‘We Will Keep Chase Farm Open’
A SUCCESSFUL picket to stop the closure of Chase Farm Hospital took place outside the hospital in Enfield on Tuesday, attended by over 50...
75% Yemeni children are ‘chronically malnourished’
THE WHO warns: 75% of Yemeni kids are ‘chronically malnourished’, with the Yemeni population engulfed in food insecurity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned...
Sheltered Housing In Danger
THE future of Sheltered Housing Schemes is in danger, unless the government acts to stop their funding being cut, the UK Pensioners Strategy Committee...
Prosecute Vale over mine deaths – demands USW
If anyone needs further proof to Vale’s global social neglect, it comes in a pair of dirty deeds committed by the Brazilian mining company...
‘Efficiency Savings’ Are Massive Spending Cuts
The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) branded the efficiency savings announced in Wednesday’s budget as spending cuts which would damage services and lead...
The 20 Faces Of Bertie Ahern
BERTIE Ahern quit as the Irish Republic’s Taioseach and Fianna Fail leader on May 6th. Political Journalist JOHN COULTER analyses how he will be...
Brighton hotel blaze: ‘Firefighters stretched to near breaking point’
As the demolition last week of the fire-ravaged Albion hotel in Brighton was underway, following an initial earlier blaze, a second fire broke out...
Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian affirms his unwavering support for Hezbollah
IRAN’S President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has responded to Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, affirming the Islamic Republic’s unwavering support to the resistance. In a letter...
Palestinian police lieutenant shot dead in Jenin police station by Israeli...
THOUSANDS of Palestinians joined the funeral procession of a Palestinian police lieutenant on Friday who was killed a day earlier from Israeli military gunfire. Thousands...
UK Manufacturing Employment Less Than In 1841!
Confirmation that manufacturing employment levels are at their lowest since 1841 drew an angry and frustrated response from the Transport and General Workers Union. Tony...
Hezbollah leadership not involved in HARIRI murder says UN-backed court
THE SPECIAL Tribunal for Lebanon has not found evidence that the leadership of Hezbollah was involved in the 2005 murder of former Lebanese Prime...
Bennett tour of US universities an aggressive defence of genocide!
‘I’ve killed many Arabs in my life, and there’s no problem with that.’ In the United States, such a statement grants you the privilege of...
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...
‘NO INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE CAN TIE OUR HANDS’ – say Hamas fighters
More than 1,000 Palestinans are stranded on the Egypt-Gaza border waiting to cross home, acording to a report by the UN Office for the...
Eu Urged To Suspend Association Agreements With Israel!
MEMBERS of the European Parliament’s Delegation for Relations with Palestine (DPAL) Friday urged the European Union to suspend association agreements with Israel due to...
Algerian riot police invade court to attack judges!
Algerian riot police clashed with judges participating in a nationwide strike on Sunday in the north-western port city of Oran. The judges are pushing for...
35 years since Battle of Orgreave!
THOUSANDS of trade unionists and their families will today mark the 1984/85 Miners’ Strike 35th Anniversary at the Annual Orgreave Rally in Sheffield. June 18...
60 Sri Lankan Soldiers Killed By Tigers
LIBERATION Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Operations Command in Mannaar told TamilNet on Tuesday that 60 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed...
Syria is determined to recover the Golan ‘through all available means’
SYRIA has strongly condemned the controversial Israeli plan to double the settler population in the Golan Heights, warning against the ‘unprecedented and dangerous’ uptick...
Colombian electors are hungry for a big change in their crisis-hit...
BY YONATAN MOSQUERA NEXT Sunday 19th of June the final round of presidential elections will take place in Colombia. After having defeated the establishment candidates...
‘WE NEED A GENERAL STRIKE TO DEFEND THE NHS!’ – says...
A HUGE CROWD rallied in Whitehall, opposite 10 Downing Street on Monday afternoon, the first day of the British Medical Association’s three-day strike of...
Houthi leader slams Saudi Arabia for doing bidding of the United...
THE LEADER of Yemen’s Houthi Ansarullah movement has slammed Saudi Arabia for doing the bidding of the United States, saying the Riyadh regime has...
Marchers call for Tories to be brought down on ‘Britain is...
Over 10,000 workers and youth joined the ‘Britain is Broken’ march through London on Saturday, called by the People’s Assembly, with big delegations from...
Iran, Russia and China congratulate Assad on election victory! while Germany...
