Palestinians welcome ICC investigation into Israeli war crimes
THE Foreign Ministry on Saturday welcomed the announcement by the Prosecutor of the Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) on opening an investigation into the...
‘Syria will not negotiate with terrorists’ says Syrian President Assad
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to the Spanish EFE news agency in which he stressed that Syria will not negotiate with terrorists. We reproduce...
Give youth the opportunity to lead the Palestinian struggle!
PRESIDENT Abbas has said that the holding the seventh congress of Fatah will be at the end of this year. He added ‘Get...
Palestinians rally in Ramallah against Israeli annexation plan
THOUSANDS of Palestinians rallied in downtown Ramallah on Monday against Israel’s intention to annex a large part of the occupied West Bank. Participants hoisted the...
NO PAY FREEZE! demands national college strike
UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) members were taking strike action against massive Tory attacks on their pay yesterday. Pickets declared themselves angry that the employers’...
IMPERIALISTS GUNNING FOR OIL-RICH REGIONS! – Lebanon and Venezuela prepared to...
The masses of the oil rich areas of the world are under attack by US imperialism. In the middle east the US and Israel are...
Kenyan strikers will not return until union leaders are freed
STRIKING Kenyan airport workers have declared that they will not return to work until their union leaders are released from jail. On Friday morning, the...
Californian social workers strike!
MORE than 1,100 California social workers and eligibility workers conducted a three-day strike in Contra Costa County, then voted on Wednesday to extend their...
MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY’S MANSION BUILDING IS OCCUPIED – to stop the closure...
OPEN letter to Middlesex staff, faculty, and students, 7th may 2010. ‘Dear Middlesex University staff, faculty, and students, We are writing to clarify our intentions...
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...
‘THE ADVERSARY IS EXTREMELY STRONG – HOWEVER WE HAVE BEEN ABLE...
Cuban President Fidel Castro on Monday delivered the following message announcing his resignation from the presidency. It said: ‘Message from the Commander in Chief ‘Dear compatriots: ‘Last...
Over 5,500 children killed by Israel in Gaza by World Children’s...
IT WAS World Children’s Day on Monday, when it emerged that at least 5,500 children have been killed in Gaza since October 7th. According to...
‘Drone Attacks Are International Law Crimes’
An Islamabad-based human rights charity called on Wednesday on Pakistan’s Government to demand the adoption of a UN resolution requiring that the USA stops...
‘A SMOKESCREEN FOR MORE PRIVATISATION’ – ‘Unite warns over NHS constitution
TWO major health unions have reacted cooly to the Labour government’s new NHS Constitution, launched last Wednesday, which contains ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’ for both...
‘KILL THE HEALTH BILL’ say ‘Bevan’s Run’ consultants
Over two hundred doctors, medical staff and health campaigners on Sunday welcomed two NHS consultants at the end of their ‘Bevan’s Run’ against the...
Teachers shortage crisis in schools!
SCHOOLS across England are at risk of teacher shortages in key subject areas, according to government figures released last Thursday. The figures show that there...
Manufacture In Recession!
MANUFACTURE is now in recession! GMB union responds to the latest ONS ‘damning’ figures which shows the start of a major slump. GMB,...
‘US and British governments embroiled in enforced disappearances’ – charges Reprieve
Mustafa Setmariam Naser was ‘disappeared’ while in US custody in 2005. Legal charity Reprieve on Monday demanded that the British government reveal details of the...
Massive French demonstrations against Macron’s dictatorial health bill
MASS demonstrations have been taking place over the past weeks in Paris and other major French cities against the Macron government’s dictatorial health bill. And...
Striking South African social workers barricade
STRIKING South African social workers have barricaded the entrances to care centres and are vowing not to leave until their demands – an immediate...
Doctors and nurses warn cuts mean new winter crisis
DOCTORS and nurses slammed government cuts and warned of a new winter crisis in response to the latest NHS Digital performance figures released on...
Wandsworth traffic wardens – 2nd day of strike in pay battle
TRAFFIC wardens are into their second day of strike action today in an escalating struggle over pay and union rights. GMB the union which represents...
FINANCIAL CRISIS HITS GAZA! – as the deadly siege is tightened
The Gaza government is facing a financial crisis in light of a ban imposed on bank transfers to the Hamas-led government by Egypt and...
