Greek Phone-Tapping Storm
A political storm of the highest order has broken out in Greece over mass phone-tapping. This follows revelations, at a special press-conference last Thursday in...
THE PEOPLE OF GAZA MUST NOT BE LEFT TO THEIR FATE...
THE Lebanese Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah issued a strong warning to Israel in his Ashura Day address in Beirut, last Saturday. Speaking on this...
‘BAN ZERO-HOURS CONTRACTS’ – demands McCluskey as numbers soar to 1.8...
ALMOST 700,000 people say their main employment is on a zero-hours contract, an increase of 111,000 on the previous year, according to a report...
Tamil Students Demand Release Of Colleague
Sri Lanka Army (SLA) soldiers in their sentry post along Jaffna lagoon found a male corpse with gun shot wounds washed ashore on...
Dubai Police Seek The Arrest Of Netanyahu
Israeli officials remained silent in the wake of a Dubai police decision to seek the arrest of the Israeli prime minister and the head...
43 million forcibly displaced worldwide says UNHCR report
‘At the end of 2009, some 43.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced due to conflict and persecution, the highest number since the mid-1990s,’...
‘OUR CALL IS FOR THE PEOPLE TO UNITE IN THE YEAR...
NATIONAL Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) has released the declaration from the Preparatory Assembly convened to discuss the forming of a mass...
Coalition ‘slashing Health and Safety budgets!’ – Lord Young’s Review condemned
Trade unions have reacted angrily to Tory peer Lord Young’s review of health and safety. The RMT transport union said that his report ‘is...
‘Nations have awakened today, and they will determine their future’ says...
LAST Saturday the Iranian TV, IRINN, broadcast a live news conference by Iran’s President Ahmadinejad with domestic and foreign journalists. In the...
REGULARISE MIGRANT WORKERS say MPs
Labour deputy leader contender Jon Cruddas is leading a private members debate in Westminster Hall at the House of Commons, on, ‘Regularisation of Migrant...
‘WE WON, LEBANON WON, PALESTINE WON AND EVERY OPRESSED PERSON IN...
LAST Friday Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah addressed in person a victory rally in Lebanon. ‘Brothers and sisters, Ladies and Gentlemen. On...
NEW ZEALAND WORKERS END ZERO-HOUR CONTRACTS AT McDONALD’S
NEW ZEALAND’S Unite Union reached an agreement with McDonald’s last week over ending zero hour contracts and other issues in dispute with the company. ‘This...
18th Amendment becomes law in Sri Lanka
THE Eighteenth Amendment to the Sri Lanka Constitution has become law with effect from Thursday, reports TamilNet. This was after the certification by the Speaker...
SOUTH AFRICAN CP ‘AVOIDS THE MOST FUNDAMENTAL QUESTIONS FACING WORKERS’ says...
PART ONE THE National Union of Metalworkers South Africa, Numsa, has released a full statement responding to Jeremy Cronin, of the South African Communist Party...
Prosecute The Bankers Responsible For The Global Financial Crisis
Delegates to the 28th International Brotherhood of Teamsters Convention in Las Vegas last week unanimously approved a resolution to prosecute chief executives and other...
US blocked LTTE funding – leaked documents reveal ‘contact groups’ set...
Two international ‘contact groups’, one each to check Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) fund-raising and arms purchases, were initiated by the US in...
Fresh Windrush Scandal – Mass Protest To Stop Deportation
AN ANGRY demonstration of over 200 shouting ‘Stop charter flights’ blocked Whitehall for an hour on Thursday evening. The protest was called to prevent a...
Remploy Workers Vote Overwhelmingly For Strike Action
‘WE now have the prospect of Remploy workers taking strike action to defend their jobs to avoid their certain destiny of being chucked on...
RUSSIAN RESPONSE TO GEORGIA ‘SHOULD GIVE A LESSON TO PRO-WESTERNERS’ –...
THE Iranian daily Keyhan has been examining the Russian intervention into Georgia and seeking to draw lessons from it. It states: ‘In the early hours...
‘No To Slavery – We Are Workers’
OVER 200 migrant domestic workers and their supporters rallied at Old Palace Yard, opposite the House of Lords, from 11am to 1pm on Sunday. The...
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...
WE ARE DETERMINED TO OVERCOME THE CURRENT CHALLENGES! – says LTTE...
TAMILNET reports that the LTTE (Tamil Tigers) have stated that, with the people’s support, they will surmount all difficulties. In an interview with Tamilnet, the...
TUC MUST TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT US! – demand BA mixed...
