London fire service facing ‘unprecedented’ staff shortages
Rising Covid cases have left London fire and rescue with ‘unprecedented’ staff shortages, meaning that up to a third of London’s fire engines have...
South Korea – All Out Indefinite Strike Action By Twu!
THE Korean Public Service and Transport Workers’ Union began all-out indefinite strike action yesterday, alongside workers on the metros in Seoul and Busan, paralysing...
The stark reality of growing up in poverty!
In June 2024, the charity Buttle UK concluded an extensive project to explore the lived experiences of children, young people, and families grappling with...
Bangladesh garment workers battling for their rights!
NEARLY two years after a preventable fire killed 112 garment workers in Bangladesh, the owner of the Tazreen Fashion factory is out of jail,...
‘The Covid-19 Outbreak Is The Biggest Public Health Challenge For A...
IN LIGHT of the coronavirus pandemic leaseholders who live in buildings clad in the same flammable material which rapidly spread the Grenfell Tower Fire...
Cosatu Will Defend Collective Bargaining Agreements!
THE Cosatu trade union federation has issued a special statement on the attack being launched in South Africa on free collective bargaining. ‘THE Congress of...
Miners dig in at Chile’s Collahuasi strike
THE copper-mining strike by 1,551 members of Sindicato de los Trabajadores de Collahuasi in Chile enters its second week today, with miners emboldened by...
Heroic Dunne’s strike against Apartheid dramatised – must-see play at Southwark...
Ardent Theatre Company presents Strike! by Tracy Ryan
The Large Theatre, Southwark Playhouse, 77-85 Newington Causeway, London SE1 6BD
Mon-Sat: 19:30, Tues & Sat: 15:00
Running Time: 90...
COSATU, FEDUSA and SAFTU unite to fight SA government
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) and the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) said on Thursday that they welcome the...
South African Unions Fight For Democratic Rights In Swaziland
The Swaziland government has banned a peaceful protest planned by the trade union movement for 12-14 April. South African trade unions are supporting Swaziland workers. The...
‘DANGEROUS AND UNREGULATED’ – Doctor slams privately run walk-in centres
DR Anila Reddy has resigned from his post as the lead GP at an NHS ‘walk-in centre’ run by the private sector, at London’s...
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...
‘ALL OPTIONS NOW OPEN TO HAMAS’ – following Gaza beach massacre
HAMAS has issued a statement saying that the Gaza beach massacre, when an Israeli gunboat shelled a Gaza beach murdering 15 mainly women...
Striking Egyptian Doctors Demand Action!
ABDEL-Moneim Abul-Fotouh, a physician and a former 2012 presidential candidate, has called on Eyptian president Mohamed Mursi to heed the demands of medical doctors. The...
Agreement Between Hamas And Fatah To ‘Contain Tensions’
THE Egyptian security delegation’s efforts succeeded last Friday night in reaching a mutual agreement between Fatah and Hamas to contain the tensions and differences...
CORBY POSTAL WORKERS CAMPAIGN AGAINST LABOUR MP PHIL HOPE – over...
POSTAL workers received overwhelming support from the public last Friday when they collected petitions and letters opposing the government’s plans to part-privatise Royal Mail....
Israel’s mass arrests ‘a systematic campaign of persecution targeting Palestinians’
ISRAELI police arrested 561 Palestinian workers throughout the 1948 occupied territories last week under the pretext of entering ‘without permits’. Human rights groups have condemned...
Lesson from US election is don’t ‘buy security from psychopaths’ says...
RAN says the United States’ presidential election that toppled Donald Trump bears a message for all those Middle East countries which take the risk of...
South African Workers Taking Action Over Jobs & Wages
WORKERS at South African Airways (SAA) are threatening to go on strike if their salary increase demands are not met. The workers are calling for...
In 3 years NHS learning disability nurse numbers increase by only...
In 3 years NHS learning disability nurse numbers increase by only 22! ‘Lives are being put at risk’ – RCN warns The lives of learning...
18th Amendment becomes law in Sri Lanka
THE Eighteenth Amendment to the Sri Lanka Constitution has become law with effect from Thursday, reports TamilNet. This was after the certification by the Speaker...
Confidential documents handed to Chilcot showed that Bush and Blair planned...
IN LAST Thursday’s House of Commons Iraq Inquiry debate, originally scheduled to follow the publication of the Chilcot inquiry, all the contentious issues surrounding...
