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Ayatollah Khamenei praises Raeisi legacy and wishes success to new president...

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LEADER of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has praised the outgoing administration of the late President Ebrahim Raeisi as ‘the government of...

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...

O’connor Calls For Sanctions On Israel To Stop The Genocide

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THE IRISH Trade Union Congress Executive Council member and INTO Deputy General Secretary Deirdre O’Connor delivered a speech on behalf of the workers of...

Argentinian parliament narrowly passes huge cuts and privatisation plans!

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The Argentinian parliament’s upper house narrowly passed a controversial bill key to President Javier Milei’s economic cuts and privatisation plans as thousands of protesters...

Israel’s forced displacement orders on 2 million Gazans are a crime...

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As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 295 on Saturday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target...

Hundreds of thousands of council workers being balloted for action

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HUNDREDS of thousands of council workers are to be balloted and urged to reject a ‘pitiful’ and ‘entirely inadequate’ pay offer during the next...

Foxconn and Apple practise discrimination against married women in their Indian...

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FOXCONN, a key manufacturer of Apple devices, has been systematically excluding married female candidates from assembly jobs at its flagship Indian smartphone plant. Despite both...

Occidental College student workers vote to join SEIU Local 721

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OCCIDENTAL College student workers have voted to join the SEIU union Local 721, allowing over 1,000 undergraduate workers – baristas, tutors, translators, lifeguards, and...

Ex-President Zuma barred from standing for SA Parliament

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South Africa’s highest court has barred former President Jacob Zuma from running for parliament in next week’s general election. The Constitutional Court ruled on Monday...

NATO unable to agree multi-year pledge to arm Ukraine

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NATO member countries have been unable to reach an agreement on a multi-year pledge to provide military aid to Ukraine, the DPA news agency...

Powerful international reaction to ICJ ruling that Israeli occupation is illegal!

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International reaction has poured in since last Friday’s ruling by the top United Nations court that Israel’s continued presence in the occupied Palestinian territory...

Von der Leyen vows to transform the European Union into a...

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URSULA von der Leyen who has been re-elected as European Commission (EC) President, has vowed to transform the EU into a defence bloc in...

Numsa Has Won A Victory For Ford Workers In South Africa!

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NUMSA has won a victory for Ford workers in South Africa after the union was able to fight off over 500 jobs cuts, and...

‘Despite the heroic efforts of staff, waits for hospital care are...

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A NEW report published last Thursday, 22 August, by the Health Foundation found that the UK’s performance on hospital-based care is consistently languishing near...

125 union building staff are to strike at the University of...

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One hundred and twenty five union building staff at the University of Chicago Medical Centre (UCMC) are to strike next week amid protracted contract...

French trade unions send greetings to Bangladesh workers!

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‘In Bangladesh protesters impose their power!’ French trade union federation La CGT declared on Tuesday, as it congratulated and sent greetings to the nation’s...

‘WELCOME TO HELL’ ‘The Israeli prison system as a Network of...

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‘WELCOME to Hell,’ is the title of a new report by Israeli rights group B’Tselem: ‘The Israeli Prison System as a Network of Torture...

Russia congratulates Venezuelan President Maduro on election win

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RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has congratulated Nicolas Maduro on being re-elected President of Venezuela, noting the strategic partnership between Moscow and Caracas. ‘Russian-Venezuelan relations have...

Liberty Steel Crisis Worsens! Unions Oppose Job Cuts!

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LIBERTY Steel crisis worsens, unions oppose massive job cuts and de-industrialisation, says IndustriALL. In over just few days, news of massive job cuts, of bankruptcy...

‘7th October was a justified rebellion against the Israeli occupying force!’

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Drop Site News, a US-based publication, has recently conducted interviews with senior Hamas officials and reviewed statements from the group’s leaders. These efforts included background...

Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Was Planned By NATO And By Western...

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UKRAINE’S incursion into Russia’s borderline region of Kursk was planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services, and was prompted by Kiev’s...

Guaido One was defeated and Guaido Two will be crushed! –...

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VENEZUELAN Foreign Minister Yvan Gil has rejected a European Union statement which calls for ‘further independent verification of the electoral records, if possible by...

