‘Privatisation gravy train must end’ says GMB
‘The gravy train needs to end – public services should be just that; public,’ said the GMB union on Tuesday, in response to a...
‘The fragile peace is hanging by its fingertips!’ – says Fra...
TROUBLE erupted on the streets of Belfast on Wednesday the 7th of April 2021. We can only ask if we are witnessing a return...
Israel & US starves PLO of funds
AHMAD Majdalani, of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) Executive Committee, has warned that Israel is attempting to destroy the Palestinian Authority through more financial...
Gov. must end ‘two-child limit’ for payment of benefits!
UP to 600,000 children have now been affected by the Tory government’s two-child limit to ‘Universal Credit’ benefits, the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG)...
HOUSING OMBUDSMAN TO INVESTIGATE COMPLAINTS OF MOULD & DAMP – but...
THE HOUSING Ombudsman has launched an investigation into damp and mould in buildings – which has shown just how widespread it now is throughout...
British soldier who shot Daniel Hegarty charged with murder
A SOLDIER who shot dead a 15-year-old boy in Derry, in the north of Ireland in July 1972 is to be charged with murder. Daniel...
RMT And Tssa Rail Unions Are Demanding Renationalisation!
RAILWAY unions TSSA and RMT have demanded renationalisation of railways – and slammed the privateer rail companies – in the wake of valuable...
Irish Doctors’ Strike – Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) Has Had No...
The Irish Medical Organisation (IMO) has had no contact from the Department of Health in relation to a planned public health doctors’ strike in...
Portuguese fuel strike into 2nd week! Army deployed as strike breakers....
FUEL DRIVERS in Portugal are continuing their strike, now entering its second week, as the Portuguese government called a state of emergency, deploying the...
END THE PROSECUTION OF JULIAN ASSANGE! – Demand the Presidents of...
THE PRESIDENTS of Venezuela and Argentina have demanded an end to the prosecution of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who is currently fighting extradition to...
Turkish workers victory after six month strike!
AROUND 250 members of Turkey’s IndustriALL trade union affiliate Selüloz-Is have won an outstanding victory after being out on strike for six months. Selüloz-Is members...
Puigdemont Asks To Be Allowed To Return Home
TOGETHER for Catalonia (JxTCat) leader, Carles Puigdemont, has called on Spain’s government to allow him to return home in time for the opening session...
Israel wants another $1 billion military funding from the US –...
UNITED STATES Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has called on Congress to immediately authorise Tel Aviv’s request for extra emergency funding. Graham made the remarks in...
US cuts tax for rich at expense of students & workers
‘SENATE votes to hand huge tax giveaways to the rich paid for by students and working families,’ said the National Education Union (NEA) on...
Retaking Syria’s Idlib ‘is a red line for Iran’
THE POTENTIAL massacre of civilians while trying to retake the last major stronghold of anti-government militants in Syria – namely Idlib Province – is...
‘Police violence is not situational it is endemic’ – ACLU
OVER the past few days new police shootings of black men confirmed a warning from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) that ‘significant racial...
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...
2,000 March On Eve Of Assange Extradition Hearing!
Over 2,000 marched from Australia House to a rally in Parliament Square in support of Julian Assange on Saturday shouting: ‘Free Julian Assange! Only...
Hebron settler’s powers to be expanded – ‘MOST DANGEROUS SINCE 1967’...
HEBRON governor Kamel Hameed on Saturday said the Israeli army’s decision to expand municipal powers of illegal settlers in the city of Hebron as...
Palestinians urge EU to prevent new Israeli settlement
SAEB EREKAT, secretary general of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), on Wednesday urged the European Union to intervene to prevent...
Give Fed workers right to strike–get rid of ‘right-to-work’ anti-union laws...
THE VERMONT US Senator Bernie Sanders wants to give federal workers the right to strike, to eliminate so-called ‘right-to-work’ laws, and at the same...
Striking Catering Workers Arrested Across USA!
STRIKING catering workers employed by LSG Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet were arrested at airports across the United States on November 26 as they...
‘Heathrow Is Facing Complete Shutdown’ Says Unite
‘ONE of the world’s largest airports is facing complete shutdown,’ the Unite union has warned, ‘as members of Unite prepare to ballot for strike...
