‘US and Canadian shale oil producers punished by rout in oil...
IRAN’S Minister of Petroleum, Bijan Zangeneh, says shale oil producers in the US and Canada are being punished by a historic rout in oil...
Trump admin committed ‘terror acts’ against Iran – Biden’s admin is...
IRANIAN President Hassan Rouhani said on Tuesday that the former ‘criminal’ US administration did great injustice to the people of Iran with its terrorist...
Israeli Occupation Forces Are Seizing The Land!
ISRAELI OCCUPATION FORCES ARE SEIZING THE LAND! THE ongoing seizure of Palestinian land for the expansion of an illegal settlement in the West Bank –...
Corbyn addresses the TUC–no call for a general election!
TUC DELEGATES in Brighton gave a standing ovation to Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn on Tuesday afternoon despite the fact that he failed...
Over 100 executions in Saudi Arabia this year!
Two human rights organisations have filed a complaint at the United Nations against arbitrary executions in Saudi Arabia, especially after last month’s execution of dozens of...
SOUTH CAROLINA AFL-CIO SUPPORTS SANDERS –while the UERMW convention votes to...
THE South Carolina AFL-CIO executive board passed a resolution supporting US Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders’ candidacy for the Democratic Party presidential nomination and recommending...
25 YEARS SINCE ‘BLACK JULY’ – Tamil vigils in London and...
A candlelight vigil organised by the British Tamils Forum in association with the Tamil Councillors Association was held on Wednesday, 23 July, between 8pm...
Israeli presence in US Persian Gulf force ‘a threat to Iran’s...
IRAN says it considers possible Israeli presence in a US-led coalition in the Persian Gulf as a clear threat to its national security, and...
SOUTH AFRICA ‘A COUNTRY RUN BY THIEVES’ – say the SAFTU...
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions’ (SAFTU) claim that South Africa is becoming a kleptocracy – a country ruled by thieves – is...
‘We need the TUC to organise a general strike’
CIVIL servants called for more action during their national Budget Day strike on Wednesday. PCS members at a lively picket outside the National Portrait...
‘Iran’s armed forces stood up to bullying with all their might’
Iran’s top military commander asserts that the Islamic Republic’s Armed Forces confronted the Israeli and American aggression with the full range of their capabilities...
French Workers Fight Wage Cuts, Sackings And Privatisation!
Bagneres de Bigorre, a small town near Tarbes has been hit by a wave of redundancies and short-time working in the local factories. Over 500...
Thousands of US youth face life in jail – No parole...
‘America is one of only a few countries in the world where children face life sentences without parole’, said Amnesty International on Wednesday. ‘There are...
‘HARDEST HIT’ demands stop benefit cuts for disabled people
‘Cuts Kill – Kill the Cuts!’ shouted an over 5,000-strong march of disabled people, their carers and friends as they approached parliament on Wednesday. The...
Don’t Extradite Assange!
THE EXTRADITION hearing of Julian Assange at Westminster Magistrates Court on Monday morning brought a crowd of over a hundred demonstrators which was doubled...
US targets Hezbollah with new sanctions
THE US Treasury Department has announced new sanctions targeting seven individuals and entities linked to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. The new sanctions target Hezbollah’s...
Colombian trade unionists take campaign to US – meanwhile 4 more...
During two months when trade unionists from Colombia were visiting America to take part in trade union training – four of their colleagues were...
Greek mass marches are developing into an insurrection
THE MASS protest marches in Greece against the sheer police violence and oppression have been developing all last week into an insurgency against the...
MILLIONS JOIN NEW EGYPTIAN UNIONS – ‘We bid farewell to the...
A state of permanent revolution has gripped Egypt as two million workers have joined Egypt’s Federation of Independent Trade Unions in the last year. Egyptian...
Hamas leader urges Palestinians to ‘stand together in a single front’
THE POLITBURO chief of Palestine’s Hamas resistance movement says the Israeli regime will not be able to change the reality on the ground across...
‘Forming Unity government with Assad is delusional!’ – says Syrian opposition...
THE Syrian opposition’s chief negotiator in peace talks in Geneva said on Wednesday he was ‘not optimistic’ about strained efforts to end the nearly...
Syrian army destroys terrorist hideouts in Idlib – as Russia accuses...
SYRIAN military forces are continuing to target terrorist hideouts in northwestern Syria where the government has been restraining its offensives based on a de-escalation...
