More Than 100,000 Mexicans Have Been Killed Since 2010 In ‘The...
THE Attorney General of Mexico has failed to properly investigate all lines of inquiry into allegations of complicity by armed forces and others in...
5,000 March In London On Nakba Day
AROUND 5,000 people marched from the University of London Union (ULU) to Trafalgar Square in central London on Saturday, to mark the 61st anniversary...
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...
Ukrainian Army violated Easter Truce 4,900 times!
UKRAINE took advantage of the Easter truce to launch strikes on Russian territory, advisor to the head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) Igor...
Uaw Begins Contract Talks With ‘Big Three’
THE UAW auto workers union is beginning its 2011 contract talks with GM, Ford and Chrysler. For the employers the ...
‘PUT MORE MONEY INTO ORDINARY PEOPLE’S POCKETS’ – TUC urges Brown
‘The newly unemployed face a bigger cut in their living standards in this recession than those who lost their jobs under the previous government’,...
HEZBOLLAH ‘JIHAD FOR CONSTRUCTION’ – dispenses £10,000 for each destroyed...
The Lebanese Hezbollah movement on Monday began paying compensation to the residents of buildings that were totally destroyed in the city of Baalbek by...
‘Unscrupulous exploitation!’ Care workers forced to sleep rough or share beds...
CARE staff who come to the UK from overseas are having to share beds with other workers, sleep rough, and pay huge fees to...
Nafha Prisoners Will Be Joining Hunger Strike
PALESTINIAN prisoners being held inside Israel’s Nafha prison have announced that they will be joining an upcoming mass hunger strike on Monday April 17,...
The number of refugees and migrant workers crossing the Channel is...
THE NUMBER of refugees and migrant workers crossing the Channel has fallen year-on-year for the first time since current records began. Government figures show the...
PARENTS OPPOSE CLOSURE OF FOUR CHILDREN’S HEART UNITS – while NHS...
PARENTS, charities and medical professionals have spoken out in opposition to the closure of four specialist children’s heart units, which were proposed on Wednesday. The...
‘WE WILL PROTECT YOUR PENSION BY ALL MEANS’ – pledges PCS
in a notice to members, the Public and Commercial Services union (PCS) explains why the government’s pensions offer is bad news for all members. The...
MED UNION ‘ATTEMPT TO LET ISRAEL IN THROUGH THE WINDOW’ –...
The Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has praised the position of the Libyan leader, Colonel Muammar Gadaffi, who refused to attend the Paris summit to...
‘Safeguard The Right Of Asylum Seekers’
THE Independent Asylum Commission is today publishing Saving Sanctuary, the first of three reports of recommendations aimed at restoring public confidence in sanctuary for...
Destruction of bridges and civilian infrastructure ‘is the highest achievement the...
Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Esmaeil Baghaei says for an administration that once portrayed itself as the standard-bearer for the global order, liberalism and the...
South African Unions Fight For Democratic Rights In Swaziland
The Swaziland government has banned a peaceful protest planned by the trade union movement for 12-14 April. South African trade unions are supporting Swaziland workers. The...
24-hour Greek General Strike
A 24-hour General Strike declared by GSEE (Greek TUC) and ADEDY (public sectors trades unions federation) took place on Wednesday in Greece, with the...
‘PALESTINIAN HEALTH SITUATION FACES COLLAPSE’ – PNA health minister slams siege
PALESTINIAN medical supplies are running out because of the economic siege in the occupied territories – with supplies of some basic materials already at...
‘20-50 NHS TRUSTS AT RISK’ – BMA ARM warned
THE British Medical Association (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting in Bournemouth on Thursday passed, almost unanimously, Emergency Motions calling to halt the take-over...
Spain probes Gaza rights violations
Spain on Thursday announced its decision to probe Israel’s rights violations in the Gaza Strip in support of the International Criminal Court’s (ICC) ongoing investigation into...
AUSTRALIAN ‘WORK CHOICES’ LAWS ‘BAD FOR WORKING FAMILIES’ – says ACTU
Reports that another large employer has labelled the Howard government’s Industrial Relations laws as ‘farcical’ and ‘pointless’ is further evidence that the government’s IR...
Bma Reps Battle Leaders To Defend NHS At Annual Meeting
THE British Medical Association’s Annual Representative Meeting (BMA’s ARM), June 2006 turned into a struggle between the leadership, which supports the government’s privatisation reforms,...
