US moving to dump Zelensky – says Russian intelligence chief
‘SERIOUS people’ in high places in the West are now discussing options for replacing Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky with someone else, Russian Foreign Intelligence...
Myanmar Miners – 5 Months On Strike!
Since MYANMAR’S military coup in February this year, 4,800 miners have been on strike in Monywa township in a solid five-month action which has...
‘Israelis opened fire and assaulted the Freedom Flotilla!’ say freed humanitarian...
Knesset Member Hanin Zoabi, who was on board the Marmara ship when it was raided by Navy fighters, held a press conference in Nazareth...
Lear Corporation workers confront shareholders!
WORKERS from Lear plants across the country entered the company’s annual shareholder meeting on Thursday morning (28th May) and spoke directly to Lear Corp....
IRAQ WAR: GOLDSMITH WARNED BLAIR HE EXPECTED ‘the government to be...
The Iraq Inquiry on Wednesday released details of former Attorney General Goldsmith’s legal advice, given to Tony Blair prior to the invasion of Iraq,...
ISRAELI FORCES SHOT PALESTINIANS OFF GAZA COAST!
ISRAELI forces shot and injured at least three Palestinian protesters with live ammunition, while others suffered tear-gas suffocation as they suppressed naval protests off...
51 attacks on healthcare facilities in Gaza since October 7!
Around 19:00 local time (16:00 GMT) on Tuesday, a devastating air strike killed 500 Palestinians receiving treatment in Al-Ahli hospital in Gaza city. Following the...
Strength of Palestinian resistance causes Kerry/Zionist fall out
US Secretary of State John Kerry on Tuesday blamed approval of Israeli settlements in East Jerusalem for derailing peace talks with Palestinians, a charge...
‘FAWU CAN’T GO BACK TO COSATU BECAUSE THERE IS NO COSATU...
THE following speech was given by the former general secretary of the Confederation of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), dismissed in 2015, and now...
MET POLICE: ‘culture of institutionalised racism, misogyny and homophobia’
RIGHTS campaign groups Liberty, Runnymede, Stonewall and INQUEST have responded to Baroness Casey’s review of the Metropolitan Police Service which was produced last week. They...
‘CHARGE TYSON FOODS WITH ATTEMPTED MURDER’ – demands UFCW Alberta local
Striking United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) members at a Brooks, Alberta, slaughterhouse, last Saturday called for attempted murder charges after a car...
400 Houston Janitors Continuing Their Strike Action!
400 Houston janitors are continuing their strike against contractors for whom they clean the offices of some the wealthiest corporations in the...
RICHARD SORGE: Hero of the Soviet Union
An Impeccable Spy
Richard Sorge
Stalin’s Master Agent
By: Owen Matthews
Published by: Bloomsbury; £25 (hbk) THE SUBJECT of this book, Richard Sorge, is the daring, unequalled spy whose...
COSATU concerned at Goodyear plant closure
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the Eastern Cape said on Thursday that is deeply concerned by the impending closure of...
Stormont ‘On The Brink Of Collapse’
By Irish political journalist JOHN COULTER STORMONT stands on the brink of collapse – a political dilemma the North has not faced since 2002 when...
Argentina’s President Milei to sack 7,000 public sector workers – police...
VENEZUELAN President Nicolas Maduro has accused the Argentinian President Javier Milei of ‘eliminating all the rights of the Argentine people’ and ‘ending the economic...
Tory welfare cuts driving up poverty
A NEW study shows poverty in the UK is on the rise due to welfare cuts introduced by the coalition government during the last...
Egyptian Media Workers Strike!
WORKERS on 12 Egyptian newspapers and five TV channels have gone on strike for a day this week against the recently issued constitutional declaration...
US unions condemn Trump officials!
THE Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) issued the following statement in response to the Senate confirmation of billionaire public education novice Betsy DeVos as US...
Bolton Theatre celebrates Great Miners Strike
The Octagon Theatre Bolton will mark the 25th anniversary of the Great Miners’ Strike when Artistic Director David Thacker revives his acclaimed production of...
Western Powers Warn Assad Not To Stand!
ELEVEN Western and Middle Eastern powers on Thursday warned Syrian President Bashar al-Assad against holding elections, saying that the vote would have no credibility...
German bosses want Greece to be a giant Economic Zone –as...
THE President of the German bosses association ASSON has called for Greece to be turned into a huge ‘Special Economic Zone’. Hans-Peter Keitel, President...
