Four million children growing up in poverty! – ‘Heart-breaking & wrong’...
‘IT’S HEART-breaking and wrong’ that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty, says the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) charity. Almost 3 in...
‘Return retirement age to 60’ says French CGT union
‘WHILE more than 2 million of us took to the streets on January 19th, a new day of inter-union mobilisation is scheduled for Tuesday...
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,...
‘We are fighting for the NHS and fighting to win’ –...
PICKET lines were mounted outside hundreds of ambulance stations across the country on Monday as 23,000 Unison, Unite and GMB paramedics and other ambulance...
Youth organisations lead 150,000-strong march in Paris
A dozen youth organisations marched through Paris on Saturday afternoon against the government’s pension age hike from 62 to 64, following last Thursday’s mass demonstrations...
‘We’re heading for a general strike’ say UCLH nurses
THE HUGE picket of around 400 nurses on the steps of University College Hospital (UCH) on the Euston Road in central London was featured...
South African trade unions battle inflation as food prices rise by...
SAFTU – the South African Federation of Trade Unions – notes the stubborn inflation which remains high above 7%, and averaged 7,2% in December...
Russian Troops Pushing Forward In Ukraine
RUSSIA’S victory is unavoidable. It is based on the unity of the Russian people, the heroism of special operation fighters and the operation of...
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...
‘March with UCLH nurses to Downing Street today’ – urges Homerton...
OVER 2,000 trade unionists, workers and youth joined an emergency 6.00pm demonstration called by the trade unions in Whitehall opposite Downing Street on Monday...
Peru protesters demand resignation of President Boluarte
PROTESTS are continuing throughout Peru demanding the resignation of President-designate Dina Boluarte, the closing of the Congress, the advancement of elections in 2023, and...
‘We’re ready to take on the government and the employers’ –...
Prof Philip Banfield, Chairman of BMA Council had opened the rally. He said: ‘Every day I am 100% committed to restoring your pay and...
Weapons supplied by the UK and USA have killed 839 civilians...
WEAPONS supplied by the United Kingdom and the United States to the Saudi-led coalition in war-torn Yemen killed at least 839 civilians and wounded 1,775...
NI housing workers’ strike in 23rd week!
STRIKING housing workers in the north of Ireland have voted 99.5 per cent on a 93.5 per cent turn-out to reject the inadequate NI...
The reality of the British Raj in India
A new academic study has shed light on the devastating impact of British colonialism on India, uncovering staggering death tolls and immense wealth extraction...
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...
Moscow & Tehran enhancing their ‘strategic economic cooperation’
IRANIAN President Ebrahim Raeisi has said that, having successfully developed their diplomatic relations, Tehran and Moscow now need to enhance their ‘strategic economic cooperation’. Raeisi...
TALKS WILL NOT STOP PLANNED STRIKES ‘ Money needs to be...
PRIME Minister Rishi Sunak is facing calls from senior Tories, including members of his own government, to tackle the crisis in the NHS and...
Junior doctors are ready to walk out for 72 hours in...
JUNIOR doctors in England WILL walk out for 72 hours in March if the ballot for industrial action is successful, says the BMA. The BMA...
Over 11,000 children killed in Yemen since 2015
At least 18 people were injured in Yemen’s north-western province of Sa’ada when Saudi border troops fired artillery at residential neighbourhoods near the border...
Ukrainian drones used against cities in Russia – and HIMARS attack...
AIR defences downed a Ukrainian drone approaching the Russian city of Voronezh, the regional government said in a statement on Monday. ‘Last night, air defences...
Knesset approves ‘the most far-right cabinet in history’
PALESTINIANS have denounced Binyamin Netanyahu’s swearing-in as Israel’s prime minister in his return as head of the Tel Aviv regime’s most far-right cabinet in...
US unions report exposes the Amazon ‘injury machine’ – an injury...
THE Strategic Organising Centre (SOC) has recently released a report called: The Injury Machine: How Amazon’s Production System Hurts Workers. The SOC is a coalition...
US Rabbis oppose Israel’s right wing government – Russia and Iran...
HUNDREDS of US rabbis have signed an open letter protesting against Israel’s new far-right administration and pledging to block the extremist members of Benjamin Netanyahu’s...
