Pro-Palestine activities in US & UK campuses facing restrictions!
CONCERNS are rising over restrictions to free speech, academic inquiry, and student activism related to Palestine at universities across the UK. This trend has been...
Met police officer charged with murder of Chris Kaba – ...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced on Wednesday that the Metropolitan Police Officer who shot Chris Kaba is being charged with murder. Chris Kaba, 24,...
National Public Sector Strike Called In Greece
The Federation of Greek Public Sector Trade Unions (ADEDY), the Athens and Piraeus Trades Councils and dozens of trade unions have called a 24-hour...
Unionisation has led to massive wins for American workers – as...
BY SHABBIR RIZVI AMERICANS are well aware of the value of the dollar, at least when it comes to their own purchasing power at home....
‘Now listen you, you people of NATO. You’re bombing a wall...
AS EUROPE’S migrant crisis grows right across the continent, many in the Russian media are recalling the late Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi’s prophecy made...
‘New US attempts to destroy the Russian economy will fail –...
OUT OF DESPAIR or delusion, the US government has been inventing new ways to destroy the Russian economy, but its attempts will fail, Russian...
IOPC reviewing destruction of Malkinson evidence
THE IOPC (Independent Office for Police Conduct) has begun an investigation as a result of its review into the way Greater Manchester Police handled...
US targets Hezbollah with new sanctions
THE US Treasury Department has announced new sanctions targeting seven individuals and entities linked to the Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah. The new sanctions target Hezbollah’s...
TUC calls for Israeli boycott but sets no date for action
TUC Congress delegates in Liverpool on Tuesday voted for composite motion C22: ‘Right to boycott’ from the National Education Union. Moving the motion, Louise Regan,...
TUC – call a general strike now to smash the Strikes...
THERE was a powerful Workers Revolutionary Party and Young Socialists lobby of the TUC Conference in Liverpool on Monday morning, where delegate after delegate...
The G20 Summit in Delhi ‘A Tale of Two Indias’
IN Delhi, India’s capital, the G20 summit has captured significant global attention. This event brought together world leaders to discuss international economic strategies, presenting...
Jordanian MPs call for expulsion of Israeli ambassador – in response...
Dozens of Jordanian members of parliament have called for the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador in response to the forced stripping of five Palestinian...
400 under-18s disappear from the UK’s government-supervised hotels!
WHEN young Jay (name changed), an Iranian teenager, set foot on UK shores, a myriad of emotions swirled within him: relief, uncertainty, hope, and...
50 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN MODERN SLAVERY says the Arthur Svensson...
FIFTY million people live in modern slavery, says the Arthur Svensson International Prize for Trade Union Rights. Modern slavery is hidden in plain sight and...
UAW at US ‘big three’ motor companies set to strike...
The United Auto workers union (UAW) says that its 146,000 members at the so called ‘big three’ motor companies – General Motors, Ford and...
‘What is happening in Syria is the opposite of what the...
THE 50th extraordinary conference of Federation of Arab Communities in Latin America (FEARAB America) began on Monday at Damascus University Amphitheatre. Speaking at the conference,...
Ukraine’s western backers ‘a pro-Nazi coalition’ – says former Russian president...
DEPUTY head of Russia’s Security Council, and Russia’s former president, Dmitry Medvedev has described Ukraine’s Western backers as a ‘pro-Nazi coalition’, dismissing the idea...
Niger Expels French Ambassador!
Niger’s military rulers on Friday revoked the diplomatic immunity of France’s ambassador and ordered police to expel him from the African country. A letter sent...
Hands off our ticket offices! – RMT leads march to 10...
Over one thousand angry RMT rail union members and their supporters marched from the Department of Transport offices to Downing Street on Thursday evening...
Sri Lankan government bringing in a ‘slave labour bill’
TRADE unions worldwide have condemned the latest attack on workers in Sri Lanka. Different Global Union Federations (GUF), including the Building and Wood Workers’ International...
Striking SA council workers face sackings & pay cuts
THE Independent Municipal & Allied Trade Union (IMATU) has reacted angrily after it was informed that its striking members in local government in Tshwane...
The Israeli military is murdering Palestinian children – Human Rights Watch...
HUMAN Rights Watch has called for an end to impunity for Israeli killings of Palestinian children, and the use of unlawful lethal force. The Israeli...
