Syria’s Air Defences Thwart Israeli Daylight Missile Attack!
SYRIAN air defence systems have thwarted an Israeli aerial aggression in the Arab country’s south, state media say. ‘Our air defence systems thwarted ......
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...
STAY AWAY FROM BUSH CONFERENCE – Hamas urges Arab states
The democratically elected Hamas government has called on Saudi Arabia and other Arab countries on Wednesday to stay away from a US-sponsored Middle East...
Canadian Hospital Workers Threatened By Carillion Collapse
‘THE Ontario government must step in to protect hospital staff and the public in the Carillion bankruptcy,’ Canada’s largest private sector union, Unifor, demanded...
Amazon working through the tornado ‘inexcusable’ says US Retail, Wholesale and...
THE RWDSU (Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union) has issued a devastating ‘Statement on the Amazon Warehouse Collapse,’ after at least six workers were...
‘Unscrupulous exploitation!’ Care workers forced to sleep rough or share beds...
CARE staff who come to the UK from overseas are having to share beds with other workers, sleep rough, and pay huge fees to...
Syrian civilians bar the way to US military convoys
LOCAL residents of several villages in Syria’s northeastern province of Hasakah have in coordination with government forces prevented a number of US military convoys...
Prime Minister Hamdallah And Egyptian Delegation Arrive In Gaza!
THE arrival of Prime Minister Ram Hamdallah and an Egyptian delegation as part of a fresh attempt to restore Palestinian national unity dominated the...
‘HORRIFIC VIOLENCE’ USED TO DEPORT ASYLUM SEEKERS – alleges shocking new...
PEOPLE from Africa, eastern Europe and other parts of the world seeking refuge in Britain are being subjected to ‘horrific violence’ and abuse in...
‘REGENERATION’ PROPOSALS MEAN EVICTION – say Grahame Park tenants
Tenants and leaseholders on the Grahame Park housing estate in Colindale, north-west London, are angry over ‘regeneration’ proposals which leave many facing eviction. ‘Choices for...
We are going to the Security Council to seek full UN...
THE PLO will in September approach the UN Security Council to seek full membership in the global body, President Mahmud Abbas said on Wednesday. ‘We...
Doctors feeling ‘abandonded’ by Tories over PPE says BMA council chair...
SHORTAGES of PPE (personal protective equipment) during the early months of Covid-19 left doctors feeling ‘abandoned’ by the government, BMA council chair Chaand Nagpaul...
Junior doctors’ strike escalates
‘WE ARE not striking for cash, we are not striking for our personal careers, we are striking for the long-term sustainability of the NHS...
Al-Sadr Movement Says It Will Withdraw From The Iraqi Government
THE political bloc of Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr says it is quitting the Iraqi government, as a wave of bombings left another 43 people...
Vavi Addresses Russell Tribunal On Palestine
Zwelinzima Vavi, General Secretary of the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) made the following address to the Russell Tribunal on Palestine, District...
RESTORE THE FUEL SUBSIDY – 500 workers and students picket Nigerian...
Last Friday over five hundred Nigerian students and workers picketed their London embassy, furious at the Nigerian government’s removal of a fuel subsidy. The fuel...
French aviation union calls four-day strike over low pay and bad...
FRENCH aviation union Syndicat National du Personnel Navigant Commercial (SNPNC-FO) cabin crew members (hostesses and stewards) are on strike from Wednesday July 13 to...
‘We want a system that is accountable and meets the needs...
THE TALIBAN ‘seeks to build a political system and government in Afghanistan that would be approved by its people and accountable to people once...
Israeli Jets Pound Gaza
ISRAELI jets pounded Hamas positions in Gaza overnight after Palestinians staged a cross-border raid into southern Israel, the military said early on Sunday. ‘Israel...
‘COMPANY DIRECTORS MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE’ – Corporate Manslaughter Bill ‘a...
DRAFT CORPORATE-killing legislation to be debated in parliament today would have made no practical difference to the four major railway disasters since 1997 had...
Savage cuts causing ‘chaos’ at london met university – warn UCU
‘THE chaotic scenes during enrolment say it all: we lost over 350 jobs last year and you can already see the difference,’ said the...
‘THE TUC MUST CALL OUT ALL ITS AFFILIATED UNIONS ON OCTOBER...
THERE WERE up to 50 pickets and supporters on the picket line at the Maidstone NHS Logistics distribution depot on Tuesday evening at 10...
