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Unions unite to defend RIGHT TO STRIKE!

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OVER one hundred RMT members, along with members of the PCS, UCU and Unite rallied outside Parliament yesterday to defend the right to strike. This...

Food prices soar 80% in a year

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WHILE Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures claimed yesterday that ‘real pay’ has fallen by just 2.3% in the last three months, a Which?...

BETRAYAL! – Palestinian resistance slams UAE over receiving Israeli PM Bennett

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THE PALESTINIAN Islamic Jihad resistance movement strongly condemned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) officials yesterday for receiving Israeli prime minister Naftali Bennett, stressing that any...

EU-UK post-Brexit deal deadlock!

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TALKS between the UK and EU broke up yesterday, as the two sides remained at loggerheads over a post-Brexit trade deal. Another deadline passed, but...

Chancellor Reeves in a crisis as pound plummits to 14-month low

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CHANCELLOR Rachel Reeves has come under intense scrutiny after a turbulent period in the financial markets sent the pound plummeting to a 14-month low...

SNP ready for Corbyn-led interim National Government

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THE SCOTTISH Nationalists have reached out to Labour to form a National Government with the sole purpose of remaining in the European Union. Yesterday, chief...

ISRAEL BOMBS QATAR! – targeting Hamas peace negotiators

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ISRAEL carried out a massive bombardment of the Qatari capital, Doha, yesterday with more than ten aerial munitions, aimed at assassinating the Hamas Movement’s...

RMT Strike Action!

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TUBE UNION RMT went ahead with strike action by tube drivers on Friday night. The action is over the ripping up of existing agreements and...

Go Forward To The State Of Palestine!

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THE UN Security Council committee has not reached a consensus on Palestine’s latest application for full United Nations membership, despite substantial support. Meeting in New...

Assange hearing adjourned after Covid fears for lawyer – his supporters block the street

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ON DAY four yesterday of the Old Bailey hearing deciding the fate of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange the proceedings were adjourned until Monday while...

Over 500,000 Public Sector Workers Strike

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OVER half a million public sector workers from eight unions were on strike yesterday, fighting against the Tory government’s attack on their pay, conditions...

‘PALESTINIAN STATE NOW’! – demands Ambassador to UK Husam Zomlot

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‘WE need the recognition of the State of Palestine immediately, Mr Starmer, don’t wait one more day,’ Husam Zomlot, Palestinian Ambassador the UK said...

Israel steps up assaults and demolitions in both Gaza and the West Bank

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ISRAELI occupation forces have escalated assaults, demolitions, and settler-backed attacks across the occupied West Bank, causing widespread Palestinian casualties, mass arrests, and the destruction...

Letters sent to 1922 Committee calling for Johnson to go – 54 needed for...

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TWO TORY MPs, Sir Roger Gale and Douglas Ross, have publicly confirmed that they have submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime...

Israeli war planes bomb Jabaliya refugee camp! – scores of children are killed

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ISRAELI warplanes bombed the Al Jabaliya refugee camp again yesterday morning, killing scores of children, burying them in their homes. Extending just one square kilometre,...

DON’T EXTRADITE JULIAN ASSANGE! – demands 2,000-strong Night Carnival

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OVER 2,000 campaigners fighting for the freedom of Julian Assange attended a Night Carnival in London on Saturday. The carnival organised by the Don’t Extradite...

Abbas welcomes 81 UK MPs condemnation of mass evictions

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JERUSALEM – Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement has welcomed the letter by 81 British parliamentarians to the UK’s Foreign Secretary, Dominic Raab, calling...

BMA Wales 3-day February strike

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British Medical Association (BMA) Cymru Wales junior doctors committee has announced new strike dates as part of the dispute over pay. ‘In the absence of...

Nursing Staff Are Quitting NHS Pensions To Make Ends Meet!

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NURSING staff are quitting their NHS pensions to make ends meet as the cost-of-living crisis bites. The number of staff opting out of the NHS...

NHS Bosses Using Election To Gag Staff – Gmb

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NHS bosses are trying to ‘gag’ staff during the general election, GMB Union revealed yesterday, warning that health service workers are being told they...

Israel strikes Lebanon during Palestinian General Strike

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DOZENS of air strikes pounded Gaza yesterday while a new front in the conflict opened up as the Israeli military also shelled Lebanon in...

PM’s top advisor Cummings refuses to quit

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‘I KNOW that the British people hate the idea of unfairness. People like me who make the rules should be accountable for their actions,’...