‘End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange!’ say doctors in...
‘End torture and medical neglect of Julian Assange,’ demand Doctors for Assange – Stephen Frost, Lissa Johnson, Jill Stein and William Frost on behalf...
Deliveroos Fighting Slave Labour Pay And Conditions
OVER 100 Deliveroo food delivery company couriers and supporters met in Camden, northwest London on Tuesday evening to discuss their campaign against slave labour...
Israeli Settlers Vandalise Mosque And Uproot Olive Trees
Israeli settlers vandalised a mosque in Deir Dibwan, a village to the east of Ramallah, on Monday. The Mayor of Deir Dibwan, Mansour Mansour,...
‘Our members remain ‘extremely angry’ says NUMSA leader Irvin Jim
TWO weeks into their strike, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), has rejected the latest wage offer in the metals and...
Syria denounces Israel’s continuing assaults on its territories!
SYRIA’S permanent representative to the United Nations has denounced Israeli assaults on Syrian territories as a ‘continuing, flagrant violation of the UN Charter, of...
BUILD NEW LEADERSHIP IN THE UNIONS –message from News Line-Locked-out Gate...
NEARLY 400 trade unionists and youth took part in the News Line-Gate Gourmet locked out workers’ conference in London on Sunday and speaker after...
British Troops Must Quit Iraq
BRITISH troops are no longer necessary for the security of Iraq and should go home, Prime Minister Maliki has declared. In his view the British...
Hoffa Calls For National ‘Health Care System’
TEAMSTERS’ General President James P Hoffa has spoken up about the US health care crisis in the wake of the attempts of the Big...
Medics used as shields during Israeli operations in Jenin city!
THIS WEEK, the Israeli military carried out an extensive raid on the West Bank city of Jenin and nearby towns, resulting in the deaths...
Napoleon Gomez returns!
INDUSTRIALL global union marked a historic moment as Mexican union leader, Napoleón Gómez Urrutia, returned to his country after 12 years in exile to...
Over 2 Years Since Grenfell Inferno And Still 321 High-Rise Blocks...
DESPITE it being well over two years since the horrific Grenfell Tower fire, which claimed the lives of 72 men, women and children, only...
25,000 held in US customs on Mexican border
DESPITE the end of the United States Title 42 border restrictions, obstacles and the lack of legal options to reach the US will continue to have a serious...
Iran-Iraq historic talks
IN A HISTORIC meeting, Iranian President Hassan Rouhani has held talks with Iraq’s top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani in the Iraqi holy...
‘Unceasing Fatalities’ In Bangladesh Shipbreaking Industry
‘UNCEASING fatalities’ continue in the Bangladesh shipbreaking industry, as two more workers were killed and thirteen injured in yet another incident at the Ziri...
FJ defends threatened Sri Lankan journalist – while Tamil masses starve...
INTERNATIONAL Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a media release Wednesday said that it is alarmed by threats made against the safety of the family...
HSC bows to Brown’s ‘enforcement-lite’ demand
‘The Health and Safety Commission says it is seeking “the right balance of enforcement and advice”, in line with the “enforcement-lite” approach sought by...
‘West supports terrorists and launched a political war against Syria’ –...
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to Cuba’s official state news agency Prensa Latina last week. The News Line presents selected extracts from the interview...
‘Israel will pay dearly for this crime against Lebanon’ – one...
An eight-year-old Lebanese boy whose father was severely injured in last year’s pager explosions says he ‘will pluck out Netanyahu’s eyes’ when he grows...
Netanyahu Pledges Never To Remove West Bank Settlements!
Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday never to repeat the 2005 removal of settlers from the Gaza Strip. ‘We will not repeat this...
Abbas meets Greenblatt to ‘relaunch peace process’
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas’ meeting with US President Donald Trump’s special envoy Jason Greenblatt and their remarks hit the front page headlines in local Palestinian...
KILL THE BILL! – Michigan workers fight anti-union legislation
THOUSANDS of Michigan citizens descended on the state Capitol last Tuesday, January 8, to show their outrage over efforts by corporate-driven legislators to pass...
South African Pay Strikes Escalate!
THE Health & Other Services Personnel Trade Union of South Africa (Hospersa) has declared a dispute against SANParks following months of protracted wage negotiations. Union...