‘Marikana massacre demonstrated the class character of the ANC’ says South...
‘WILL VICTIMS of Marikana ever get justice under the ANC (African National Congress) government?’ asked the South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) on...
Iran and Hamas demand action against Israel from Arab-Islamic Summit!
PRESIDENT of the State of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, said on Monday that the ‘Arab and Islamic duty requires us to show the highest levels...
RAIL STRIKE THREAT IN THE US – a strike could cost...
THE United States’ largest rail union has voted against a tentative contract agreement reached with rail management in September, raising the likelihood of a...
Israeli prisons aimed at torturing Palestinian detainees!
Israeli prisons and detention centres, by their very design and structure, constitute a systematic framework inherently aimed at torturing and mistreating Palestinian prisoners and...
Russian military will stop Ukrainian shelling of Russian cities
THE RUSSIAN military will do everything possible to reduce and then eliminate the threat of Ukrainian shelling attacks on Russian cities, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry...
100,000 March Against Israeli Barbarism
OVER 100,000 people took part in the largest-ever demonstration Britain has seen in support of the Palestinian people on Saturday, as Israel invaded the...
Safe routes needed for refugees to reach UK
THE UK government ‘needs to pay much more attention to establishing safe and regular routes for people to reach safety and their loved ones...
UK CRACKDOWN ON UNIONS ‘REMINISCENT OF PINOCHET’ says UNI union leader...
‘THE UK government crackdown on trade union rights is reminiscent of former Chilean dictator Augustus Pinochet and an attack on democracy itself,’ UNI Global...
BUILD COUNCILS OF ACTION TO STOP HOSPITAL CLOSURES WITH OCCUPATIONS...
ON 31st July 2008 the Independent Reconfiguration Panel (IRP) produced their report on the future of health services in Barnet, Enfield and Haringey. In it...
‘We want to continue our Revolution!’ – say Egyptian workers, students...
Some 50 political movements, groups and parties in Egypt last Friday launched a week of mass protests and marches to commemorate, not celebrate, the...
Turkey And Iran Being Driven Into Conflict Over Syria!
A Turkish newspaper discussing the conflict emerging with Syria has urged restraint to avoid confrontation with Iran. Yeni Safak said: ‘Have you realised that Tehran’s...
This BMA ARM must decide on action to defend NHS! –...
THE health services in England and Wales and Northern Ireland are in massive crisis. In February, The Francis report on Mid Staffordshire hospital (MSH)...
TUC’s weak response to Osborne’s attacks in his Autumn Statement!
TRADE union leaders responded weakly, without any call to action, to Chancellor Osborne’s Autumn Statement on Wednesday, in which he announced a massive extension...
Irish Pensioners Protest Outside The Dail Against Dublin Government Cuts
SIPTU members and officials took part in a protest rally outside the Dáil on Tuesday organised by the Irish Senior Citizens Parliament and other...
GPs WILL DEMAND INCREASED FUNDING AND MUST REJECT NATIONAL CHARGING!
THE conference of General Practitioners organised by the British Medical Association ( BMA) takes place this year at York today and tomorrow, 22nd and...
4,500 arm and leg amputations during the Gaza genocide
THE Palestinian Ministry of Health (MoH) has announced that 4,500 cases of amputation in upper and lower limbs have been registered in the Gaza...
5,000 mass protest against Palestinian starvation
‘STOP starving Gaza!’ demanded over 7,000 workers and youth at a mass demonstration outside Downing Street last Friday evening. The ‘emergency protest’ was called by...
US and EU leaders’ call for Libyan ceasefire is ignored
US and European leaders on Monday called for a ceasefire in Libya and for the United Nations to take a leading role in helping...
‘WE MUST WIN THIS BATTLE’ – speakers tell CWU mass rally
The Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) held a 500-strong ‘Keep Royal Mail Public’ national rally before a bigger lobby of MPs on Tuesday against the...
EU imposes financial crisis on the Palestinians
FACING an imposed ‘suffocating financial crisis,’ Palestinian officials have made no immediate comment yet on an EU decision on Tuesday to suspend 35 million...
Mexican Workers Defend Union Jobs
MEMBERS of the Mexican Electrical Workers Union (SME) are vowing to fight as long as it takes to defeat the government’s heavy-handed, anti-union moves...
GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY STAFF VOTE FOR INDUSTRIAL ACTION! –while Sixth Form College...
STAFF at Glyndwr University have overwhelmingly voted in favour of industrial action in a dispute over job losses. 84% of members of the University and...
Two Years Since Israel’s Invasion Of Gaza!
SOME 900 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip continue to require medical attention as a result of permanent disabilities they sustained during Israel’s devastating 51-day...
