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Argentinian education workers 24-hour National Strike

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On Monday, the Confederation of Education Workers of Argentina (CTERA) held a 24-hour national strike against the far-right President Javier Milei’s policies. The education workers...

Gaza Valley ‘safe corridor’ a killing trap! – Horrifying testimonies of...

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THE ISRAELI regime has turned a supposedly safe corridor through which the people of Gaza can travel south into a trap to kill displaced Palestinians,...

Stop defunding UNRWA – demands UN General Assembly chief

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WITH increasing numbers of babies and children now dying of starvation in Gaza, Dennis Francis, the president of the United Nations General Assembly, has...

IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE! – demands powerful east London march for Palestine

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A POWERFUL march of 500 protesters for Palestine marched through east London on Saturday, setting off from Mile End and marching to Aktab Ali...

US senate approves $14 billion military aid for Israel as Gaza...

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The most pertinent fact about the Biden administration’s stance on the ongoing conflict in Gaza is as follows: No act by Israel, regardless of...

Iran Condemns Usa For Vetoing An Immediate Ceasefire In Gaza!

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IRAN’S foreign minister has censured Washington for vetoing, for the third time, a UN Security Council resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire in the besieged...

Starbucks Baristas Battling For First Contracts

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Starbucks baristas from 21 stores around the United States told the company on Tuesday that they plan to organise, potentially adding hundreds of new...

Israel has suffered an ‘irreparable’ defeat says Iran

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THE chairman of the Chiefs of Staff of the Iranian Armed Forces says the Israeli regime has undoubtedly suffered an ‘unprecedented and irreparable’ defeat...

SA gold-mine strikers win union recognition agreement!

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GOLD ONE, the Modder East Operations company’s mine in Gauteng in South Africa, has concluded a trade union recognition agreement with the Association of...

We salute the struggle of the Palestinian people – General Strike...

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The News Line Rally of 200 people took place at the Hargrave Hall, in north London on Saturday. Chairman, Tony McEvoy, said the struggle for...

Iran calls for emergency meeting over Israel’s planned attack on Rafah

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IRAN has called for an emergency meeting of the Council of Foreign Ministers of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) amid the dire humanitarian...

The Palestinian Struggle For Freedom From Occupation!

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BY WESAM BAHRANI IT IS unrealistic to observe the genocidal Israeli war on Gaza without understanding its strategic dimension, in particular the current phase of...

Global wave of farmers protests from India’s fields to Europe’s farms

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Authorities in the northern part of India have resorted to using tear gas to halt the advance of thousands of farmers who are protesting...

‘Take immediate action to stop the genocide!’

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‘The attack by the terrorist enemy army on the city of Rafah is a compounded crime, a deepening of genocide and forced displacement attempts...

Heroic Gaza medic dodges bullets to save lives

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WITH unwavering courage, Dr Amira Al-Assouli, a female Palestinian physician, sprinted through Israeli sniper bullets and drones targeting anything that moved to save an...

Putin warns West against underestimating Russia–but that Russia has no intention...

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PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has warned the West against underestimating Russia, saying it is ‘impossible’ to defeat his country in Ukraine, but that Moscow does...

SA trade unions are ‘deeply concerned’ by petrol and diesel price...

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The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the petrol increase would disproportionately impact families of poor workers who have been forced to...

Amnesty report reveals the brutal crackdown on the Palestinians

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IN a detailed report released by Amnesty International, the organisation has shed light on a dramatic increase in the deployment of unlawful lethal force...

IAM Aerospace workers in the US demand a 40% pay rise...

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International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Union (IAM) leaders at Boeing the aircraft manufacturers are demanding a 40 per cent pay rise over...

‘USA get out now!’ – demand Iraqi masses

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THE Iraqis are demanding the expulsion of United States troops from Iraq after the latest bombing of the country’s western border region with Syria that...

Iran sends aid to Gaza while US sends munitions to Israel

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IRAN has sent a third shipment of humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip, the head of the Iranian Red Crescent Society (IRCS) said as...

250,000 workers and youth march for Palestine!

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The first speaker at the huge rally in Whitehall at the end of Saturday’s march was the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot,...

Israel dismisses International Court Order as Gaza death toll rises!

