‘Land swaps must be on equal basis’ – insists Fatah, as...
LAND swaps should be a result of negotiations with Israel rather than an ‘advance payment’ given by Arab states on behalf of the Palestinians,...
Unite Is Fighting For Workers’ Rights!
TWO LONDON organisations are flouting government policy over coronavirus by attacking the pay, and terms and conditions of their employees, the Unite, union said...
‘THE RESISTANCE MEN ARE MAKING MIRACLES’ – 60 Merkava tanks destroyed...
HEZBOLLAH Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah said Wednesday that the ‘resistance’ men are making miracles in the south, noting that over 60 Israeli Merkava tanks and...
‘The United States is not in a position to threaten Iran’...
The head of Iranian volunteer Basij (The Organization for Mobilization of the Oppressed) forces says the United States is not in a position to...
General strike to support Junior Doctors and save NHS!
JUNIOR Doctors start their continuous four-day 96-hour strike at 06.59 today, Tuesday 11 April, and end it at 06.59 on Saturday 15 April. Backed by...
Ramaphosa ‘enemy of working class’ – NUMSA
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has rejected and expressed disgust at the Congress of South Africa Trade Unions’ (COSATU) endorsement...
75% Yemeni children are ‘chronically malnourished’
THE WHO warns: 75% of Yemeni kids are ‘chronically malnourished’, with the Yemeni population engulfed in food insecurity. The World Health Organisation (WHO) has warned...
IRISH NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION – for asylum seekers and migrant...
A NATIONAL day of action in support of asylum seekers and migrant workers is taking place in Ireland tomorrow, Saturday June 18. A rally has...
GREEK GOVERNMENT GIVES 50bn EUROS TO THE BANKS
The present unelected Greek coalition government, of social-democrats and conservatives headed by banker Lucas Papademos has decided to fund with some 50bn euros the...
Nationalise Reserve Bank to protect workers – NUMSA
THE National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (Numsa) has demanded the nationalisation of the Reserve Bank under workers’ control in a strongly worded...
Workers across Colorado are standing up and organising, says Starbucks Workers...
Workers from a number of trade unions and their allies rallied on Wednesday in the Civic Centre Park neighbourhood of Denver Colorado in support...
Compass Coffee workers announce union drive across America
COMPASS Coffee workers have announced a unionisation drive across seven stores in America to end the chain’s no-tipping policy and improve benefits and working...
The Fight Of The Greek ‘Stage’ Workers
By DINA ROVITHAKI, President of the ‘stage’ workers’ trade union at the Institute for Agricultural Development and member of the National Co-ordinating Committee of ‘stage’...
Striking nurses support general strike call!
Nurses were in a determined mood on the picket lines outside King’s College Hospital (KCH), roundly condemning Prime Minister Sunak’s refusal to even speak...
Bnp To Contest Northern Ireland Council Elections
By Irish political journalist John Coulter THE racist British National Party has confirmed it will contest the next Northern Irish council elections. Mid Ulster, Upper Bann,...
US unions demand action
THE AFL-CIO labour federation has released the following statement on the 16-day shutdown and threatened default by the US government: ‘Adults took over Washington, DC,...
Palestinian teenagers shot dead by Israelis
ISRAELI soldiers shot dead a Palestinian teenager at Mazmoria checkpoint, east of Bethlehem, on Sunday afternoon – only a few hours after...
Israel to annex illegal West Bank settlements!
PALESTINE President Mahmoud Abbas said on Monday that he is going to make important decisions in 2018 holding Israel to account for its...
Arab-Syrian ties strengthen ‘We do not fear the Israeli regime!’ –...
Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad has welcomed any move to foster closer relations between Iran and the Arab countries, and reiterated that Damascus is not...
The US Senior Representative For Zabul Province Resigns!
THE following is a dramatic letter of resignation from senior US diplomat – America’s Senior Civilian Representative for Zabul Province in Afghanistan – addressed...
‘A blatant act of international piracy’ – US forces seize Venezuelan...
THE US has ignited outrage after seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker in what Caracas compared to Israel’s pattern of unlawful military aggression and resource...
Assad says Syria supports joint Arab action in the face of...
President Bashar al-Assad says Syria supports joint Arab action in the face of regional challenges, stressing that the Arab country attaches paramount significance to...
‘We are ready to starve but will not be ready… to...