Israeli occupation army commits three massacres on Monday!

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The health ministry in Gaza said on Monday that the Israeli occupation army as committed three massacres in different areas of the Gaza Strip...

Israel Plans New Settlements on a UNESCO Heritage Site!

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When a group of more than 100 Israeli settlers, masked and armed with pistols and automatic rifles, killed a Palestinian, injured others and burned...

Universities in the US imposing ‘police state’ campus measures

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United States universities are imposing ‘police state’ rules in an attempt to avoid a repeat of campus protests against Israel’s genocidal war on Gaza,...

4.2 million Bangladesh garment workers issue demands to new government

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UNI Global Union and IndustriALL are calling on international fashion brands to continue their long-term commitment to Bangladesh to help secure the country’s democratic...

Disney Set To Face The Biggest Strike In The USA This...

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Disney are set to face the largest strike in the US this year after it was announced that thousands of theme park and hotel...

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...

Withdraw cuts or face unprecedented disruption at start of new...

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UNIVERSITY workers are set to strike to defend jobs and courses as soon as the new academic year begins in September. Staff at Sheffield Hallam...

US Screen Actors Guild begins strike action for compensation over use...

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The Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union has initiated a strike in the United States against video game...

Zimbabwe authorities must immediately release detained human rights defenders

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THE Zimbabwean authorities must immediately release human rights defenders who have been arbitrarily detained for over two weeks and drop charges against them, independent...

Unions demand self-determination on International Day of World’s Indigenous Peoples

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On the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, 9 August, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has made a fervent call for the...

Teamsters win the key ‘right to picket’ the Amazon Air Hub

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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters scored a key victory in the union’s national fight to organise workers at Amazon after a federal judge ruled...

NUMSA commemorates the mass murder of Marikana striking miners

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LAST Friday, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) commemorated the mass murder of striking miners in Marikana, who were gunned down for...

NUMSA defends the Bolivarian revolution! – stop coup attempts in Venezuela

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STOP coup attempts against Maduro in Venezuela! says National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) general secretary Irvin Jim. A statement issued on Sunday:...

Kenya teaching unions announce joint strike

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TEACHERS in Kenya are to down their tools as unions KNUT, KUPPET announce a joint strike. Kenya Union of Post-Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET) chairperson Omboko...

Destruction of Palestinian homes is intensifying!

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The destruction of Palestinian residences by Israel in the West Bank is intensifying at an alarming rate. In the period following 7 October, Israeli forces...

Israel has killed 1.8% of Gazans in the last 10 months

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The Palestinian Central Bureau of Statistics reported this week that the Israeli occupation forces have killed, in the ongoing genocide war on the Gaza...

Football fans united to defend communities!

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Far-right violence erupted across the UK in early August, prompting an alliance of football fans to rally in defence of threatened communities. In Liverpool, supporters...

Abu Shujaa the commander of the Tulkarm Brigade was assassinated last...

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ABU Shujaa, the intrepid commander of the Tulkarm Brigade, was assassinated last Thursday during a deadly Israeli military raid on the Nur Shams refugee...

Gaza polio vaccination programme targets 640,000 children under 10 in 3...

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THE UNITED Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has stressed that ‘peace’ is the best solution to save Palestinian children in the Gaza Strip, as...

Gaza genocide – 325 days of mass murder!

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THE ISRAELI-American genocidal war on the besieged Gaza Strip has completed 325 days and there are still no signs of this murderous aggression ending...

Gaza Hospitals Near Closure Due To Israeli Restrictions

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THE Health Ministry in Gaza has warned that healthcare facilities in the war-wracked territory are nearing closure due to an acute fuel shortage for...

The Israeli regime ramps up its aggression in occupied West Bank!

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THE Israeli regime has ramped up its aggression on the occupied West Bank by conducting violent raids on several areas in Nablus, Jenin and...

Argentina’s President Milei reduces the workforce at state-owned airline by 13%

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RIGHT-WING Argentina president President Javier Milei’s spokesman said on Thursday that his government has reduced the workforce at state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas by 13...