Israel approves 22 new illegal settlements in West Bank
Israel has approved the establishment of 22 new illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank. The decision was reportedly taken in a closed-door vote by...
A win for Palestine Action as an army contract is blocked
THREE detained activists affiliated with Palestine Action have ended a prolonged hunger strike after the government blocked a major British Army contract for Elbit...
The Israeli Regime Has Escalated Its Genocide!
THE ISRAELI regime escalated its genocide in and around Khan Younis, the most densely populated area of the Gaza Strip, yesterday. Palestinian casualties mounted, bringing...
‘We’re NHS workers – bring us back in-house’! – demand striking St George’s staff
STRIKING cleaners, domestic workers and hostesses employed by the public services privateer Mitie, got great support from local people as they held a powerful...
‘HALT ALL CUTS AND OUTSOURCING!’ – unions confront Academies Enterprise Trust
SEVEN UNIONS have warned about their dispute with the UK’s largest academy trust over staff cuts, low pay and outsourcing. The unions have now registered...
Israel’s ‘terrorism, threat and intimidation won’t frighten us!’ – says Palestinian Prime Minister Shtayyeh
THE agreement between Israeli Prime Minister-Designate Benjamin Netanyahu and extremist Itamar Ben Gvir is ‘a broad call for an escalation in the violence in...
Braverman Calls To Use Full Force Of The Law Against Hamas Supporters
TORY Home Secretary Suella Braverman called for the police to ‘use the full force of the law’ against displays of support for Hamas yesterday. Braverman...
US Lawyers Launch Bid To Have Assange Extradited From The UK
US LAWYERS yesterday launched a fresh attempt to have Julian Assange extradited from Britain, arguing that concerns about the WikiLeaks founder’s mental health should...
Russia for negotiated ceasefire! – ‘There will be no joining NATO!’
THE RUSSIAN Ambassador to the United Nations, Vassily Nebenzia, held a press conference in New York yesterday during which he made it clear that...
TUC delegates speak out in favour of an anti-Tory general strike!
DELEGATES to the TUC conference in Liverpool spoke out in favour of a general strike to defeat the Tory Strikes Minimum Service Levels legislation...
One million infected by disease in Gaza!
GAZA’S Health Ministry has detected about one million cases of infectious diseases, but doesn’t have the medical capabilities to treat them, as the situation...
Chinese fury over Tory plan to kick Huawei out of UK!
‘WHETHER the UK can provide an open, fair and non-discriminatory business environment for Chinese companies is a litmus test for British markets after Brexit,...
Port Talbot steelworks – Unite to defend every job
PORT Talbot’s steelworks will be given up to £500m by the UK government in a bid to keep the plant open and produce steel...
200,000 March For Victory To Palestine
A HUGE 200,000-strong march of workers, students and youth went from Parliament Square to Hyde Park on Saturday, the 13th National demonstration for Palestine...
Gaza death toll passes 39,000!
THE GAZA death toll passed the 39,000 mark yesterday with the Health Ministry reporting at least 39,006 Palestinians have been killed and 89,818 wounded...
RMT joins striking barristers outside Old Bailey
STRIKING barristers were supported by the RMT at their rally outside the Central Criminal Court at the Old Bailey in central London yesterday, while...
‘Halt Israel’s ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip’ – Hamas
HAMAS has called upon Islamic nations and United Nations agencies to urgently address and halt Israel’s ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestinians in the Gaza...
Birmingham bin strikers bring their fight to London
STRIKING Birmingham binworkers are holding a London rally outside Parliament today where their Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham will deliver a speech calling...
GAZA CEASEFIRE NOW! – UN votes unanimously, only US abstains
‘THIS MUST signal the end of atrocities against our people,’ Palestinian Ambassador to the United Nations Riyad Mansour said yesterday. He was speaking after the...
Postal Workers Call To ‘Bring Down Tories’
ROYAL MAIL Communication Workers Union (CWU) postal workers were in a determined mood during their latest pay strike yesterday. At Jubilee Mail Centre in Hounslow,...
3-day week looms! JCB cuts 4,000 workers’ hours
DIGGER manufacturer JCB is cutting production and working hours in the UK as it faces a shortage of components from China due to the...
Unite union claims partial BA U-turn – draft agreement to be put to ballot
UNITE union said yesterday that it welcomes what it has called British Airway’s ‘partial U-turn on fire and rehire’ but warns issues are ‘not...
‘You look like gangsters!’ Palestine campaigner Qesser Zuhrah tells masked arresting police officers
AT 6.30 yesterday morning campaigner for Palestine Qesser Zuhrah was arrested by masked police officers under Section 44 of the Serious Crimes Act and...
