Presidents back US trade unionists
Three presidents – Lula da Silva of Brazil, Luis Rodriguez Zapatero of Spain and Nestor Kirchner of Argentina – cancelled an appearance scheduled for...
Arab-Syrian ties strengthen ‘We do not fear the Israeli regime!’ –...
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has welcomed any move to foster closer relations between Iran and the Arab countries, and reiterated that Damascus is not...
FAILURE TO LEGISLATE LEAVES SEAFARERS EXPOSED – warns ITF inspector
Last year, 2006, the General Conference of the International Labour Organisation (ILO) put together a new International Convention dealing with the issue of seafarers’...
BLACKLISTING SCANDAL HEARING–CULLUM McALPINE REFUSES TO GIVE EVIDENCE
THE alleged architect of the construction ‘blacklisting’ scandal, Cullum McAlpine, has declined to give evidence in the High Court case, due to start next...
The Lesson From The NHS Logistics Betrayal
NHS Logistics was taken over by DHL on 1 October – the Blair/Brown government’s first privatisation of an NHS department so far. The supplier of...
Coca-Cola continues to violate the rights of workers throughout the world!
COCA-COLA continues to violate the fundamental rights of workers in Haiti, Indonesia, Ireland and the US. In Haiti, Coke’s bottler La Brasserie de la Couronne...
1,000 days in Belmarsh–Free Assange now!
JULIAN Assange supporters held a lively protest outside the Australian High Commission in London on Wednesday, the 1,000th day of his imprisonment in Belmarsh...
‘WE WON’T LET THE NHS BE BUTCHERED’ – doctors tell BMA...
‘I WANT to see you all out on April 10,’ London doctors’ leader Kevin O’Kane said on Thursday night, calling for a massive march...
Israel must immediately halt its discriminatory Death Penalty Bill! – urges...
ISRAEL must immediately halt the legislation of the discriminatory death penalty bill, urges the rights group Amnesty International. Amnesty International’s Senior Director for Research, Advocacy,...
SA unions serve notice on Cyril Ramaphosa!
THE UNCOMPROMISING attack on corruption in the governing party by the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu) has the potential to shake up...
From The River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free!
First speaker at the rally in Parliament Square was Louise Regan, the chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who said: ‘Since October, Palestinians have...
NUMSA condemns UPD for shooting at unarmed pickets
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) condemns in the strongest terms the management of United Pharmaceutical Distribution (UPD) for shooting at...
‘DON’T DISCRIMINATE AGAINST OVERSEAS DOCTORS’ – BMA tells trust bosses
The British Medical Association (BMA) last Wednesday, raised that overseas doctors are experiencing discrimination as a result of new immigration restrictions. Since last month, NHS...
Defend the NHS and the Welfare State!
YESTERDAY key Blairite cabinet ministers, Blunkett and Hewitt, launched a massive attack on the Welfare State. Hewitt promised to use the NHS budget to...
Kaddoumi And Hawatimah To Attend Ramallah Plo Meeting
THE Israeli government is permitting Nayif Hawatimah and Faruq al-Kaddoumi to attend the PLO Central Committee’s meeting in Ramallah. The approval constitutes an acceptance...
ZIMBABWE TEACHERS ON INDEFINITE STRIKE! – as ZCTU condemns power sharing...
SCHOOL exams in Zimbabwe should be cancelled because strike action by teachers has left pupils unprepared, a teaching union said on Tuesday. ‘For the record,...
Iranian Revolutionary Guards Commander Visits North Western Iraq As Syrian Troops...
THE COMMANDER of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) Major General Qassem Soleimani has been pictured with the pro-government...
Nigeria Mass Protests Against Police Violence
AS MASS protests against police violence continued across several cities in Nigeria for the eighth straight day last Friday, the Nigerian army issued a...
AMERICAN DREAM IS DESTROYED workers being pushed forward into revolutionary struggle
The US Economic Policy Institute (EPI) last week published three reports showing the extent to which America’s workers are losing ground this Labour Day,...
A CHANGE OF SYSTEM IS REQUIRED – says worker in UAW...
THERE is widespread opposition amongst members of the United Auto Workers (UAW) trade union in America to the deal its leaders agreed to call...
‘Ceasefire the pinnacle of humiliation imposed on the Zionist regime’
The commander of the Quds Force of the Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) has lauded the ceasefire agreement between the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas...
‘Fight for a general strike to bring down the government and...
