Poor conditions in UN-funded camps in Sri Lanka
TamilNet has commented on the British Television Channel 4 programme on Monday which revealed a new film that showed Tamil ‘victims of Sri Lanka’s...
‘Threats to shut down West Coast ports reckless and unnecessary’–ILWU
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...
NUMSA to march on President Ramaphosa’s office
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) will march on Wednesday, April 19th to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office to protest against security...
Iranian Navy to hold joint war games with Russia and China...
THE COMMANDER of the Iranian Navy, Rear Admiral Hossein Khanzadi, announced on Tuesday that his country’s naval forces are due to hold joint war...
100 nights of street rallies a key deterrent against US-Israel
The commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has thanked Iranians for 100 consecutive nights of nationwide street rallies, describing the unprecedented mass gatherings...
‘WE WANT THE PERPETRATERS PUT AWAY’ – Janet Alder tells ‘No...
‘Tony Blair we want justice!’ shouted over seven hundred bereaved families and supporters outside Downing Street last Saturday. They had marched from Trafalgar Square on...
‘Sacrificing civilians for political gain is cheap’ – Russia slams terrorists...
RUSSIA has submitted its draft resolution to the UN Security Council about the alleged use of chemical weapons in the Syrian town of Khan...
‘End occupation of Palestine’ – Russia
THE Russian envoy to Palestine, Haidar Aghann, affirmed that in Russia’s view, a comprehensive and just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in ending...
Israel violates ceasefire for 60 consecutive days! – and claims ‘yellow...
The Israeli occupation army continued, for the 60th consecutive day yesterday, to violate the ceasefire agreement in the Gaza Strip, targeting residential buildings and...
US must immediately lift sanctions off Iran say Russia and China
CHINA and Russia say the United States should immediately lift the sanctions it has re-imposed on Iran and fulfil its obligations in order to...
‘NOTHING BUT EVIL COMES FROM RICE’ says Islamic Jihad
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...
‘Moreno A Hypocrite And Traitor! People’s Blood Non-Negotiable!’
‘Lenin Moreno Hypocrite and traitor – the blood of the people is not negotiable,’ shouted over a hundred Ecuadorians and their supporters outside the...
ISRAEL OKs NEW HEBRON SETTLEMENT UNITS – while Israeli unions plan...
PALESTINIAN Arabic dailies on Friday highlighted the Israeli government’s approval of the construction of new settlement units in the heart of Hebron’s old city....
Palestinian prisoner Zubaidi begins his open-ended hunger strike
A PALESTINIAN prisoner on Sunday started an open-ended hunger strike in protest against his ongoing detention despite the completion of his sentence in Israeli...
‘Toxic, Corrosive and Hazardous!’ – TUC condemns coalition record on...
‘Toxic, Corrosive and Hazardous’: The government’s record on health and safety – a TUC report published on Monday – Workers’ Memorial Day –...
‘US is stealing Syria’s oil and selling it to Turkey’ says...
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has given a comprehensive interview to Phoenix Television in which he stressed that America is stealing Syria’s oil and selling...
‘BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!’ – protesters condemn MPs who backed invasion...
‘BLOOD on your hands!’, ‘Shame on you!’ shouted demonstrators opposite parliament on Tuesday night, as MPs left the House of Commons after a debate...
US Presidential candidates appear before AFL-CIO Executive!
THE AFL-CIO’s executive council meeting is this week, which means visits from presidential candidates: Martin O''Malley, Bernie Sanders, Jim Webb, and, of course, Hillary...
Nigerian unions will strike against oil company intimidation!
The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, NUPENG, and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria, PENGASSAN said that...
Palestinian Flag Raised On Mount Everest
RAISING the flag for Palestine 5,400 metres above sea level, following six days and 100 kilometres of walking and climbing mountains, 27 Palestinian men...
Teamsters Participate In Martin Luther King Day
TEAMSTERS union leaders participated in the annual Martin Luther King Day march in Memphis last Monday. The Teamsters have a long history with Memphis sanitation...
US arms manufacturers make record profits – while US labour disputes...
American arms dealers have gathered ‘record profits’ from Israel’s wars on the besieged Gaza Strip and Lebanon, according to a new report. In a report...
DEFEND THE RIGHT TO STRIKE – FBU responds to the latest...