MAHMOUD Aloul, deputy chairman of Fatah movement, said on Tuesday that the Palestinian people will not allow the humanitarian situation in Gaza to override...
THOUSANDS RALLY AT ‘FIGHT FOR $15’ CONVENTION – as court workers...
THOUSANDS of workers gathered in Richmond, Virginia, on Friday and Saturday to push for a $15 per hour minimum wage. The first national Fight for...
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...
French mayors oppose ‘forced march’ to reopen schools!
MAYORS representing the Ile-de-France region, which includes the city of Paris, have called on President Emmanuel Macron to delay the reopening of schools until...
‘BLOOD ON YOUR HANDS!’ – protesters condemn MPs who backed invasion...
‘BLOOD on your hands!’, ‘Shame on you!’ shouted demonstrators opposite parliament on Tuesday night, as MPs left the House of Commons after a debate...
In Iraq ‘so many sacrifices were ultimately made in the service...
FORMER acting Pentagon chief Christopher C. Miller said the United States must hold senior American military leadership accountable for the failed wars in Iraq...
Syria Strongly Denies Supplying Scud Missiles To Hezbollah
SYRIA strongly denied on Thursday Israeli accusations that it has been delivering Scud missiles to the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah. ‘For some...
Manchester Met University To Strike Over Closure Of Crewe Campus!
MEMBERS of the University and College Union (UCU) at Manchester Metropolitan University will be on strike later this month after they overwhelmingly backed industrial...
Dire Staff Shortages At Cancer Centres Across The UK – Investment...
Annual workforce figures released on Tuesday by The Royal College of Radiologists (RCR) reveal the ‘dire’ staff shortages at cancer centres across the UK. Clinical...
SAFTU opposes ‘slave wage’ new minimum wage
SOUTH Africa’s Minister of Labour, Mildred Oliphant, says 2019 is the ‘earliest opportunity’ for government to implement the R20 per hour National Minimum Wage,...
US Aiding Terrorists In Iraq And Syria
SECURITY experts believe the United States is targeting Iraq’s anti-terror Popular Mobilisation Units (PMU) in order to resuscitate the Daesh Takfiri terrorist group that...
US hostile to Ireland’s ‘Occupied territories Bill’ becoming law!
IRELAND’S elected representatives are coming under pressure from corporate lobbyists to drop a proposed ban on goods from Israel’s settlements in the occupied West...
Massive Kaiser Permanente strike action!
OVER 75,000 workers from various unions at healthcare provider, Kaiser Permanente, have initiated a strike, making it the most significant work stoppage by healthcare...
‘I’LL BE CALLING FOR MASS PICKETS WHEREVER SCABS COME AND TRY...
IN HIS speech to the GMB conference in Blackpool yesterday, the union’s general secretary Paul Kenny featured the union’s current dispute with Asda. He said:...
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...
‘WE HAVE LIVED THROUGH THE ORANGE NIGHTMARE TOGETHER’ –says Yanukovych winner...
THE Central Electoral Commission (CEC) with less than 10 per cent of ballots to be counted has declared that the leader of the Party...
More Than 100,000 Mexicans Have Been Killed Since 2010 In ‘The...
THE Attorney General of Mexico has failed to properly investigate all lines of inquiry into allegations of complicity by armed forces and others in...
GM Latin American workers meet in Sao Paulo!
WORKERS from General Motors plants across Latin America met in São Paulo, Brazil, last week to discuss and take action against workforce casualisation within...
Brics Group Wants To Recruit Iran And 5 Other Countries
THE BRICS group is seeking to expand and now has Iran in its sights along with five other countries. Iran has been invited to become...
THE McKINSEY REPORT DOES OUTLINE GOVERNMENT POLICY
THE McKinsey and Co report proposes cutting £20bn off the NHS budget and reducing the staff by 10% or 137,000 jobs. The government commissioned...
Royal London Workers Battle Serco Low Pay!
UNITE union members marched and rallied at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, east London Tuesday lunchtime on the first day of a 48-hour strike...
Lebanon Imports More Fuel From Iran
IRAN’S Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran is ready to sell more fuel to the Lebanese government and businessmen if need be, as an...
‘End this war and implement a ceasefire or you will be...
IRAN’S defence minister has warned that the United States will suffer a heavy blow if it fails to stop Israel’s savage war against the...