BRITISH AIRWAYS mixed fleet strikers on Saturday called for the TUC and other unions to take action in support of their fight against poverty...
Palestinians rally in Ramallah against Israeli annexation plan
THOUSANDS of Palestinians rallied in downtown Ramallah on Monday against Israel’s intention to annex a large part of the occupied West Bank. Participants hoisted the...
Capitalism and democracy may well be parting company says SIPTU president...
THIS IS the text of a speech by SIPTU President, Jack O’Connor, at the centenary commemoration of the founding of the Irish Neutrality League...
RAJAPAKSE GIVEN ‘A LICENCE TO KILL’ –by the International Community
THE British Tamil Forum has condemned the statement by the Co-Chairs (US, EU, Japan and Norway) of the international community demanding that...
Only Half Of GP Practice Buildings Are Fit For Purpose!
Only half of GP practice buildings in England are fit for purpose, with surgeries too small to meet the demands of growing populations, a...
Rafah crossing shut for 6 months
Palestinian and Israeli officials said on Wednesday that the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) will close the international Rafah border crossing between the Gaza Strip...
‘YOU WANT TO BRING IN AMERICA, AND WE WANT TO...
LEBANESE Christian politician General Michel Awn addressed a mass anti-government rally of over 200,000 people in Beirut on Sunday 10 December. He warned the government...
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...
Calls for a Council of Action and a workers dictatorship in...
‘TORIES out!’ ‘Resign!’ shouted angry Justice for Grenfell demonstrators on Wednesday night, lobbying the first meeting of Kensington and Chelsea Council since the fire...
Syrian army discovers underground terrorist headquarters in Idlib
DURING sweeping operations in the newly-liberated city of Maarat al-Numan in Idlib province, Syrian Arab Army units have discovered a fortified Jabhat al-Nusra terrorist...
Build The Revolutionary Leadership In South Africa!
IN recent editions of the News Line we have reproduced in full a speech delivered by Zwelinzima Vavi, former general secretary of the Confederation...
‘We had expected presidential statements to be supportive of the government’...
PALESTINIAN government spokesman Ghazi Hamad has insisted that his government is not just a Hamas government but is the government of the entire Palestinian...
Israeli Strikes Target Resistance
Palestinian fighters killed two Israeli settlers near the West Bank city of Hebron last Friday morning. Palestinians in a speeding car opened fire at three...
Swiss Clothing Giant Signs Bangladesh Accord–But Migros And Coop Still Refuse
TALLY Weijl, the Swiss clothing giant, has signed the Bangladesh Accord on Fire and Building Safety, piling further pressure on supermarkets Migros and Coop...
Fatah Denies Request To Postpone Conference
A FATAH spokesperson denied on Sunday that the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) intends to ask Washington to postpone the US-sponsored conference on the Palestinian-Israeli...
‘The Israeli army is implementing a US decision to build a...
HASAN Fadlallah, Hezbollah member of the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies for the Bint Jubayl constituency, said on Monday morning that ‘the Israeli Army...
‘STOP JUSTIFYING ISRAELI ASSAULT!’ – Ashrawi tells EU leadership
PALESTINIAN activist Dr Hanan Ashrawi yesterday called for the EU Foreign Affairs Council to stop ‘adopting Israel’s narrative’ and to stop ‘justifying Israel’s...
‘Systemic Failings’ Led To 15-Year-Old’s Cell Death
A jury at an inquest into the death of 15-year-old Liam McManus last Friday returned a damning verdict finding that ‘systemic failings’ in both...
Sacked Greek Cleaning Ladies Stand Firm For Nearly A Year
595 women cleaners of the Greek Ministry of Finance in Athens were sacked on 17 September 2013 and their jobs given to private contractors....
THE IRAQI RESISTANCE IS STILL DIRECTING POWERFUL STRIKES AT THE OCCUPIERS...
‘The Iraqis today do not have control over their political, security or social situation – control is in the hands of the occupation, those...
‘WE DO NOT OBJECT TO A LONG-TERM TRUCE WITH YOU’– ...
‘My message to you is about the war in Iraq and Afghanistan and the way to end it. I had not intended to speak...
‘EXCESSIVE USE OF FORCE, TORTURE AND DETENTIONS’ – Amnesty reports allegations...
A report published on Monday, March 30 by Amnesty International reveals a pattern of serious human rights violations by Greek police and other...
San Francisco Nurses Fight For Patient Care
A strike by 4,000 Registered Nurses (RNs) at ten San Francisco Bay Area, California, Sutter facilities has concluded with nurses walking together back into...