706 family members of Palestinian journalists killed by Israel
ISRAEL has killed at least 706 family members of Palestinian journalists since the start of its genocidal war in Gaza in October 2023, according...
‘The deliberate inaction of countries … aims at legitimising Tel...
THE IRANIAN Judiciary’s High Council for Human Rights says ambiguous positions adopted by international bodies, including the United Nations, over the ongoing massacre of...
New Zealand Remembers Struggle For 8-Hour Day
MONDAY was New Zealand’s Labour Day, an annual public holiday falling on the 4th Monday of October, commemorating the struggle for an eight-hour working...
‘The US has lost 240,100 automotive jobs since 2000’
THE UAW President Ron Gettelfinger has made a submission to the Congressional Roundtable on the Crisis in the US Auto Industry. He told the Commission:...
25 Years Since Clapham Crash!
TODAY, Thursday 12 December 2013, will mark 25 years since the Clapham Junction Rail Crash that left 35 people dead and hundreds injured. The accident...
‘We will not relinquish Libya!’ – says Gadaffi
COLONEL Gadaffi made a six minute statement over Al-Ra’y TV on Thursday. He said: ‘The Libyan soil is yours since the days of your forefathers....
Britain Has No Sovereignty Over The Chagos Islands
THE maritime law tribunal of the United Nations has ruled that Britain has no sovereignty over the Chagos Islands. It criticised London for its failure...
Increase of maternal deaths a tragic indictment of the lack of...
THE ‘STATISTICALLY significant’ increase in maternal deaths reported on Thursday by MBRRACE-UK is a tragic indication of a lack of government investment in maternity...
TUC calls for end to poverty-level pensions
THE TUC Congress in Brighton ended on Wednesday with a call on the TUC General Council to campaign for a state pension above the...
Belgium acts to offset American UNRWA cut
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas met on Tuesday with Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel and discussed with him the latest Palestinian and regional developments. Abbas, on an...
Lebanon is facing a historic turning point! – it must preserve...
Sheikh Naim Qassem, the Hezbollah Secretary-General, says Lebanon is facing a ‘historic turning point,’ where it must choose between yielding to ‘US-Israeli domination’ or...
ANC dances to tune of ‘white monopoly capital’ – NUMSA on...
THE trajectory of the 2016 Budget delivered by Pravin Gordhan continued to sing to the tune of international and local finance capital, white monopoly...
NHS Direct Action fighting NHS privatisation
ON WEDNESDAY morning, at 9.00am, 15 NHS Direct Action and UK Uncut activists visited 2020health to protest against the think-tank’s role in lobbying...
Teachers and heads in Isle of Man reject ‘insulting’ 2% pay...
TEACHERS on the Isle of Man have voted overwelmingly for strike action in a row over pay, following an insulting 2% pay offer. The National...
GP Staffing Crisis
TURNOVER in General Practice doctors has seen a steady increase over the last decade, according to researchers, who have warned policymakers that support measures...
150,000 Workers March Through Athens
Trade unionists estimated that some 150,000 workers and youth participated in the two separate marches in Athens on Thursday. The GSEE (Greek TUC) stated that...
NO JOBS FOR STUDENTS! – NUS warns of ‘disastrous’ summer
THE National Union of Students (NUS) has expressed alarm at the rapid rise in youth unemployment, warning that the chances of students getting summer...
Reverse UK decision on Hamas – says Palestinian Ambassador Dr Husam...
THE PALESTINIAN Mission to the United Kingdom condemned the British government’s decision to designate the political wing of the Hamas movement a ‘terrorist organisation’,...
ELECTION MANIFESTO of Young Socialists – Workers Revolutionary Party
General Election – Thursday 7 May 2015 ALL over Europe the anti-austerity revolution is raging and on May 7 workers in the UK will deliver...
‘World Powers Betrayed Besieged Gaza People!’
WORLD powers betrayed the besieged Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip by failing to end the Israeli blockade of the territory in the wake...
GREECE GENERAL ELECTION JULY 7th –after 4 years of EU-imposed austerity...
A GENERAL election is to be held in Greece on Sunday 7th July with the right-wing New Democracy party seemingly heading for a comfortable...
‘THERE WILL BE ‘BIG CHANGES’ IN EGYPT’S GAZA POLICY– Ambassador Yasser...
Egypt’s ambassador to the Palestinian territories Yasser Othman on Tuesday said there will be ‘big changes’ in Egypt’s policies towards the Gaza Strip. Othman told...
Tolpuddle Martyrs festival weekend
THE TOLPUDDLE Martyrs annual festival where thousands of people come together to celebrate trade unionism and remember the role of the Tolpuddle Martyrs began...