Morales Says Bolivian Nation Will Continue To Fight Against A US...
FORMER Bolivian President Evo Morales has said that the Bolivian nation will continue its fight against an American and Israeli-backed ‘coup’ in the country...
200 Children Held In Israeli Prisons
IN A REPORT on Palestinian resistance fighters held in Israeli prisons through to the end of August, the Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) said on...
Gaza Children Main Victims Of Israeli Atrocities Says Unicef
UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund) says children in the besieged Gaza Strip are the main victims of Israeli atrocities in the Palestinian territory, amid...
Bahamas Nurses Union Is To Take Industrial Action!
BAHAMAS Nurses Union President (BNU) Amancha Williams said on Monday that the Public Hospitals Authority (PHA) and the government have pushed frustrated nurses to...
Abbas hopes US Deal of the Century ‘will all go to...
PRESIDENT Mahmoud Abbas has reiterated his hopes that the US-proposed peace plan, dubbed Deal of the Century, will go to hell. ‘I hope that the...
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...
‘Marikana massacre demonstrated the class character of the ANC’ says South...
‘WILL VICTIMS of Marikana ever get justice under the ANC (African National Congress) government?’ asked the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) on...
Canadian schools – not safe to reopen – say union leaders
‘The current back-to-school plan does not provide the adequate level of safety required to protect students and their families from Covid-19,’ say union leaders...
‘We will chase Daesh terrorists out of Iraq and elsewhere!’ says...
THE IRAQI air force has launched deadly strikes against terrorists’ positions in Syria as both neighbouring countries step up efforts to get rid of...
‘Summer Of Dissent’ Against Police Bill
A mass petition with over 600,000 signatures was delivered to the Government on Monday, demonstrating the strength of public opposition to the Police, Crime,...
‘PM Johnson’s promises are nothing more than hot air’ says GMB
‘THE PRIME Minister’s promises are nothing more than hot air,’ the GMB trade union said in response to Boris Johnson’s speech to the virtual...
‘Too early to talk about negotiations with USA’–Taliban
THE Afghan Taliban militant group says it is ‘way too early’ to speak of restarting direct negotiations with the United States, a day after...
US steel workers vote overwhelmingly for strike
THOUSANDS of members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union from across the United States voted overwhelmingly last week to authorise their bargaining committee to...
VIRGIN CARE HAS WON £1bn OF NHS CONTRACTS IN ONE YEAR!
MULTI-BILLIONAIRE Richard Branson’s private health company Virgin Care has won £1bn worth of NHS contracts in a single year. Private providers are winning an increasing...
Saftu Marches For Better Wages And Working Conditions!
THE South African Federation of Trade Unions – and unions affiliated with the federation – has applied pressure to companies employing their members, with...
US Brown University To Divest From Companies That Are ‘Complicit In...
IN A HISTORIC move, Brown University in Rhode Island has become the first US Ivy League institution to pass a student referendum supporting divestment...
Overthrow bankrupt capitalism with socialist revolution! – demands WRP May Day...
‘IT IS our international duty to organise the overthrow of the capitalist system here in Britain,’ WRP General Secretary Frank Sweeney told the 100-strong...
Sanders wins support from teachers and nurses to stand for presidency!
USA SENATOR Bernie Sanders, who is seeking the Democratic Party nomination for the 2020 presidential election, is gaining the support of nurses, teachers and...
US threatens Ukraine intervention if conflict escalates
AMERICAN and allied forces may directly intervene in the ongoing Ukraine conflict against Russia even without a threat to any member of the US-led...
Palestinians killed, wounded and gassed by Israeli forces
NEWS about the killing of a Palestinian youth by Israeli forces during clashes in the village of Urif, to the south of Nablus in...
Greek mass marches are developing into an insurrection
THE MASS protest marches in Greece against the sheer police violence and oppression have been developing all last week into an insurgency against the...
PALESTINIAN YOUTH SHOT DEAD IN JENIN – during wide-scale Israeli forces...
THE Palestinian Arabic dailies highlighted on Sunday the news about the Palestinian youth who was shot dead by Israeli forces during clashes in Jenin...