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TWO weeks before the Greek general election, due on June 17, Alexis Tsipras the leader of Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) last Friday...

OVER 4,000 workers youth and local residents came to Ladbroke Grove in west London on Friday to mark the 7th anniversary of the Grenfell...

‘Close Down Campsfield – 12 years Too Long!’, declared campaigners yesterday. They were announcing a national demonstration outside the Immigration Removal Centre’s main gates on...

TamilNet has reported that families of key members of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) – missing after arrest by the Sri Lanka...

Workers of Ship-Repair Yard 178 in Vladivostok began a strike on June 3rd 2009, demanding their pay. The workers have not had any money...

THE 15th of May 1948 was an extraordinary day for the Palestinian people, it was the day when hundreds of thousands of Palestinians lost...

THE Minnesota Nurses Association says that on Labor Day, September 5th, nearly 5,000 of its members will walk off their jobs in an open-ended...

A Turkish newspaper discussing the conflict emerging with Syria has urged restraint to avoid confrontation with Iran. Yeni Safak said: ‘Have you realised that Tehran’s...

Last week, Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government of Jason Kenney introduced Bill 32, the Restoring Balance in Alberta’s Workplaces Act, which constitutes ‘an attack...

The Metropolitan Police have confirmed they arrested a total of 488 peaceful placard-bearing protesters who took part in the action in Trafalgar Square on...

Female doctors say they have ‘felt compelled to step up’ during the pandemic, even though they knew they were at risk, as BMA research shows that they...

‘Stop killing our children!’ demanded over 400 families and friends and supporters of mainly young men and women who have died in custody or...

THE NUMBER of children in child labour has risen to 160 million worldwide – an increase of 8.4 million in the last four years. These...

Palestinians on Sunday celebrated the 20th anniversary of the First Intifada, the popular uprising that rocked the Israeli regime to its foundations. The Intifada uprising...

THE Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) issued the following statement in response to the Senate confirmation of billionaire public education novice Betsy DeVos as US...

THE GENERAL Strike called by the CGT and the CTA, in rejection of the DNU (Decree of Necessity and Urgency) and the Omnibus Law,...

TRADE union rights are facing escalating challenges throughout Europe, warns the European Public Service Union (EPSU). In France, a number of trade union activists are...

Syrian governorates on Monday witnessed huge mass demonstrations in solidarity with the Palestinian and Lebanese resistance in the face of continued savage Israeli aggressions...

Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in their sentry post along Jaffna lagoon found a male corpse with gun shot wounds washed ashore on...

THE use of fighter jets by the Israeli occupation army for the first time since 2000 to bombard a popular café in Tulkarem city...

MIGRANT workers building Khalifa International Stadium in Doha for the 2022 World Cup have suffered systematic abuses, in some cases forced labour, Amnesty International...

PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad gave an interview to al-Manar TV broadcast on Thursday. We are very pleased to publish it in two parts PART TWO Al-MANAR: Mr...

Tariq Othman from the Palestinian Forum in Britain told the rally: ‘Colonial occupation has many ugly faces. We have to focus on the mass...

SAUDI Arabia will work together with Russia to find a solution for the crisis in Syria and settle the issue of Syrian refugees, a...

BAHRAINIS living in Britain are preparing for a wave of protest actions today, to coincide with massive anti-al Khalifa regime demonstrations planned in Bahrain. Bahraini...

HEALTHWORKERS 4 Palestine and Amnesty International UK staged a mass solidarity protest outside St Thomas’ Hospital in London on Friday night. The protest was to...

SYRIA strongly denied on Thursday Israeli accusations that it has been delivering Scud missiles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. ‘For some...

THE United Nation says Israel’s indiscriminate strikes on the Gaza Strip and incessant evacuation orders have left displaced Palestinians with ‘no safe place’ to...

THE official spokesperson of the Fatah-affiliated Martyr Abu Ammar Brigades, Abu Muhammad, has affirmed the brigades’ loyalty to political leaders and Fatah decisions, but...

A NEWLY released report submitted to the United Nations by international organizations working in Hebron (Al Khalil) documents a sharp increase in serious...

FAMILIES of the Beirut Port blast victims are continuing to protest against the suspension of the probe into the devastating explosion that took place...

DEPRIVED areas across England and Scotland are seeing larger cuts to budgets, of around £100 per head, compared to affluent ones, according to a...

MERVYN KING, the Governor of the Bank of England (BoE), said on Wednesday that Britain was already in a recession. He added that he expected...

US trade union leaders have hailed the adoption of the Employee Free Choice Act by the US House of Representatives yesterday as a...

While Egypt’s presidential election has dominated the headlines, the class struggle continues unabated with workers determined to defend their rights and improve living standards. Egypt’s...

HUNDREDS of thousands members of IG Metall union, Germany’s largest trade union, are engaged in short-term ‘warning strikes’ against 80 companies, for the right...

WORKERS at Siemens AG, the largest industrial manufacturing company in Europe, are demanding strike action against a programme of mass sackings. Thousands of Siemens ...

DEPUTY Prime Minister and Foreign and Expatriates Minister, Walid al-Moallem, has announced that the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes the proposal of the Russian leadership...

UNISON has responded to the Institute for Fiscal Studies review into NHS funding, and warnings that in future, patients may have to pay for...

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...

FIREFIGHTERS marched out on a six-hour strike at 6.30pm throughout England and Wales on New Year’s Eve, seeing the New Year in on the...

RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of becoming directly involved in the Ukraine war by supplying the country with weapons and...

‘We will return to Diego Garcia – it’s our right!’ – Chagos Islanders shouted outside Downing Street on Saturday. They put up the banner of...

DAMASCUS, A blood donation campaign titled ‘A Drop of Blood from Damascus to Aleppo’ was organized in Damascus in appreciation of the sacrifices...

THE battle between dockworkers and shipping officials intensified this weekend at the Port of Oakland as the long-running contract dispute at 29 ports on...