West Bank Palestinians face live rounds & rubber bullets
ON WEDNESDAY PM May was finally forced to sack her Deputy Prime Minister Damian Green following an inquiry by officials from the Cabinet Office...
Ontario nurses win 11.5% wage increase
THE Ontario Nurses’ Association (ONA) in Canada has welcomed the arbitration decision that includes the most significant wage increase for registered nurses (RNs) and...
COALITION ‘TAKING A CHAINSAW TO OUR PUBLIC SERVICES’ – Prentis...
MOVING the Public Services composite motion at the Labour Party conference in Liverpool on Monday, Unison General Secretary, Dave Prentis said: ‘Conference, today we...
‘For many Gazans hunger has become the deadliest weapon’
One child is killed every 30 minutes in the Gaza Strip, in the ongoing Israeli genocide that started on October 7th, 2023. This is taking...
24-hour London-wide bus strike solid!
BUS workers called for the entire bus service to be taken back into public hands and renationalised, during Tuesday’s 24-hour London wide strike over...
‘The Failure Of Their Battle For Aleppo Means A Total Transformation...
PRESIDENT Assad had an interview with the Syrian newspaper al-Watan last Wednesday and we are pleased to be be able to publish some extracts...
Israeli Settler Terrorism On The Rise!
THE following article by Wafa Aludaini appeared on the Hamas website ‘Palestinian Information Centre’. She is a Gaza-based journalist and activist, reporting on how...
Lebanon’s foreign minister quits while financial crisis rages!
LEBANON’S Foreign Minister Nassif Hitti submitted his resignation to Prime Minister Hassan Diab on Monday in protest at what he described as the government’s...
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...
WikiLeaks exposes Saudi conspiracy against Hezbollah
WASHINGTON – Saudi Arabia proposed setting up an Arab force to fight Hezbollah militants in Lebanon with the help of the United States, UN...
‘SPEND MORE ON FRONT LINE FIRE SERVICES,’ NOT COSTLY REGIONALISATION –...
Plans to close down all forty six of the fire service’s 999 command and control centres in England and move to nine regional centres are...
Amcu Agreement On Wage Offer!
IMPALA Platinum said on Tuesday that an agreement has been reached with the AMCU trade union on a ‘broad wage offer to end...
Assange calls for US politicians like Palin to be prosecuted!
WIKILEAKS founder Julian Assange has called for US politicians and commentators who engage in violent rhetoric to be prosecuted, after the attempted assassination of...
Sunak statement: ‘Ordinary people bear the broadest burden’ – Unite
TRADE unions have highlighted the acute crisis facing millions of families facing steep rises in the cost-of-living, declaring that measures outlined in Tory Chancellor...
US arms manufacturers make record profits – while US labour disputes...
American arms dealers have gathered ‘record profits’ from Israel’s wars on the besieged Gaza Strip and Lebanon, according to a new report. In a report...
President Abbas will meet with Netanyahu ‘If President Putin calls for...
THE SPOKESMAN for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, Nabil Abu Rudeineh, said last Wednesday that the President ‘is ready for a three-way meeting with Israel...
Striking Catering Workers Arrested Across USA!
STRIKING catering workers employed by LSG Sky Chefs and Gate Gourmet were arrested at airports across the United States on November 26 as they...
‘A HUMAN RIGHTS CATASTROPHE CONFRONTS TAMILS IN SRI LANKA’ – warn...
TamilNet reported on Wednesday a press conference of Canadian Academics for Tamil Rights in Toronto. The academics stressed recognition of the self-determination of Tamils as...
Benefit for International Youth Conference is a huge success
A great night was had by all at the Young Socialists Benefit Concert in North Kensington, west London on Saturday night. It was held at...
500% Increase In Bankruptcies In Ireland In 2014!
THERE has been a 500% increase in the number of people in Ireland who declared bankruptcy in 2014. More than one person was declared bankrupt...
‘Freedom Flotilla’ Heading For Gaza
THE second ship to join the Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza left Istanbul Saturday afternoon, joining eight other boats from three countries carrying...
Google’s $32bn deal fuels Israeli war machine
GOOGLE has announced a $32 billion deal to acquire Wiz, an Israeli cloud security company founded by former operatives of Unit 8200, the Israeli...
