‘Tens of thousands of Palestinian families at risk of home...
‘Israel is implementing a strategy of Judaisation in the Occupied Palestinian Territories,’ Professor Raquel Rolnik, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing,...
Lula victory reflects public determination to protect services & sovereignty!
SUNDAY’S Brazilian election result in which Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defeated the Trump-backed Flávio Bolsonaro reflects the public’s determination to protect public services...
‘ABBAS AND HANIYA WE WANT NATIONAL UNITY’ say Palestinian mourners
Thousands of people on Thursday attended the funerals of four Palestinians who were shot dead during an Israeli operation in the West Bank town...
‘WE WILL SHUT DOWN SOUTH AFRICA!’ – COSATU warns ANC
‘The entire economy of South Africa will be shut down’, warns the Congress of South African Trade Unions (Cosatu), if the government fails to...
General Soleimani’s Killers ‘Will Not Escape Punishment!’ Says Iran
IRAN will not let those behind the assassination of the country’s legendary anti-terror commander General Qassem Soleimani evade punishment. ‘We will not allow the martyr’s...
‘Insulting’ changes to GP contracts rejected!
The BMA (British Medical Association) England GPs committee has rejected ‘insulting’ proposed changes to the GP contract in England which completely ignore the unsustainable...
Israeli Navy Boards Finnish Ship & Tasers Passengers
ISRAELI naval forces used stun guns when they boarded a Finnish ship which was attempting to break the sea blockade of Gaza on Saturday,...
THOUSANDS LAY SIEGE TO THE CITY – and march against the...
SEVEN thousand mainly young people from London and across the country marched to demand the withdrawal of British and American troops from Iraq and...
CGT calls for ‘day of mobilisation’
FRENCH trade union federation CGT has called for September 29 to be a ‘day of mobilisation and interprofessional strikes’ over unemployment. The CGT stated that...
Platinum Miners Union Fighting For Recognition
THE Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (Amcu) is facing lengthy delays in companies signing new recognition agreements with the union which has replaced...
IRAQI OIL WORKERS THREATEN TO STOP WORK – as demonstrations spread...
At Iraq’s state-owned North Oil Company (NOC) on Saturday a demonstration of 300 day workers warned they would go on strike if their work...
US must prove that Manning knowingly helped Al-Qaeda – rules US...
THE US government must prove that army private Bradley Manning knowingly helped Al-Qaeda and other ‘American foes’ by handing over secret documents to WikiLeaks,...
‘CWU must call an indefinite national strike to defend Royal Mail’
CWU leaders and reps are meeting today and tomorrow at Logan Hall, London for a policy forum to discuss the CWU’s response to the...
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...
Government appeal against Bedroom Tax ruling is condemned
LAST week, after the Court of Appeal ruled that the Bedroom Tax is discriminatory and unlawful, Paul Rutherford, one of the appellants, described himself...
‘Freedom Flotilla’ Heading For Gaza
THE second ship to join the Freedom Flotilla en route to Gaza left Istanbul Saturday afternoon, joining eight other boats from three countries carrying...
MALIKI RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FALL OF MOSUL – says Iraqi Parliamentary...
TOP Iraqi officials ignored ample warnings of an impending attack on second city Mosul and grossly mismanaged the ensuing crisis that saw it seized...
US steel workers vote overwhelmingly for strike
THOUSANDS of members of the United Steelworkers (USW) union from across the United States voted overwhelmingly last week to authorise their bargaining committee to...
The people behind Gaza’s statistics
Sarah Algherbawi The Electronic Intifada IN JIHAD ABU Jamous’ family, he was seen as the lucky one. The 31-year-old, who gathered gravel to sell...
‘Up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributed to...
‘IT IS NOT implausible to estimate that up to 186,000 or even more deaths could be attributable to the current conflict in Gaza,’ declares...
Korean steelworkers massive strike vote
The POSCO Labour Union which represents workers at the massive iron and steel maker in South Korea on Thursday approved industrial action with a...
‘Resist Israeli Pressure Tactics’
PALESTINIAN leaders called on factions responsible for capturing Israeli soldier Gilad Shalit to resist ‘Israeli pressure tactics’ aimed at forcing them to drop their...
JORDAN PROTESTS AGAINST RISING PRICES – cooking gas up...
JORDAN announced on Tuesday it would raise fuel prices, including a 53 per cent hike on cooking gas, sparking nationwide protests in which two...