END THE SIEGE OF GAZA! –situation ‘worsening’ warns UNWRA
The UN Relief and Works Agency (UNWRA) has called for ending the Israeli siege on Gaza Strip to end the suffering of its inhabitants,...
World Crisis Splits Iran’s Islamic Revolution
AT least 10 people were killed in the latest clashes to shake Tehran, state television said on Sunday, as Iranian leaders took aim at...
From The River To The Sea Palestine Will Be Free!
First speaker at the rally in Parliament Square was Louise Regan, the chair of the Palestine Solidarity Campaign, who said: ‘Since October, Palestinians have...
Prisoners hold ‘Day of Disobediance’ in support of hunger striker Al-Qiq
PALESTINIAN prisoners and journalists held separate rallies on Thursday in solidarity with hunger-striking Palestinian journalist Muhammad al-Qiq. In Israel’s Eshel prison, Palestinian prisoners held a...
EGYPTIAN STUDENTS CLASH WITH THE SECURITY FORCES – in anti-tyranny protests
STUDENTS across Egypt took to the streets on Sunday in protest at the aggressive handling of student movements by security forces and university staff,...
Iran-Russia Joint Naval Manoeuvres
IRANIAN and Russian naval forces have practised anti-piracy operations, during which they rescued two hijacked merchant vessels, on the second day of their joint...
US auto industry workers launch major UAW union drive
MOTOR industry workers at more than a dozen non-union automakers have announced simultaneous campaigns across the country to join the UAW. Thousands of non-union autoworkers...
London Met Governors Must Resign Now!
HUNDREDS of students and lecturers demonstrated outside the meeting of the Board of Governors of London Metropolitan University on Tuesday night, demanding: ‘RESIGN NOW!’ Calling the demonstration,...
‘The Tories crashed the economy while working people are taking the...
TRADE union leaders on Thursday gave their response to Chancellor Hunt’s austerity war on workers in his Autumn Statement. TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady said: ‘The...
BRINGING DOWN TORIES IS THE KEY says striking Uber driver
‘BRINGING down the Tory government is the key thing,’ striking Uber driver Liban Yussuf told News Line at the lunchtime rally outside Uber HQ...
76.5 million children are living in poverty in the ‘developed’ world!
THE number of UK children living in poverty has increased to more than a quarter as a result of austerity measures introduced following the...
‘overthrow Government’ Demand Greek Workers
TENS of thousands of workers and youth participated in the mass rallies and marches throughout Greece last Friday and Saturday as part of the...
‘Take remote sign-on off the table or we ballot for strike’...
Unite announced on Tuesday that ‘if remote sign-on is not taken entirely off the table for all bus operators then Unite, which represents over...
‘Deal of the Century belongs in the garbage can of history’...
SAEB EREKAT, the Secretary-General of the Executive Committee of the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO), has called on Israeli authorities to immediately and unconditionally release...
‘President Sanders’ would ban anti-union ‘right-to-work laws’
US SENATOR Bernie Sanders, who has said he intends to run the first unionised Presidential campaign in history, announced last Monday a policy proposal...
15,000-strong Grenfell anniversary march
15,000 workers and youth took part in an emotional silent march through west London on Thursday evening to mark the first anniversary of the...
Investigate undercover police role in blacklisting – GMB calls for home...
THE GMB union has called for a just-announced Home Office inquiry into undercover police to cover blacklisting. This came during a protest outside Parkside police...
21 Dead 150 Trapped In Gadani Disaster
THE death toll from a fire in Pakistan’s Gadani shipbreaking yard rose to 21 last Thursday, with as many as 150 still trapped in...
Palestinians defy Israeli clampdown!
AT least four Israeli soldiers have been injured after an improvised explosive device was hurled at a military post in the central part of...
70th ANNIVERSARY OF SYRIAN EVACUATION DAY The ending of the French...
SYRIANS on Sunday commemorated the 70th anniversary of Evacuation Day on Sunday (Syrian Independence Day, which marks the evacuation of French occupation forces from...
Corrie family urge independent inquiry into Freedom Flotilla raid
ISRAELI Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on Friday on his claims concerning the Gaza flotilla raid alleging that the Israeli occupation soldiers were forced...
Iran and Russia–strategic defence co-operation
‘IRAN and Russia are on the path of strategic defence cooperation’ said the Iranian Daily Javan website on 21 January. It stated: ‘Iranian...
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...