Israeli tanks close Rafah crossing!
AS the US-backed Israeli genocidal war on the Gaza Strip entered day 214 yesterday, aerial and artillery strikes continued to pound and target different...
University pickets call for a general strike!
Over 20,000 staff at scores of universities are striking for five consecutive days this week in their fight for pay and working conditions and...
Chancellor warns of ‘significant disruption!’
TORY Chancellor Rishi Sunak has unveiled a £30bn Budget package to try to keep UK capitalism from being bankrupted and broken apart by the...
PM HELD ILLEGAL DRINKS PARTY – while millions were under lockdown
PM JOHNSON yesterday apologised for attending an illegal drinks party in the Downing Street garden while millions of people were under lockdown, and making...
‘More Children Than Ever Are Homeless!’
THE homelessness charity Crisis said yesterday that what was already an emergency now risks becoming ‘a growing catastrophe’. Chief executive Matt Downie said: ‘The Scottish...
STOP HEATHROW JOBS BLOODBATH – Unite must call national strike action now!
‘UNITE must call national strike action now to stop the jobs bloodbath at Heathrow Airport,’ British Airways ground staff worker Jamil Singh told News...
‘We are on the brink of making history’ says New York’s first socialist mayor
ZOHRAM MAMDANI, a self-proclaimed ‘democratic socialist’, was elected the 111th mayor of New York yesterday. He is the first person of South Asian descent and...
Junior doctors begin 72hr strike
THERE were powerful picket lines outside hospitals around the country yesterday as junior doctors began a 72-hour strike against Tory attacks on the NHS...
Halt the Family Farm Tax!
‘HALT the Family Farm Tax,’ demand thousands of farmworkers as they roll into Whitehall, many aboard their tractors, at 1pm this afternoon. Small farmers across...
‘Blatant act of annexation’ – Ashrawi slams Israeli ‘nature reserve’ land grab
ISRAEL is creating ‘nature reserves’ in the occupied West Bank and this is ‘a blatant act of annexation and land theft that violates international...
Police surround the Mexican Embassy in Bolivia to try & seize Morales’ ministers!
Last Sunday night in Bolivia around 10pm, 220 police, armed and accompanied by trained dogs, surrounded Mexico’s Embassy in La Paz. According to a statement...
Five Days Of Strike Action At Metroline
LONDON bus operator Metroline’s decision not to permanently drop its controversial ‘remote sign-on’ policy will lead to five days of strike action that will...
JOHNSON FACING REBELLION – 60 Tories preparing to vote against Plan B
THE JOHNSON government faces an expected rebellion by about 60 Conservative MPs in tomorrow’s House of Commons votes to pass new ‘Plan B’ Covid-19...
Israel Attacks Palestinian Journalists!
DOZENS of Palestinian journalists have suffered excessive tear gas inhalation after Israeli military forces attacked a peaceful sit-in staged in the northern sector of...
PAY PROTECTION NOW! – demand Queen’s Hospital Romford strikers
THERE was a well attended picket line of pathology department workers outside the Queen’s Hospital Romford (BHRT) yesterday. Red Unite flags were waving and there...
Draconian New Laws Are Rushed In By The Tories!
‘DRACONIAN’ new laws have been rushed in by the Tories ahead of Saturday’s coronation and a letter described by lawyers as ‘intimidatory’, has been...
JOIN FORCES TO DEFEAT ISRAEL – urges Hamas
ISRAELI forces carried out simultaneous huge explosions in the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank yesterday, destroying 20 homes in one residential neighbourhood. The...
Israel intentionally starving people in Gaza since October 8th says UN
‘ISRAEL has been intentionally starving the Palestinian people in Gaza since October 8,’ the UN special rapporteur on the right to food, Michael Fakhri...
Labour PM reveals his class war Budget will cause ‘pain’!
LABOUR Prime Minister Keir Starmer will focus on growth and wealth creation, he told selected guests and media in the Downing Street rose garden...
McDonnell condemns the ‘Day One Rights’ sellout!
EDUCATION secretary Bridget Phillipson yesterday defended the decision over why the government had abandoned its promise to allow workers to claim protection from day...
‘Stop shameful deportations!’ of people who came to the UK as children
THE GOVERNMENT must end the deportation of foreign-born offenders who came to the UK as children, according to a draft report into the Windrush...
Tories Planning To Break ‘Trade Union Stranglehold’
THE TORY government is drawing up plans for new anti-union laws to ‘break the stranglehold of the trade unions’, The Sunday Telegraph newspaper disclosed...