‘PAUSE’ A COVER FOR DESTRUCTION OF HOSPITAL CARE! – Part 4:...
THE South East London Cluster combines the PCTs of Lambeth, Southwark, Lewisham, Greenwich, Bexley and Bromley. Kings College Hospital NHS Foundation trust is a large...
MARX AND THE PERMANENT REVOLUTION – Part 7 Trotsky deepens his...
EXILED once again in 1929, but this time banished from the entire USSR by the Stalin-led counter-revolution which followed Lenin’s death, Trotsky in his...
Hezbollah condemns Israel’s occupation of additional Syrian territories
‘THE ISRAELI entity’s occupation of additional Syrian territories and targeting of military capabilities there constitutes a dangerous and strongly condemned act of aggression,’ Hezbollah...
Biden Urges Railroads And Trade Unions To Avoid Railroad Strike That...
THE BIDEN administration urged railroads and unions to reach a deal to avoid a railroad work stoppage, saying on Monday it would pose ‘an...
Ban Pay ‘Gagging Clauses’ Says TUC
NEARLY a fifth (18%) of workers have been told they’re not allowed to discuss their pay with co-workers, according to new TUC/GQR polling published...
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...
Bush Seeking To Legalise Unlawful Military Commissions
THE Bush administration is pushing legislation through Congress to legalise its unlawful military commissions and indefinite detention without charge or trial, says Amnesty...
Greece goes to the polls as workers mobilise against austerity
Workers and youth in Greece were looking to deliver a huge blow to the current right-wing government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. The...
PUNISH COMPANIES FOR ‘DAYLIGHT ROBBERY – Prentis tells Farepak meeting
‘Many thousands of low paid workers, including many UNISON members lost money and faced a bleak Christmas as a result of the despicable behaviour...
Wal-Mart Forming ‘Standing Army Of Supporters’
A TOP secret Wal-Mart memo obtained by WakeUpWalMart.com shows how Wal-Mart is exerting corporate pressure to force suppliers to join a...
Six white Mississippi cops admit torturing two black men
SIX white Mississippi police officers have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two black men in a racist assault in the United States. All...
Al-Aqsa Stormed! Bahrain Delegation Joins Settlers
A BAHRAINI delegation has joined Israeli settlers in the storming of the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem! This comes after Bahrain, along with UAE, Sudan and...
Bangladesh Tea Workers Threaten Indefinite Strike Over Pay
WORKERS in 23 tea gardens in Habiganj, Bangladesh will go on indefinite strike and block the highways if their demands are not met by...
Greek workers say ‘No’ to 13-hour day
The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Greek TUC, responded on Thursday with an angry statement to the government Labour Ministry’s intention to...
US blocked LTTE funding – leaked documents reveal ‘contact groups’ set...
Two international ‘contact groups’, one each to check Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fund-raising and arms purchases, were initiated by the US in...
Egyptian Workers Demand The Legal Right To Form Free Trade Unions
EGYPTIAN labour activists are keenly anticipating a new law on labour syndicates, a draft of which has apparently been completed and which could be...
Assad ‘ready for dialogue’ – says President Putin in Sochi
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin said at a meeting of the Valdai International Discussion Club in Sochi on Thursday that he is convinced that Syrian...
IRAN TO BEGIN ENRICHING ITS URANIUM –after US turns down compromise...
IRAN has informed the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) of its plans to enrich uranium to 20 per cent – after its offer to...
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...
Youth Flock To Ys March For Jobs
THE Young Socialists March for Jobs for Youth and Free State Education reached Stoke last night, after a great weekend. The march has now completed...
President Ahmadinezhad Speaks To The Arabs Of Khuzestan
IRANIAN President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad spoke to a gathering of the people of Ramshir in oil-rich Khuzestan Province, which has a large Arab population...
200 March To Stop Gp Surgeries Closing
‘WHOSE GP surgeries? Our GP surgeries?’ rang out through the streets of east London as over 200 local residents, trade unionists, health...
INDIA GIVES GO-AHEAD TO ‘ELIMINATE LTTE’ – claims Sri Lankan Premier
IN his recent addres to the Oxford Union, Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa tried to assert, very unconvincingly, that he did not believe...
