Yarl’s Wood indefinite hunger strike
The women from Avocet and Dove units, along with a few men on the family wing, are refusing food and are planning further protests....
Israel imposing illegal collective punishments in West Bank
ISRAELI occupation forces (IOF) escalated their policy of collective punishment last Friday, issuing demolition orders in al-Khalil and forcing a Palestinian resident in occupied...
ASYLUM SYSTEM ‘MARRED BY INHUMANITY’ – odds are stacked against asylum...
The Independent Asylum Commission (IAC) on Thursday issued its interim report on its nationwide citizens review of the UK asylum system. In 2006 the then...
‘ACTIONS AGAINST GAZA SIEGE WILL CONTINUE’ – declares Anonymous
The Israeli army and intelligence agencies’ websites were offline on Sunday, two days after hacker group Anonymous warned it would ‘strike back’ in retaliation...
THE PEOPLE OF GAZA MUST NOT BE LEFT TO THEIR FATE...
THE Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a strong warning to Israel in his Ashura Day address in Beirut, last Saturday. Speaking on this...
‘RESURGENCE AFOOT IN THE AMERICAN LABOUR MOVEMENT’ says SEIU leader
‘There’s a resurgence afoot in the American labour movement,’ said Anna Burger, Secretary-Treasurer, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) in an article titled Celebrating Workers...
Wits University Students Strike Against Debt
STUDENTS at Wits University in South Africa are embarking on a strike, warning that returning students may be unable to continue with their studies...
PNA appeals for ‘calm’ during Gaza pullout
Amid a flurry of diplomatic visits aimed at securing a smooth Israeli withdrawal from the Gaza Strip and military escalation by the Israeli Occupation...
SRI LANKA ARMY SUFFERS HEAVY LOSSES –at the hands of Tamil...
TAMILNET reports that officials of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) said that 130 Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers were killed in the...
French workers battle to save hospitals and pensions
FRENCH workers are fighting attacks on their pensions and health service. French trade union federation CGT has raised the alarm over hospital closures. On Saturday March...
17-year-old Palestinian Eiman–free at last!
AN Israeli court in Jerusalem made a decision on Sunday to release the teenage daughter of Misbah Abu Sbeih, who was killed by Israeli...
NUMSA battles for COSATU leadership and breaks with ANC
NUMSA National Executive Committee has issued a full statement on COSATU in response to calls for its expulsion from the federation. The National Union of...
National Bus And Rail Strike Is Looming In Ireland!
A NATIONAL bus and rail strike by SIPTU and NBRU drivers is looming in Ireland. SIPTU announced on Tuesday it is to ballot its members...
Stop east London GP surgery closures!
EAST London GPs, patients and supporters on Thursday staged a protest in Limehouse against cuts in funding that threaten to bankrupt around a dozen...
Wembley Park Sports Ground Occupied! – To Stop City Academy
THE proposed site of a new City Academy, next to the new Wembley Stadium, is being occupied to stop the privatisation project from going...
Carter Warns Against War With Iran
EX-US President Carter has decried his nation’s involvement in unjust conflicts and wishes the US could be seen as a champion of peace. Former US...
UK ‘PRACTISING DELIBERATE POLICY OF DESTITUTION’ OF ASYLUM SEEKERS – British...
In their scathing report on the treatment of asylum seekers, including enforced destitution, MPs and peers on the parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights,...
THE SAFETY OF MATERNITY SERVICES UNDER SERIOUS THREAT says Royal College...
THE SAFETY of maternity services is under serious threat, according to a new survey released by the Royal College of Midwives (RCM) on Tuesday. The...
UK’s Afghan Detention Policy Is Declared Illegal!
In a landmark judgment on Friday in the High Court in London, the UK’s detention policy in Afghanistan was declared unlawful. Since November 2009, the...
‘Streets of Shame: Homelessness and the NHS – a Tome of...
THE BRITISH Medical Association (BMA) has published ‘Streets of Shame: Homelessness and the NHS – a tome of tragedies,’ in which homeless people and...
Young Socialists Launch Their March For Jobs And Free State...
The Young Socialists on Saturday launched its March for Jobs and Free State Education from Manchester to London. Bus workers came to welcome the young...
Fatah and Hamas unite to fight Israeli annexation plans
SECRETARY-GENERAL of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), Saeb Erekat, said on Sunday that the State of Palestine has been mobilising...
WE WILL NOT ALLOW CHASE FARM TO CLOSE! – say 1,000...
A THOUSAND youth and workers marched through Enfield town centre on Saturday, shouting: ‘Stop the Closure! Defend Chase Farm!’ They were led by the North-East...
