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Hassan Nasrallah ‘lived among his people like any other person’ –...
HEZBOLLAH Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of the Lebanese resistance movement who was killed in a massive Israeli bombing attack in September, lived...
TURIN STUDENTS DEMAND FREE PALESTINE! – French CGT workers national mobilisation...
STUDENTS protested against the genocide in Gaza clashed with Italian police last Friday. The students reject ‘the war economy’ imposed by Giorgia Meloni’s ‘reactionary and...
French government collapses – forward to the European socialist revolution!
FRENCH bourgeois rule was plunged into a massive crisis on Wednesday when MPs voted to kick out prime minister Michel Barnier’s administration after just...
Korean trade unions call general strike to force President to quit!
SOUTH Korea’s biggest umbrella labour group, the Confederation of Korean Trade Unions (KCTU), yesterday called an indefinite nationwide strike to continue until president Yoon...
‘Supermajority’ vote to join union at Ford plant in Kentucky
A MAJORITY of workers at a Ford Motor (F.N) joint-venture battery plant in Kentucky have signed cards indicating their support for the United Auto...
Hundreds of South African miners are trapped underground – SAFTU demands...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions issued a statement on Friday to say they are extremely concerned that the unfolding situation in the...
Over 100,000 March On The US Embassy!
MORE than 100,000 workers, students and youth marched from Parliament Square from Downing Street in Whitehall to the American Embassy in Battersea on Saturday...
TSSA General Secretary calls for meaningful action by the trade unions...
AT the rally in Whitehall, next to Downing Street, Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot said: ‘It has been one year of genocide...
General Strike from October 10th to support Palestine and go forward...
THIS year’s British TUC Congress in Brighton from 8-11 September took key decisions to align trade unions with the pro-Palestine, pro-peace and anti-war movements,...
THE TUC must take general strike action to support Palestine and...
‘THE report issued by the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhry, on the Israeli-induced starvation in the Gaza Strip...
Argentina’s President Milei reduces the workforce at state-owned airline by 13%
RIGHT-WING Argentina president President Javier Milei’s spokesman said on Thursday that his government has reduced the workforce at state-owned airline Aerolineas Argentinas by 13...
NUMSA commemorates the mass murder of Marikana striking miners
LAST Friday, National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) commemorated the mass murder of striking miners in Marikana, who were gunned down for...
Football fans united to defend communities!
Far-right violence erupted across the UK in early August, prompting an alliance of football fans to rally in defence of threatened communities. In Liverpool, supporters...
Revolution At Home And Abroad – Victory To Hamas And To...
THE appointment of Yahya Sinwar as the new political leader of the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas, after the Israeli assassination of Ismail Haniyeh, has...
Reeves scraps Winter Fuel Allowance – Pensioners to freeze in their...
NEW LABOUR Chancellor Rachel Reeves dropped a bombshell on the working class across the UK in a statement in Parliament yesterday, announcing that she...
Starmer’s Labour Brings Forward Anti-Working Class King’s Speech
THE STARMER Labour government brought forward an anti-working class King’s Speech in Parliament yesterday morning. It announced 40 pieces of legislation, starting with a Budget...
French unions hold mass rally in Paris tomorrow
SOPHIE Binet, general secretary of the CGT French trade union federation, has called for people to join the rallies on July 18 in front...
‘We want no more weasel words – we want immediate recognition...
On the fifteenth National march for Palestine over one hundred thousand workers and youth took to the streets in central London in support of...
The FBU calls for urgent action by next government to prepare...
THE FBU (Fire Brigades Union) has called for ‘urgent action’ from the next government to prepare the UK for rising temperatures following last week’s...
SA trade unions condemn the sacking of 700 workers by Mercedes...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (SAFTU) joined the National Union of Metalworkers of SA (NUMSA) on Friday to condemn Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s...
Thousands demonstrate in Santiago for Palestine!
Thousands of people demonstrated on Sunday in the Chilean capital Santiago for the protection of children in Palestine and in support of the inhabitants...
NUMSA considering legal action against MAHLE Bher after striking worker shot...
The National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) (which is affiliated to the IndustriALL Global Union) is considering taking legal action against employers...
