Another deadly factory collapse in Bangladesh!
THE BWI (Building and Wood Worker’s International) union federation has undertaken a fact finding mission on the deadly building collapse in Mongla Cement Factory...
‘Compel Israel to comply with ceasefire agreement’ – Hamas call
PALESTINIAN resistance movement Hamas has called on international mediators to take effective and concrete steps to compel Israel to comply with its obligations under...
The Palestinian resistance stands firm on the battlefield
THE head of Hamas’ political bureau says the Palestinian resistance stands ‘firm on the battlefield’ despite two and a half months of Israeli war...
State department remains silent over mass executions of Tamils!
The US administration has failed dismally in the case of Sri Lanka, with catastrophic consequences, commented Tamil legal activists in the United States on...
Israel’s mass arrests ‘a systematic campaign of persecution targeting Palestinians’
ISRAELI police arrested 561 Palestinian workers throughout the 1948 occupied territories last week under the pretext of entering ‘without permits’. Human rights groups have condemned...
Union leaders are shocked by jobless figures!
Trade union leaders have been shocked by the latest jobless figures which saw a leap in part-time working and female and youth unemployment. Commenting on...
ISRAELI FORCES BOARD THE ‘DIGNITE AL KARMA’ – passengers arrested, then...
FIFTEEN activists held after Israeli forces intercepted their boat as they attempted to sail to Gaza will be deported today, an Israeli official...
GREEK POLICE – ‘MURDERERS AND TORTURERS!’ –shout thousands of youth
OVER 15,000 Greek school and university students and secondary school teachers marched through the Athens city centre on Monday afternoon in commemoration of the...
French rail strikes continue against EU-directed privatisation
TRAIN services were hit in France once again on Monday morning due to the latest two-day rail strike. The rolling two-day strikes, which began on...
Syria: ‘festivities turning into funerals’ after crimes by ‘moderate opposition’
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad stressed on Sunday that Syria is keen to keep working to push forward Russia’s efforts for holding a second round of...
Palestinian Children Being Held In Solitary Confinement
BY ADRI NIEUWHOF ISRAEL has held six Palestinian boys from Nablus in solitary confinement in al-Jalame detention centre near Haifa, writes Defence for Children...
Spain To Pursue Israeli War Crimes Probe
Spain’s National Court plans to proceed with an investigation of Israeli officials for possible war crimes against humanity over the 2002 killing of a...
COUNCIL OF ACTION LAUNCHED – to stop hospital closures!
TRADE unionists, youth and local NHS campaigners voted unanimously at a meeting on Thursday night ‘to establish the North East London Council of Action’. The...
Greece applies for a ‘Third Austerity Accord’
Statement by the Revolutionary Marxist League Greek section of the International Committee of the 4th International TODAY, Wednesday 8 July, the Greek Finance Minister Efklides...
Israel’s Golani Brigade Butalises Palestinians In The City Of Hebron
A NEWLY released report submitted to the United Nations by international organizations working in Hebron (Al Khalil) documents a sharp increase in serious...
Facebook Drivers Vote To Join Teamsters
DRIVERS who shuttle Facebook employees to and from the company headquarters in Menlo Park., Calif., have voted in favour of representation by Teamsters Local...
2.3 million children in the UK are in poverty!
AROUND 2.3 million children in the UK are in child poverty, with that figure rising by a further 400,000 Labour said. The Tory coalition government...
SEIU and Teamsters quit AFL-CIO
American trade unions, SEIU and the Teamsters have disaffiliated from the national AFL-CIO confederation, and four major unions – the Teamsters, Food and Commercial Workers, UNITE...
Haitian workers will decide their own future!
A SOLIDARITY gathering with Haitian unions has reinforced the need to respect the right of the Haitian people to decide their own future, and...
NATO offensive turns thousands of families into refugees
THE number of those displaced by the US/NATO military surge against the Taleban resistance in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, has more...
Health Bill must be stopped! – say thousands of demonstrators on...
THE Tory-led coalition’s hated Health Bill to privatise the NHS is due to go to the House of Lords today, following a mass demonstration...
Crs Riot Police Attack Weather Service Workers
CRS riot police were used against striking Meteo-France weather service workers who were picketing and blockading the organisation’s Toulouse site at 22.30 on...
