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Russia responds to NATO Sec General Stoltenberg’s ‘nuclear alert’ threats!

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Russia’s Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov has responded to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg’s remarks that the bloc’s members are discussing putting their nuclear arsenals...

NEHAWU union condemns Nelson Mandela University for refusing to meet strikers’...

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The National Education, Health and Allied Workers’ Union (NEHAWU)  has condemned the reluctance to meet strikers’ demands, displayed by the management of the Nelson...

ON THE 200th DAY 0F ISRAELI GENOCIDE ‘A NEW MASSACRE’ IS...

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THE Geneva-based Euro-Med Human Rights Monitor said on the 200th day of the Israeli genocide in Gaza on Tuesday the Israeli military is planning...

Modi’s government freezes main opposition party’s funds before elections

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The Congress party, India’s principal opposition force, has levelled serious accusations against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration, alleging that the government has deliberately undermined...

Hezbollah Urges Unity Among Resistance Groups Until Final Victory Is Achieved!

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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,...

Thousands demonstrate in Santiago for Palestine!

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Thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday in the Chilean capital Santiago for the protection of children in Palestine and in support of the inhabitants...

United Autoworkers Union strike authorisation vote this week!

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The UAW (United Autoworkers Union) which represents over 48,000 graduate student workers in the University of California system, will hold a strike authorisation vote...

Special assistant to the US chief of staff has publicly resigned...

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A Jewish-American political appointee who worked as a United States Interior Department staffer, has publicly resigned from her post, in protest against the Joe...

UCU action to begin against Goldsmiths plan to bulldoze through brutal...

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GOLDSMITHS University UCU (University and College Union) members, who have overwhelmingly voted to strike against the sacking of more than one-in-six academic staff at...

‘It’s time to defend our social demands’ – CGT will propose...

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‘SALARIES, pensions, public services, industry: our demands are those of the majority and must be implemented,’ says the CGT French trade union federation. It has...

US State Department falsifies report to cover up sabotage of ‘humanitarian...

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The US State Department falsified a report earlier this month to exonerate Israel from blame for obstructing humanitarian aid to Gaza, contradicting its own...

Top World Health Organisation Official Is Extremely Worried About Polio &...

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A TOP World Health Organisation (WHO) official said on Tuesday that he’s ‘extremely worried’ about polio and other outbreaks of communicable diseases in Gaza...

Gaza witnessing the ‘worst of the worst levels of child malnutrition!’

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‘Gaza is witnessing the worst of the worst levels of malnutrition, especially child malnutrition, and it’s entirely man-made,’ Save the Children’s Alexandra Saieh said...

South African education unions will ballot for strike action to fight...

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South African education unions, the National Professional Teachers’ Organisation (Naptosa) and the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU), responded on Monday to the Western...

White House is worried that Netanyahu will use US Congress speech...

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THE WHITE House is reportedly worried that Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu could use his upcoming speech to the US Congress to publicly criticise...

SA trade unions condemn the sacking of 700 workers by Mercedes...

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) joined the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) on Friday to condemn Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s...

4,000 workers & youth mark 7th anniversary of the Grenfell Tower...

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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...

76th anniversary of Nakba Day – 15th May 1948!

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TODAY, May 15th, marks the 76th anniversary of Nakba, ‘the Catastrophe’, when the unarmed population of Palestine was forcibly driven from their land to...

Athens Students March Attacked By Police

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Over 30,000 university students from all the main Greek cities, along with delegations of school students and some 3,000 secondary school teachers and university...

‘We live in a moment where everything is at stake’ –...

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‘WE LIVE in a moment which feels like everything is at stake,’ Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) National President Mark Hancock told convention...

Myanmar’s trade unions facing a brutal regime

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MYANMAR’s trade unions are facing brutal retaliation in the fight for democracy, says Khaing Zar Aung, the President of the Industrial Workers Union of Myanmar. Democratic...

Student nurse numbers declining! –10,000 off target by 2025! – says...

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STUDENT nurse numbers are declining to the extent that the official NHS workforce plan for England will be over 10,000 off target by 2025,...

All those responsible for terrorist attacks on Russia will be held...

