‘OUR DUTY IS TO LIBERATE IRAQ’ – Sadr demands occupation forces...
RADICAL cleric Moqtada al-Sadr gave a lengthy interview to Al-Jazeera Satellite Television last Saturday about the US occupation of Iraq. He was first asked...
‘NO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CAN TIE OUR HANDS’ – say Hamas fighters
More than 1,000 Palestinans are stranded on the Egypt-Gaza border waiting to cross home, acording to a report by the UN Office for the...
5,000 striking public sector workers, pensioners and students rally in...
SOME 5,000 local government workers, teachers, hospital workers, university staff, civil servants, along with pensioners and university students participated last Tuesday in a militant...
In Gaza a day without electricity is no longer an exception,...
Across the length and breadth of the Gaza Strip, from food distribution points to water filling stations and basic services, the scene of long...
Ireland ‘will soon recognise Palestinian state’
THE Israeli Ambassador to Ireland relayed a warning to the Israeli government on Tuesday that the Irish parliament would soon move to recognise the...
Russian forces build bridge under fire across the Euphrates River!
THE Russian Defence Ministry have released footage showing military forces building a bridge across the Euphrates River close to Syria’s eastern Deir Ezzor province. ‘A...
North Korea has no intention of attacking South Korea or of...
North Korea has no intention of attacking South Korea, nor does it have any interest in a forceful reunification of the Korean Peninsula, the...
‘Sunak’s refusal to lift the pay cap on civil servants and...
RESPONDING to Tory Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s budget speech last Wednesday, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka commented: ‘Rishi Sunak has today failed to vaccinate the...
30 Years Since The Sabra And Shatila Massacre
Thirty years ago this week, up to 3,500 Palestinian civilians were systematically slaughtered in Sabra and the Shatila refugee camp in south Beirut. The brutal...
Israeli Military Admits To Killing Girl
ISRAEL’S military just after midnight on Friday admitted their responsibility for the death of a teenage girl in Gaza. The announcement came following its insistence...
Russia rejects Ukraine ‘invasion’ allegations
RUSSIA has ruled out any further talks with the United States and NATO over the situation around Ukraine unless the West responds properly to...
Netanyahu moving ‘full steam’ towards annexation of West Bank says Peace...
FOR the first time since the conclusion of its ‘normalisation’ deals with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain, Israel is set to approve...
FRENCH UNIONS REFUSE TO TALK WITH GOVERNMENT – until CPE is...
LEADERS of France’s main trade union federations have refused to talk to the government until it withdraws the CPE (first job contract) that removes...
Israel targeting of journalists is a war crime – says Human...
An Israeli airstrike in Lebanon on October 25, 2024, that killed three journalists and injured four others was most likely a deliberate attack on civilians...
Journalists Cannot Reveal Sources
IN a hard-hitting personal reflection, Irish Political Journalist and National Union of Journalists member JOHN COULTER vehemently defends the right of reporters to withhold...
WE HAVE TO STRIKE AND OCCUPY! says 500-strong firefighters lobby
‘OCCUPYING fire stations to stop their closure is a tactic that should be considered,’ David Williams West Yorkshire Brigade Secretary told News Line at...
‘Nursing staff need to have full confidence they are protected!’
THE TORIES ‘indecision’ means nursing staff are facing a postcode lottery in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), leaving some more protected than others, the Royal...
Netanyahu’s crisis deepens! – remains Premier but relinquishes positions
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is set to relinquish the four ministerial positions he currently holds in the face of his indictment on charges...
500 Sudanese march to Downing Street – ‘We carry torch for...
A LIVELY demonstration of over 500 Sudanese and their supporters marched from Marble Arch to Downing Street on Saturday. It was organised by London for...
US seeking to strangle Cuba
CUBA has directed international airlines to suspend refueling operations on the island for one month following US measures that have disrupted essential oil supplies,...
Israeli forces ambushed at Ayta al-Sha’b
Fierce confrontations continued between resistance fighters and Israel’s elite forces in southern Lebanon on Tuesday, particularly in the town of Ayta al-Sha’b where the...
End all arms sales to Israel NOW! – demands Palestinian Youth...
There was a demonstration of over 500 people outside the Foreign Office in Westminster on Friday evening organised by the Palestinian Youth Movement (PYM)...
1,700 US manufacturing workers mass strike
UP to 1,700 workers at a GE Transportation plant in Erie, Pennsylvania, walked out on strike last Tuesday, marking the first large-scale work stoppage...
‘LONG LIVE PALESTINE’ – says Saddam Hussein in a letter from...
