NHS 70 years on battles for funding
ON JUNE 30th, hundreds of thousands of people will be marching to celebrate and defend our National Health Service. The NHS is facing many problems...
Israeli authorities raze land and demolish housing!
ISRAELI authorities on Thursday razed land and demolished a greenhouse and water well in Beit Ula, a village located northwest of Hebron, according to...
Sanctions on Russia adversely affect global economy
RUSSIA’S President, Vladimir Putin, has opined that the latest raft of unprecedented sanctions imposed on Russia by the US and its allies over the...
‘We must learn the lessons of 1926’ – UNISON conference warned
Last week saw the annual conference of UNISON, the largest public sector union in the country. As befits a union that represents hundreds of...
Rajapakse government supporters risking ‘complicity in mass arbitary detentions’ – says...
TAMIL NET reports that the International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) in its latest report has urged the International Community and the United Nations to...
RELEASE SHREWSBURY DOCUMENTS –10 more years of secrecy condemned
MPs and trade union leaders addressed a press conference at parliament on Wednesday organised by the Shrewsbury 24 Campaign. They demanded the release of documents...
Israeli Forces Storm Hebron Protest Camp
HEALTH workers in the West Bank will escalate their strike action next week, their union said on Sunday. Osama al-Najjar, the head of the healthcare...
‘Stop the starvation, stop arming Israel, end the genocide’
continued from lead article British/Australian doctor who had worked in Gaza, Mohammed Mustafa spoke wearing the scrubs that he wore in Gaza, saying: ‘These...
MUSHARRAF IS DOING BUSH’S JOB! – say 8,000 Pakistani demonstrators outside...
UP TO 8,000 demonstrators took part in a mass picket of Downing Street on Monday, to protest against the visit of Pakistan’s military ruler...
United In Support Of Fellow Prisoners On Hunger Strike
Jailed Fatah leader Marwan Barghouthi said on Sunday that Palestinian prisoners would remain united in their support for fellow prisoners on hunger-strike. Prisoners affiliated to...
BA – both Unite and GMB recommend acceptance!
THE FIGHT to defend the jobs, pay and conditions of the 70,000 workers employed at Heathrow Airport has now reached its decisive hour. On 5th...
Biden Urges Railroads And Trade Unions To Avoid Railroad Strike That...
THE BIDEN administration urged railroads and unions to reach a deal to avoid a railroad work stoppage, saying on Monday it would pose ‘an...
US capitalism faces fiscal ‘heart attack’ – socialist revolution is the...
AT midnight (US time) on Monday, US president Trump made good his threat to impose his long-threatened 25% trade tariffs on Mexico and Canada...
‘PALESTINIAN HEALTH SITUATION FACES COLLAPSE’ – PNA health minister slams siege
PALESTINIAN medical supplies are running out because of the economic siege in the occupied territories – with supplies of some basic materials already at...
13 Ways The Trump Budget Hits US Workers
THE AFL-CIO has warned of ‘13 Ways the Trump Budget hurts working people’. It says: ‘There are tons of analyses and numbers that could keep...
‘HEZBOLLAH ARE RIGHT TO DEFEND THEIR COUNTRY’ – 100,000 march through...
‘Bush, Blair terrorists!’ shouted workers and youth last Saturday as they passed the American embassy in central London on a 100,000-strong demonstration against the...
Stop ignoring Israel’s targeting of journalists – UN told
THE UNITED Nations Security Council has been urged to address Israel’s attacks on press freedom and escalating military actions in Lebanon and Gaza, as...
Consultants are fighting for the NHS – the working class must...
YESTERDAY, NHS consultants went out on a two-day strike, the first in nearly 50 years, over their demand for an increase in pay to...
Lifting all US sanctions will create ‘a new atmosphere’ – Rouhani...
IRAN’S President Hassan Rouhani says the lifting of all US sanctions will create ‘a new atmosphere’ for the Islamic Republic’s economic cooperation with the...
Children are doing hazardous work in tobacco farming!
THE United States government and tobacco companies are failing to protect teenage children from hazardous work in tobacco farming, says a new report by...
Trump Declares War On Public Sector Unions
LAST Wednesday night the Trump administration declared war on America’s public sector unions. In a brief filed with the Supreme Court, the Department of Justice...
‘DEMOCRACY IN PERIL’ – Sri Lankan journalists protest against election abuses
Exiled journalists have condemned state media abuse in the Sri Lanka presidential election campaign, reports TamilNet.| Journalists for Democracy (JDS), a Germany-based media advocacy group...