Responding to the latest State of Fire report announced by the chief inspector of fire and rescue services Sir Tom Winsor, the Fire Brigades...
‘MASSIVE UNREST LOOMING’ says Unison
‘TIME to care for those who care’ or face the prospect of massive industrial unrest is the message behind UNISON’s evidence to the NHS...
Tamil Students Demand Release Of Colleague
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in their sentry post along Jaffna lagoon found a male corpse with gun shot wounds washed ashore on...
Russian Right Wing Works To Split Medvedev From Putin
Putin’s attack on a mining company has given Medvedev a chance to show who’s boss, Russian Gazeta.ru news website said last weekend, looking to...
US considers sending banned cluster bombs to Ukraine
Laura Cooper, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defence for Russia, Ukraine and Eurasia at the US Defence Department, has said that despite a global...
‘With our blood we will elect Bashar al-Assad’
CAMPAIGNING began on Sunday for Syria’s June 3 presidential election expected to return Bashar al-Assad to power, as the regime marked a ...
STRIKE DOWN ANTI-WORKER LAWS – Demand American trade unions
THE battles against anti-worker laws across the United States have turned to the ballot boxes and courtrooms, says the AFL-CIO union federation. As voters go...
Excessive workload blighting teachers’ lives
EXCESSIVE workload is blighting teachers’ professional lives, Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, has told the Union’s Cymru Annual Conference. The assertion...
Four Years Since Marikana Massacre!
LONMIN workers on Tuesday gathered at the Marikana koppie near Nkaneng informal settlement to pay tribute to their 34 colleagues who were gunned down...
Russian troops take control of Kherson in the Ukraine
RUSSIA’S Defence Ministry said its troops have taken control of Ukraine’s southern region of Kherson as the Russian military campaign entered its 20th day. ‘The...
SAFTU celebrates the International Day of the Nurse – condemns government...
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU), on this day when the world celebrates the International Day of the Nurse and the 200th...
OUR REVOLUTION – BY LEON TROTSKY – ‘The aim of the...
Leon Trotsky OUR REVOLUTION Essays on Working Class and International Revolution 1904-1917 Collected and Translated by MOISSAYE J OLGIN Introduction by MOISSAYE J OLGIN THIS is an essay of triumph. Written on January 20, 1905,...
BRING THE ZIONIST WAR CRIMINALS TO TRIAL – urges Hamas
HAMAS has issued a statement headed: ‘Open letter to legal and international organisations: Let all efforts and energies unite to bring the Zionist war...
28,000 Canadian actors locked out for a year! – nurses rally...
THE UNION representing 28,000 Canadian actors and radio artists reports that 28,000 commercial workers have been locked out from commercial acting work for over...
‘After Blair, Not Brown But A Workers’ Government And Socialism’
TWO HUNDRED trade unionists and youth attended the News Line-All Trades Union Alliance conference in Bethnal Green, east London, last Sunday. Opening the conference, chairman...
International ‘Make Amazon Pay’ campaign
THE GMB trade union has called for a parliamentary inquiry into ‘dehumanising’ working conditions at Amazon warehouses, as the company enjoyed mammoth Black Friday sales. GMB...
Ireland A&E overcrowding causing ambulance chaos – SIPTU organises industrial action...
SIPTU has warned that the overcrowding crisis in hospital emergency departments is causing chaos for ambulance professionals across the Republic of Ireland. The union has...
Gaza’s annual report on Israel’s devastating war since October 7th 2023
THE Gaza Strip Government Media Office (GMO) has published its annual report about Israel’s devastating war on Gaza since October 7th, 2023. According to the...
125 union building staff are to strike at the University of...
One hundred and twenty five union building staff at the University of Chicago Medical Centre (UCMC) are to strike next week amid protracted contract...
3.7 MILLION IRAQI REFUGEES – The product of Bush and Blair’s...
‘The current exodus is the largest population movement in the Middle East since Palestinians were displaced following the creation of the State of Israel...
Celebrating 58th Africa Day – Africa must unite to fight Covid...
COSATU Africa Day Statement May 25, 2021 THE Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) joins millions of Africans on the continent, and in the...
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’,...
‘FREE PALESTINE! ISRAEL IS A TERRORIST STATE’ – chant 3,000 outside...
‘FREE, free Palestine! Israel is a terror state!’ chanted over 3,000 protesters at a rally and vigil outside the Israeli embassy on Tuesday evening. The...