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In Gaza, the death toll among Palestinians has risen sharply since the International Court of Justice’s provisional order for Israel to cease violations of...

Sub-Continent In Turmoil As Imran Khan Is Sentenced To A...

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FORMER Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has been sentenced to a decade in prison by a special court in what is being termed as...

Argentine trade unions lead a historic general strike!

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THE GENERAL Strike called by the CGT and the CTA, in rejection of the DNU (Decree of Necessity and Urgency) and the Omnibus Law,...

Prestigious universities using ‘gig economy’ practices

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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...

Aid for two million Gazans is at stake! – UNRWA urges...

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The United Nations has urged those countries that have paused funding for its Palestinian refugee agency, UNRWA, to reverse their decision, warning that aid for...

5,000 march in Cheltenham as TUC refuses to call a general...

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FIVE thousand trade unionists  descended on Cheltenham on Saturday, 40 years after 14 workers were sacked at GCHQ for refusing to sign away their...

NATO launches its largest exercise since the Cold War!

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THE North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) has launched its largest military exercise since the Cold War, with a US warship leaving the United States...

Iran warns of the risk of a ‘wider conflict in the...

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THE Iranian foreign minister has warned that the risk of a ‘wider’ conflict in the region has sharply increased due to the United States’...

Gaza Hospitals Stormed And Put Under Siege!

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WORLD Health Organisation Director-General has said he is ‘deeply concerned’ after Israeli forces stormed one hospital and put another under siege as they advanced...

Israel kills 190 in 24 hours while Iran sends Soraya satellite...

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ISRAEL has killed at least 190 people in a time span of just 24 hours in the southern part of the besieged Gaza Strip. Gaza’s...

Hundreds of thousands of Spaniards march to demand immediate Gaza ceasefire

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HUNDREDS of thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters staged rallies across Spain demanding an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, urging the government to break institutional ties and...

Far right Israeli minister Ben Gvir repeats calls for Palestinians to...

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FAR RIGHT Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir has reiterated his call for ‘encouraging’ Palestinians to leave the Gaza Strip, saying the regime’s occupation of the...

Clashes have subsided in Sudan as East African leaders get ready...

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Clashes have subsided in Sudan as East African leaders gear up for a summit in Uganda on January 18th, aiming to address the crisis...

German government considering delivery of tank ammunition for use in Gaza!

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GERMANY’S government is considering the delivery of tank ammunition to Israel amid its genocidal war against Gaza, the German magazine Der Spiegel has reported,...

‘Structural racism’ in the US affecting healthcare of black and hispanic...

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The medical journal, the Lancet, has released two papers called Lancet Child & Adolescent Health in which it shows that paediatric care for non-white...

‘Israel has suffered unprecedented losses’ – Nasrallah

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The secretary-general of Lebanon’s resistance movement Hezbollah says Israel has suffered ‘unprecedented’ losses at the hands of Palestinian resistance and has failed to achieve...

100 days of genocide in Gaza!

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As the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 100 on Sunday, massive aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound neighbourhoods...

‘A world where Palestine is not free is a world in...

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Continue from lead story First speaker at the rally in Parliament Square was Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK, who said: ‘They thought...

Global unemployment is expected to rise in 2024

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GLOBAL unemployment will rise in 2024 and growing inequalities and stagnant productivity are causes for concern, according to the ILO’s World Employment and Social...

Russian military will stop Ukrainian shelling of Russian cities

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THE RUSSIAN military will do everything possible to reduce and then eliminate the threat of Ukrainian shelling attacks on Russian cities, Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry...

German GDLTrain Drivers Union 3-Day Strike

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GERMANY'S GDL train drivers’ union started a three day strike yesterday which concludes tomorrow. The strike is an escalation of a wage dispute with rail...

CGT to march in Paris against far right immigration law

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ON JANUARY 21, ‘let’s march for freedom, equality, fraternity,’ the French trade union federation CGT is urging. It said: ‘201 personalities are calling to march...

‘No safe place to go’ for Palestinians in Gaza – says...

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THE United Nation says Israel’s indiscriminate strikes on the Gaza Strip and incessant evacuation orders have left displaced Palestinians with ‘no safe place’ to...