Privateers paid £2.3m to draw up massive cuts plan for...
PRIVATE firms have been paid a ‘shocking’ £2.3m to draw up controversial plans which will cut health and social care spending by more than...
Ongoing Strikes And Sit-Ins Throughout Egypt
The ITUC on Monday expressed deep concern over statements attributed to the new Minister of Manpower in Egypt, Ismail Fahmy, that ‘the issue of...
‘We will negotiate with EC’ says Tsipras
THE Greek leader of the Coalition of the Radical Left (SYRIZA) Alexis Tsipras in an interview with the Athens left daily Avgi on Sunday...
CUT MY PAY – NO WAY! – 800,000 council workers strike
Picket lines were out across the country on Wednesday morning as 800,000 UNISON and Unite council worker members began the first day of a...
Don’t veto Palestinian UN bid – Barghouthi warns US
JAILED Palestinian leader Marwan Barghouthi has warned that a US veto of the Palestinian bid to join the UN would be tantamount to ‘terrorism’...
Sa Workers Battle ‘Poverty Wages’
THERE is no end in sight to the strike at South African retail giant Shoprite’s distribution centre in Centurion, Gauteng Province, with workers vowing...
‘We’Ll Strike To Keep Royal Mail Public’
‘ROYAL Mail not for sale!’ shouted over 200 postal workers and their supporters as they marched through Corby last Friday. They were applauded as they...
Hague judges order Israel to guarantee the food supplies for Palestinians...
In a landmark ruling at The Hague, judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) have unanimously ordered Israel to take immediate and effective...
Writers, doctors and former political prisoners demand immediate release of pro-Palestine...
Authors Naomi Klein, Sally Rooney and China Mieville, philosopher Judith Butler, and activist Angela Davis, have joined global scholars in a declaration of solidarity...
Photographic evidence of police spying on RMT
THE Blacklist Support Group has revealed photographic evidence of undercover police spying on the RMT rail union. Photographic evidence shows that in October 2004 a...
Medics used as shields during Israeli operations in Jenin city!
THIS WEEK, the Israeli military carried out an extensive raid on the West Bank city of Jenin and nearby towns, resulting in the deaths...
In Defence of the Palestinian Right Of Return
The Damascus International Declaration In Defence Of The Palestinian Right Of Return, proclaimed at the Conferences Palace, Damascus, was published in the UK yesterday. It...
Cuba denounces US pressuring countries to expel Cuban Medical Brigades
Bruno Rodríguez, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, on Thursday denounced the US administration of President Donald Trump for trying to pressurise countries into refusing the help...
Unions prepare to bring France to a standstill on March 7
‘THE CONFEDERATION has brought together all of its federations in order to continue the mobilisation against the pension reform and to prepare for “France...
Sri Lankan university teachers demand the resignation of Rajapaksa and the...
The Federation of University Teachers’ Association (FUTA) has demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) C.D. Wickremaratne,...
Lancaster Students Fight Gag And Victimisation
Six members of Lancaster University are to be granted a rehearing of their trespass conviction on the 13th March 2006. A Support the George Fox...
Biden trip seeks to obliterate Palestinian cause
THE Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has condemned US President Joe Biden’s forthcoming visit to the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories and Saudi Arabia, as being...
Occupy Wall Street Marchers On The Road To Washington
Last Wednesday November 9th, 21 protesters left Zuccotti Park, the centre of the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York and set off down...
THREE FIRE STATIONS THAT RESCUED APOLLO THEATREGOERS ARE TO CLOSE IN...
THREE of the eight fire stations that sent engines to the Apollo Theatre last night are set to close in less than three weeks,...
Any agreement with Russia will be put to referendum says Zelensky
UKRAINIAN President Volodymyr Zelensky says any agreement that would be yielded from the peace talks with Russia that are aimed to end the conflict...
UNIONS BACK ISLANDERS’ STRUGGLE – hundreds march through Crawley
MORE than 400 Chagos Islanders and their supporters marched through Crawley town centre on Saturday, shouting: ‘We will return to Diego Garcia – it’s...
