10,000 Rohingya shelters destroyed by fire in Bangladesh camp!
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, said that it is ‘deeply saddened at the loss of life and immense suffering caused’ by Monday’s massive fire...
Tamil political prisoners languishing in Colombo prisons–release them now!
ALMOST none of the 230 Tamil political prisoners currently languishing inside Colombo prisons had command responsibilities in the Tamil Tigers or even contributed...
Karzai Officials And Advisors ‘Implicated In Major War Crimes’
Numerous high-level officials and advisors in Afghanistan’s US-backed puppet government are implicated in major war crimes and human rights abuses that took place in...
Lieberman resignation ‘a political victory for Gaza’ – says Hamas
ADDRESSING reporters in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Lieberman said he deemed Tuesday’s Egyptian-mediated ceasefire with Hamas in Gaza ‘a capitulation to terror’. He added: ‘Despite the...
AMCU accuses mining company of ‘underhand tactics’ to end strike!
THE ASSOCIATION of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) have blamed bosses at Sibanye-Stillwater of trying to interdict its protected strike, insisting the company has...
Emergency demonstration in support of Palestine held in Whitehall opposite Downing...
AN EMERGENCY demonstration in support of Palestine against the Israeli military operation in Rafah was held in Whitehall opposite Downing Street on Tuesday night. More...
US Screen Actors Guild begins strike action for compensation over use...
The Screen Actors Guild American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) union has initiated a strike in the United States against video game...
‘Misuse of government funds on a massive scale!’ – NY...
A NEW YORK Times investigation into the UK’s handling of the pandemic reveals misuse of government funds on a massive scale during its Covid-19...
‘Reject minimum wage exploitation’ 4 SAFTU unions meet to discuss ANC
THE FOUR oldest trade unions affiliated to SAFTU gathered at Ngwelezana Community Hall last week to reflect on what South Africa’s workers have gained...
PNA CLOSES GAZA/EGYPT BORDER – Abbas wants international agreement
THE Gaza Strip-Egypt border will reopen only as part of an international agreement, Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has said, after Palestinian security forces sealed...
100 nights of street rallies a key deterrent against US-Israel
The commander of the Khatam al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has thanked Iranians for 100 consecutive nights of nationwide street rallies, describing the unprecedented mass gatherings...
Fatah Is Working To Develop Popular Resistance
FATAH Central Committee Member Muhammad al-Alul has said that the Palestinian leadership is currently working on developing the popular resistance against the Israeli occupation...
US State Governor Compares US Workers To Is Terrorists!
US trade unions have reacted angrily to Wisconsin’s Republican Governor Scott Walker comparing trade union workers to IS terrorists. The likely Republican presidential contender sparked...
Israel shuts down Palestinian media!
ISRAELI army, intelligence, and civil administration forces raided several offices of Palestinian media outlets and arrested two journalists overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday. They also...
Milltown Massacre ‘Could Have Been Prevented’
THIS year’s St Patrick’s Day celebrations on Monday, March 17 were overshadowed by the 20th anniversaries of two of the most televised bloody massacres...
Pakistan and China condemn Kashmir G20 summit
SRINAGAR, India – The Group of 20 (G20) summit commenced in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Monday, focusing on the topic of tourism. However, the meeting has...
TORTURE, STATE EXECUTIONS AND ILLEGAL IMPRISONMENT! – the US human rights...
In the Americas many human rights have been recognised in law, if not always in practice, over the past 50 years, says the annual...
Ramaphosa & ANC are our ‘class opponents’
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has responded to the State of the Nation Address delivered by newly elected South African President,...
How British spy planes aid Israel’s genocidal war in Gaza
BY IVAN KESIC The findings of aviation enthusiasts and UK-based investigative journalists about British espionage activities in Gaza with aircraft stationed in Cyprus reveal...
Huge increase in leukaemia and birth defects in Iraq
THE use of depleted uranium in Iraq by the US and UK military has led to a huge increase in Leukemia and birth defects...
60 per cent of gig economy workers injured at work get...
THE MAJORITY of gig economy workers are injured at work and suffer from sprains, cuts that require stitches, and even fractures and broken bones. According...
BUCHNER, BRENTON AND REVOLUTION! – The revolutionary role of Anne Boleyn
Anne Boleyn By Howard Brenton Shakespeare’s Globe, Bankside Until 21 August, Tickets: £5 - £35 IT’S the little emphases throughout Howard Brenton’s new play at the Globe that...
RUSSIA, GERMANY & FRANCE SUPPORT 2015 IRAN DEAL – while the...
