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US arms manufacturers sued by Yemenis for ‘aiding and abetting war...
AMERICAN arms manufacturers face a lawsuit for ‘aiding and abetting’ war crimes in Yemen, which is suffering a full-blown humanitarian crisis as a result...
Greece Erupts As 200,000 Workers March In Athens!
THE VOLCANO of people’s rage which was building up its fury over the last few months, erupted in Greece on Wednesday in an unprecedented...
Defend right to asylum – defend right to strike – general...
YESTERDAY the Tories unveiled their ‘Illegal Migration Bill’ along with the admission that the bill itself is illegal under international law, not that this...
Greek workers and youth erupt in fury over deadly rail crash
THOUSANDS of Greek workers, students and youth took to the streets at the weekend in a further extension of the anger that has erupted...
RAGE OF WORKERS AND YOUTH THREAT TO GREEK GOVERNMENT – thousands...
THE RAGE of youth and workers in Greece over last Tuesday’s horrific rail crash is now threatening to overthrow the right-wing government of Prime...
Starbucks illegally monitored, disciplined and sacked workers – US court rules...
A judge in New York ruled on Friday that Starbucks had violated federal labour law dozens of times in responding to a union campaign...
‘OUR FAMILY CANNOT WAIT ANY LONGER!’ says Kaba family six months...
‘OUR FAMILY cannot wait any longer, ’ said the family of Chris Kaba yesterday, the six-months anniversary of the 24-year-old black man’s fatal shooting...
Labour leader Starmer and the TUC General Council remain silent as...
A DELEGATION from the European Union along with representatives of about 20 countries visited yesterday the Palestinian town of Huwwara, south of Nablus, and...
Israel facing ‘financial meltdown!’ – say hundreds of Israeli economists
A GROUP of hundreds of Israeli economists have issued a fresh warning that a financial meltdown could occur more ‘powerfully and faster’ than they...
‘No Deal – Nothing On The Table!’– Junior Doctors to strike...
‘THERE was no deal. There was nothing, nothing on the table,’ said Junior Doctors’ Co-chair, Robert Laurenson outside the Department of Health, yesterday morning. Laurenson...
‘LIFT SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA’ – UN Human Rights Commissioner
Since 2017, the United States has imposed numerous sanctions on Venezuela, targeting its oil industry, financial sector, and political leaders. These sanctions have severely damaged...
Sunak ‘deal’ dumps Brexit – now is time for working class...
ON MONDAY night, Tory prime minister Rishi Sunak and European Commission president Ursula Von der Leyen announced that, after a high level meeting, Britain...
Iran and Iraq establish closer security and cooperation – Iraq demands...
Hossein Amir-Abdollahian, the Iranian Foreign Minister, has discussed security cooperation with Iraqi government officials during a visit to the neighbouring country, stressing that this...
Thousands turn out for Palestinians massacred in Nablus
THOUSANDS of people have turned out for the funeral procession of eleven Palestinian men killed by Israeli military forces during a raid in the...
The TUC Must Give Full Support To The Palestinian Freedom Fighters...
THE Arab League Council yesterday condemned Israeli crimes and massacres of Palestinians and demanded the provision of international protection to the Palestinian people. The Council...
Unions prepare to bring France to a standstill on March 7
‘THE CONFEDERATION has brought together all of its federations in order to continue the mobilisation against the pension reform and to prepare for “France...
Israel Intensifies Its Deadly Raids Into The Occupied West Bank
Two Palestinians died on Tuesday, including a teenager, in separate incidents in the occupied West Bank as Israel’s new far-right government intensified its deadly...
‘I Can’t Breathe’: Race, Death and British Policing
BLACK men are seven times more likely to die following police restraint but racism is not being addressed, the charity Inquest has found. Families of...
Undercover police targeted ‘subversives and left-wing activists’
COINCIDING with a rare public hearing of the Undercover Policing Inquiry (UCPI) this week, ten women who were deceived into relationships with ‘spycops’ have...
2,000 students & teachers march in Athens
THOUSANDS of determined drama and arts schools’ students along with primary and secondary teachers marched through the Athens city centre last Wednesday in a...
A First For The Labour Party – A Leader Who Was...
SIR KEIR Starmer, the ex-Director of Public Prosecutions, and currently the leader of the Labour Party, has just engaged in a second key mission...
Israeli army demolishes homes, steals olive saplings, confiscates vehicles to make...
