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Teachers and lecturers fighting mass sackings across the UK

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STRIKING Shaftesbury School teachers are drawing increasing public support in their dispute over restructuring, as the Sherborne Area Schools Trust (SAST) refuses to come...

Greek workers say ‘No’ to 13-hour day

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The General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), the Greek TUC, responded on Thursday with an angry statement to the government Labour Ministry’s intention to...

NHS care to be shifted out of OUR hospitals!

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UNDER plans unveiled by the government, NHS care in England will be significantly shifted out of hospitals and into newly proposed ‘neighbourhood health centres’. Prime...

Greek seafarers win historic victory

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THE Greek seafarers’ trade union PENEN declared on Wednesday the victory of the 10-day solid strike on the ferries of the Italy-Greece line at...

Israel taught ‘a historic and unforgettable lesson!’

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THE Islamic Revolution Guards Corps (IRGC) says the 22nd and last phase of Operation True Promise III on Tuesday taught a ‘historic and unforgettable...

Iran drives US and Israel back!

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Iran’s top security body says the powerful Iranian military response as part of True Promise III forced the Israeli regime to halt its aggression unilaterally. The...

Pakistan condemns US attack on Iran as a ‘war crime’

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Condemnations poured in against Saturday night’s US aggression on Iran’s nuclear sites, with many countries describing it as an illegal act that threatens regional...

‘This Zionist regime acts with an impunity never seen before’ says...

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First speaker at the rally in Whitehall outside Downing Street was Palestinian journalist Ibrahim Khadra, who said: ‘It’s the 622nd day of Israeli genocide...

‘Those who support Israeli aggression are partners in their crimes’ –...

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Iranian armed forces have launched the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III by firing a barrage of missiles and drones toward the occupied...

‘Those who support Israeli aggression are partners in their crimes’ –...

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Iranian armed forces have launched the tenth phase of Operation True Promise III by firing a barrage of missiles and drones toward the occupied...

90 Birmingham bin strikers rally outside Parliament – won’t accept any...

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NINETY Birmingham bin strikers came down on a double-decker bus to London to a Unite union rally outside Parliament yesterday afternoon. Strike leader Mike Masters...

Hamas condemns ‘horrific massacres!’ Now is the time for worldwide strike...

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THE Hamas Movement has accused Israeli occupation forces (IOF) of committing a ‘horrific massacre’ that killed more than 15 Palestinians attempting to access food...

Birmingham bin strikers bring their fight to London

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STRIKING Birmingham binworkers are holding a London rally outside Parliament today where their Unite union general secretary Sharon Graham will deliver a speech calling...

Hamas calls for unconditional ceasefire in Gaza

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THE Hamas Movement, along with the Palestinian presidency, welcomed the UN General Assembly’s overwhelming adoption on Thursday of a resolution calling for an immediate,...

Israel is committing genocide in Gaza – forward to the Palestinian...

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A UNITED NATIONS inquiry has found that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza through a ‘systematic campaign to destroy Palestinian life’, including attacks on...

‘We need to escalate the action’ say striking bin workers

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‘WE NEED to escalate the action,' striking Birmingham bin workers at their Perry Bar picket line told News Line early yesterday morning. The 370 striking...

Israel is condemned for storming the Madleen!

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Global condemnations have poured in after Israel stormed the humanitarian vessel Madleen in international waters, which was en route toward the besieged Gaza Strip...

Birmingham strikers lead 20,000-strong march on Downing Street!

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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...

‘We want welfare not warfare 20,00-strong march tells Starmer

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AS the ‘Welfare not Warfare’ March was getting ready to leave the BBC and head for Downing Street, Margaret Mills, a Unison member from...

US vetoes UN resolution on Gaza as it openly ‘stands with...

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ON WEDNESDAY, the US vetoed a draft United Nations Security Council resolution demanding ‘an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire’ in Gaza. The draft resolution also...

Settler violence has ‘surged dramatically’ as 22 new illegal settlements approved!

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THE United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) says Israeli settler violence against Palestinians has surged dramatically this year, with over...

‘Horrific intentionally repeated crime’

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GAZA’s Government Media Office yesterday accused Israel of ‘a horrific, intentionally repeated crime’, having lured starving Palestinians to aid centres run by the Gaza...

‘They flock us towards their fire’ – aid points are traps...