INTO Irish teachers condemn funding cuts for primary schools!
AT THE Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) annual congress in Belfast on Tuesday, primary teachers condemned the lack of adequate funding to primary schools...
Israel Butchers Three Generations In Missile Raid
Israel has grabbed 100 acres more of occupied Palestinian land for the expansion of illegal Jewish colonies as the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) killed...
Vote ‘NO!’ to NHS pay offer! – 6.5% increase over 3...
A CONSULTATION of NHS workers was launched at the Unison health conference in Brighton on Monday on the new ‘pay deal’. Unison members...
SAFTU calls general strike to highlight that ANC policies are responsible...
HUNDREDS of thousands of workers across South Africa downed tools on Wednesday, February 24, as a part of a general strike called by the...
Trade unionists join Portland protesters
Trade unionists joined the Portland, Oregon demonstrations outside the Justice Centre on Saturday night, with many protesters wearing similar coloured shirts as part of...
Russia Behind the Camera: Archives, Art and Revolution
Film making in Russia – a masterclass by Margy Kinmonth at Pushkin House DOCUMENTARY film maker Margy Kinmonth gave a masterclass on the theme of...
Top World Health Organisation Official Is Extremely Worried About Polio &...
A TOP World Health Organisation (WHO) official said on Tuesday that he’s ‘extremely worried’ about polio and other outbreaks of communicable diseases in Gaza...
Afl-Cio Supports Wage Act!
ON THURSDAY, members of Congress, led by Senator Patty Murray (Democrat-Washington) and Representative Bobby Scott (Democrat-Virginia), proposed the Workplace Action for a Growing Economy...
KEEP ST HELIER HOSPITAL OPEN! – 1,500 demonstrate against A&E closure
Over 1,500 trade unionists, youth and local residents last Saturday defied the rain to march and rally outside St Helier Hospital, near Sutton in...
‘13 Local Authorities Remain 20% Below Their Targeted Fundings!’
‘IT IS concerning that the Department of Health is not getting local authorities to their target funding allocations for public health quickly enough,’ says...
PA urged to bring Israel before Criminal Court
JERUSALEM – King Abdullah II of Jordan arrived in Ramallah on Thursday, in the first visit by an Arab leader since Palestine’s admission to...
‘WHO ARE THE MURDERERS – POLICE ARE THE MURDERERS!’ –say United...
‘No Justice, No Peace! Who are the murderers – Police are the murderers!’ shouted over 300 bereaved relatives and supporters as they made their...
Ban facial recognition Demand campaigners after ruling
LIBERTY, Privacy International and 30 organisations have called for Parliament to ban the use of facial recognition technology, one year after judges found the...
Trump’s 2018 budget slashes workforce training AFL-CIO
THE AFL-CIO US trade union federation has produced an analysis of President Donald Trump’s 2018 Budget. AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka made the following...
Wembley Campaigners Fighting For Sports Access
The fight to save local children’s access to a sports ground in the shadow of Wembley Stadium continued this week as protesters reoccupied the...
Russia will expose Western sabotage of Nord Stream 2 – warns...
RUSSIA will determine the future prospects of interaction with Western countries on its own terms, when and if their leadership sobers up, Foreign Minister...
Quash convictions of 25 Cambodian factory workers! – demands Human Rights...
THE Cambodian government should quash the convictions of 25 human rights activists, factory workers, and others for lack of evidence, Human Rights Watch has...
Russia Uses Hypersonic Missile For The First Time
THE conflict in Ukraine has seen Russia use its newest Kinzhal hypersonic missiles close to the border with NATO member Romania, while Kiev says...
STOP SCHOOL CLOSURES – STOP SACKING TEACHERS – demand Greek...
THOUSANDS of state secondary school teachers demonstrated throughout Greece on Tuesday night against the coalition government’s Education Bill for secondary education, schools closures and...
IOPC reviewing destruction of Malkinson evidence
THE IOPC (Independent Office for Police Conduct) has begun an investigation as a result of its review into the way Greater Manchester Police handled...
FIGHT ‘RE-CONFIGURATION’ – Labour’s plans for hospital closures • PART ONE
THE ‘re-configuration’ of 60 District General Hospitals (DGHs) means a huge reduction in National Health Service (NHS) hospital capacity. This will result in the loss...
END IMPUNITY FOR ISRAEL’S VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW! – urge leaders...
THE leaders of South Africa, Malaysia and Colombia have penned a joint article calling for an end to impunity for Israel’s violations of international...