The collapse of living conditions in the Gaza Strip is accelerating
TWO major humanitarian alerts issued on Tuesday and Wednesday underscored the accelerating collapse of living conditions in the Gaza Strip, where tens of thousands...
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...
Reprieve calls on Lithuania to re-open torture site inquiry
REPRIEVE has called on Lithuania to re-open its torture site inquiry after discovering another suspicious flight into Vilnius. Legal action charity Reprieve is demanding that...
Numsa Threatening National Strike Action Against Eskom Abuse Of Power
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa’s (NUMSA) is threatening a national strike against electricity power company Eskom. A NUMSA statement said: ‘The National...
Massive London marches call to kick out the Tories – Three...
NEARLY three-quarters of a million public sector workers from eight unions went on strike against the Tory government on Budget Day, Wednesday 15th March,...
SA trade unions are ‘deeply concerned’ by petrol and diesel price...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the petrol increase would disproportionately impact families of poor workers who have been forced to...
Syria And Its Allies Angrily Condemn Biden Air Strike
SYRIA and its allies have angrily condemned the first airstrike ordered by new US President Joe Biden, which the Pentagon claimed had targeted Iran-backed...
OBAMA’S ‘CHANGE’ IS NOT REAL – warn Iranian clerics
AN IRANIAN cleric has criticised the letter written by the country’s president, Mahmud Ahmadinezhad, to the newly-elected American president, Barack Obama. ‘It appears that our...
Free The Miami Five Now Demands Rally Of 500 Trade Unionists
Over 500 trade unionists, youth and supporters rallied outside the US Embassy in central London on Wednesday evening to demand the release of the...
Two Ukrainian generals and up to 50 officers plus foreign mercenaries...
Two Ukrainian generals and up to 50 officers along with about 20 foreign mercenaries and military advisers were eliminated in Russia’s strike on the...
Death Toll Rising Fast In Haiti’s Cholera Epidemic
The United Nations and its partners have finalised the Cholera Inter-Sector Response Strategy for Haiti, a plan to support the Government of Haiti’s response...
‘Our fight goes on!’ say Vestas workers
‘What do we want – nationalisation, now! Organise, occupy, fight for the right to work!’ shouted over three hundred sacked Vestas workers and their...
Pakistani forces kill scores in Kashmir crackdown
ISLAMABAD – Pakistani paramilitary forces have killed at least 89 civilians in Pakistan-administered Kashmir since June, according to death records and first-hand accounts compiled...
BOYCOTT ISRAEL TO BREAK GAZA SIEGE – says film director Ken...
‘We must campaign for a cultural and academic boycott of Israel, and to also boycott goods and services to break the Israeli siege of...
British Troops Massacred Unarmed Malays At Batang Kali!
SUCCESSIVE British administrations have hidden the truth about the massacre of 24 unarmed Malaysian rubber plantation workers by UK troops in 1948, says...
‘THE WORLD ORDER: NEW RULES OR A GAME WITHOUT RULES! –...
MOSCOW – Vladimir Putin took part in the final plenary meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club’s XI session on ‘The World Order: New...
‘EVERYTHING RELATED TO THE FUTURE OF SYRIA IS A 100% ISSUE...
‘EVERYTHING related to the destiny and future of Syria is a 100% Syrian issue. The unity of Syrian territory is self-evident and not up...
Israel has destroyed Gaza’s dentistry
PALESTINIANS in Gaza are having teeth pulled that could be saved, because Israel’s siege has driven the cost of treatment far beyond what displaced...
Wal-Mart To Sack Hq Workers In Arkansas
WAL-MART Stores Inc is planning to sack hundreds of workers at its headquarters in Arkansas as part of the retail giant’s efforts to pare...
Four Seasons ‘The Son Of Southern Cross’ Warns Gmb
SEVENTY-ONE former Southern Cross Care Homes in the UK were being transferred to new operator Four Seasons on Monday (31 October 2011). These are the...
EXPOSING WAR CRIMES IS NO CRIME – Free Julian Assange!
‘EXPOSING war crimes is no crime! – Free Julian Assange!’ shouted over 100 demonstrators opposite Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday, demanding his immediate release...
Dutch Teachers On Strike
DUTCH teachers are on strike, demanding decent salaries and a normal workload, and urging the government to clearly and firmly address burn-out and a...