GMB BA workers to fight transfer of IT jobs to Tata...
GMB British Airways workers will hold a public meeting and rally from 12.30pm on Monday 29th February at the Thistle Hotel, Heathrow, against proposals to...
Argentina – right to strike targeted
The far-right government of President Javier Milei on Thursday imposed a significant restriction on the right to strike in Argentina across many sectors. This move...
EQUITY MUST FIGHT ARTS CUTS! – call a national march urges...
AXED children’s theatre workers expressed outrage at Culture Secretary Andrew Burnham’s proclamation last Wednesday that ‘every schoolchild will get five hours of culture a...
Time For Debate On Bosses’ Pay And Perks – Says Barber
In his New Year message released on Thursday, 28 December, TUC General Secretary Brendan Barber calls for a national debate about top pay. This is...
Hezbollah Urges Unity Among Resistance Groups Until Final Victory Is Achieved!
The secretary General Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement has underscored the significance of unity among resistance groups until achieving final victory in Operation al-Aqsa Storm,...
Numsa To ‘Swamp’ The Streets Of Durban In A Massive May...
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa in KwaZulu-Natal (KzN) working closely with other like-minded and class orientated COSATU affiliates, will swamp the...
Saftu Set To Call National Shut-Down
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions – and unions affiliated with the federation – applied pressure to companies employing their members last Thursday,...
GAZA: ‘healthcare, water and sanitation teetering on brink of collapse’
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) on Thursday announced it is unable to continue its operations...
‘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...
More countries avoiding using the US dollar for their financial transactions
WHILE there is a decline in Washington’s standing as a superpower, the United States is facing another harsh reality – the decline of the...
Canadian Postal Union Fighting To Overturn Strike Ban
THE CANADIAN Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) filed a constitutional challenge last week to block legislation ordering them back to work, passed by the...
75% of the Tunisian people boycott constitutional referendum which gives the...
OVER A DECADE since the death of the Tunisian fruit seller, Mohamed Bouazizi, after he set himself on fire over the viciousness of the...
Striking NUT 6th form college teachers defy the Tories!
STRIKING 6th Form College National Union of Teachers (NUT) members from around England took part in a national demonstration on Tuesday to defend their...
‘WE WILL SHUT DOWN SOUTH AFRICA!’ – COSATU warns ANC
‘The entire economy of South Africa will be shut down’, warns the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), if the government fails to...
Israel using ‘organised terrorism’ to silence Palestinian media says the Journalists...
AN NGO (Non-Governmental Organisation) promoting media freedom says at least 17 Palestinian journalists are currently being held in harsh conditions in Israeli jails in...
Mass Delhi rally called against power privatisation!
WORKERS in the power industry across India will hold a massive rally in Delhi on November 23 against the Electricity (Amendment) Bill 2022, which...
Wikileaks Cables Indict Rajapaksa Regime!
Secret US embassy cables published by WikiLeaks last Friday allege that the Rajapaksa government in Sri Lanka is complicit in abduction, murders and...
PNA and Hamas condemn Israeli ‘meddling’
Israel’s military escalation is ‘an attempt by Israel to meddle in our internal Palestinian life,’ Palestinian Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei warned in a press...
The Israeli regime ramps up its aggression in occupied West Bank!
THE Israeli regime has ramped up its aggression on the occupied West Bank by conducting violent raids on several areas in Nablus, Jenin and...
GP SURGERY FACING 46% FUNDING CUT – BMA warns of threat...
A GP surgery facing a 46 per cent cut to its funding over the next three years embodies the threat facing the profession, the...
Great Ormond Street security staff rally
SECURITY workers from Great Ormond St Children’s Hospital (GOSH) held a rally on Thursday at lunchtime to mark the end of their six week...
Disabled People Demand Basic Rights
Disabled People will be protesting outside the DWP offices, Caxton House, 6-12 Tothill Street, London SW1 from 2.00pm next Monday, February 13. Disabled People Against...
The G20 Summit in Delhi ‘A Tale of Two Indias’
IN Delhi, India’s capital, the G20 summit has captured significant global attention. This event brought together world leaders to discuss international economic strategies, presenting...