US unions campaign for jobs
‘ACROSS the US, at town halls, fundraisers, and forums in over 150 congressional districts, jobless Americans are uniting with workers, students, and other citizens...
German GDLTrain Drivers Union 3-Day Strike
GERMANY'S GDL train drivers’ union started a three day strike yesterday which concludes tomorrow. The strike is an escalation of a wage dispute with rail...
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...
General strikes in Italy and Portugal!
MARCHES and rallies took place across Italy on Thursday and Friday during a nationwide public and private sector general strike organised by trade unions. Workers...
THE ISRAELIS ARE EXPLODING MINES UNDER THE PROXIMITY TALKS says Fatah
THE Palestinian Presidency spokesperson, Nabil Abu-Rudaynah said yesterday, the decision of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on continuing settlement activity in East Jerusalem, proves...
EUROPEAN WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE – a tool for increased exploitation and...
‘THIS major change to junior doctors’ hours is probably the biggest challenge hospitals will face in 2009.’ This is the view of Dr Jonathan Fielden,...
‘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...
Shocking homelessness & mass evictions this Xmas
SHOCKING new figures show housing charity Shelter received a call for help every 22 seconds in the run up to Christmas last year, and...
Palestinian Premier Hamdallah is to visit Gaza Strip
PALESTINIAN Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said on Thursday that no mechanisms had been put in place to ensure the implementation of the reconciliation agreement...
Stark Portrait Of Revolutionary Resistance To British Imperialism In Ireland
Hunger Directed by Steve McQueen Starring Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham and Liam Cunningham Specially reviewed at the London Film Festival and on general release later this month ‘HUNGER’...
Uber Drivers Are Entitled To Workers Rights
TRADE unions the GMB and the IWGB last Wednesday won crucial Court of Appeal decisions, agreed by both the Employment Tribunal and the Employment...
FAMILIES ARE BEING ASKED TO CARE FOR THEIR SICK RELATIVES –...
FAMILIES are being asked to care for their sick relatives, act as nurses and even administer injections, in an extremely controversial move...
FBU launch DECON campaign to protect against toxic fire contaminants
Fire contaminants are directly linked to and can increase the risk of cancer and other diseases. The FBU has launched its new trailblazing campaign...
Two Million Strike To Defend Pensions!
MORE than 4,000 striking council workers, NHS staff, teachers, lecturers, civil servants and students marched through Norwich on Wednesday, during the national strike in...
Ukraine’s Incursion Into Russia Was Planned By NATO And By Western...
UKRAINE’S incursion into Russia’s borderline region of Kursk was planned with the participation of NATO and Western special services, and was prompted by Kiev’s...
CUT OIL PRODUCTION – Iran urges OPEC
Iran’s oil minister has called for today’s meeting of the OPEC oil cartel to cut production in order to raise prices above 60 dollars...
‘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...
Congress gives billions of dollars in tax breaks but tells the...
Not only did Congress give zillionaires billions of dollars in tax breaks, they also told the people at the bottom of the economic ladder,...
OCCUPATION IS THE PROBLEM – troops out of Iraq, demands 50,000-strong...
50,000 workers and youth marched through London last Saturday, as part of the many demonstrations worldwide to mark the third anniversary of the war...
Nablus Hunger Strike Against Demolitions
Residents of a Nablus village announced on Sunday they would start a hunger strike to protest against Israeli demolition orders and confiscation of their...
Only 400 Attend Rajapakse’s Jaffna Rally
PRESIDENT Mahinda Rajapakse was displeased with the tiny crowd that was assembled to ‘greet the leader’ at his election rally in Jaffna on Wednesday,...
Teachers Oppose Miliband Over Parent-Run Schools
TEACHERS’ unions on Monday rejected Labour leader Ed Miliband’s proposal for parent-run schools. They were commenting on his Hugo Young lecture where Miliband set out...
PAY THE ‘LIVING WAGE’! – GMB to demonstrate at NEXT’s AGM
THE GMB trade union will hold a public protest at the Annual General Meeting of NEXT in Leicester this Thursday, May15. They will call for...
Serious action needed to remove PM Blair
MORE than 400 people took part in a mass vigil at Parliament Square on Wednesday night, on hearing the news that the 100th British...