BBC will defend against Trump law suit
THE BBC said yesterday that it will defend a $10bn (£7.4bn) lawsuit filed against it by US President Donald Trump over an edit of...
BA Sellout!
THE UNION Unite claimed yesterday that the deal offered to British Airways’ pilots would be acceptable to tens of thousands of its cabin crew...
EU tightens the screw! – Johnson dumps ‘do or die’
EU ambassadors yesterday agreed to delay Brexit, but will not make a decision on a new deadline date until next Monday, just three days...
TORY REFUSAL TO TALK ON PAY ‘BEYOND BELIEF’ says BMA
TORY Health Secretary Steve Barclay’s refusal to join today’s meeting between doctors’ leaders and the Department of Health is ‘beyond belief when the stakes...
Israeli forces raid occupied West Bank cities!
ISRAELI forces have launched their most intense raids yet on cities in the occupied West Bank as they pressed on with one of the...
‘Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory is unlawful!’ says International Court of Justice
JOSEP BORRELL, the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, yesterday commended the advisory opinion that Israel’s presence in Palestinian territory is...
Ealing strikers fight ‘disgraceful’ Labour union-busting
STRIKING Ealing civil enforcement officers are protesting outside parliament today against union-busting by the West London Labour Council, furious at the ‘disgraceful’ lack of...
‘IT IS OVER’ SAYS WALLACE – as UK leaves nationals behind in Kabul
‘IT IS OVER,’ Tory defence secretary Ben Wallace admitted yesterday over the UK’s Afghan debacle. He added: ‘It is with deep regret that not everyone...
General strike needed to support hunger strikers!
THE hunger strikers are ‘losing the ability to speak and stand’, according to Prisoners for Palestine, with the four remaining hunger strikers adding additional...
Postmasters Convictions Quashed!
JUDGES have quashed the convictions of 39 former postmasters after the most widespread miscarriage of ruling class justice in the history of UK capitalism. The...
No joint press conference in Luxembourg – ‘We’re ready for no-deal’ – Johnson
TORY PM Boris Johnson yesterday travelled to Luxembourg to meet EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker and the country’s PM Xavier Bettel. After the meeting, Johnson...
Defeat Tory onslaught on rail workers!
‘DEFEAT this Tory onslaught by calling national strike action,’ Chigwell Aslef Chairman Bill Rogers said yesterday in response to the Tory government’s threat to...
‘INVESTIGATE CIVIL SERVICE!’ – demands McCluskey after state attack on Corbyn
UNITE leader Len McCluskey yesterday demanded an investigation into claims made by two journalists in an article in The Times newspaper that senior civil...
Israeli Forces Live Fire Kills Palestinian Women
A PALESTINIAN woman was killed yesterday when Israeli forces opened live fire in the Al-Jenena neighbourhood, east of Rafah in southern Gaza, according to...
Workers pressure mounting but the TUC still won’t call a general strike!!
WORKERS pressure is mounting on the TUC to call a general strike to bring down the Tories at its Annual Congress in Brighton next...
Starmer poised to clash with unions over pay rise demands
LABOUR PM Keir Starmer is poised for a clash with the unions after downplaying the likelihood of real-terms pay rises for public sector workers...
3,000 sackings as Grangemouth closes after 100 years!
ALL OIL refining ceased in Scotland yesterday with the closure of the Grangemouth refinery, after more than 100 years of operation. Mass sackings of the...
General Strike now to defend NHS! – call as 2,000 doctors converge on Downing...
SEVENTY-FIVE thousand junior doctors began their 72-hour strike yesterday, they are continuing it today and are being joined by hundreds of thousands of teachers,...
Withdraw from Palestine now! – UN General Assembly instructs Israel
THE United Nations General Assembly has passed a draft resolution demanding Israel withdraw from Palestinian territories occupied since 1967, including East Jerusalem, and recognise...
Labour MPs barred from entering West Bank
TWO Labour MPs barred from entering West BanTWO Labour MPs were ‘astounded’ to be denied entry to Israel to visit the occupied West Bank...
80,000 on London march for victory to Palestine!
MORE than 80,000 workers, students and youth marched for Victory to Palestine through central London on Saturday. The London march assembled at Embankment on the...
‘Heathrow sits on mountain of cash while sacking 4,000’ says Unite as strike ballot...
‘HEATHROW’S cash mountain should be used to help low paid staff threatened by “fire and rehire”,’ Unite said yesterday. Heathrow workers are currently being...
‘No return to northern Gaza!’ as Israel attacks the West Bank!
