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‘YOU should be ashamed. The situation is absolutely appalling. They’re killing children! You have the area completely under your control and are therefore responsible...

Four years after the tortured, lifeless body of Bangladesh garment worker – organiser Aminul Islam – was discovered in a ditch, his killers have...

THE Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation and the Civil, Public and Services Union have decided they will urge members to reject the Croke Park...

MORE than 200 workers, trade unionists, students and youth marched through Whitechapel to Bethnal Green in central London on Saturday to the News Line...

AN ANGRY demonstration of over 200 shouting ‘Stop charter flights’ blocked Whitehall for an hour on Thursday evening. The protest was called to prevent a...

GLOBAL union federation IndustriALL has repeated its call for full democracy in Turkey as a crackdown on fundamental rights escalates. It said: ‘In the wake...

THE Conclusions and recommendations of the Foreign Affairs Committee hearings on ‘Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan’ make grim reading for supporters of the imperialist...

AUSTRALIA’S Transport Workers’ Union (TWU) is demanding that PM Scott Morrison explains what he knew about Qantas management’s long-term decision to axe and outsource...

UNIVERSITY and college lecturers are taking action in defence of their jobs, pay and pensions. They will be taking part in strike action next Tuesday...

A HAMAS leader Khalil Abu-Layla said on Saturday that the Palestinians are not pinning any hopes on a visit by US Secretary of State...

ON WEDNESDAY PM May was finally forced to sack her Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green following an inquiry by officials from the Cabinet Office...

The ongoing Israeli violations and extra-judicial killings have put the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) and the anti-occupation groups on opposite sides of the argument...

As Palestinian leaders were preparing for direct talks with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu in Washington today, the village mayor in the West Bank town...

GERMANY will send 2,000 additional anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to replenish the country’s depleting arsenal and bolster its defences against the Russian military operation. The...

OVER 250,000 people took part in a huge anti-austerity demonstration in London on Saturday, organised by the People’s Assembly. They took part in a rally...

AMERICAN spy agencies need to make ‘sweeping’ changes to their work in Afghanistan, a report by Major-General Michael T Flynn and two other senior...

The BMA (British Medical Association) England GPs committee has rejected ‘insulting’ proposed changes to the GP contract in England which completely ignore the unsustainable...

TWENTY years after invading Afghanistan, US-led coalition troops have vacated the largest military base in the war-torn country, located in the ancient city of...

‘SAVE the Charlie Chaplin children’s ward! Don’t let it close!’ shouted over fifty local residents, workers and campaigners at the mass picket of Ealing...

THE United Nations General Assembly has approved a resolution declaring that the Israeli regime’s decision to impose its jurisdiction in Syria’s Golan Heights with...

Residents living on the Myatts Field North PFI (Private Finance Initiative) ‘regeneration’ scheme, situated between Brixton and the Oval in south west London...

THE TUC Congress in Brighton on Monday passed motions calling for the public ownership of transport services, action on the housing crisis and...

THE Socialist Arab Ba’ath Party in Iraq has affirmed that the report presented by the two assistants to the American president in Iraq, Ambassador...

ON Wednesday workers in Greece staged the biggest ever 24-hour general strike against the IMF–European Commission’s imposed austerity measures with millions participating. Planes remained...

‘We’re determined to stop the closure of Chase Farm Hospital A&E, Maternity and Paediatrics departments, we will occupy if they move to close them,’...

‘Nearly three years after United States (US) and allied forces invaded Iraq and toppled the government of Saddam Hussein, the human rights situation in...

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....

On the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the Global Unions – which represents 200 million workers worldwide – has called for...

MORE than 11,000 local residents and supporters joined last Friday evening’s 2nd Anniversary Silent Walk to commemorate the victims of the Grenfell Tower Fire...

‘DEFEND Ealing Hospital – Occupy Now!’ rang out in a crescendo as the Ealing leg of the march against four hospital closures stopped outside...

MOTIONS censuring the union’s leadership are being discussed at the Unison Health Care Service Group Annual Conference being held in Glasgow on 22 –...

HEZBOLLAH MP Hassan Fadlallah on Friday condemned the sending of a US warship, the USS Cole to the eastern Mediterranean. He said Hezbollah would not...

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...

TEN Palestinians, including three children, were killed and 882 others have been injured by Israeli forces at the Gaza border during the past two...

HUNDREDS of students and lecturers demonstrated outside the meeting of the Board of Governors of London Metropolitan University on Tuesday night, demanding: ‘RESIGN NOW!’ Calling the demonstration,...

BRITISH AIRWAYS mixed fleet strikers on Saturday called for the TUC and other unions to take action in support of their fight against poverty...

THE CHINESE Communist Revolution, led by the Communist Party of China and Chairman Mao Zedong, resulted in the proclamation of the People’s Republic of...

ZWELINZIMA VAVI, SAFTU general secretary, addressed the THOR Congress at the Plaza hotel, Durban 24-25 Feb 2018. He said: ‘THOR (Transport Action Retail...

FRANCE was hit with a massive national strike last Thursday against spending cuts and austerity measures imposed by the socialist government of Francois...

GUANTANAMO detainee and Reprieve client Nabil Hadjarab, who was cleared for release in 2007, was freed last Wednesday and transferred to Algeria, along with...

FOR the first time since the conclusion of its ‘normalisation’ deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, Israel is set to approve...

Ardent Theatre Company presents Strike! by Tracy Ryan The Large Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD Mon-Sat: 19:30, Tues & Sat: 15:00 Running Time: 90...

GMB members held nine protest demonstrations outside fast food outlets and M&S on Tuesday across England in solidarity with members of the SEIU working...

BUS drivers in London have launched a fresh wave of strikes as their union Unite announced further strike action involving bus drivers employed by...

Research carried out by the Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) indicates that second-level schools will lose an average of 2.6 temporary and part-time...