Hezbollah Gives Strong Support To The Palestinian People
Hezbollah Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah gave an impassioned speech via a giant screen, during a celebration at the Sayyid al-Shuhada Complex in Beirut’s Southern...
Israel blocks polio vaccine for 600,000 children in Gaza!
More than 600,000 children in Gaza are at risk of permanent paralysis and chronic disabilities due to Israel’s prevention of polio vaccines in the...
53rd Anniversary of News Line – 82nd Anniversary of Trotsky’s assassination
FIRST speaker at the News Line Anniversary Rally on Saturday was Bill Rogers, ASLEF Chingford Branch Chairman, who said: ‘This rally is being held...
Dozens Of Palestinian Prisoners Have Been Murdered After Brutal Torture In...
A PALESTINIAN human rights group says dozens of Palestinian prisoners have lost their lives since 1967 after being exposed to various forms of brutal...
‘Isolate Swaziland’s Monarchy’ – Cosatu
COSATU (the Confederation of South African Trade Unions) has vowed to ask the African National Congress (ANC) government to isolate the Eswatini (Swaziland) monarchy...
Israel Reoccupies Gaza ‘Buffer Zone’
IGNORING international outcries for restraint and diplomacy, the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) overnight Thursday reoccupied a belt of the northern Gaza Strip, called it...
US COMBAT FORCES OUT BY 2010 – says Obama
SPEAKING after talks in Baghdad on Monday, US presidential candidate Barack Obama said the puppet Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had expressed support for...
END ‘INJUSTICE AND BIAS AGAINST ARAB NATION’ – urges Hamas
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement Hamas, last Thursday condemned the London blasts, urging an end to the ‘injustice and bias against the Arab nation’. Commenting...
70th ANNIVERSARY OF SYRIAN EVACUATION DAY The ending of the French...
SYRIANS on Sunday commemorated the 70th anniversary of Evacuation Day on Sunday (Syrian Independence Day, which marks the evacuation of French occupation forces from...
Haniya Welcomes Rafah Crossing Opening
THE head of the Hamas government in Gaza on Tuesday urged Palestinians to respect Egypt’s security so that Cairo would keep open the Rafah...
AMCU accuses mining company of ‘underhand tactics’ to end strike!
THE ASSOCIATION of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have blamed bosses at Sibanye-Stillwater of trying to interdict its protected strike, insisting the company has...
EU SUPPORTS PALESTINIAN UNITY! – while Netanyahu is to annex 19...
PALESTINE''S ambassador to the European Union, Abdel Rahim al-Farra said on Thursday that EU officials had informed him that financial support to the Palestinian...
‘ALL OPTIONS NOW OPEN TO HAMAS’ – following Gaza beach massacre
HAMAS has issued a statement saying that the Gaza beach massacre, when an Israeli gunboat shelled a Gaza beach murdering 15 mainly women...
THE RIGHT OF RETURN IS NON-NEGOTIABLE – Palestinians declare
A NUMBER of Palestinian faction leaders and representatives emphasised last Saturday, that the refugee issue and the right of return is a Palestinian...
Investigate undercover police role in blacklisting – GMB calls for home...
THE GMB union has called for a just-announced Home Office inquiry into undercover police to cover blacklisting. This came during a protest outside Parkside police...
Delay in payments means no new patients at Palestinian hospital
THE AUGUSTA Victoria Hospital in occupied East Jerusalem announced on Sunday that it would no longer accept new patients, owing to a ‘crisis level’...
Sanders Launches ‘Our Revolution’
SENATOR BERNIE SANDERS recently spoke at the Free Library of Philadelphia about the current US crisis and his new book ‘Our Revolution’. He said: ‘No:...
Additional US forces in Iraq ‘to threaten Syria and the Lebanon’...
THE Syrian newspaper Al Thawra has warned that the US is beefing up its forces in Iraq in preparation for an attack on Syria. ...
Armed scabs in US ports battle
ILWU longshore workers in Portland, Oregon, and Vancouver, Washington, are facing a union busting attack by Marubeni who owns Columbia Grain and United Grain...
‘ANC is now terminally sick, divided and incapable’ – SAFTU analyses...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) notes with outrage the Cabinet reshuffle announced by President Ramaphosa. It proves beyond doubt that the...
‘The West supports the terrorists and does not have the will...
IN an interview given to Russia’s RIA Novosti and Sputnik news agencies, Syria’s President al-Assad said that we always announce that we are ready...
END THE SIEGE OF GAZA! –situation ‘worsening’ warns UNWRA
The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) has called for ending the Israeli siege on Gaza Strip to end the suffering of its inhabitants,...