Settlers attack West Bank farmers on eve of peace talks
As Palestinian leaders were preparing for direct talks with Israeli prime minister Netanyahu in Washington today, the village mayor in the West Bank town...
Starbucks illegally monitored, disciplined and sacked workers – US court rules...
A judge in New York ruled on Friday that Starbucks had violated federal labour law dozens of times in responding to a union campaign...
Guaido One was defeated and Guaido Two will be crushed! –...
VENEZUELAN Foreign Minister Yvan Gil has rejected a European Union statement which calls for ‘further independent verification of the electoral records, if possible by...
‘Greetings to this fantastic show of strength’ says Mark Serwotka
THERE were more than 40,000 teachers and other striking workers on the NEU demonstration on Wednesday 1st February – with the front of the...
Teamsters Mobilising Against ‘Flawed Pensions Bill’
The US Senate could take up the so-called Pension Protection Act, H.R. 4, by today, warns the Teamsters union. A Teamsters statement said: ‘This bad...
‘Julian Assange was a political prisoner’ – says Council of Europe...
THE Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly on Wednesday 2 October voted to confirm that Julian Assange was held a political prisoner in the UK. On...
‘Painful to see an Israeli plane land in UAE’ says Palestinian...
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has slammed the direct flight of an Israeli plane to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Speaking at the weekly Palestinian...
Iran to target Israeli nuclear centres if it is attacked!
An IRGC official has issued a stern warning that Israel will face immediate reciprocal attacks on its nuclear centres if it targets Iran’s nuclear...
Palestinian Prisoners’ Day worldwide action!
ON April 17th, Palestinians and their supporters across the world came together on what is designated Palestinian Prisoners’ Day, a day of international solidarity...
Greek workers refuse to accept austerity plan!
LAST Wednesday and Thursday saw the biggest general strike of all workers, public and private sector, shopkeepers, and transport workers, which brought the whole...
NHS waiting times ‘deeply concerning’ – says BMA
‘THESE latest sets of NHS performance statistics are deeply concerning, and paint a very bleak picture for the future delivery of patient care if...
Withdraw cuts or face unprecedented disruption at start of new...
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...
Trump’s Budget The Most Significant Betrayal Yet Of Working People
US PRESIDENT Trump’s Budget betrays working people, says a statement by AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka on Trump’s Financial Year 2018 budget proposal. The US union...
Harsh winter nights – eight children die of cold in the...
The nights of the winter season are extremely harsh on the displacement camps in Gaza as the nights, which may be the coldest in...
‘Hezbollah strong enough and ready for all scenarios!’
HEZBOLLAH Deputy Leader Sheikh Naim Qassem has stated that the Lebanese resistance group is strong enough and ready for all scenarios, despite losing Secretary...
‘Set up an independent Judge-led inquiry!’ – ‘Keep your word’ Rights...
NINE human rights NGOs (non-governmental organisations), including Reprieve, are urging prime minister Cameron to honour his 2010 promise of an independent, judge-led inquiry into...
Iran strikes back against imperialists
HEAVY US-Israeli airstrikes continued across Iran on Thursday, hitting Tehran, Isfahan, and Mashhad as the death toll from the war climbed to at least...
UN calls for investigation into ‘inhuman acts’ by Israel at aid...
The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Türk, has condemned Israeli attacks on Palestinian civilians at aid distribution centres in the...
‘My daughter has been been branded a terrorist – she is...
At the rally at Downing Street the first speaker was Husam Zomlot, the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, who said: ‘Friends of justice, friends...
THE PEOPLE OF GAZA MUST NOT BE LEFT TO THEIR FATE...
THE Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a strong warning to Israel in his Ashura Day address in Beirut, last Saturday. Speaking on this...
Only BA renationalisation can defend wages and jobs – Part Two
BRITISH Airways workers are faced with taking strike action to defeat the management onslaught on their jobs, terms and conditions. BA boss Walsh has issued...
Community Camp 4Palestine celebrates 2nd anniversary
A WELL attended 200-strong pro-Palestine Festival was held on Sunday to celebrate the 2nd anniversary of the Community Camp 4 Palestine (CC4Pal) opposite the...
Syria Condemns US ‘Dirty Interference’
THE Syrian newspaper Al Thawra has attacked US ‘interference’, and its announcement that it is going to fund the Syrian ‘opposition’ to President Assad...