Dockers Win Compensation
TWENTY-SEVEN Unite members have won their tribunal claim over calculation of a redundancy payment at Rosyth Royal Dockyard in an Employment Tribunal decision. The members...
Terrorists have gained from the ‘American Alliance’ says Syrian President Assad
PRESIDENT al-Assad has given an interview to the Chinese ‘PHOENIX’ TV Channel The following are excerpts from the interview: Question: You...
‘Workers on legally protected strikes shot and detained!’ – SAFTU
AROUND 150 workers from Dis-Chem and Blue Ribbon Bakeries, as well as union officials, marched to Cape Town central police station last Wednesday to...
MPs rattled by phone hacking crisis – and lack of police...
‘Something very dark lurks in the evidence files of the Mulcaire case, and dark and mysterious forces are keeping it that way,’ Labour MP...
200 years since the birth of Frederick Engels
TODAY is the 200th anniversary of the birth, on 28th November, 1820, of Frederick Engels, the closest collaborator, benefactor, friend and comrade of Karl...
HAMAS WILL ACCEPT JOINT CONTROL OF THE RAFAH CROSSING – says...
Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniya on Saturday said he would accept joint control of the Rafah crossing. In a news conference, Haniya said his government...
Iran sends aid to Gaza while US sends munitions to Israel
IRAN has sent a third shipment of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said as...
‘20-50 NHS TRUSTS AT RISK’ – BMA ARM warned
THE British Medical Association (BMA) Annual Representative Meeting in Bournemouth on Thursday passed, almost unanimously, Emergency Motions calling to halt the take-over...
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...
Israel’s Separation Wall is destroying livelihoods & dividing towns & people
THE Israeli Separation Wall will destroy the livelihoods and divide the population of two more Palestinian villages south of Jerusalem, locals say, after a...
PRISONERS ‘TREATED LIKE ANIMALS’ alleges Human Rights Watch and NAACP
THE US Department of Justice should immediately investigate allegations that pre-trial detainees evacuated after Hurricane Katrina to Louisiana’s Jena Correctional Facility were ‘treated like...
End ‘business as usual’ with Israel – Human Rights Watch and...
Human Rights Watch (HRW), along with 125 other civil society organisations, has urged the European Union (EU) to review Israel’s compliance with its human...
NHS Bed Crisis–A Threat To Patient Safety
THE NHS Bed crisis is a threat to patient safety, doctors have warned as the latest figures were released showing hospitals working at full...
FAR RIGHT ISRAELI MINISTER BENNETT HAILS TRUMP! – says ‘Palestinian flag has...
FOLLOWING a controversial meeting held last Wednesday between US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Palestinian and Israeli leaders reacted...
‘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...
Worthing and Southlands Hospital debt ‘government manufactured’
THE current cash crisis at Worthing and Southlands Hospitals is the result of a ‘manufactured’ funding deficit. This is due to the government’s belief that...
HUNGARY OPENS TRADE OFFICE IN JERUSALEM – Israeli troops teargas school...
HUNGARY’S Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto last Tuesday opened a trade office in Jerusalem City, in the central occupied West Bank, that will have an...
FBU criticises ‘serious shortcomings’ of Grenfell Tower Inquiry
BELOW is the introduction to the Fire Brigades Union’s 64 page ‘Response to the Grenfell Tower Inquiry Phase 1 Report,’ containing scathing criticism of...
Muslim and EU countries move to stop Israeli genocide
A group of Muslim countries has strongly condemned Israeli settler incursions into the al-Aqsa Mosque compound amid escalating violations and rising tensions across the...
Nationalise Reserve Bank to protect workers – NUMSA
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has demanded the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank under workers’ control in a strongly worded...
Millions of Greek households cannot afford cost of living!
Food delivery workers in the POEET unions affiliated with the online delivery platform Efood in Greece have planned a work stoppage during the World...
LEON TROTSKY’S ‘WHITHER FRANCE’ TODAY Part 2: Neither ‘austerity’ nor ‘growth’...
AFTER governments across Europe either took over debt-laden banks, or the debts of the banks, in 2008 they demanded ‘austerity measures’ to repay the...
‘Solid grounds’ for charging Biden, Trump, Blinken and Austin with war...
A United States-based human rights organisation has called on the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate former US president Joe Biden for ‘aiding and...