50 children among over 220 Palestinians killed by Israeli forces...
Israeli occupation forces killed a young Arab man from the city of Kafr Qassem last Friday morning, as unchecked crimes against Palestinians rage on...
Police assault and crime rate continues to climb – time to...
A SERVING British Transport Police (BTP) officer has been dismissed without notice, after sexually assaulting a colleague at London Bridge station. Police Sergeant Tristan Davis...
‘Huge support from public’ – say striking ambulance strikers
Thousands of ambulance workers, paramedics, emergency care assistants, ambulance technicians and other 999 crew members in Britain held a one-day strike on Wednesday. Ambulance staff...
Massive Support For Nurses Picket Lines
THE RCN picket outside St Thomas’ hospital opposite Parliament in central London on Tuesday was joined by hundreds of nurses, hospital staff, doctors, and...
Forces from Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics push back Ukrainian...
EMERGENCY blackouts are in effect in nine regions of Ukraine, the Kiev regime’s energy operator Ukrenergo reported on Monday. ‘As of the morning of December...
100 US STARBUCKS STORES STAGE 3-DAY STRIKE – as BLET rail...
STARBUCKS workers from around 100 stores across the United States started a three-day strike last Friday, making it the longest nationally coordinated job action...
Junior doctor pay has ‘fallen off a cliff since 2008’ –...
THE DIRE state of junior doctors’ finances has been revealed in a British Medical Association survey. Junior doctors are cutting back on buying food and...
Iran condemns USA’s dark approach to Human Rights issues
IRAN has lashed out at US officials for making ‘meddlesome’ remarks about domestic developments in the country, saying the world public opinion is well...
Syria demands the withdrawal of US occupation forces! – who have...
SYRIA has renewed its call for the withdrawal of US forces from the energy-rich northeastern part of the country, saying the occupation troops and...
PCS strikes across the UK against ‘pathetic’ pay increases
PCS (Public and Commercial Services) union members on Tuesday began a series of strikes across England, Scotland and Wales which the Tory government intends...
Meet Tory preparations to fight it out with working class by...
30 MILLION people in Britain will be unable to afford a decent standard of living in the coming year according to a study published...
Syria condemns Israeli war crimes against Palestinians
SYRIA has again condemned the Israeli occupation’s practices in the Occupied Palestinian Territory – the demolition of schools, the killing of children and innocent...
STRIKE WAVE ERUPTING ACROSS AUSTRALIA – as gas companies increase prices...
A STRIKE wave is erupting in Australia, with airport firefighters and guards walking out in the lead-up to Christmas. An industrial dispute between a major...
CWU members march to 17,000-strong national rally
STRIKING postal workers took part in a 17,000-strong Communication Workers Union (CWU) national rally in Parliament Square, central London, on Friday afternoon. News Line spoke...
US Congress bans rail strike ‘in the national interest’!
US RAILWAY workers, Amazon Workers Union, Pilots union and NY State Communist Party among others, gathered outside of New York’s Grand Central Station at...
US opposes prosecution of Israel over Shireen Abu Akleh murder
The United States has opposed Al Jazeera’s efforts to have the Israeli regime prosecuted at the International Criminal Court (ICC) over Tel Aviv’s murder...
SAFTU calls for President Ramaphosa’s immediate resignation
AGAINST a background of rolling blackouts, rising poverty and an out-of-control cost of living crisis, the South African government of Cyril Ramaphosa now faces...
48,000 University of California workers strike!
THE UAW (United Auto Workers) union has been leading a strike involving some 48,000 academic workers in ten University of California cities — including...
No Oil For Those Supporting Price Cap
MOSCOW has condemned the so-called ‘price cap’ on Russian oil, insisting that it will continue to sell its oil in markets outside Europe. ‘Starting from...
‘NATO directly participating in Ukraine’ says Lavrov
RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has accused the West of becoming directly involved in the Ukraine war by supplying the country with weapons and...
Doctors raise the alarm over UK’s poor health care after ‘years...
DOCTORS have raised the alarm on the misery of the nation’s poor health caused by years of Tory government neglect and funding cuts! In a...