The May Day Rally organised by the Young Socialists and the Workers Revolutionary Party, took place in Holborn on Monday 4th May at the end...
PLO condemns Israeli colonisation and annexation
The Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates has strongly condemned the successive waves of colonisation and the frequent calls of extreme Israeli officials...
CAW donates $40,000 to Pakistan Relief Fund – AND URGES ALL...
The Canadian Autoworkers union (CAW) announced last Saturday it will be donating $40,000 to the Pakistan relief effort and is urging local unions across...
‘South African CP avoids the most fundamental questions facing workers,’ says...
PART TWO THE National Union of Metalworkers South Africa’s (NUMSA) response to an attack by Jeremy Cronin of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)...
US warns India of ‘consequences’ of evading sanctions on Russia!
A TOP US national security official has called on India to scale back its economic and military ties with Russia, warning of ‘consequences’ for...
Coalition ‘slashing Health and Safety budgets!’ – Lord Young’s Review condemned
Trade unions have reacted angrily to Tory peer Lord Young’s review of health and safety. The RMT transport union said that his report ‘is...
PEACE CAMP DETERMINED TO STAY –as London Mayor Johnson seeks their...
The Peace Camp in Parliament Square was brutally raided by armed police at 8am on Tuesday morning and its leaders were arrested and dragged...
Colombian Anniversary of Resistance
A CROWD of over 100 Colombians held a rally on Thursday night in Trafalgar Square to commemorate the martyrs of the April 28th uprising...
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...
Roger Waters performs for Assange – Defend freedom of speech! No...
OVER a thousand supporters of jailed WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange rallied outside the Home Office on Monday evening to hear Roger Waters perform ‘Wish...
South African steel & engineering strike into 2nd week
EMPLOYERS in the steel and engineering industry have upped their salary increase offer to striking workers affiliated to the National Union of Metalworkers of...
‘The American president has no authority to dictate what other countries...
IRANIAN Leader Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has sharply rebuked US President Donald Trump for boasting about bombing Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying the American president...
‘The ANC/SACP is trying to destroy us!’ says NUMSA
‘THE ANC/SACP (African National Congress/South African Communist Party) is trying to weaken, isolate and destroy us,’ NUMSA KZN (National Union of Metalworkers of South...
Syria Prepares To Liberate Idlib
RUSSIAN fighter jets have bombed terrorist positions in Syria’s Idlib, as the Syrian government troops are preparing for a ground operation to liberate the...
Gaza’s generator network nears total collapse as Israel bans oil...
THE private generator network that has supplied the Gaza Strip with all of its electricity since the genocide began in October 2023 is now...
Palestinian Workers Slam Checkpoint ‘Humiliation’
Around 4,000 Palestinian workers from Hebron face an arduous journey every day as they try to cross into Israel via the Tarqumiya checkpoint. The luckiest...
SAFTU fights to end two-tier health regime
THE South African Federation of Trade Unions stands fully in support of the long-overdue introduction of a national health insurance (NHI) system, and welcomes...
Staff are angry over pay ‘hypocrisy’ says Sally Hunt
PICKETS were out in force at universities across the UK during Thursday’s one-day strike by University and College Union (UCU), Unison, Unite and Educational...
‘We will never forget and we will never let those responsible...
A 400 strong packed meeting at Lambeth Town Hall on Tuesday night commemorated the fourth anniversary of the death of Sean Rigg in Brixton...
Power Cuts Hit Greek Cities
GREEK workers of the State Electricity Corporation staged a solid-rock 48-hour national strike on Tuesday and Wednesday and occupied several power plants as well...
Michigan case against pro-Palestine student is thrown out!
A JUDGE has dismissed felony embezzlement and false pretences charges against a pro-Palestinian University of Michigan graduate student accused of using university funds to...
BOYCOTT ISRAEL – say Nakba marchers
‘Free, free Palestine!’ shouted up to 15,000 marchers, as they made their way through central London yesterday to a rally in Trafalgar Square to...
After Criminal Court decision Netanyahu cancels meeting over applying Israeli sovereignty...
ISRAEL has reportedly halted Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu’s plan to annex the Jordan Valley in the wake of last week’s decision by the International...
Dr No Becomes Dr Go
BY JOHN COULTER IRISH POLITICAL JOURNALIST WITH the former Dr No of Unionism ‘Rev Ian Paisley’ now becoming the self-confessed Dr Go, Irish political commentator...