‘TERRORIST AND CRIMINAL’ – Karabilah bombings condemned by Sunni authority
On Sunday RAF G4 Tornado warplanes attacked the Iraqi town of Karabilah, near the Syrian border. The British were called to assist US Air Force...
‘Renew the Intifada in West Bank’ – says Haniya
IN A speech in Gaza to mark on the second anniversary of the prisoner swap deal between Hamas and Israel, Hamas leader Ismail Haniya,...
Lecturers Strike Escalating
AFTER defeating attempts by their own union leadership to call off the strikes by forcing their leaders to throw out an unacceptable deal, lecturers...
Teamsters Participate In Martin Luther King Day
TEAMSTERS union leaders participated in the annual Martin Luther King Day march in Memphis last Monday. The Teamsters have a long history with Memphis sanitation...
MPs rattled by phone hacking crisis – and lack of police...
‘Something very dark lurks in the evidence files of the Mulcaire case, and dark and mysterious forces are keeping it that way,’ Labour MP...
Bangladeshi workers taking to the streets
Unable to live on their wages, Bangladeshi workers are threatening to continue protests that have seen factories ransacked and led to violent clashes...
CGT unions in France defend temporary workers against government ‘provocation’
THE FRENCH CGT union federation has condemned as a ‘provocation’ a short term ‘alms’ payment that ignores many workers. It said: ‘The government announced on...
Save Charing Cross A&E – anger over NHS cuts
THOUSANDS are marching through west London against hospital closures today, determined that Charing Cross, Hammersmith, Central Middlesex and Ealing hospitals will not close. Today’s march...
Demonstrators call for work stoppages over Ferguson repression
DEMONSTRATORS have called for the US unions to take strike action, in united action with the mass uprisings against the police which have spread...
CGT demands Macron extends ban on evictions
AS THEY launched a general strike last Thursday the giant CGT French trades union federation demanded the government of Emmanuel Macron extend a ban...
SOUTH EAST LONDON HOSPITALS ‘SERVICE RECONFIGURATION’ – a closure and privatisation...
A ‘service reconfiguration’ for Outer South East London Service is being proposed. Outer South East London comprises the boroughs of Greenwich, Lewisham, Bexley and Bromley....
South Africa: ‘A society that has become the most unequal in...
‘THE South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) has consistently opposed the need to borrow from the international financial institutions for reasons we will...
Specialist Health Services sell-off!
IN a historic crime a new report paves the way for the sell-off of England’s Specialist Health Services. Since the passage of the Health...
Undercover police targeted ‘subversives and left-wing activists’
COINCIDING with a rare public hearing of the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) this week, ten women who were deceived into relationships with ‘spycops’ have...
A&Es IN MELTDOWN! – ‘TORIES TO BLAME!’ says A&E consultant Dr...
‘UP and down the country our A&E departments are in meltdown, our staff are at breaking point and we need your help,’ Rob Galloway,...
Barak Closes Gaza Border Crossings
ISRAELI Defense Minister Ehud Barak on Thursday ordered Israeli forces to shut down the Gaza Strip’s borders again, turning away a truck convoy bearing...
Palestinian prisoners mobilise against Israeli repressions!
Palestinian political prisoners currently being held in Israeli detention have declared a state of general mobilisation against a new series of repressive measures by...
Walmart Workers Continuing With Their Fight!
AMERICAN trade unions are claiming that the giant Walmart company is retaliating against its workers for the leading role they have played in the...
Netanyahu to visit Putin – after Russia delivers S-300 missiles...
ISRAELI Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu says he will soon meet President Vladimir Putin amid tensions over the downing of a Russian aircraft during Israel’s...
1,000 Unite ground staff vote unanimously for BA strike action against...
OVER 1,000 British Airways (BA) baggage handlers, loaders and other ‘below-wing’ ground staff workers voted unanimously in favour of strike action at a mass...
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...
300,000 March To Get Rid Of Tories!
WORKERS, trade unionists and youth on the more than 300,000-strong march from the BBC Broadcasting House to Parliament Square on Saturday demanded that...
Miners dig in at Chile’s Collahuasi strike
THE copper-mining strike by 1,551 members of Sindicato de los Trabajadores de Collahuasi in Chile enters its second week today, with miners emboldened by...