THE Israeli military has warned Palestinians against returning to northern Gaza, saying ‘the war is not over’. Israel has said that northern Gaza is out...
Youth Rise Up Against Capitalism
A THOUSAND school youth walked out of classes yesterday to join the mass protest in Parliament Square, furious at how capitalism is destroying the...
Hamas agrees 60-day ceasefire!
HAMAS negotiators in Cairo have agreed a new proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza, which calls for an initial 60-day truce and hostage release...
Birmingham strikers lead 20,000-strong march on Downing Street!
STRIKING Birmingham bin workers led a 20,000-strong march of workers, students and youth on Downing Street on Saturday. The ‘Welfare not Warfare’ demonstration assembled outside...
Qesser Zuhrah Released On Bail
PALESTINE campaigner Qesser Zuhrah was released on bail yesterday from Westminster Magistrates Court after being arrested on Monday morning at 6.20am for posting on...
THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS STILL TRAPPED IN DANGEROUS BUILDINGS says the Fire Brigades Union
FIREFIGHTERS yesterday slammed the government and building owners as an HCLG Committee cladding survey highlighted widespread safety failings. The Housing, Communities and Local Government (HCLG)...
Myanmar military ‘extrajudicial killings’
A PROTEST of over a hundred Burmese outside the Myanmar embassy in Mayfair, London yesterday demanded the release of their leaders arrested during the...
DON’T ALLOW UKRAINE MISSILES TO STRIKE RUSSIA – President Putin warns the West
PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin has issued a stark warning to Western nations, cautioning them against allowing Ukraine to use long-range missiles to strike Russian territory. Addressing...
Government Launches Youth Forced Labour Scheme!
YOUNG workers will be thrown off benefits if they refuse to go on a government-run six-month ‘work placement’ scheme, Labour Work and Pensions Secretary...
‘MY BLOOD WAS BOILING!’ says RCN leader after Army mobilised against strikes
‘MY BLOOD was boiling when I heard what he said,’ Patricia Marquis, Royal College of Nursing Director for England, said yesterday after Tory Cabinet...
Israeli air strikes kill 24
ISRAELI air strikes killed at least 24 Palestinians between dawn and noon on Wednesday, with one of the biggest strikes targeting a school in...
Sheikh Jarrah resident is threatening to blow up his home rather than leave it!
ON MONDAY a Palestinian man carried a gas canister onto the roof of his home in occupied Jerusalem as his family faced eviction. The Sheikh...
‘If the government refuses meaningful discussions we will carry on striking’ – say defiant...
‘IF THE government keeps refusing to enter into meaningful discussions, or any discussions, we will be forced to carry on striking because we do...
‘Sleepwalking towards another catastrophe’ – FBU statement marking 2 years since Grenfell fire
‘WE RISK sleepwalking into another catastrophic loss of life. We demand urgent action from the government to ensure that the events of Grenfell Tower...
‘US plots to devalue our currency have failed!’ – says Iran
THE GOVERNOR of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI) said yesterday that plots to force a massive devaluation of Iran’s national currency to ruin...
Watson must quit now! demands Diane Abbott
Shadow Home Secretary Diane Abbott has retweeted a call for Labour Party deputy leader Tom Watson to quit after he publicly attacked the party’s...
Abbas holds US responsible for the bloodshed in Gaza!
PALESTINIAN President Mahmoud Abbas has held the US administration fully responsible for the ongoing bloodshed in Gaza, the latest of which was the horrific...
3.5% NHS pay rise a ‘sick joke’ says Unite
DISMISSING the government’s 3.5 per cent proposal on NHS pay announced on Tuesday as a ‘sick joke’, Unite said yesterday that ‘this will accelerate...
‘TUC GET OFF YOUR KNEES AND CALL A GENERAL STRIKE!’ – YS lobby gets...
‘TUC GET OFF YOUR KNEES, CALL A GENERAL STRIKE!’ rang out outside the Brighton conference centre as the TUC three-day Congress opened yesterday. Hundreds of...
COLLECTIVE PUNISHMENT – the decision to suspend Palestinian aid
The decision to suspend aid to the UN Palestinian refugee agency by several Western countries is a ‘collective punishment’, UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini said...
‘Schools can only remain open where it is safe for them to do so!’...
Dr Patrick Roach, General Secretary of the NASUWT teachers union, has called on the government to take further action on school safety in light...
Unions condemn Israel – over designating Palestinian organisations as ‘terrorists’
TRADE unions in the United Kingdom have denounced as outrageous Israel’s decision to designate six Palestinian human rights groups as terrorist. ‘We strongly condemn the...
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...