Prestigious universities using ‘gig economy’ practices
University and College Union (UCU) has released a report today, (Wednesday 31), which finds that around two-thirds (66 per cent) of research staff are...
‘NHS emergency care is itself, in a state of emergency’
‘EMERGENCY care is itself in a state of emergency,’ Dr Taj Hassan, President of the Royal College of Emergency Medicine said on Thursday. He was...
‘I’m Calling For A General Strike To Smash This Bill!’
‘I’M CALLING for a general strike to smash this bill,’ Bakers Union leader Ian Hodson told News Line on Monday afternoon in Westminster, where...
Union leaders denounce Osborne’s spending review – but call no action...
CHANCELLOR Osborne’s vicious £11.5 billion Spending Review attacks on pay, public services and benefits, were immediately condemned by trade union and TUC leaders representing...
CONTROL REGIONALISATION IS ‘BLEEDING THE FIRE SERVICE DRY’ – scrap Whitehall...
Fire Brigades Union (FBU) General Secretary Matt Wrack says the deaths of four firefighters in Warwickshire has echoed in fire services around the world. The...
COSATU VOTES TO EXPEL GEN SEC. VAVI! – as black masses...
ON March 30th the Central Executive Committee of the South African trade union federation, COSATU, voted to expel its democratically elected General Secretary, Zwelinzima...
US and EU leaders’ call for Libyan ceasefire is ignored
US and European leaders on Monday called for a ceasefire in Libya and for the United Nations to take a leading role in helping...
Amcu Ready To Serve 48-Hour Strike Notice On Lonmin!
LONMIN Plc (LMI) is waiting to be served with a strike notice by the Association of Mineworkers and Construction Union (AMCU) if the...
Millions in Iran attend processions for 84 slaughtered sailors
ON TUESDAY morning, the Iranian capital geared up for a massive funeral honouring 84 slaughtered sailors of the IRIS Dena, as top officials declared...
1,000 Teachers, Parents And Supporters March On Department For Education
ONE thousand teachers, parents and supporters marched through Westminster in the cold and rain, led by the National Education Union, (NEU) to demand that...
‘Terrorists…are the army of the Turkish, US & Saudi regimes’
SYRIAN President Bashar al-Assad said that France, Britain, and the US, along with Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Turkey are responsible for the war in...
Egypt and Russia boost economic & military cooperation
BILATERAL talks between Vladimir Putin and Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi were followed by negotiations in expanded format with the participation of the two nations’ delegations. The...
‘STATE-SPONSORED VICTIMISATION OF TRADE UNIONISTS’ – warns UCATT
‘THE most vicious attack on the rights of British workers for a generation, to create state-sponsored victimisation of trade unionists.’ This is how construction workers’...
US backs Israeli threat to second Freedom Flotilla
ORGANISERS of the second Freedom Flotilla say that an administrative complaint has been filed against the US Boat to Gaza, claiming that the vessel...
Tax the rich! – urge SAFTU leaders as they condemn ANC...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) last Thursday condemned the ANC, saying that there is no real difference on the economy between...
SEVERE WATER SHORTAGES IN GAZA STRIP – Only 1 in 10...
THE United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has warned that severe water shortages in the Gaza Strip have reached critical levels, with only one in...
Thousands on Morocco march for Palestine!
Thousands staged a mass rally in Rabat, the capital of Morocco, last Friday night in solidarity with the Palestinian nation amid relentless Israeli aggression...
‘Religious Sectarianism Breeding Again’ In North Of Ireland
By John Coulter, Irish political journalist Religious sectarianism is alive and well and breeding viciously again in the North. As the North this month commemorated the...
California teachers strike as workers take action across USA
Hundreds of teachers in the East Bay area of San Francisco, California went on strike last Thursday after talks collapsed over better pay and...
British Columbia dockers strike continues
THE MUA (Maritime Union of Australia) has thrown its support behind striking dockworkers in Canada this week. On Monday the MUA called on one of...
37 years since First Palestinian Intifada
SUNDAY December 8th, marked the 37th anniversary of the First Intifada, the great Palestinian uprising that redefined resistance against the Israeli occupation and apartheid. Intifada is an Arabic...
VICTORY TO GATE GOURMET WORKERS! – First Anniversary march and rally
OVER 600 youth and trade unionists joined the locked-out Gate Gourmet workers in a demonstration through Southall on Sunday, marking the first anniversary of...