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TRADE union leaders responded weakly, without any call to action, to Chancellor Osborne’s Autumn Statement on Wednesday, in which he announced a massive extension...

TAMILNET reports that the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), a New York based media rights group, has slammed the Sri Lankan Government for its...

CANADA'S federal government was expected to introduce back-to-work legislation on Monday aimed at forcing striking Canadian Pacific (CP) railway employees to return to their...

THE inquest into the death of 25-year-old Godfrey Moyo, whilst on remand at HMP Belmarsh, concluded yesterday with the jury deciding that the...

THE death of a cancer-stricken detainee on Tuesday has raised tensions in Israeli jails as Palestinian prisoners announced a three-day hunger strike. Maysara Abu Hamdiyeh,...

TRADE union leaders on Wednesday reacted angrily to the Tories’ planned anti-union legislation and welfare cuts announced in the Queen’s Speech. Paul Kenny, GMB General...

The UN agency for Palestinian refugees has responded to being forced to close its offices in Gaza City last week as protesters blockaded its...

THE newspaper Filastin has posted a feature on its website titled ‘Through Their Worst Phase of the Israeli Siege on Gaza’ exposing the...

LAST Saturday evening, November 6th, the Italian Coast Guard informed the bridge of the German charity rescue ship SEA-EYE 4 that the Italian authorities...

MORE than 400 youth and trade unionists showed their solidarity with the Gate Gourmet sacked workers at a second anniversary benefit rally in Southall...

Gold & Ashes: A photo series by Feruza Afewerki  Outdoor Exhibition From the 12th June – 31st August 2021  Freston Road and Bramley Studio, London W10...

MINISTER of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Riad al-Malki, has discussed in The Hague with the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda,...

TEACHERS in Haverhill, Massachusetts, have won their strike held last week, defying a state law banning teachers and other public sector workers from striking,...

The international community should create conditions for the resumption of direct talks between Moscow and Kiev, Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesman Lin Jian said on...

THE following is a statement by COSATU: ‘DESPITE three vacancies in the executive and a deputy president who wants out, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa...

US AIRCRAFT are flying over Iraqi territory collecting intelligence on the country’s popular forces, a senior Iraqi expert said, adding that a drone that...

Over 200,000 flag-waving Palestinians attended a mass rally in Gaza on Sunday marking the 21st anniversary of the founding of the Hamas movement. Addressing the...

THE conference of General Practitioners organised by the British Medical Association ( BMA) takes place this year at York today and tomorrow, 22nd and...

‘YOU should be ashamed. The situation is absolutely appalling. They’re killing children! You have the area completely under your control and are therefore responsible...

rail union RMT warned on Tuesday that the new Integrated Kent Franchise that begins on April 1, 2006 could result in the removal of...

A STRIKE wave is set to hit schools, colleges and universities across the UK during the summer as teachers and lecturers vote overwhelmingly in...

The latest amendments to the Iraqi ‘constitution’ approved by the puppet Iraqi parliament ‘offer nothing’, says the Sunni Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS). The...

THE Palestinian Civil Liaison on Sunday informed the family of Mohammed al-Rimawi, who was killed due to the excessive use of force by Israeli...

‘BINYAMIN Netanyahu’s arrogant intervention into British politics is not surprising from someone who has always condoned Israeli state terror. Jeremy Corbyn, in contrast, has...

‘The entire economy of South Africa will be shut down’, warns the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), if the government fails to...

LEON TROTSKY wrote ‘If America Should Go Communist’ on August 17, 1934, over a year after President Roosevelt brought in his ‘New Deal’, ...

Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu vowed on Sunday never to repeat the 2005 removal of settlers from the Gaza Strip. ‘We will not repeat this...

EX-DOWNING Street communications chief Andy Coulson and ex-News International executive Rebekah Brooks have been charged in connection with payments to police and public officials....

Doctors’ leaders on Tuesday warned the government that increasing tuition fees could result in medical students facing a debt bill of potentially £100,000 –...

THERE was a ‘bloodbath on every corner’ in Iraq, Wikileaks founder Julian Assange told a press conference in London on Saturday. Website Wikileaks has revealed...

Gaza marked the first anniversary of the start of Israel’s historic pullout from the coastal strip on Tuesday amid bitterness that the end of...

Lancashire firefighters are to be balloted over possible strike action in defence jobs. Chief Fire Officer Peter Holland plans to ‘save £1 million’ by cutting...

SOUTHWARK Council says it is prepared to take action to evict remaining tenants from the Heygate Estate, if they refuse ‘reasonable’ offers to leave...

‘ONCE we know we are ready it will take just six weeks to close the maternity at Ealing,’ Pippa Nightingale, Head of Midwifery, Imperial...

TWO major health unions have reacted cooly to the Labour government’s new NHS Constitution, launched last Wednesday, which contains ‘rights’ and ‘responsibilities’ for both...

OVER the next two weeks, thousands of Australian trade union members will be marching across the country, campaigning for wage increases and job security. Union...

The Palestinians have turned down a US request to avoid seeking a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements in the occupied territories, the...

A GENERAL strike takes place in South Korea today, Wednesday 30th November, with President Park Guen-hye receiving dozens of letters from trade unions all...

‘The new measures, proposed today by the UK government, targeting non-nationals considered to be threatening public order, national security and the rule of law,...

IF the government’s proposed changes go ahead, ‘private companies would be entitled to run much of the NHS’ and ‘market forces would determine the way...

‘THE Government today asked two High Court Judges to allow them to cover up evidence of torture even more thoroughly than they did in...

SHEIKH Harith al-Dari, secretary-general of the Iraqi Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS), has said, speaking from Amman, that there is no difference between the...

Australian-based manufacturer of medical gloves and condoms, Ansell, is attacking workers in its supply chain, suspending 800 striking trade union members in Sri Lanka...

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi says Iran is considering whether to participate in the next round of indirect nuclear negotiations with the US. Araghchi said on...

‘This is an important fight, it will define the future of our members, whether we stay full or part time, or even employed at...