IN SEPARATE messages, Iran, Russia and China congratulate Syrian President Bashar al-Assad for achieving a landslide victory in the 2021 presidential race. Iran, Russia and...
UNACCEPTABLE! Over 170,000 waiting for asylum claims decision
‘It’s unacceptable that there are now over 170,000 people stuck in limbo as they wait for a decision on their asylum claims – with...
Italy 24-hour general strike today!
ITALY started a 24-hour nationwide general strike on Friday evening at 9pm. The nationwide action organised by USI-CIT, Slai-COBAS, CUB, USB, ADL COBAS-CLAP, and the...
‘Al-Sisi’s “permission” is a deadly poison’ INDEPENDENT TRADE UNION LEADER FATMA...
FATMA RAMADAN member of the Executive Committee of the Egyptian Federation of Independent Trade Unions, issued the following statement last Friday on the eve...
11 killed and 205 injured when Israel bombed residential areas in...
At least eleven people have lost their lives and more than 205 others have sustained injuries when the Israeli military bombed the Yemeni capital...
Germany to send 2,000 additional anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to...
GERMANY will send 2,000 additional anti-tank weapons to Ukraine to replenish the country’s depleting arsenal and bolster its defences against the Russian military operation. The...
500,000 march in Athens!
HALF a million Greek workers, students and youth marched through Athens on Wednesday. This was as part of a two-day general strike against a government...
Benefit for International Youth Conference is a huge success
A great night was had by all at the Young Socialists Benefit Concert in North Kensington, west London on Saturday night. It was held at...
Sri Lankan Army Preparing For A Major Offensive
Thousands have been displaced in a fresh Sri Lankan offensive, reported the Tamilnet website on Thursday. The head of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam’s...
‘A DANGEROUS VIOLATION AND FLAGRANT AGGRESSION’ – IFJ condemns suspension...
THE International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has condemned the suspension of Jamal Abdel Rahim, editor in chief of daily El Joumhouryia, by the Chairman...
The Israeli regime ramps up its aggression in occupied West Bank!
THE Israeli regime has ramped up its aggression on the occupied West Bank by conducting violent raids on several areas in Nablus, Jenin and...
Youth bear brunt of economic collapse – says Canadian Labour Congress...
THE CLC (Canadian Labour Congress) in Canada have produced a report exposing the fact that youth are bearing the brunt of the mass sackings,...
Special needs children face exclusion from school!
Children with special educational needs or disabilities (SEND) are not getting the support they need and are at risk of being permanently excluded from...
Hundreds respond in London to Palestinian call for Global Action for...
A VERY lively protest in response to the call from the Palestine Republic for a Global Day for Gaza to besiege US Embassies, the...
University job massacre! – national strike needed to save 10,000 jobs
THE UNIVERSITY and College Union (UCU) has called for immediate transparency from Coventry University after its recently published Annual Report and Financial Statements revealed...
STOP RAISING EXCESSIVE DEMANDS – Iran warns P5+1 group
A SENIOR Iranian official says a final deal with the P5+1 group of countries over Tehran’s nuclear programme will be achieved should the six...
Athens Vouli Square Popular Assembly calls for – AN INDEFINITE, POLITICAL...
SOME 10,000 youth and workers congregated last Wednesday evening at the Vouli (parliament) square in Athens demanding for the seventh consecutive night the overthrow...
Immigrant textile workers in Italy win eight-hour day!
IN ITALY’S industrial heartland, immigrant textile workers have launched a wave of coordinated strikes that have forced dozens of factories to concede basic labour...
Tens Of Thousands Demand An End To Egyptian Military Rule
About 300 people are being held after violent clashes outside the defence ministry in Cairo on Friday which left one soldier dead and hundreds...
Value Engineering Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry A new play...
Value Engineering Scenes from the Grenfell Inquiry
By Richard Norton-Taylor
Produced and directed by Nicolas Kent
The Tabernacle
Powis Square, London W11
13 October-13 November 2021
Birmingham Repertory Theatre, Birmingham
16 November-
20...
Trumpcare ‘Sabotages Healthcare System’
AMERICAN Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Lee Saunders issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s decision to end...
‘International actors must stop Israel’s Gaza genocide’ – demands Amnesty International...
AMNESTY International Secretary General Agnes Callamard has called on all international actors, foremost among them the European Union, to take serious steps to stop...