Netanyahu does not care about the fate of the Israeli captives!
The armed wing of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, the Al-Qassam Brigades says most of the Israeli captives held in northern Gaza have gone missing, holding...
Trade union leaders divided over Tory Budget!
THE TRADE union leaders are divided over the Tory Budget. ‘Today’s Budget u-turn on spending is long overdue’ says the TUC, forging a partnership with...
Numsa Forging Ahead With Month Long Arcelormittal Strike Action
THE NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) said last Wednesday that it is forging ahead with a month-long strike at the local...
‘Sunak wants to break our resolve – instead he has united...
Thousands of junior doctors are manning picket lines outside hospitals around the country again today as they continue their four days of strike action...
Bangladesh workers and students ‘lay siege to Dhaka!’
At least 76 people were killed, including 14 police officers, and dozens more injured in a new round of violence in Bangladesh over the...
‘THE LEVEL OF PERSONAL DEBT IS FRIGHTENING’ – Unison and PCS...
A joint survey by public sector unions PCS and Unison of more than 10,000 public sector workers, reveals the shocking impact of the government’s...
US Tamils Demand Sanctions Against Sri Lanka
TAMILNET reports that the Sri Lanka Army (SLA) and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil eelam (LTTE) clashed last Thursday at around 2.00 am...
Unison condemns ‘brutal massacre in Gaza’
UNISON general secretary Dave Prentis has joined others in condemning the ‘brutal massacre in Gaza’. Writing on the union’s website, Prentis said on Wednesday: ‘On...
Powerful march demands ‘Stop closure of children’s services in Ealing’
‘SAVE the Charlie Chaplin Ward, stop the closure of Children’s Services!’ demanded yesterday morning’s 7am-9am Mass Picket of Ealing Hospital. The picket was called by...
Palestinians Demonstrate Against Gaza Siege And Starvation
Hundreds of Palestinians from lands occupied in 1948 and international activists demonstrated at the Beit Hanoun (Eretz) crossing linking the Gaza Strip with 1948...
Hamas Rejects Arab Forces In Gaza
The Palestinian government and the Hamas movement have rejected the admittance of any Arab or international military forces to the Gaza Strip, or to...
Opening The Archives On The Miners’ Strike
Part of the British Film Institute season: ‘On the Face of It: A Century of Coalmining on Screen’ (Also plays this month at the Showroom in Sheffield) ‘OPENING the Archives on...
National Express ‘Extremely Vicious Towards It’s US Workers’
‘NATIONAL Express needs to step up to the plate and take responsibility for the activities being perpetrated in its name in America,’ Teamsters’ General...
SETTLERS ATTACK PALESTINIAN CAMP –as Israel on brink of ‘civil war’...
In the occupied West Bank, Israeli settlers on Friday stormed Ein el-Sultan camp to the northwest of Jericho city, leading to clashes. Witnesses said that...
SECOND IRAQ INQUIRY – into claims of murder & torture after...
YESTERDAY the Secretary of State for Defence announced in Parliament the establishment of a public inquiry into the incident of alleged mistreatment...
OSBORNE LASHES THE WORKERS – Trades unions’ verdict on Autumn Statement
TRADE unions responded angrily to the Tory Chancellor Osborne’s Autumn Budget Statement in which he announced permanent austerity, raising the state pension age to...
‘SYRIA MUST REGAIN CONTROL OVER ITS ENTIRE TERRITORY!’ – ‘The only...
RUSSIA’S Foreign Ministry has said that the only way to guarantee security in Syria is for the Syrian state to regain control over its...
Massive Palestinian protest against Israeli violence
HUNDREDS of Palestinians held a mass demonstration throughout the Israeli-occupied territories to express their deep resentment over the rising levels of violent attacks on...
ANC drops VAT increase to save coalition – as SAFTU celebrates...
South Africa’s finance minister dropped plans on Thursday to increase value-added tax (VAT), in a major climbdown to prevent the collapse of the coalition...
Rail workers striking in Scotland, across the UK & around the...
Railway workers in Scotland took 24-hour strike action on ScotRail yesterday after the RMT union rejected a real-terms pay cut. ScotRail bosses have offered 5%...
75,000 children in London in temporary accommodation
More than 75,000 children are stuck in temporary accommodation due to insufficient housebuilding and low benefits, new studies have concluded. Reports from University College London...
NUJ Condemns Home Office Call For ‘Increased Maximum Sentences’ For ‘Unauthorised...
THE UK HOME OFFICE has called for comment on proposed new laws with greater reach and harsher penalties to ‘counter state threats’. These are intended...