The Palestinian Struggle For Freedom From Occupation!
BY WESAM BAHRANI IT IS unrealistic to observe the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza without understanding its strategic dimension, in particular the current phase of...
Occupation authorities are waging a relentless war against the Palestinian youth...
ISRAELI occupation forces on Tuesday and Monday night detained at least 14 Palestinians from various parts of the occupied territories, six of them from East...
Poverty Stricken Haiti Workers Attacked By Riot Police
POVERTY-stricken garment workers in Haiti have been violently attacked by riot police. Last Thursday, for the second day in a row, police fired tear gas...
Cases Against Rajapaksa Continuing
CIVIL cases against Sri Lanka’s President Mahinda Rajapaksa and Shavendra Silva, an ex-army commander and currently Deputy Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN)...
Sri Lankan Army Grabs Tamil Villages!
THE Sri Lankan military on Sunday dismantled the Cheddiku’lam Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp and forcefully removed the inmates, without making any permanent...
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,...
‘ALL CLOSURE THREATENED HOSPITALS, FIRE STATIONS AND FACTORIES SHOULD BE OCCUPIED’...
‘CHASE FARM Hospital is occupied,’ Bill Rogers, Secretary of the North East London Council of Action, told News Line, speaking inside the hospital at...
Harassment, Intimidation And Violence Produces A Record Low Sri Lankan...
TAMILNET reports that voting at Thursday’s Sri Lanka’s Parliamentary Elections ended on schedule at 4.00 pm local time as independent monitors placed the voter...
‘Israel will pay a high price for its brazen acts of...
THE spokesman for Iranian President Hassan Rouhani's administration has slammed Israel’s recent attacks against a number of regional countries, warning Tel Aviv will pay...
‘STAND TOGETHER TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM OF PALESTINE’ – Turkish call...
Turkey’s prime minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has called on Arab nations to boost cooperation with Ankara and to brush aside disputes that weakened ties...
Stop The Centene Takeover Of Our Gp Surgeries!
In early 2021, AT Medics was taken over by Operose Health Ltd, a subsidiary of the large US health insurance corporation Centene. AT Medics was...
Over 40 countries seeking to join BRICS nations – summit in...
JOHANNESBURG – A summit of the leaders of BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, with the bloc’s expansion being on...
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...
Prime Minister Hamdallah And Egyptian Delegation Arrive In Gaza!
THE arrival of Prime Minister Ram Hamdallah and an Egyptian delegation as part of a fresh attempt to restore Palestinian national unity dominated the...
‘With our blood we will elect Bashar al-Assad’
CAMPAIGNING began on Sunday for Syria’s June 3 presidential election expected to return Bashar al-Assad to power, as the regime marked a ...
de Menezes Inquest Opens Today
ON 22nd July 2005, Jean Charles de Menezes, an innocent member of the public, was killed by Metropolitan Police officers in a grotesque and...
ABUSED, CRIMINALISED AND ABANDONED! Howard League condemns treatment of youth
The Howard League for Penal Reform revealed on Thursday that local authorities ‘are systematically failing to provide suitable accommodation and support for vulnerable children...
Kellogg factory will be ‘delivered to workers’ says Venezuelan President Maduro
AHEAD of this Sunday’s presidential election, the Venezuelan government has called on workers to occupy the Kellogg factory in Maracay after the firm announced...
‘THIS IS THE PERIOD OF WORLD REVOLUTION’ – message to News...
THIS is the period of world revolution. That was the message delivered to the News Line Anniversary Rally attended by 200 youth and workers in...
Tory Cuts Produce ‘Chronic Shortage Of Teachers’
AS schools prepare to break up for the Christmas holidays, new analysis by the Labour Party reveals the impact of the chronic shortage of...
ATI threatens US workers health insurance coverage
ATI management recently mailed a letter to the homes of all of locked-out Steelworkers who are currently covered under the company’s programme of insurance...
Cooper Tire workers beat a three-month lockout
THE United Steelworkers (USW) on Monday said that members of Local 207L have ratified a five-year contract with Cooper Tire and Rubber Company (NYSE:CTB),...
‘We are going to hound you out!’ – FBU’s message to...
‘OUR MESSAGE to May and the Tories is: We are going to hound you out! Justice for Grenfell!’ Lucy Masood, FBU, said, to the...