‘The corporate structure of care homes … hides profits, avoids tax...
SOME of the Big 26 care home providers make use of ‘complex company structures’ is the finding of a report from the Centre for...
If Necessary ‘I And All Hezbollah Members Will Go To Syria’...
‘AFTER the first bombing, the situation was brought under control. After yesterday’s massacre, the situation was brought under control. ‘However, we cannot make predictions....
95% of Unison members at HRI back strike action –‘Wholly owned...
HUDDERSFIELD Royal Infirmary (HRI) workers are determined to strike to defeat the closure of their hospital and the privatisation of their jobs. About...
54 student halls of residence wrapped in same cladding as Grenfell...
AS A FRESH year of students start at their new universities, it has come to light that fifty-four student halls of residence tower blocks...
‘NO ONE BUT SERBIA MAY LAY CLAIM TO THE TERRITORY OF...
VLADIMIR CHIZHOV, The Russian ambassador to the EU, has warned that Moscow will react negatively to countries which recognise Kosovo independence. ‘This, above all, refers...
Climate Change protesters besiege BAA
CAMP for Climate Action protesters yesterday morning were still besieging British Airports Authority (BAA) head office at Heathrow Airport. Protesters were camped out under...
‘Young people want to work!’: says Hassan Yussuff of the Canadian...
FAR too many young Canadian workers are either unemployed or underemployed and governments must come up with a strategy to solve the problem –...
Fast-food workers in 300 US cities striking on Labor Day
LOCAL Miami cooks and cashiers from McDonald’s, Burger King and other restaurants announced they are walking off the job on America’s Labor Day, today,...
Striking South African social workers barricade
STRIKING South African social workers have barricaded the entrances to care centres and are vowing not to leave until their demands – an immediate...
ACTU fights ‘disgrace of racial discrimination’
‘This programme is a disgrace to all Australians and must be scrapped,’ ACTU (Australian Council of Trade Unions) Indigenous Officer Lara Watson said on...
Afl-Cio Leader Trumka Quits Trump’s Manufacturing Council
ON SUNDAY August 13th AFL–CIO leader Richard Trumka made his initial statement on the Charlottesville clashes between neo-Nazis supported by the Ku Klux Klan...
10 years since Israel attacked the Mavi Marmara Ten activists lost...
ALTHOUGH Israel later apologised for the incident that claimed the lives of nine Turkish nationals and one American and compensated the victims’ families, Tel...
Coalition Privateers To ‘Liberate NHS’ Final Part
THE White Paper produced by the Tory-Lib Dem coalition government says that all NHS Trusts must become Foundation Trusts (FTs) within three years. There are...
FUTURE OF MEDICAL WORKFORCE IS AT RISK – says BMA
THE British Medical Association (BMA) is warning that the future of the medical workforce is at risk. This comes as a new survey of medical...
‘West will pay a heavy price for supporting Al-Qaeda’ – says...
PRESIDENT Bashar al-Assad warned on Wednesday that the West will pay a heavy price for its support of Al-Qaeda in Syria. Assad, whose regime has...
Collective punishment of Palestinians–thrown into prison without charge or trial!
COLLECTIVE punishment has reached new outrageous levels, with the father of a young Palestinian shot dead by Israeli forces being arrested and thrown...
‘Eviction, homelessness and hunger’ facing US families – Indivar Dutta-Gupta advisor...
AN ECONOMIC adviser to the campaign of US Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has warned of ‘evictions, homelessness, and food insecurity’ by the end...
Three children killed in US-led bombing of Deir Ezzor
THREE children were killed in air strikes carried out by the US-led coalition on the small Syrian town of Al-Shaafah in the Deir...
67th Nakba anniversary!
PALESTINIANS marked the 67th anniversary of the ‘Nakba’ or ‘the great disaster’ on May 12 with a festival through the Palestinian city of Ramallah. Thousands...
‘TAKE OUT A WRIT AGAINST FORD’ –demand 500 ex-Visteon workers
500 sacked Visteon workers demonstrated outside the Unite London headquarters on Wednesday to demand the union immediately takes out a writ against Ford motor...
‘IRELAND FACES DIREST CONSEQUENCES’ warns ICTU over 64bn euro debt
DUBLIN – The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has warned that Ireland faces ‘the most dire consequences’ without a significant deal on the country’s...
‘Obama couldn’t convince his people with lies’–says Assad
SYRIAN President Al-Asad said that through Western support, now there are thousands of Al-Qaeda fighters from 80 countries in Syria and that terrorism must...
Teachers shortage crisis in schools!