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‘ALL THOSE complicit and responsible for the terrorist attacks on Russian territory will inevitably be held accountable,’ Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said...

Israelis detain thousands of Palestinians and stand accused of a large...

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ISRAEL has detained thousands of Palestinians during the war on Gaza and stands accused of numerous cases of torture, the Office of the United...

UN reports horrific mass graves at Nasser & al-Shifa hospitals on...

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THE DISCOVERY of hundreds of mass graves at the Nasser and al-Shifa hospital complexes, where United Nations (UN) officials reported that bodies were ‘buried...

Russian air defence systems strike nine Ukrainian aircraft

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Russian air defence systems have struck nine Ukrainian Air Force aircraft, including seven Su-27s, the Russian Ministry of Defence reported on Tuesday. They said: ‘Two...

The Spokesman For Yemen’s Armed Forces Warns Israel Against Any Further...

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THE spokesman for Yemen’s Armed Forces has warned Israel against any further act of aggression against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, saying the coastal...

Compass Coffee workers announce union drive across America

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COMPASS Coffee workers have announced a unionisation drive across seven stores in America to end the chain’s no-tipping policy and improve benefits and working...

West Bank General Strike after al-Mawasi massacre

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WEST BANK Palestinians held a general strike yesterday in solidarity with people in Gaza in the wake of the Israeli attack on a ‘safe...

Wikileaks founder Julian Assange lands in Australia

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WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange landed in Australia Wednesday morning, after walking free from a US court in Saipan. He hugged his wife and father at...

Massive nationwide industrial action in Germany!

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Massive nationwide industrial action paralysed air and rail travel across Germany yesterday and Thursday as striking workers walked off the job to demand better...

US desperate to defuse tensions between Israel and Hezbollah!

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Amos Hochstein, a senior United States diplomat, has met Israeli leaders and has also visited Lebanon as part of a push by Washington to...

Moayad Shaaban – ‘Since the beginning of the year the Israeli...

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THE HEAD of the Colonisation and Wall Resistance Commission, Moayad Shaaban, said that since the beginning of this year, the Israeli occupation authorities have...

‘Up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributed to...

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‘IT IS NOT implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza,’ declares...

Britain must stop arming Israel and recognise Palestine!

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‘BRITAIN must impose sanctions and an arms embargo on Israel and recognise the state of Palestine. We demand Israel gets out of Rafah, Gaza,...

Nearly 3,000 children in Gaza are at risk of dying before...

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THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says nearly 3,000 children are at risk of dying before the eyes of their families as they have...

Labour movement rises up in Nigeria, Ghana and Zimbabwe

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Timi Frank, the former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Nigeria, on Thursday, called on the leadership of the...

ANC has been warned ‘Don’t make pact with Democratic Alliance’

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IT HAS been predicted the African National Congress (ANC) will have a tough time persuading its alliance partners to get into a pact with the...

END THATCHERITE EXPERIMENT – scrap all anti-union laws says FBU

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IT’S TIME to end the Thatcherite experiment and scrap all the anti-union laws, the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) demanded after PM Sunak called the...

Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian affirms his unwavering support for Hezbollah

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IRAN’S President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has responded to Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, affirming the Islamic Republic’s unwavering support to the resistance. In a letter...

Director of Al-Shifa Hospital – held by Israel for seven months...

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THE director of Gaza’s al-Shifa hospital, who had been detained by Israeli forces for more than seven months, says he was put through ‘severe...

Hamas movement wounds 3 Israeli settlers in shooting operation! – ‘a...

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THE Hamas Movement said on Tuesday that the heroic shooting operation, that took place east of Tulkarem that morning and led to the injury...

Palestinians have the ‘Right to Resist’ The occupying Israeli regime says...

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THE head of Hamas resistance movement in the occupied West Bank says Palestinians have the right to resist the occupying Israeli regime, and are...

Macron Government Is Mobilising Against Railworkers!

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THE MACRON government is mobilising against the Gradual Cessation of Activity Agreement signed at the SNCF because it will allow French railway workers to...

SAFTU is appalled ‘by the continued bungling’ of the National Student...

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) released a statement on Monday saying it is ‘appalled by the continued bungling’ of the National...