Thousands Of Calais Refugees To Be Evicted By Police And Troops
THOUSANDS of refugees living in the southern part of the camp in the French port of Calais known as the Jungle have been ordered...
Amazon workers at Hebron, Kentucky celebrate a victory!
Workers at an Amazon air hub in Hebron, Kentucky celebrated a victory on Thursday after the National Labour Relations Board (NLRB) found that Amazon...
Mass marches in Argentina against Milei government – on 50th anniversary...
HUMAN Rights organisations, marking 50 years since the 1976 coup, condemned President Milei’s government for justifying Argentina’s civil-military dictatorship and echoing its economic policies,...
Colombia the most dangerous place in the world to be a...
THE life expectancy of Colombians has been reduced by at least two years as a result of the country’s armed conflict and violence related...
2% Pay Offer ‘A Kick In The Teeth For Teachers!’
ANYTHING less than a 5% pay increase for teachers ‘is a kick in the teeth,’ Geoff Barton, General Secretary of the Association of School...
‘We hail the struggle of the Palestinian workers and youth’ ...
NEWS LINE Editor Jonty Leff told the News Line 52nd Anniversary Rally on Saturday: ‘We hail the struggle of the Palestinian workers and youth. ‘We...
Over 100 executions in Saudi Arabia this year!
Two human rights organisations have filed a complaint at the United Nations against arbitrary executions in Saudi Arabia, especially after last month’s execution of dozens of...
President Assad meets the Iranian Foreign Minister
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad received Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and an accompanying delegation on Monday. At the start of the meeting, President al-Assad...
150 YEARS SINCE THE PARIS COMMUNE – the Bolshevik Party learned...
THE FRENCH trade unions held a mass demonstration on Saturday, 29 May, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Paris Commune when, as Karl...
FBU rally condemns 13 years of austerity and launches ‘Firefighters Manifesto’
OVER seven hundred firefighters and control staff assembled in Westminster on Wednesday to launch a new ‘Firefighters’ Manifesto’. As the country recovers from flooding, and...
Chilean teachers begin 48hr strike action!
THE Chilean College of Teachers began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday to demand a response to the requests submitted to the administration of President...
‘TIME FOR ACTION’ – ON JOBS, WELFARE AND PENSIONS – as...
US TRADE union leaders’ were yesterday demanding that the Democrats take action on workers’ issues in the Houses of Congress, in return for the...
‘We call for the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction’...
THE Iranian president Mahmud Ahmadinezhad has said that Iran wishes to have talks with the West on a whole range of issues. He was speaking...
Bloodbath Of Jobs At Marikana’s Mines!
WE KNEW there would be a bloodbath of jobs if Sibanye-Stillwater’s acquisition of Lonmin’s Marikana operations was approved by the Competition Commission.’ Association of Mineworkers...
Bring to trial the killers of Aminul Islam –demand the Bangladesh...
Four years after the tortured, lifeless body of Bangladesh garment worker – organiser Aminul Islam – was discovered in a ditch, his killers have...
‘CLOSE TO ONE BILLION PEOPLE HAVE NEVER HAD ACCESS TO...
The Global Campaign for Education on Tuesday launched its Global School Report. The report, looking at 178 countries – from Haiti to Norway found the...
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...
”DEFEND WALSALL YOUTH CENTRES’ – says Unite
PLANS to shut nearly every Walsall youth centre will leave thousands of the town’s young people with nowhere to go, Unite has warned in...
Karamanlis threatens Greek youth!
THE Greek Prime Minister Kostas Karamanlis delivered a 5-minute proclamation on all national TV channels and radio stations on Tuesday night condemning as ‘enemies...
Israel proceeds with demolitions, evictions and arrests of Palestinians
THE UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli forces have either demolished or seized 24 Palestinian-owned buildings in the occupied...
Almost the entire population of Gaza live below the poverty line...
IN the Gaza Strip, unemployment is no longer a chronic economic issue; it has become an all-encompassing reality that haunts an entire generation of...
Striking French cashiers win a victory – as government attacks rights...
CASHIERS, members of the CGT union, at the ‘Grand Frais, fresh food stores in France have won a partial victory. The CGT said: ‘After the...
HANDS OFF VENEZUELA! – Demands 2,000-strong Downing Street demo
There was a powerful 2,000-strong demonstration in support of Venezuela in Whitehall opposite Downing Street on Monday night. The protest was organised by the Venezuela...