More workers being forced to take strike action!
THE NUMBER of UK strike actions is growing! A Public and Commercial Services union representative sacked by the National Gallery was likely to have been...
‘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...
Red Army liberation of Auschwitz–an enormous victory! –Kremlin chief slams attempts...
THE Kremlin chief of staff, Sergey Ivanov has been interviewed on World War II history, and Ukraine by the website of pro-government Russian tabloid...
US workers battle for union representation
THE demand for union representation is growing amongst workers in the United States. Loyola University catering workers rejoiced on November 2nd, after they received news...
Free All Guantanamo Detainees Now
GUANTANAMO detainee and Reprieve client Nabil Hadjarab, who was cleared for release in 2007, was freed last Wednesday and transferred to Algeria, along with...
STRUGGLE FOR UNION RIGHTS ESCALATES IN THE UNITED STATES –Oklahoma senate...
A bill that would strip collective bargaining rights from public employees in Oklahoma’s largest cities is on its way to Republican Governor Mary Fallin’s...
GP SURGERY FACING 46% FUNDING CUT – BMA warns of threat...
A GP surgery facing a 46 per cent cut to its funding over the next three years embodies the threat facing the profession, the...
Numsa metalworkers are on indefinite strike action! – as Nehawu demands...
Hundreds of Numsa metalworkers’ union members at the Impala Platinum Mine in Freedom Park near Rustenburg are on indefinite strike against exploitation by three...
Trade unionists join Portland protesters
Trade unionists joined the Portland, Oregon demonstrations outside the Justice Centre on Saturday night, with many protesters wearing similar coloured shirts as part of...
Portuguese fuel strike into 2nd week! Army deployed as strike breakers....
FUEL DRIVERS in Portugal are continuing their strike, now entering its second week, as the Portuguese government called a state of emergency, deploying the...
Argentina – year-on-year inflation reaches 102.5% in February
ARGENTINA’S National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (Indec) said on Tuesday that inflation in February was 6.6 per cent, while the cumulative year-on-year figure...
Healthworkers pay tribute to Gaza medics
THE COMMUNITY Camp4Palestine opposite the US embassy in Battersea on Tuesday night hosted an event to honour paramedics in Gaza. Opening the proceedings, Elina, a...
HEZBOLLAH FIGHTS WITH HONOUR IN SYRIA – while Cameron seeks to...
HEZBOLLAH’S deputy leader Shaykh Na’im Qasim said last Wednesday that his group had fought ‘with honour’ in Syria and had helped in the...
US BUDGET WILL PRIVATISE MEDICARE – warns AFSCME
THE federal budget bill, authored by US House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan and approved this month in the House of Representatives, privatises Medicare...
Hundred thousand Swaziland workers mass action
A HUNDRED THOUSAND Swazi workers have begun a campaign of mass action, led by the Trade Union Congress of Swaziland (TUCOSWA), and its...
‘BRING DOWN THIS GOVERNMENT WITH A GENERAL STRIKE’ – YS editor...
It is young people who are leading the struggle. Young people demand a future and the only way is socialism. The Young Socialists stand...
UFCW exposes ICE terror raids on workers
THE UFCW US trade union has reacted strongly against the mistreatment of migrant workers during US government raids where they have been illegally...
‘ASSASSINATING THE LEADER WILL ONLY STRENGTHEN THE WILL OF THE BA’ATH...
Saddam’s deputy, Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri, issued a statement on 1 January, mourning his ‘brother’ and calling for unity. ‘The criminal evil hands of the...
Fierce Clashes Between Mahdi Army And US Forces
Fierce clashes between Mahdi Army fighters and US forces in the Iraqi capital’s Sadr City district killed at least 20 people on Sunday, amid...
US nurses strike over pay and condition
ABOUT 6,500 registered nurses staged a one-day strike in Tenet Health hospitals in Florida, California, and Arizona last Friday, demanding better working conditions and...
More than 50 Bangladesh garment workers are injured by anti-union goons!
MORE than 50 garment workers at Haesong Corporation Ltd in Bangladesh have been injured after being attacked by hired goons. The workers were taking part...
Greece goes to the polls as workers mobilise against austerity
Workers and youth in Greece were looking to deliver a huge blow to the current right-wing government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis in yesterday’s parliamentary elections. The...
‘£5BILLION WASTED’ ON PRIVATE TREATMENT CENTRES – NHS left to pick...
There is no good evidence that independent sector treatment centres have provided additional capacity, value for money, or high quality care, argue researchers in...