HEYGATE ESTATE – NOT FOR SALE – Tenants fight to defend...
‘HEYGATE estate – not for sale!’, ‘Keep council housing!’, ‘Regeneration bullies – out!’ Those were the chants of more than 20 tenants and trade unionists...
House Of Commons Committee Confounded By Afghan-Pakistan Crisis!
THE Conclusions and recommendations of the Foreign Affairs Committee hearings on ‘Global Security: Afghanistan and Pakistan’ make grim reading for supporters of the imperialist...
ESOL CLASSES ARE A BASIC RIGHT! – call for mass registration...
TWO thousand people took part in three marches that converged on Hackney Town Hall on Saturday, demanding free English language courses for everyone. The marches...
KENYA STRIKE WAVE – Lecturers, Council Workers and Nurses fight for...
AN attempt to stop a strike by lecturers in public universities continuing in Kenya failed on Monday, after a university employers organisation failed...
British soldier who shot Daniel Hegarty charged with murder
A SOLDIER who shot dead a 15-year-old boy in Derry, in the north of Ireland in July 1972 is to be charged with murder. Daniel...
UCU slams call for higher tuition fees
The University and College Union (UCU) said yesterday (Thursday) that forcing students to pick up the bill for higher education was an astonishingly weak,...
PNA CLOSES GAZA/EGYPT BORDER – Abbas wants international agreement
THE Gaza Strip-Egypt border will reopen only as part of an international agreement, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has said, after Palestinian security forces sealed...
Gadaffi fighters still holding Sirte
Fighters loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi mounted a fierce counter-attack in the city of Sirte on Saturday, forcing back the NATO-backed NTC counter-revolutionaries...
Don’t Let Colombia’s Paramilitaries Off The Hook!
The British government should not support Colombia’s new paramilitary demobilisation law, which Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will promote when he meets with Tony Blair...
Unison Police Staff To Go On 24-Hour Strike
UNISON police staff members working in forces in England and Wales are to stage a 24-hour strike starting at 07.00 hours on Friday 23...
‘JUSTICE FOR PAUL COKER’ – vigil held at Plumpstead police station
‘WHAT do we want? Justice! – When do we want it? Now!’ and ‘Police – murderers!’, shouted more than 70 people at a demonstration...
Dire Staff Shortages At Cancer Centres Across The UK – Investment...
Annual workforce figures released on Tuesday by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) reveal the ‘dire’ staff shortages at cancer centres across the UK. Clinical...
Israeli Settlers Burn Farmlands!
RESIDENTS of Huwwara village, south of Nablus, reported on Thursday that Israeli settlers had set dozens of dunums of farm lands on fire, destroying...
New Zealand Junior Doctors On 48-Hour Strike
JUST over 3,200 of New Zealand’s 3,500 junior doctors began 48-hour strike action at 7.00am yesterday morning. The New Zealand Resident Doctors Association (NZRDA) members...
Victories against terrorism in Syria and Iraq! United in struggle!
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad stressed the importance of the victories achieved in combatting terrorism in Syria and Iraq when he received Iraqi Foreign Minister Ibrahim...
Unite Betrays BA Workers – Demand Emergency Conference Of Union To...
LAST Wednesday Howard Beckett, Unite union assistant general secretary, welcomed as a victory for the union British Airways ‘partial U-turn on fire and rehire’. Beckett...
Senior nurses take strike action in New South Wales
SENIOR nurses in New South Wales, Australia, took two hours of strike action on Monday, saying that chronic staff shortages have pushed them to...
Iran prepares its army as Israeli forces mass in Azerbaijan
IRANIAN lawmakers have issued a statement in support of military exercises in north western Iran to warn against the Israeli regime’s presence on Azerbaijan’s soil,...
‘A general strike for Palestine is what is needed!’ – as...
More than 200,000 workers, students and youth marched from Russell Square to Whitehall in central London on Saturday on the 30th National March since...
PAUL DAVIES: ‘highly critical jury verdict’
THE legal charity Inquest is welcoming a ‘highly critical jury verdict’ on the death in custody of Paul Davies. The jury at the inquest into...
‘Thousands of Bangladesh factories are still unsafe’ says TUC – as...
‘IT IS important that those responsible for the terrible loss of life at Rana Plaza face justice. But thousands of factories in Bangladesh are still...
Only 400 Attend Rajapakse’s Jaffna Rally
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse was displeased with the tiny crowd that was assembled to ‘greet the leader’ at his election rally in Jaffna on Wednesday,...
