviewed cabin crew on...

Iranian President Visits Kabul And Sco Meeting

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THE strengthening of regional treaties is a key factor to prevent the promotion of a unipolar system of domination by the US, and would...

Education spending cuts ‘without precedent’ in post-war UK history – Institute...

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‘The cuts to education spending over the last decade are effectively without precedent in post-war UK history, including a 9% real-terms fall in school...

58 YEARS SINCE THE NABKA – the holocaust through which the...

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ON May 15th, Nakba Day, Palestinians commemorate their forced displacement and dispossession resulting from the establishment of the state of Israel. By marking the Nakba...

MET POLICE: ‘culture of institutionalised racism, misogyny and homophobia’

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RIGHTS campaign groups Liberty, Runnymede, Stonewall and INQUEST have responded to Baroness Casey’s review of the Metropolitan Police Service which was produced last week. They...

Fury Over Planned Closure Of Camden Gp Surgery

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OVER 30 angry patients denounced a sham consultation meeting by NHS managers over the imminent closure of the contracted-out Camden Town GP Surgery in...

US arms manufacturers make record profits – while US labour disputes...

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American arms dealers have gathered ‘record profits’ from Israel’s wars on the besieged Gaza Strip and Lebanon, according to a new report. In a report...

Huge increase in homelessness in England – Joseph Rowntree Foundation

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NEW independent research published by Crisis and the Joseph Rowntree Foundation on Wednesday revealed the huge and increasing scale of homelessness in England. The Homelessness...

Student nurse numbers declining! –10,000 off target by 2025! – says...

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STUDENT nurse numbers are declining to the extent that the official NHS workforce plan for England will be over 10,000 off target by 2025,...

Top World Health Organisation Official Is Extremely Worried About Polio &...

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A TOP World Health Organisation (WHO) official said on Tuesday that he’s ‘extremely worried’ about polio and other outbreaks of communicable diseases in Gaza...

4,000 Colombian miners enter third month of strike!

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OVER 4,000 miners, members of the Sintracarbón union, have entered the third month of a bitter strike at the Cerrejón coal mine in Colombia. The...

Venezuela warns of imminent US military attack!

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THE GOVERNMENT of Venezuela has warned of an imminent military attack by the United States, which has stepped up deployment of naval and air...

Russia builds new military bases in oil-rich Arctic

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SET on restoring the once-formidable Soviet military presence in the highly contested and resource-rich Arctic, the Russian military has begun building new military bases...

Doctor at centre of Baha Mousa’s death faces a six-week ‘fitness...

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DR DEREK Keilloh is to face a six-weeks General Medical Council fitness to practice panel, commencing 11 June 2012, over his role in the...

‘Deal of the Century belongs in the garbage can of history’...

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SAEB EREKAT, the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), has called on Israeli authorities to immediately and unconditionally release...

US and EU prepare for direct armed conflict with Russia

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US REPRESENTATIVES have launched a campaign in the Philippines to recruit local citizens to fight on the side of the Ukrainian armed forces, Russian...

Angry transport workers lobby TfL today

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TRANSPORT workers in three unions descend on the Tory Mayor Boris Johnson’s Office this morning to fight the ‘all-out savage attack’ on their pay...

‘Whose NHS? Our NHS! 150 junior doctors rally in Hackney

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‘WHOSE NHS? Our NHS!’ chanted over 150 junior doctors from east London hospitals at a lunchtime strike rally outside Hackney Town Hall on Thursday. One...

‘State terrorism is inscribed on the forehead of the US’

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IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani says that outgoing US president, Donald Trump, registered state terrorism on America’s official record by openly accepting responsibility for the assassination...

JUSTICE FOR NOAH! Noah’s family call for investigation into his ‘disappearance’

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By Fra Hughes in West Belfast LAST Thursday, January 7, 2020, Fiona Donohoe led a cavalcade of hundreds of cars with perhaps thousands of people...

NO RESCUE FOR CAPITALISM– FORWARD TO THE WORLD SOCIALIST REVOLUTION! –...