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The Israeli occupation army committed a new massacre on Sunday morning in southern Gaza, killing at least 31 aid seekers and injuring 120 others...

Israel approves 22 new illegal settlements in West Bank

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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...

Hamas Urges Free Nations To Intervene To Stop Israel Weaponising Food!...

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THE Government Media Office (GMO) in Gaza has confirmed that the Israeli occupation has utterly failed in its attempt to distribute aid within ‘racial...

Gaza Humanitarian Foundation – ‘a dangerous political sham’

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LEADING aid and human rights organisations have condemned the ‘Gaza Humanitarian Foundation’ as ‘a dangerous, politicised sham’. Caabu (Council for Arab-British Understanding) is among 11...

Judge thwarts Trump’s federal mass sackings

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A US federal judge has extended her freeze on President Donald Trump’s plan for mass job cuts and reorganisations at 22 federal agencies until...

‘Gaza stands for the majority in the world’

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The Community Camp4Palestine hosted a panel discussion on Wednesday evening on Zionism and US militarism. The event was well attended on the site of the...

Labour government splitting apart as ministers prepare for a national government!

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YESTERDAY, The Daily Telegraph newspaper reported that splits had erupted in the heart of Keir Starmer’s Cabinet between deputy prime minister Angela Rayner and...

The month of May – a graveyard for journalists in Gaza

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Palestinian officials say Israeli forces have killed at least 219 journalists and media workers since the regime’s genocidal war started in the Gaza Strip...

South African trade unions demand action on unemployment

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SOUTH AFRICA’S leading trade union federations the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU), South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) and the Federation...

‘It’s The People vs The Developers’ – declares powerful Peckham meeting

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A PUBLIC meeting of over 200 Peckham residents on Thursday evening stepped up the fight against plans by developer Berkeley Homes to tear down...

Norwegian TUC leads charge against Israeli Apartheid

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IN a challenge to Israeli impunity, Norway has recently emerged as one of the first Western states to implement a cohesive and escalating campaign...

‘Join us in celebrating International Nurses Day’– declares RCN

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‘HAPPY International Nurses’ Day!’ declared the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) on Monday, 12th May. The RCN said: ‘Today, we’re celebrating the incredible skill, dedication...

Trump’s executive order removes over 200,000 AFGE members!

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THE AFGE (American Federation of Government Employees), the nation’s largest union for federal workers, president said on Monday the organisation’s ongoing staff downsizing will...

Bank cuts rate to 4.25% – its second cut this year

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THE BANK of England has reduced interest rates to 4.25 per cent, marking its second cut this year, as it warned that escalating global...

‘Russia will successfully complete Special Military Operation in Ukraine without resorting...

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RUSSIA has sufficient capabilities to successfully complete the special military operation in Ukraine without resorting to nuclear arms, Russian President Vladimir Putin has told...

Hamas Rejects Israeli Gaza ‘Conquest’ Threat

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‘HAMAS rejects Israel’s Gaza conquest threats’, senior Hamas official Mahmoud Mardawi declared yesterday after Israel announced plans for the ‘conquest’ and indefinite occupation of...

London housing crisis is spiralling out of control!

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LONDON’S housing crisis is ‘spiralling out of control’, warns the Centre for London (CfL). Last Wednesday, the independent think tank hosted the London Housing Summit,...

Dump ‘Reform’ into the nearest dustbin – Forward to the British...

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REFORM UK, a right-wing and ‘anti-working class’ party winning the Runcorn and Helsby parliamentary by-Election on Thursday, was only possible because of the treachery...

Tens of thousands march in Turkey on May Day

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DOZENS of trade unions, youth groups, and resistance movements in Turkey marched on Istanbul’s iconic Taksim Square on May Day, in open defiance of...

Russia calls truce on 80th anniversary of Victory Day

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Russia is ready to continue its dialogue with Western lawmakers both in North America and Europe, President Vladimir Putin said on Monday when speaking...

‘Israel and the states supplying it with weapons must be stopped’...

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The United Nations special rapporteur has called for a halt to arms sales to the Israeli regime, which has been committing genocide in Gaza...

Ealing strikers fight ‘disgraceful’ Labour union-busting

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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...

500 Sudanese march to Downing Street – ‘We carry torch for...

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A LIVELY demonstration of over 500 Sudanese and their supporters marched from Marble Arch to Downing Street on Saturday. It was organised by London for...