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...
Missing: The Hundreds Of Ltte Fighters Who Surrendered!
TAMIL NET reports that Ananthi Sasitharan, wife of Elilan, former Trincomalee political head of the LTTE, has told BBC Tamil service that she and...
HOLD PRESIDENTIAL AND LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS SAYS BARGHOUTHI – The peace process...
PRISONER and Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi has emphasised the need to accelerate the reform and development of the PLO; to hold the National Council...
End Cuba blockade now! – demands international Day of Action
A Day of action against the US blockade on Cuba has been held in several countries, with supporters of the Latin American nation determined...
BOSTON NURSES TAKING STRIKE ACTION – Nissan workers organise for a...
BOSTON’S first nurses’ strike in 30 years began on Wednesday after a last-ditch negotiating session failed to resolve the disagreements between the Massachusetts...
Settlers storm Al-Aqsa and West Bank villages
SCORES of extremist Israeli settlers desecrated the Aqsa Mosque in Occupied Jerusalem on Sunday morning – while tight restrictions were imposed on the entry...
Record settlement building under Netanyahu
THE government of Israel under Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu has advanced a ‘record’ number of settlements during its nearly four years in office, a...
IndustriALL demonstrates at mine owners Glencore HQ
IN RESPONSE to mine owners Glencore and Xstrata’s arrogant refusal to meet with a delegation of IndustriALL global union affiliates to discuss labour issues...
REGULARISE MIGRANT WORKERS say MPs
Labour deputy leader contender Jon Cruddas is leading a private members debate in Westminster Hall at the House of Commons, on, ‘Regularisation of Migrant...
ISLAND OF SHAME: The secret history of the US Military Base...
‘ABSOLUTELY must go!’ were the three words Admiral Elmo Zumwalt gave to US navy officials on Diego Garcia, concerned about the expulsion of Chagossians...
‘The fragile peace is hanging by its fingertips!’ – says Fra...
TROUBLE erupted on the streets of Belfast on Wednesday the 7th of April 2021. We can only ask if we are witnessing a return...
Egyptian security forces given free rein to use ‘lethal force’ against...
‘FREE the 15 Alexandria dockworkers from jail and drop all charges’ demanded trade unionists in a letter to the Egyptian Minister and migration last...
Breast implants: private sector wrecks women’s bodies – NHS to pay...
FORTY thousand women are affected by the industrial-grade silicone breast implant scandal in Britain alone, and now recriminations are flying between the government, the...
UK must ban all goods in whole or in part from...
A group of 62 MPs and peers across parties have written to trade secretary Jonathan Reynolds to demand the government takes measures to ban...
Sri Lanka Garment Workers Rise Up Over Pensions
THE Sri Lankan proposed private sector pension scheme has angered workers in the garment sector, with trade unionists warning of mass street...
Workers Lobby Tuc – To Defend Jobs And Oppose Cuts!
A NUMBER of workers have been lobbying the TUC to demand support and action in defence of jobs and against cuts. Amicus members were lobbying...
May’s ‘Hostile Environment’ alive & kicking – Stop Unison member Grahame...
TORY PM May’s ‘Hostile Environment’ is alive and kicking, with trade union Unison highlighting the case of a married couple who face being split...
A Thousand Workers Rally To Support Billboard Strikers
OVER a thousand workers in the Massachusetts labour movement rallied for 27 striking Clear Channel Billboard Workers on April 19th. Present at the rally...
Maliki supporters threaten ‘insurrection’ if he is not made Premier
IRAQ’s election race tightened between the two main rivals Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki and the former Premier Iyad Allawi, after a count, of 79...
Barghouthi Calls For Mass Mobilisation
Jailed Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi has called for large-scale peaceful protests in support of a Palestinian bid for United Nations membership in September. In a...
Labour plans to transform the NHS into ‘Neighbourhood Health Service’ –...
THE NHS trade union leaders have given a muted response to Monday’s Declaration of War on the NHS by the Labour government. PM Starmer and...
20 Years Since The Gibraltar Killings
By Irish political journalist JOHN COULTER THE three unarmed Provisional IRA members shot dead by the SAS in Gibraltar two decades ago were allegedly sacrificed...
END ‘ISRAELI MADNESS’ – Fatah leader urges international community
Tanks and troops of the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) invaded the central Gaza Strip and the northern West Bank city of Nablus early Wednesday...