30 Palestinian youth hit by rubber bullets in East Jerusalem clashes
THIRTY Palestinian youths were wounded by rubber-coated bullets during clashes with Israeli forces in the East Jerusalem village of Al-Isawiyah last Friday. The wounded received...
‘IRAN SANCTIONS AN ACT OF AGGRESSION AGAINST ALL WORLD NATIONS’ says...
The secretary general of Lebanon’s Hezbollah resistance movement, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivered a defiant speech in the Lebanese capital Beirut on Monday, 22nd April...
South African Unions Fight For Democratic Rights In Swaziland
The Swaziland government has banned a peaceful protest planned by the trade union movement for 12-14 April. South African trade unions are supporting Swaziland workers. The...
Yemen Tanks shell protesters
Yemeni protesters kept up the heat on President Ali Abdullah Saleh on Saturday as fresh clashes raged in the flashpoint city of Taiz, and...
‘Those who support Israeli aggression are partners in their crimes’ –...
Iranian armed forces have launched the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III by firing a barrage of missiles and drones toward the occupied...
Mirror Journalists Fight – 200 ‘neanderthal Sackings’
By Save the Mirror Campaign Group TRINITY Mirror’s Chief Executive Sly Bailey is planning to axe a further 200 editorial staff from The Mirror, Sunday...
Irish Teachers Ready To Strike Over Pay
17,000 secondary school teachers are set to go on strike over the Irish government’s plans to cut their pay and allowances. The Association of Secondary...
Not Brown But A Workers Government And Socialism
The News Line-All Trades Unions Alliance Conference held in east London on Sunday May 13th unanimously voted to carry into action the following Main...
CIVILIAN CATASTROPHE IN WEST MOSUL says Amnesty
IRAQ: Battle between US-led coalition, Iraqi forces and Islamic State creates civilian catastrophe in west Mosul, says Amnesty International. The main findings of its report...
Bombardier Workers Fight Jobs Massacre
BOMBARDIER has upped its jobs massacre programme in Belfast, with an even greater number of sackings to take place this year. The aerospace company said...
Israel encourages coronavirus outbreak amongst Palestinian prisoners!
PALESTINIAN prisoners have again rejected their meals in protest against the Israeli Prison Service’s plans to stop supplying 140 products – including cleaning products...
Hezbollah Slams Delay Of National Unity Government As ‘Sectarian Incitement’
HEZBOLLAH has slammed the delay in forming a new government in Lebanon, as ‘sectarian incitement’. Following a Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc meeting at the...
68 Yemen Covid-19 deaths ‘tip of iceberg’ says MSF
THE DOCTORS Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres – MSF) main Covid-19 treatment centre in Aden in southern Yemen has recorded at least 68 deaths...
SA union wins victory against labour brokering
THE Constitutional Court, the highest court in South Africa, has ruled that an employer cannot employ a worker for more than three months without...
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...
‘Save Ealing Hospital – Defend The Children’s Services!’
‘SAVE Charlie Chaplin ward – Don’t let it close! Save Ealing Hospital – Trade unions must act! Defend children’s services – Occupy now!’ demanded...
Harare Council Workers Demand 4 Months’ Salary Arrears
THOUSANDS of Zimbabwe capital Harare City Council (HCC) workers have threatened to go on strike to force their employer to settle salary arrears stretching...
SOUTH AFRICA ‘A COUNTRY RUN BY THIEVES’ – say the SAFTU...
THE SOUTH African Federation of Trade Unions’ (SAFTU) claim that South Africa is becoming a kleptocracy – a country ruled by thieves – is...
£4bn of UK property is owned by ‘high risk individuals!’ Lords...
FOUR BILLION pounds of UK property is owned by high-risk individuals. The House of Lords Joint Committee is looking at the market and money laundering. The...
Youth workers being sacked–centres being closed
GOVERMENT cuts plunge youth work into crisis, warns a Unison report. More than 2000 youth workers have been axed and 350 youth centres closed since...
The deal is Trump’s attempts to impose an extremist Israeli agenda
THE UNVEILING of the so called ‘Deal of the Century’ is yet another disgraceful act by the Trump Administration, today, said the US Palestinian...
CWU members march to 17,000-strong national rally
STRIKING postal workers took part in a 17,000-strong Communication Workers Union (CWU) national rally in Parliament Square, central London, on Friday afternoon. News Line spoke...