US is constructing Egypt’s ‘Wall of Death’
A SENIOR Egyptian engineer working on the ‘steel wall’ which the Egyptian authorities are building along the borders with the Gaza Strip, has confirmed...
‘This is the last May Day to be stolen’ – says...
‘THIS is the last May Day to be stolen. It has been used for electioneering and workers are being fed lies and given promises...
‘A Budget for the City slaps the poor and the unemployed...
GEORGE Osborne’s ‘rich man’s’ budget has failed to address the fundamental economic problems blighting Britain, said the Unite trade union. Unite hit out at...
MARIKANA HAS ONCE AGAIN ‘BECOME A KILLING FIELD’ says Amcu
THE Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu), the biggest union in South Africa’s ‘platinum belt’, says that Marikana has once again become a...
15,000-strong Grenfell anniversary march
15,000 workers and youth took part in an emotional silent march through west London on Thursday evening to mark the first anniversary of the...
Conductors on ScotRail: Strike goes ahead Sun!
RAIL UNION the RMT has confirmed that planned industrial action by ScotRail conductors will go ahead from this Sunday – in a fight for...
Pro-Palestine students in US colleges facing discrimination
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), with a storied history of over a century in defending civil rights and liberties, has voiced concerns over...
Release Amnesty’s Turkish leader
THE DECISION to renew the detention of Amnesty International’s Turkey Chair just hours after a court ordered his release must be immediately reversed and...
Sanders wins union endorsement for presidential campaign
THE UNIVERSITY of California’s largest employee union, AFSCME Local 3299, has voted to endorse Senator Bernie Sanders’ bid for President ahead of California’s March...
Gaza Hospitals Near Closure Due To Israeli Restrictions
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...
Israeli Strikes Target Resistance
Palestinian fighters killed two Israeli settlers near the West Bank city of Hebron last Friday morning. Palestinians in a speeding car opened fire at three...
Support Building Up For Indian Farmers Struggle
SUPPORT has been pouring in for protesting farmers, who are camping on the Indian national capital’s borders demanding repeal of three new farm laws. On...
‘I AGAIN PROMISE YOU THAT WE WILL WIN’ – Hasan Nasrallah...
THE Hezbollah leader, Hasan Nasrallah, promised victory in an address to the Lebanese and the Arabs on Friday 14th July after a failed...
‘We won’t fold to US pressure!’ – Iran’s President Pezeshkian insists
IRANIAN President Masoud Pezeshkian has pledged not to give in to pressure from the United States after Donald Trump said he was considering limited...
St Paul’s occupiers support Chase Farm NHS occupation
Anti-capitalist occupiers camped outside St Paul’s Cathedral yesterday made it crystal clear that not only are they determined to stay indefinitely but will also...
Iran calls for emergency meeting over Israel’s planned attack on Rafah
IRAN has called for an emergency meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) amid the dire humanitarian...
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 ...
‘We will resist until every inch of Palestine is free!’ –...
OVER 15,000 workers and youth demonstrated in London on Saturday to mark the 74th anniversary of Nakba Day, marching from BBC Broadcasting House near...
GARMENT WORKERS ARE BEING TERRORISED IN BANGLADESH – says Human Rights...
GARMENT factory workers in Bangladesh who try to start trade unions are being intimidated and threatened with murder to stop their efforts to organise,...
95% of RCM members in north of Ireland vote for strike...
ALMOST 95% of RCM members in Northern Ireland who responded to a consultation about industrial action, including strike action, over pay conditions have voted...
South African auto and security workers plan massive campaign of strikes
he National Union for Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has rejected a wage proposal from employers in the motor sector and is set to...
39% teachers still working in unsafe schools
IT IS now estimated that 39% of teachers and school leaders – as well as 51% of teaching assistants and other staff – are...
Tamil Tigers Push Back The Sri Lankan Army
TAMILNET reports that Sri Lanka Army chief Lt. Gen. Sarath Fonseka this week again revised his timetable for defeating the Liberation Tigers of Tamil...
25 Years Since Clapham Crash!
TODAY, Thursday 12 December 2013, will mark 25 years since the Clapham Junction Rail Crash that left 35 people dead and hundreds injured. The accident...