‘systematic Exploitation Of Migrant Workers In Israel
Migrant workers in Israel’s agriculture sector are among the most exploited, according to an October 28th report by Kav LaOved, an Israeli NGO campaigning...
7,000 NY nurses strike against ‘dangerous understaffing’
A STRIKE by more than 7,000 nurses at two major New York City hospitals began at 6.00am on Monday after talks aimed at averting...
Iran will deal heavy blows to terrorists threatening the country’s security
THE Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC)’s Intelligence Organisation has strongly condemned the latest terrorist attack in the southeastern Iranian city of Zahedan, warning that...
TUC’S BARBER ACCUSES OSBORNE OF ‘SELF-HARMING’ –but calls no action to...
COMMENTING on the Chancellor’s autumn statement, TUC general secretary Brendan Barber said: ‘When you are self-harming you should stop, not look for better sticking...
Hospital funding crisis! – Restore NHS! – End privatisation
THERE is a huge funding crisis in the National Health Service (NHS). All over the country hospitals are being instructed to close wards and theatres...
Unions angry over pay and progression cuts!
In his budget speech Chancellor Osborne announced that there would be a one per cent annual pay rise of the public sector up to...
‘Thousands of Bangladesh factories are still unsafe’ says TUC – as...
‘IT IS important that those responsible for the terrible loss of life at Rana Plaza face justice. But thousands of factories in Bangladesh are still...
‘Israel directly supports the terrorist movements’ – says Syrian President Bashar...
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad has re-affirmed he will not step down, in an interview with Argentina’s Clarin newspaper and Telam news agency. President al-Assad...
HEWITT MUST GO! say junior doctors
THE British Medical Association (BMA) Junior Doctors Conference in London on Saturday called for the immediate resignation of health secretary Patricia Hewitt and health...
‘Teamster Women Are Going To Take Back America’
TEAMSTERS General President Jim Hoffa addressed the hundreds of Teamster women gathered in New York City on Saturday for the second day of the...
CUT OIL PRODUCTION – Iran urges OPEC
Iran’s oil minister has called for today’s meeting of the OPEC oil cartel to cut production in order to raise prices above 60 dollars...
Anc To Talk To Amcu As Declining Real Wages Drive Forward...
THE African National Congress (ANC) has denied that its fear of losing large numbers of votes in next year’s election has made it reconsider...
Ukraine Rejects De-Mining Black Sea Ports!
UKRAINE has rejected calls from Russia to de-mine its ports around the Black Sea to resume grain shipments. Ukraine accuses Moscow of trying to ‘attack’...
The West using ‘dirtiest tricks’ against Moscow and Beijing says Russian...
THE COLLECTIVE West is using the dirtiest of tricks against Moscow and Beijing in a bid to maintain its hegemony, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey...
‘Turkey Is The Main Destination For Isis Oil!’
THE Russian Deputy Defence Minister Anatoly Antonov has given a briefing called ‘Russian Federation Armed Forces fighting against international terrorist. New data’. He said:...
US Union Leaders Speak Up In Favour Of Employee Free Choice...
JOHN SWEENEY the president of the AFL-CIO US trade union federation has spoken out in favour of the Employee Free Choice Act. He said...
EXPOSING WAR CRIMES IS NO CRIME – Free Julian Assange!
‘EXPOSING war crimes is no crime! – Free Julian Assange!’ shouted over 100 demonstrators opposite Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, demanding his immediate release...
Rouhani answers Trump’s ‘insults and false accusations’
IRANIAN President Hassan Rouhani made a defiant televised speech to the nation on Saturday night in response to the anti-Iran stances of US President...
31 human rights organisations demand UN takes action to defend Palestinians!
Human rights organisations have urgently called on UN member states to take immediate action to ‘protect people deprived of their liberty’ across the occupied...
BMA new Year message surveys the battleground – on the eve...
‘WHAT is the NHS? To those who run it, a vast endeavour employing 1.4m people, consuming one pound in every six of public spending....
Colombian Anniversary of Resistance
A CROWD of over 100 Colombians held a rally on Thursday night in Trafalgar Square to commemorate the martyrs of the April 28th uprising...
WHO’s fast-track medical plan ‘is not realistic’ for South Africa
A new curriculum promising to ‘fast-track medical students into the workforce’, which has been launched by the World Health Organisation (WHO) Regional Office for...
PSC wins court victory to divest pension funds from Israel’s military...
‘TODAY is a great victory from which we will draw strength for the battles ahead,’ chair of Palestine Solidarity Campaign Kamel Hawwash said yesterday,...