THE leaders of Russia, France and Germany have underscored the need to preserve the 2015 nuclear deal with Iran, stressing their commitment to boosting...
MILIBAND SUPPORTS BOYCOTT OF COMMONWEALTH HEADS SUMMIT says BTF
MORE than 2,000 Tamils and their supporters marched from Embankment to Downing Street on Saturday afternoon. They demanded the Commonwealth Heads of Government Conference planned...
Irish Nurses strike
IRISH nurses and midwives are taking strike action from next week, with two-hour rolling stoppages commencing on Thursday, 14th January. Members of the Irish Nurses...
New Zealand junior doctors strike!
Thousands of New Zealand junior doctors walked off the job for a record five days from Monday in the fifth and longest strike for...
N.U.T. TEACHERS VOTE FOR STRIKE ACTION – over pay, conditions and...
DELEGATES at the National Union of Teachers (NUT) annual conference in Manchester have called for action over pay, privatisation and teachers’ workload. During...
Split PLO votes to support proximity talks
IN a controversial vote, the Palestine Liberation Organisation’s (PLO) Executive Committee gave its support on Sunday to proposed indirect peace negotiations with Israel. ‘In...
BIG BUSINESS FRAUD BOOMING! – as workers fight for their rights
WHERE crime ends and business starts and vice versa has always been seen as a blurred grey area which always remains, whatever the scandals...
‘The cold-blooded murder’ of Shireen Abu Akleh by an Israeli sniper!
A PALESTINIAN journalist who was with Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on the day when she was shot dead by Israeli state forces...
RESTORE JUNIOR DOCTORS’ FREE ACCOMODATION – demand medical students
Over 200 medical students demonstrated on the steps of University College London Hospital in central London on Monday, against the removal of free accommodation...
BUCHNER, BRENTON AND REVOLUTION! – Contradictions of the French Revolution
Danton’s Death by Georg Buchner in a new version by Howard Brenton at the National Theatre (Olivier Theatre) London South Bank until October 14, Tickets from £10 IF...
US FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN! – hundreds of thousands of federal...
THE federal government is shutting down right now because President Trump and his administration chose chaos and pain over responsible governing,’ AFL-CIO President Liz...
IRAN CONDEMNS NEW SANCTIONS BY USA ‘Against the spirit of the...
IRAN’S First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri has said that the new sanctions imposed on his country are against the spirit of the Geneva agreement. ‘The new...
A&E consultants ‘stretched to the limit!’
THE College of Emergency Medicine published a startling report yesterday entitled: ‘Stretched to the Limit’. It was based upon a survey of Emergency Medicine Consultants...
Assad Denounces Imperialist Wars For ‘Redrawing The Map Of The World!’
President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday received Foreign Minister of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) Ri Yong-ho and the accompanying delegation. Talks during...
Ban Ki-moon calls for ‘full investigation’ into Israeli war crimes
United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon called on Tuesday for those responsible for the bombing of UN-run buildings and schools in Gaza to be...
Child defendant at risk of death penalty in Saudi Arabia
A SAUDI court has proceeded with a case against a child defendant at risk of the death penalty, contradicting the Saudi government’s claim it...
Greek pensions strike!
GREECE’S Seamen’s Pension Fund union held a general assembly to decide on further action on the second day of a two-day strike over pensions. Pension...
BP IGNORED SAFETY WARNINGS – US Chemical Safety Board report reveals
‘OrganiSational and safety deficiencies at all levels of the BP Corporation’ caused the March 23, 2005, explosion at the BP Texas City refinery, the...
Day 16 of strike action against academisation
TEACHERS and pupils at The John Roan School in Greenwich took their 16th day of strike action to stop its privatisation. The school is being...
‘We call on Israel to lift the inhumane and deadly siege...
AS ISRAELI forces resume and expand their military offensive by air, ground and sea on the Gaza Strip, Palestine, forcibly displacing people and deliberately...
Greek Public Sector Workers Strike! – Against Mass Sackings
GREEK public sector workers staged a one-day national strike last Tuesday against the government’s workers’ ‘evaluation’ schemes which are designed to lead to mass...
Aid for two million Gazans is at stake! – UNRWA urges...
The United Nations has urged those countries that have paused funding for its Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, to reverse their decision, warning that aid for...
Carillion Collapse Hits Royal Liverpool Hospital!
WHEN CARILLION collapsed last month it left the future of the new Royal Liverpool Hospital in limbo. The half-built £335 million hospital which has already...