EU SUPPORTS PALESTINIAN UNITY! – while Netanyahu is to annex 19...
PALESTINE''S ambassador to the European Union, Abdel Rahim al-Farra said on Thursday that EU officials had informed him that financial support to the Palestinian...
‘Convene our own people’s parliament to unite against poverty’ – SAFTU...
ZWELINZIMA VAVI, SAFTU general secretary, addressed the THOR Congress at the Plaza hotel, Durban 24-25 Feb 2018. He said: ‘THOR (Transport Action Retail...
Portland, Oregon unions are ready to strike over contract negotiations breakdown!
Two Portland, Oregon unions representing city employees are getting closer to walking off the job over a breakdown in contract negotiations. The American Federation of...
US expansion of sanctions is a ‘major obstacle’ – says Iranian...
IRANIAN Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the United States expanding sanctions against Iran, is a major obstacle to the Vienna talks aimed at putting...
Syrian Army Establishes Control In Areas South Of Palmyra City!
SYRIAN army units have established control over large areas to the south of Palmyra City in their continued operations against ISIS terrorists in the...
The Israeli military is murdering Palestinian children – Human Rights Watch...
HUMAN Rights Watch has called for an end to impunity for Israeli killings of Palestinian children, and the use of unlawful lethal force. The Israeli...
Tuc & Nus Sign Agreement For Joint Campaigns!
THE National Union of Students (NUS) and the Trades Union Congress (TUC) yesterday signed an agreement for joint campaigning for the coming year. The...
Telefonistas are set for national strike in Mexico!
TELEFONISTAS de Mexico are on the verge of a national strike. The Union of Telephone Operators of the Mexican Republic, STRM, issued a double strike...
Factory Blast Probe Condemns ‘Dangerous And Dysfunctional’ Safety Culture
An independent report into the ICL Glasgow plastics factory fire disaster in which nine workers died in May 2004 has exposed a health and...
UCU pay and pensions strike set to escalate
UNIVERSITY staff completed their first two days of strike action yesterday at 74 universities across the country and their strike was solid, winning 100%...
MAY DAY MANIFESTO – Vote ‘Leave’ to bring down Tories!
THE Editorial Board of the News Line sends its revolutionary greetings on May Day 2016 to the workers and the oppressed people of the...
Sanctions on Russia adversely affect global economy
RUSSIA’S President, Vladimir Putin, has opined that the latest raft of unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and its allies over the...
US-UK’s man in Uzbekistan ‘slaughtering protesters like rabbits’
YESTERDAY the British Foreign Secretary Straw condemned the repressions by the Karimov regime in Uzbekistan. It has already killed 500 Uzbeks and is getting...
US must reconstruct what it has destroyed says Taliban
THE TALIBAN say the United States could now step forward and participate in the reconstruction of Afghanistan given how it contributed to the destruction...
‘If Spirit Alone Won Battles’
THE DIARY OF JOHN LOWE The 1984-1985 Miners’ Strike in Nottinghamshire edited by John Symcox These diary excerpts are a tribute to the heroic and determined...
LEON TROTSKY’S ‘WHITHER FRANCE’ TODAY – 1. European capitalism gripped by...
A REVOLUTIONARY situation exists in Europe today as a result of the world capitalist crisis. Social Democratic/Labour and Stalinist reformists, and revisionists, may scoff at...
US WORKERS MARCH FOR UNION RIGHTS – as productivity is driven...
ACROSS the US, thousands of workers marched to Labour Board Offices and Worksites, demanding Freedom to have a Trade Union, on Monday July 10. Workers...
‘End occupation of Palestine’ – Russia
THE Russian envoy to Palestine, Haidar Aghann, affirmed that in Russia’s view, a comprehensive and just solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in ending...
‘The US is blackmailing Palestinians to compromise on their rights’ says...
PALESTINE Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh has accused the United States administration of pressuring and blackmailing the Palestinians to compromise on their national rights. Speaking at...
Workers rise up across New Zealand in historic ‘mega strike’
MORE than 100,000 nurses, teachers, firefighters and other public sector workers walked off the job across Aotearoa, New Zealand, on Thursday in one of...
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...