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THE Labour leaders are terrified the whole capitalist system is going to go, News Line Editor Paddy O’Regan told an audience of 200 youth...

One year on . . . Remploy workers remain jobless!

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A GMB union survey has found that the majority of Remploy workers did not get another job, one year on from the last of...

UN Concerned Over Force-Feeding Of Palestinian Hunger Strikers!

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THE United Nations has voiced concern over a recently adopted Israeli law allowing the force-feeding of detainees and prisoners on hunger strikes in Israeli...

Israeli settlers invade al-Aqsa Mosque compound

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ISRAELI settlers have once again invaded the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied Old City of Jerusalem in the latest act of provocation against...

Strength of Palestinian resistance causes Kerry/Zionist fall out

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US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday blamed approval of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem for derailing peace talks with Palestinians, a charge...

Stop The Centene Takeover Of Our Gp Surgeries!

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In early 2021, AT Medics was taken over by Operose Health Ltd, a subsidiary of the large US health insurance corporation Centene. AT Medics was...

BOSTON NURSES TAKING STRIKE ACTION – Nissan workers organise for a...

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BOSTON’S first nurses’ strike in 30 years began on Wednesday after a last-ditch negotiating session failed to resolve the disagreements between the Massachusetts...

Palestinian Students Shot And Wounded With Rubber-Coated Steel Bullets!

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TWO PALESTINIAN university students were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and dozens of others suffocated during clashes that broke out with...

NO JOBS FOR STUDENTS! – NUS warns of ‘disastrous’ summer

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THE National Union of Students (NUS) has expressed alarm at the rapid rise in youth unemployment, warning that the chances of students getting summer...

Sri Lankan Army Offensive Halted

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OFFICIALS of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam in Vanni told TamilNet on Saturday that their defensive formations at Mallaavi had thwarted...

‘PAUSE’ A COVER FOR DESTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL CARE! PART 2: London...

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BY ANNA ATHOW BMA COUNCIL MEMBER In London the 31 Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) have been amalgamated into seven clusters; Outer North East London,...

Violent protests in Tunisia

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VIOLENT protests broke out in at least ten towns in Tunisia on Monday evening as demonstrations over rising prices and tax increases spread throughout...

‘The system in place is responsible for the deaths of our...

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OVER 300 United Families and Friends campaigners marched from Trafalgar Square to Downing Street to demand justice for their loved ones, who have died...

US Nurses Demand Their Rights

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More than 50 nurses from several AFL-CIO unions packed a House of Representatives hearing room on Tuesday to demand their rights be protected. They were...

NAKBA: THEN AND NOW –15th May marks 68th Anniversary of Nakba

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ON the occasion of the commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba, Ambassador Manuel Hassassian said: ‘The Nakba is ongoing as long as the occupation...

Group 77 ministers & China demand Israel ends its occupation and...

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MINISTERS of Group 77 (coalition of developing countries at the United Nations) and China last Saturday reiterated their demand for the Israeli occupation to...

Nine Yemenis killed by Saudi airstrikes!

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AT LEAST nine Yemenis were killed late last week as Saudi-led military aircraft carried out a string of airstrikes against an area in Yemen’s...

Colombian trade unionists take campaign to US – meanwhile 4 more...

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During two months when trade unionists from Colombia were visiting America to take part in trade union training – four of their colleagues were...

‘Compel Israel to comply with ceasefire agreement’ – Hamas call

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PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas has called on international mediators to take effective and concrete steps to compel Israel to comply with its obligations under...

Israelis Destroy Al-Araqib Village

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In the early hours of Tuesday morning Israeli Police demolished a whole Bedouin village in the Negev desert. Approximately 1,500 Israeli forces were involved including...

‘There has been a shift in the balance of power in...

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PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcast on Thursday. We are very pleased to publish it in two parts PART TWO Al-MANAR: Mr...

All India Coal Workers Federation Are Fighting The Break-Up And Privatisation...

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THE RECENTLY held two-day national meeting of the All India Coal Workers’ Federation in Jharkhand’s Ranchi decided on launching a month-long series of actions...