AN ISRAELI army force on Wednesday demolished a residence and uprooted 100 saplings in Masafer Yatta, in the south of the occupied West Bank. Local...
Palestinian prisoners plan open-ended hunger strike for March 24th
BY KHALED TAYEH EVER since Israeli Jewish supremacist Minister of National Security, Itamar Ben-Gvir, became officially a part of the new Israeli far-right government, he...
Modi government blocks documentary, arrests journalists and raids newspapers and...
The offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) in India have been raided and searched by the country’s income tax authorities on Tuesday, according...
France will be ‘brought to a standstill’ as workers and youth...
FRANCE was in flames on Saturday as hundreds of thousands of workers and youth took to the streets in mass demonstrations across the country...
‘Free Julian Assange’ demands 2,000-strong Night Carnival
Campaigners fighting for the freedom of Julian Assange, the founder of WikiLeaks, attended a ‘Night Carnival’ in London on Saturday. Approximately 2,000 people gathered at...
DON’T EXTRADITE JULIAN ASSANGE! – demands 2,000-strong Night Carnival
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...
Haitian workers will decide their own future!
A SOLIDARITY gathering with Haitian unions has reinforced the need to respect the right of the Haitian people to decide their own future, and...
Tuc Must Defend Palestinians And Call A General Strike To...
THE Palestinian Prisoners’ Society (PPS) has just announced in a statement that Ahmed Badr Abdullah Abu Ali, a resident of Yatta city in the...
Power cuts and 43% unemployment dominate SA State of the Nation...
THE following is a statement by COSATU: ‘DESPITE three vacancies in the executive and a deputy president who wants out, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa...
Greek seafarers strike action
GREEK seafarers went on a 48-hour strike on Wednesday and Thursday, demanding the signing of a new national collective agreement with pay rises of...
Two Years Since Myanmar Military Coup
On the second anniversary of the military coup in Myanmar, the Global Unions – which represents 200 million workers worldwide – has called for...
Republicans throw pro-Palestinian Congresswoman off Foreign Affairs Committee
NEWLY empowered Republicans in the US House of Representatives voted to oust Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the chamber’s Foreign Affairs Committee, because of her...
End the regime of forced prepayment meters – nationalise British Gas...
IN THE WEEK when the giant oil and gas company Shell announced record profits of £32.2 billion, on the back of the soaring cost...
Israel prison service is beating and assaulting female Palestinian detainees inside...
IRAN’S Foreign Ministry spokesman has strongly condemned Israeli forces’ brutal aggression against Palestinian women at Damon Prison in the Palestinian occupied territories. ‘Beating female Palestinian...
Netanyahu arming illegal settlers – ‘escalating attacks and terrorism against Palestinians...
Israel has announced plans to provide illegal settlers with firearms and weapons in response to the recent retaliatory operations by Palestinians, which killed at least...
Call a general strike or resign – UCU CONEL demands of...
UCU lecturers at their emergency branch meeting yesterday demanded that the TUC organise a national demonstration and march to parliament on its 1st February ‘Day...
UK Trade Unions Must Boycott Israel And Give Financial And Political...
THE new Israeli government, which includes known fascists, is now engaging in murderous attacks on the Palestinian people as it pushes to create many...
Tory sleaze again – boot them out with a general strike!
NADHIM Zahawi, the Tory Party Chairman and ex Chancellor of the Exchequer, has for months been avoiding questions about his tax affairs, but on...
UK And French Workers Are Taking Action Against The Bosses And...
THE head of the UK’s Unite trade union has accused the government of having a ‘sinister reason’ for ‘not doing a deal’ with nurses...
France gripped by nationwide strike against Macron government!
FRANCE was gripped by a nationwide strike yesterday with schools closed and trains grinding to a halt as workers walked out in anger at...
Nurses and busworkers unite to bring down the Tory government
RCN NURSES from King’s College Hospital in south London marched from their picket line to the Camberwell Abellio bus garage yesterday, to bring greetings...
Disband the police force now – forward to a workers state...
DAVID Carrick, a serving Metropolitan Police officer, admitted 49 offences in court on Monday, pleading guilty to 24 rape charges, and false imprisonments, and...
Peru protesters demand resignation of President Boluarte
PROTESTS are continuing throughout Peru demanding the resignation of President-designate Dina Boluarte, the closing of the Congress, the advancement of elections in 2023, and...
Tories want more powers for police to crush the trade unions...
TORY prime minister Rishi Sunak announced yesterday that the government will be tabling fresh amendments to the Public Order Bill, being debated in the...