Anti-union laws being introduced throughout Europe
TRADE union rights are facing escalating challenges throughout Europe, warns the European Public Service Union (EPSU). In France, a number of trade union activists are...
Amazon in court for obstruction of unionisation!
Amazon has been taken to court in New York state after it was accused of violating federal law multiple times to obstruct unionisation efforts...
Brics Group Wants To Recruit Iran And 5 Other Countries
THE BRICS group is seeking to expand and now has Iran in its sights along with five other countries. Iran has been invited to become...
UAW geared up for strike at ‘Big Three’ US car giants
THE United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) is gearing up for strike action at the ‘Big Three’ US automakers General...
Over 40 countries seeking to join BRICS nations – summit in...
JOHANNESBURG – A summit of the leaders of BRICS nations, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, with the bloc’s expansion being on...
Family Of Kelso Cochrane Demand Access To Police File On His...
THE FAMILY of a black man murdered in 1959 is demanding access to the police file on his unsolved killing, said the radio documentary,...
SUDAN CONFLICT ENTERS FIFTH MONTH ‘The most vulnerable and innocent are...
VIOLENCE is threatening Al Nao hospital, a vital lifeline for people in Omdurman, to the north west of Khartoum, as the conflict in Sudan...
Moscow magistrates court fines Google three million roubles!
A MOSCOW magistrates court has fined US tech giant Google 3 million roubles ($31,800) for its failure to delete questionable information about the special...
Israeli Settler Terrorism On The Rise!
THE following article by Wafa Aludaini appeared on the Hamas website ‘Palestinian Information Centre’. She is a Gaza-based journalist and activist, reporting on how...
Six white Mississippi cops admit torturing two black men
SIX white Mississippi police officers have pleaded guilty to state charges for torturing two black men in a racist assault in the United States. All...
Syria bolsters relations with Algeria and steps up rehousing of quake...
SYRIA’S Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Firas Kaddour, discussed on Sunday with the Algerian Ambassador to Damascus, Kamel Bouchama, ways to bolster cooperation...
SA cops use water cannon and teargas against striking diamond miners!...
HUNDREDS of National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) members began a strike at the Ekapa diamond mines on August 7th; then on...
‘Sunak wants to break our resolve – instead he has united...
Thousands of junior doctors are manning picket lines outside hospitals around the country again today as they continue their four days of strike action...
‘This is very much a fight for the NHS’ – Homerton...
On the picket line at St Thomas’ Hospital by Westminster Bridge in Central London, Ada Zembrzycka, a junior doctor and anaesthetic trainee, told News...
EU states ‘vassals of a single colonial power’ says Zakharova
Western countries’ statements about providing security guarantees to Ukraine are empty, groundless excuses, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday. ‘Security guarantees presuppose...
US deploying armed troops on commercial ships to threaten Iran
ON AUGUST 3rd, the US military announced a plan to deploy armed troops on commercial ships in the Strait of Hormuz, continuing the unilateral...
Palestinian Freedom Fighter Walid Daqqa 37 years behind bars – Israeli...
THE ISRAELI District Court’s decision not to grant the seriously ill freedom fighter Walid Daqqa – who has already served 37 years behind bars...
Russian support welcomed in Africa – as colonialists overthrown in Niger
RUSSIA has the capability to assist with the economic development of Africa and could be a superior replacement to Western countries that are currently...
Strikes, fires and fuel hikes in South Africa
The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) in the Western Cape notes recent developments affecting the Taxi Industry in Cape Town and the...
Chilean teachers begin 48hr strike action!
THE Chilean College of Teachers began a 48-hour strike on Wednesday to demand a response to the requests submitted to the administration of President...
ISRAELI TROOPS RAID NABLUS – as settlers break into al-Aqsa Mosque...
A RAID by Israeli troops in the West Bank city of Nablus has injured dozens of Palestinians, as occupation forces shot live fire and...
BRITAIN’S DIRTY SECRET: UK aided CIA in extended programme of torture!
IN THE wake of recent revelations, it appears that agents from Britain’s intelligence community might finally be held accountable for their previously lesser-known involvement...
Israel ‘main source of instability in West Asia’
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian has condemned the Israeli occupation regime as the main source of instability in West Asia, and warned that the...