May Preparing Indicative Votes To Try & Smash Brexit

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10 DOWNING Street is preparing to allow parliament to vote on seven alternative EU options next week amid their growing fears that PM May...

Racists driven off the streets!

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IN A powerful display of unity and solidarity on Wednesday, thousands of youth and workers gathered across the UK to form human shields to...

Greek students march against riot police

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SEVERAL thousand Greek university students marched victoriously and defiantly on Monday night in Athens after they had forced the armed riot police ‘storm-troopers’ off...

LET IN THE TRUCKS! – Israel blocking 6,000 aid trucks for Gaza

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‘LET IN THE TRUCKS’ United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA) demanded yesterday. Adnan Abu Hasna, UNRWA’s media advisor, demanded that Israel...

Gatwick Airport Faces Default!

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GATWICK Airport is in talks with bank lenders to try to avoid defaulting on multi-million pound loans, as Covid restrictions contribute to huge losses. The...

‘Shut Down Inquiry! It’s A Disgrace!’

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‘SHUT down the inquiry, it’s a disgrace!’ protesters shouted outside the Grenfell inquiry yesterday, on the first day it resumed after the Attorney General...

Daily Israeli ceasefire violations!

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HAMAS says that since the ceasefire agreement came into effect last month, Israel ‘has not ceased its daily and continuous’ violations. According to the statement...

FRANCE PARALYSED BY GENERAL STRIKE! – as workers defend pensions

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FRANCE is paralysed by a nationwide general strike by transport workers, teachers and other trade unions, supported by the mass of the working population. This...

‘SEIZE OUR SHIPS!’ – demand sacked P&O workers outside Parliament

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OUTSIDE Parliament yesterday a two hundred-strong rally of P&O workers and their supporters shouted: ‘Seize our ships!’ and ‘P&O we say no!’ The rally was...

43% of doctors have absolutely no eye protection! – Nurses have no face masks!

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NURSES are forced to ‘hold their breath’ because of inadequate face masks during dangerous operations, while doctors have absolutely no eye protection, it was...

Israel Attacks Gaza Flotilla! – Italian Navy Intervenes!

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ISRAEL launched multiple intimidatory attacks on ten ships of the Global Sumud Flotilla overnight on Tuesday night-yesterday morning, while they were sailing 30 nautical...

Israel abolishes operations of UN agency for Palestine

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SEVERAL countries told the United Nations Security Council yesterday that they deeply deplore the Israeli parliament’s decision to abolish the operations of the UN...

Sixth Forms strike: ‘urgent funds now!’

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A LONDON march and rally marking the fifth day of strike action in over 30 Sixth Form Colleges took place yesterday, with union leaders...

Smash the Tory Anti-Strike Bill!

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THE TUC warned yesterday that the right to strike of 1-in-5 workers in Britain is at risk because of the Tory government’s Strikes (Minimum...

Johnson and Barnier clash over EU/UK fishing rights

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TORY PM Johnson clashed yesterday with the EU’s Barnier over the thorny issue of Europeans fishing in UK waters and vice-versa. Speaking in Greenwich, Johnson...

Palestinian teen severely beaten!

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A SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Palestinian minor has told his lawyer that he was severely beaten while detained by Israeli occupation soldiers last week and that he...

Scottish court rules prorogation ‘unlawful’

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WE ARE of the opinion that the advice given by the government to Her Majesty the Queen to prorogue Parliament was unlawful and that...

Junior Doctors – nine more strike dates

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JUNIOR Doctors are to strike for three days before Christmas and six early in the New Year following five weeks of fruitless talks between...

‘Get Out Of Iraq’ – US Abandons Citizens After Its Terror Attack

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THE US Embassy in the Iraqi capital Baghdad has urged all American citizens to run for it and get out of Iraq. This is after...

No beds! Intensive Care Units at 100% capacity!

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ONE in eight NHS trusts in England did not have a single spare intensive care bed last week, NHS England figures published yesterday revealed. 18...

‘We are here for as long as it takes!’ say defiant Harland and Wolff...

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HUNDREDS of workers joined yesterday’s Harland and Wolff Rally in Belfast, with speakers reiterating their demand for the renationalisation of the shipyard. Unite Regional Coordinating...

More aid seekers slaughtered in Rafah

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ISRAELI regime forces killed at least 78 Palestinians, including several aid seekers, in bombing attacks across the Gaza Strip yesterday. Palestine’s Safa news agency reported...

JOHNSON FACING REBELLION – 60 Tories preparing to vote against Plan B

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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...