Thousands Pay Last Respects To Prabhakaran’s Father
THOUSANDS of people, including men, women and children paid their last respects on Saturday to the remains of the late Thiruvengadam Vellupillai, father...
United Association of South Africa demanding action over rising inflation
Trade union United Association of South Africa (UASA) who represent workers in financial services said on Thursday that the rise in Consumer Price Inflation...
Israeli police demolish Bedouin village for 157th time
ISRAELI authorities and their heavily armed police force demolished the Bedouin village of al-Araqib in the Naqab desert in southern Israel for the 157th...
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...
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...
Trade Unions Condemn Zanu-Pf – ‘Behaving Like The Racist Rhodesian Government!
THE ZIMBABWE Congress of Trade Unions (ZCTU) has vowed to continue mobilising workers to protest until the government addresses their legitimate grievances. In a statement...
WAKE UP AMERICA! – ‘Corporate greed is on the march as...
Teamsters’ leader James Hoffa junior tells 27th Teamsters Convention ‘Welcome to the 27th International Teamsters Convention. It is an honor to address you as your...
‘WORK TOGETHER TO FIGHT GLOBAL CAPITAL’ – Teamsters President tells ICTU
THE Teamsters General President James Hoffa gave the fraternal address from the AFL-CIO US trade union federation to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions...
USW steelworkers win 9-month strike against Glencore!
THE 371 USW United Steelworkers/Syndicat des Métallos workers in Quebec, Canada, have won their nine-month strike against Glencore-managed CEZinc. The workers went on strike at...
Iran’s President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian affirms his unwavering support for Hezbollah
IRAN’S President-elect Masoud Pezeshkian has responded to Hezbollah Secretary General Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah, affirming the Islamic Republic’s unwavering support to the resistance. In a letter...
Anti-Olympics Campaign Launched
THE Counter Olympics Network (CON) has announced a march and rally in London’s East End on Saturday 28 July, assembling in Mile End Park...
‘NEW IMMIGRATION DEAL’ AN ATTACK ON ALL WORKERS says AFL-CIO
US trade unions have warned that the immigration bill going through Congress falls way short of expectations. The strength of opposition has seen the US...
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...
Brutally beaten Palestinian-American teen under house arrest!
AN Israeli court on Sunday placed under house arrest a Palestinian-American teenager who was filmed being brutally beaten by police during clashes in Jerusalem. Tarek...
Palestinian Child Victims Of Israeli Torture
I want to continue my education. I want to be a lawyer when I grow up to defend Palestinian children against the injustice that...
Children in Gaza dying from hunger and relentless bombing say says...
DURING the past 24 hours, hospitals in the Gaza Strip received the bodies of at least 100 civilians, as well as 513 people suffering...
Colombia Orders Israeli Ambassador To Leave Country!
Colombia said on Monday evening that Israel’s ambassador must leave the country after President Gustavo Petro criticised the regime for crimes against the Palestinians...
10,000 Junior Doctors And Supporters March To Downing Street!
‘SAVE our NHS! Jeremy Hunt doesn’t care! Doctors and teachers unite and fight!’ shouted junior doctors, teachers and their supporters on a 10,000-strong march...
Gaza’s child casualties are ‘the result of precise, targeted shootings’
ON THE morning of 24 August 2024, four-year-old Mira Al-Darini stood outside her family’s makeshift tent in a cramped displacement camp in Khan Younis,...
Israel demolishing homes of accused Palestinians
ISRAELI authorities on Thursday handed the families of two Palestinian suspects – whom Israel accused of being involved in an attack against Israeli soldiers...
Public sector general strike in Portugal
Leaders of the Common Front of Public Administration Unions (Frente Comum) and the National Federation of Teachers (FENPROF) have welcomed the large turnout for...
Blinken’s Role in Gaza’s Humanitarian Crisis
From the start of Israel’s assault on the Gaza Strip, United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken was deeply involved. Just after 7th October, Blinken...
A wave of protests sweeps through Egypt
A WAVE of protests against poor living and working conditions swept through the nation’s governorates last Monday. Residents of the villages around Kafr al-Sheikh blocked...