Court ruling shows government disregard for families – CPAG
The High Court of Justice on Thursday passed down judgment in favour of the government in a Judicial Review brought by Child Poverty Action...
Amazon strike on Spain’s Three Kings gift-giving day
WORKERS at Amazon’s biggest warehouse in Spain began a two-day strike in Madrid last week – just ahead of a popular feast day –...
International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian people
PALESTINE President Mahmoud Abbas received a telegram from his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Sunday to mark International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian...
US teachers will fight Trump’s education attacks!
In a statement released on Wednesday the National Education Association (NEA) Teachers and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) the two largest teaching unions...
MAY RETURNING TO CHILDREN BEING FAILURES AT ELEVEN! – as NUS...
DOES the PM really want to return to labelling children failures at the age of 11, the ATL asked yesterday. Answering the question the...
Workers across Colorado are standing up and organising, says Starbucks Workers...
Workers from a number of trade unions and their allies rallied on Wednesday in the Civic Centre Park neighbourhood of Denver Colorado in support...
UK teachers longest hours!
TEACHERS in the UK work ‘some of the longest hours in the world’ a study of 35 countries in the world has found, with...
SEIU and Teamsters quit AFL-CIO
American trade unions, SEIU and the Teamsters have disaffiliated from the national AFL-CIO confederation, and four major unions – the Teamsters, Food and Commercial Workers, UNITE...
BAN ASBESTOS IN WORKPLACES! – demand South African unions
UNIONS in South Africa are urging the government to join and back a global call against asbestos use – and for a total ban,...
Not Brown But A Workers Government And Socialism
The News Line-All Trades Unions Alliance Conference held in east London on Sunday May 13th unanimously voted to carry into action the following Main...
Israel’s position has eroded further with each new round of fighting!...
AN ARTICLE in Haaretz says Israel is fatally weak against the Axis of Resistance, which includes the Palestinian and Lebanese movements. Writing in the leading...
Lawyer for Palestine Action facing new contempt charge
A PALESTINE Action lawyer faces renewed contempt proceedings. The Judge rules to refer Rajiv Menon KC once again over his closing speech in the...
PALESTINIANS SHOULD FOLLOW KOSOVO – says Abbas aide
A SENIOR aide to Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has said that Palestinians should follow the example of Kosovo and unilaterally declare independence if Israeli-Palestinian...
Thousands rise up against the shooting of 16-year-old Ralph Paul Yarl
Thousands of protesters took to the streets again on Tuesday to demand justice for a black teenager, who was shot twice by a white man...
Hundreds Of Thousands Of Students Demonstrate Throughout Britain
HUNDREDS of thousands of university, college and school students demonstrated in towns and cities all over Britain on Wednesday. They were protesting against the Tory-LibDem...
Damning Report On Deaths In Police Custody
INQUEST has launched a damning new report exposing the fact that after an inquest into a death in police custody, there is no mechanism...
FBU win victory against cuts in North Wales!
‘VICTORY’ the FBU (Fire Brigades Union) has proclaimed, after the North Wales fire authority announced on Monday that plans to downgrade two fire stations...
Nurses Urge All Out With The Junior Doctors! Adding ‘It’s...
‘NURSES should come on a half day strike with the junior doctors,’ Jenny a student occupational therapist told a mass rally opposite Downing Street...
Russia calls truce on 80th anniversary of Victory Day
Russia is ready to continue its dialogue with Western lawmakers both in North America and Europe, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday when speaking...
‘STOP SUPPLYING SRI LANKAN MILITARY’ – demand marchers to Indian parliament
TAMILNET reports that ‘several hundred activists of the Periyar Dravidar Kazhagam (PDK) marched towards the Indian Parliament on Wednesday morning demanding the Indian government...
German and British Gate Gourmet workers march through Hounslow
Last weekend saw united action by German and British Gate Gourmet workers against the company’s savage attacks on their jobs, wages and conditions. The weekend...
Rajapaksa Tries To Explain Away Escalating Murders
THE Sri Lankan government is attempting to portray the continually escalating incidents of civilian murders, disappearances and robberies as the result of individual enmities...