COSATU president celebrates Workers Day on May 1st
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) President Zingiswa Losi delivered a Workers Day Speech on May 1st. ‘My fellow South Africans, President Cyril...
IRUSA gives aid boost to orphaned and disabled Palestinian children
AS COVID-19 continues to fuel increased hardship among the two million inhabitants of the Gaza Strip, thousands of vulnerable and orphaned refugee children living...
Embers May Flare Up!
May Day greetings from Gulzar Ahmad Chaudhry General Secretary of the Pakistan Trade Unions ‘NO chimney and funnel of any factory or mill was...
US war games plan to intimidate North Korea
AN US aircraft carrier and warships from its strike group arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in nearly five years...
Malnutrition doubles in UK – BMJ
THE PROPORTION of UK adults on low incomes who face hunger has almost doubled since 2004, with the unemployed and disabled particularly vulnerable, says...
US is keen to strike a nuclear deal says Ja’fari
IRAN’S Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) commander Mohammad Ali Ja’fari has warned that the USA is ‘keen’ to strike a nuclear deal with Iran...
Only 3,300 people released from Sri Lanka’s internment camps not 10,000!
Andrew Stroehlein, International Crisis Group’s Communications Director, has slammed the Sri Lankan regime’s ‘duplicity’ over the 240,000 Tamils being held in desperate conditions in...
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...
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...
Palestinian ambassador condemns Netanyahu’s UK intervention to attack Labour leader Corbyn!
‘BINYAMIN Netanyahu’s arrogant intervention into British politics is not surprising from someone who has always condoned Israeli state terror. Jeremy Corbyn, in contrast, has...
Palestinian Students Shot And Wounded With Rubber-Coated Steel Bullets!
TWO PALESTINIAN university students were shot and injured with rubber-coated steel bullets and dozens of others suffocated during clashes that broke out with...
Muslim Brotherhood has failed forever – says Syria’s Information Minister Omran...
SPEAKING in Damascus on Monday, Information Minister, Omran al-Zoubi, reiterated that the political leadership in Syria is still committed to the political solution which...
SSANGYONG WORKERS APPEAL FOR SUPPORT –under massive paramilitary attack
STOP Brutal Raid against the Ssangyong Motor Workers! Our Union Members’ Lives are at Stake! TODAY company goons ripped apart the shelters of solidarity supporters encamped...
NUMSA prepares Easter bus strike in SA
Employers in bus wage talks in South Africa claim that the trade union’s wage demands are ‘unaffordable’, setting the stage for a strike struggle...
SAFTU condemns Israel
JOHANNESBURG – The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) condemns the continued attacks on the people of Palestine by the Israeli apartheid forces. Its...
Additional US forces in Iraq ‘to threaten Syria and the Lebanon’...
THE Syrian newspaper Al Thawra has warned that the US is beefing up its forces in Iraq in preparation for an attack on Syria. ...
‘Let us fight together to transform workers’ lives across the world!’...
COSATU President Zingiswa Losi addressed Day One of the South African trade union movement Conference in Cape Town on Tuesday: ‘Comrades! Brothers and Sisters!...
PARENTS AND TEACHERS OPPOSE ACADEMIES AND FREE SCHOOLS – NASUWT and...
A YOUGOV survey of 2,008 parents commissioned by the NUT shows that the vast majority are opposed to the government and its privatisation of...
‘CALL NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION AGAINST CUTS’ – actors demand of Equity
FURIOUS actors demonstrated in Piccadilly Circus on Tuesday against swinging Arts Council cuts which threaten to close nearly 200 theatres and theatre companies around...
SA goldmine fires 1,500 strikers
SOUTH AFRICAN mining company Sibanye Gold has fired around 1,500 workers for taking part in a wildcat strike at its Cooke mine. The decision, announced...
‘We Are 100% Behind The Unions To Win This Fight
‘It’s going well, union members are not coming in. Obviously, we want to protect our pensions,’ Camden UNISON housing department shop steward Lesley Amber...
‘We want justice for myself and my family’ – Mohammed Abdul...
THE anger of the local community against the police raid in Forest Gate on June 2 burst onto the streets of Newham, east London,...