Wrp General Election Manifesto
ISRAEL’s genocidal war on Gaza, killing over 36,000 Palestinians including over 15,000 children, has had a huge impact throughout the world and has created...
Over 250,000 workers and youth march for Palestine!
More than a quarter of a million workers, students and youth participated in the National March for Palestine through central London on Saturday. Palestine flag-waving...
‘Stop breaking law or we will stop work’ PCS general secretary...
At the start of the rally in Whitehall 14-year-old Abdul Rahman spoke in front of dozens of children waving Palestinian flags and holding big...
Macron Government Is Mobilising Against Railworkers!
THE MACRON government is mobilising against the Gradual Cessation of Activity Agreement signed at the SNCF because it will allow French railway workers to...
Italy’s broadcaster RAI holds 24-hour strike against the ‘stifling control’ exercised...
JOURNALISTS at Italy’s public broadcaster RAI held a 24-hour national strike on Monday to protest against the ‘stifling control’ exercised over their work by...
Emergency demonstration in support of Palestine held in Whitehall opposite Downing...
AN EMERGENCY demonstration in support of Palestine against the Israeli military operation in Rafah was held in Whitehall opposite Downing Street on Tuesday night. More...
South African NUM has threatened mass strikes over planned sackings!
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) in South Africa has threatened mass strikes against the mining sector over planned sackings. Several mining companies have issued...
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...
Tens of thousands of Greek workers march against privatisation!
TENS OF thousands of workers and students participated in mass and militant rallies and marches throughout Greece on Wednesday, during a 24-hour national strike...
CHARGE GERMANY WITH FACILITATING GENOCIDE BY ARMING ISRAEL – ICJ at...
THE International Court of Justice (ICJ) at The Hague held preliminary hearings on Monday on the case filed on 1st March by Nicaragua against...
‘We’re fighting a land grab of our conditions’ says Mick Whelan
‘THE people behind me haven’t had a pay rise for half a decade,’ ASLEF General Secretary Mick Whelan said yesterday, speaking on the picket...
200,000 on London March for Palestine!
A HUGE rally of over 200,000 people marched from Russell Square to Trafalgar Square in London on Saturday 30th March, Palestinian Land Day, to...
TUC must be forced to call a general strike to smash...
LAST Friday it was announced that Border Force staff at Heathrow Airport had voted overwhelmingly for strike action in a dispute over changes to...
Vote no to imposition of Driver Only Operation – urges RMT’s...
SCOTRAIL employees are set to vote on strike action against the introduction of Driver Only Operation (DOO) trains, the RMT has announced. The management of...
Massive nationwide industrial action in Germany!
Massive nationwide industrial action paralysed air and rail travel across Germany yesterday and Thursday as striking workers walked off the job to demand better...
35,000 Greek public & private sector workers take part in mass...
SOME 35,000 public and private sector workers and students took part in mass rallies and marches on Wednesday in central Athens as part of...
We salute the struggle of the Palestinian people – General Strike...
The News Line Rally of 200 people took place at the Hargrave Hall, in north London on Saturday. Chairman, Tony McEvoy, said the struggle for...
Massive ASLEF vote for strike action over pay!
ASLEF train drivers’ trade union members have voted overwhelmingly for more strike action, having not had a pay rise for five years. Mick Whelan, general...
SA trade unions are ‘deeply concerned’ by petrol and diesel price...
The South African Federation of Trade Unions (Saftu) says the petrol increase would disproportionately impact families of poor workers who have been forced to...
Stand with Gaza Day of Action – force TUC to call...
TOMORRROW'S, (Wednesday 7th February), ‘Stand With Gaza – Workplace Day of Action’ is being supported by a wide range of trade unions representing hundreds...
250,000 workers and youth march for Palestine!
The first speaker at the huge rally in Whitehall at the end of Saturday’s march was the Palestinian Ambassador to the UK Husam Zomlot,...
250,000 workers & youth march for Palestine!
MORE than 250,000 workers, students and youth marched for Palestine through central London on Saturday. The march assembled outside BBC Broadcasting House in Portland Place...
Labour will let bankers’ bonuses soar and make the working class...
LABOUR’S shadow chancellor Rachel Reeves yesterday pledged any future Labour government to be the bankers’ best friend, ready and willing to facilitate awarding massive...