SCHOOLS across England are at risk of teacher shortages in key subject areas, according to government figures released last Thursday. The figures show that there...
95% of RCM members in north of Ireland vote for strike...
ALMOST 95% of RCM members in Northern Ireland who responded to a consultation about industrial action, including strike action, over pay conditions have voted...
Israeli Blockade On Medical Supplies Killing Gazans
‘The four-year Israeli siege on Gaza has resulted in the deaths of dozens of Palestinians suffering from health problems due to the lack of...
President Ahmadinezhad Speaks To The Arabs Of Khuzestan
IRANIAN President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad spoke to a gathering of the people of Ramshir in oil-rich Khuzestan Province, which has a large Arab population...
Numsa Takes To Streets Fighting Anti-Union Laws
ANGRY members of IndustriALL Global Union affiliate, the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA), took to the streets of Johannesburg protesting...
Israeli raids across the West Bank!
ISRAELI forces detained at least ten Palestinians, including a journalist, in Wednesday night raids across the occupied West Bank, Israeli and Palestinian officials said...
Egyptian Army Planning To Intervene In Gaza Against Palestinian Revolution
AFTER overthrowing the Mursi presidency at home to stop a workers revolution, the Egyptian army is planning to undermine the Palestinian militant group Hamas,...
New Orleans sanitation workers strike enters eighth week
‘WE’RE being treated as disposable,’ striking New Orleans sanitation workers employed by Metro Services Disposal Group said last Friday. The workers began striking on May 5th, saying...
24 Hours Under The Israeli Occupation!
ISRAELI forces on Wednesday detained at least 14 Palestinians, including a woman and a minor, during predawn raids across the West Bank, said security...
Angry South African workers march on municipal offices!
THE South African Municipal Workers Union (Samwu) held a demonstration on Thursday marching to the Midvaal Municipal offices, south of Johannesburg, in protest against...
‘Syrian people alone can determine their future’
DEPUTY Prime Minister, Foreign and Expatriates Minister Walid al-Moallem said Syria is ready to go for a Syrian-Syrian dialogue without any preconditions and will...
Canadian Postal Union Fighting To Overturn Strike Ban
THE CANADIAN Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) filed a constitutional challenge last week to block legislation ordering them back to work, passed by the...
Grammar schools segregate children by class warn teachers
‘THERESA May’s plans for new grammar schools are a regressive move and a distraction from the real problems facing schools and education,’ Kevin Courtney,...
Israel ‘intends to impose full sovereignty over Jerusalem’ – warns Hamas
Israeli forces clashed with Palestinians in Jerusalem’s Al-Aqsa Mosque compound on Friday, exchanging a volley of tear gas and rocks. Israeli troops entered the Haram...
‘The 3rd Intifada will defeat Israel’ – Haniya
DEPUTY head of Hamas’s political bureau Ismail Haniya has urged Arab and Muslim leaders in the region, in letters sent to them, to support...
Israel’s exploitation of Palestinian water resources condemned
ON UN World Water Day last Saturday the Palestinian Mission UK recirculated a previously published brief by the PLO-Negotations Affairs Department entitled ‘Israel’s Exploitation...
Sarin Gas Shells Used By Syrian Opposition!
RUSSIAN Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Wednesday that the documents submitted by Moscow to the UN on the use of chemical weapons in...
US DAIRY WORKERS FATALITIES United Farm Workers union fighting Darigold
AMERICA’s United Farm Workers union (UFW) is fighting an attack by Darigold, the largest dairy processor and cooperative in the Pacific Northwest. UFW says: ‘While...
Hezbollah marks 40 years of Iranian revolution!
THE SECRETARY general of the Lebanese Hezbollah resistance movement has praised the outstanding achievements made in Iran, stressing that the Islamic Republic is now...
FBU Replies To The Coalition Diktat!
FBU (Fire Brigades Union) Leader Matt Wrack wrote on 6th August to Brandon Lewis MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Communities and Local...
Syrian film wins award at ‘International Resistance Film Festival’
SYRIAN feature film ‘The Father’ has collected the Best Screenplay Award at the ending ceremony of the International Resistance Film Festival in Tehran. The...
Greece applies for a ‘Third Austerity Accord’
Statement by the Revolutionary Marxist League Greek section of the International Committee of the 4th International TODAY, Wednesday 8 July, the Greek Finance Minister Efklides...
Coalition Privateers To ‘Liberate NHS’: Part Two
THE Tory-Lib Dem coalition government’s White Paper on the NHS contains plans for sweeping changes. NHS Commissioning Board The sole commissioners for the NHS will...