Imprisoned Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has vowed in a letter to sacrifice himself for the cause of Palestine and Iraq. He urged Arabs to...
‘Tentative agreement with ford will require sacrifices’ – UAW
THE UAW National Ford Council yesterday endorsed the union’s tentative agreement with Ford Motor Company on health care. The tentative agreement is subject to...
‘WE WILL RETURN TO DIEGO GARCIA’ – Chagos Islanders picket the...
over 150 Chagos Islanders, British trade unionists and youth held a mass picket outside the House of Lords on Monday. The picket was called to...
Unite Calls For A Full Public Inquiry Into Blacklisting!
‘THERE still needs to be a full public inquiry into blacklisting and the activities of major construction employers who still to this day restrict...
NAKBA: THEN AND NOW –15th May marks 68th Anniversary of Nakba
ON the occasion of the commemoration of the anniversary of the Nakba, Ambassador Manuel Hassassian said: ‘The Nakba is ongoing as long as the occupation...
Assange’s vision was ‘to rescue democracy’ says John Pilger – as...
BY THE JULIAN ASSANGE DEFENCE COMMITTEE The week of Julian Assange birthday events kicked off in London on Saturday with protests at the Australian Embassy,...
Unions Condemn Budget As A ‘Provocation!’
Unions have condemned the Chancellor’s 2014 austerity Budget with Unison calling it a ‘clear provocation’, the NUT saying it was ‘more of the same’...
‘Snoopers Charter’ – sweeping state powers!
‘IT beggars belief that the government is blundering on with its snooping power-grab completely disregarding the concerns being raised from all sides,’ said Kate...
Performance Tables disadvantage poorer schools!
‘SCHOOL performance tables are not an accurate or reliable indicator of school effectiveness. The Progress 8 measure that is used to compile these tables...
COSATU VOTES TO EXPEL GEN SEC. VAVI! – as black masses...
ON March 30th the Central Executive Committee of the South African trade union federation, COSATU, voted to expel its democratically elected General Secretary, Zwelinzima...
20,000 STUDENTS AND WORKERS MARCH IN ATHENS! – on the 36th...
Over 20,000 students, youth and workers took part in a militant anti-imperialist demonstration in Athens on Tuesday to commemorate the 36th anniversary of the...
Palestinians Condemn Israeli ‘State Terrorism’ And War Crimes
President Mahmud Abbas on Wednesday condemned the ongoing Israeli air strikes in Palestinian civilian areas as ‘state terrorism’. The attacks claimed the lives of three...
Tax the rich! – urge SAFTU leaders as they condemn ANC...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) last Thursday condemned the ANC, saying that there is no real difference on the economy between...
MARIKANA MASSACRE SECOND ANNIVERSARY RALLY – ANC and local government officials...
CONSPICUOUSLY absent at a rally last Saturday to commemorate slain miners on the second anniversary of the Marikana massacre were the African National Congress...
ONE YEAR SINCE THE HAITIAN EARTHQUAKE …and reconstruction has still not...
One year after the Haitian earthquake which killed 230,000 people and injured 300,000 on 11 January 2010, more than one million people still live...
French Trade Unions March And Denounce Israel’s Atrocities Against The Palestinians...
AFTER weeks of banning pro-Palestinian demonstrations, French trade unions led the second approved protest in Paris on Sunday 22nd October to denounce the increasing...
New North Of Ireland Police Powers Opposed By Nuj
The National Union of Journalists in Ireland and the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission on Thursday joined together to condemn new powers which threaten...
6 Years Since Israel’s ‘Cast Lead’ Slaughter!
PALESTINIANS around the world on Saturday commemorated the sixth anniversary of the beginning of Israel’s 22-day offensive on the Gaza Strip in 2008-9 that...
Ongoing Strikes And Sit-Ins Throughout Egypt
The ITUC on Monday expressed deep concern over statements attributed to the new Minister of Manpower in Egypt, Ismail Fahmy, that ‘the issue of...
Reopen Ealing Maternity – demands 500 strong march
‘DEFEND Ealing Hospital! Don’t let it close!’ rang out through the streets of Southall on Wednesday afternoon, as up to 500 workers and youth...
Nasrallah Hails Chavez For Expelling The Israeli Ambassador
AFTER taking part in the Ashura procession in Beirut’s southern suburb to mark the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, hundreds of thousands gathered to listen...
ISRAEL DETAINS PALESTINIAN MPs
Israeli forces on Monday detained two Palestinian MPs during a raid on the Jerusalem headquarters of the International Red Cross. Mohammad Tawtah and former Jerusalem...