Egypt & Israel Strangling Gaza
THE shift of power in Egypt over the past few months has led not just to border closures for those wanting to cross into...
170,000 Teachers Take One-Day Strike Action
By Sanath Rathnaweera COLOMBO – 170,000 out of Sri Lanka’s 200,000 teachers took part in a one day strike action on September 13th,...
‘Fight for a general strike to bring down the government and...
The May Day Rally organised by the Young Socialists and the Workers Revolutionary Party, took place in Holborn on Monday 4th May at the end...
Durham teaching assistants receive international support
STRIKING Durham Teaching Assistants have received international support with the Europe-wide public services union EPSU sending a message of ‘strength and solidarity’. The teaching assistants,...
Palestinian leadership in crisis! Arafat’s murder must be investigated!
AL JAZEERA TV has been closed down in the West Bank by the Palestine Authority (PA). The action took place after PLO leader Farouk Kaddoumi...
‘Trump plan to kill Iran deal has failed’
IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani says the administration of US President Donald Trump has failed in its attempts to kill the 2015 multilateral...
The torture of Palestinian prisoners has become commonplace
the torture of Palestinian prisoners has become commonplace since October 7, 2023, Francesca Albanese, the UN special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories, warned...
UN Concerned Over Force-Feeding Of Palestinian Hunger Strikers!
THE United Nations has voiced concern over a recently adopted Israeli law allowing the force-feeding of detainees and prisoners on hunger strikes in Israeli...
Deaths and injuries continue in Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards
WORKERS’ lives continue to be in danger due to the unsafe working conditions at Bangladesh’s shipbreaking yards. Two accidents occurred on 12 January in two...
‘Too early to talk about negotiations with USA’–Taliban
THE Afghan Taliban militant group says it is ‘way too early’ to speak of restarting direct negotiations with the United States, a day after...
‘Save Ealing Hospital – Defend The Children’s Services!’
‘SAVE Charlie Chaplin ward – Don’t let it close! Save Ealing Hospital – Trade unions must act! Defend children’s services – Occupy now!’ demanded...
‘Police are the murderers! No Justice No Peace!’ – chants 2,000-strong...
‘POLICE are the murderers! No justice, no peace!’ chanted the crowd of workers and youth at a 2,000-strong mass vigil for Mark Duggan outside...
US activity in Ukraine ‘dangerously close to direct NATO-Russian confrontation’
A WASHINGTON-based think tank has warned that the NATO military alliance and the United States are ‘creeping closer to the catastrophic scenario’ in Ukraine,...
Palestinian Prime Minister looking forward to elections
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh announced on Monday that his government is preparing for new national and presidential elections in Palestine. ‘The Cabinet looks forward...
US Civil Liberties Groups Seeking To Prosecute Rumsfeld For War...
Donald Rumsfeld, who was forced to resign as US defence secretary last Wednesday, may face criminal charges in Germany for alleged abuses in Guantanamo...
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...
Teachers to ballot for academies strike!
TEACHERS have voted to ballot for a one-day strike as part of a campaign against Tory plans to force every school in England to...
Nurses Are Undervalued Both In Status And In Pay
Nursing is undervalued both in status and pay and until both are enhanced the UK will continue to experience severe nursing shortages, according to...
COSATU leader Vavi attacks CP, Stalinism and ANC betrayal
COSATU leader Zwelinzima Vavi has written an open letter to the South African Communist Party (SACP) expressing his concerns over the party’s right wing...
Iran warns of the risk of a ‘wider conflict in the...
THE Iranian foreign minister has warned that the risk of a ‘wider’ conflict in the region has sharply increased due to the United States’...
Palestinian Foreign Affairs Minister al-Malki visits The Hague to open discussions...
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,...
Iran begins Zolfaqar-1400 military exercises
THE IRANIAN Army has started large-scale military exercises in an area stretching from the eastern sector of the strategic Strait of Hormuz to the...
Hezbollah Rejects Israeli War Threats
Hezbollah TV on Sunday commented on contradictory statements coming out of Israel on a possible new war against Lebanon. The TV said: ‘Israel is heading...