Swaziland communists call for end to series of kidnappings
Communist Party of Swaziland members have faced a series of kidnappings in recent days, by a regime desperate to suppress the country’s movement for democracy. One instance including the kidnapping of children as young as five and three years old by government soldiers
P&O Ferries deploy private security against staff following redundancy announcement
800 staff at P&O ferries have been fired without notice, to be replaced with outsourced labour
Communist Party of India-Marxist calls for renewed efforts after BJP wins in Uttar Pradesh
Indian Communists call for intensifying struggle against Modi after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) swept to victory in four of the five state elections that declared results yesterday, including key state Uttar Pradesh
Palestinian prisoners threaten hunger strike over Israeli abuses
Palestinian prisoners have again taken to protest against their abuse by Israeli prison authorities, threatening mass hunger strike if their demands go unmet.
Protests in Nepal highlight flaws of US foreign aid agreement
Nepal has seen mass demonstrations over recent weeks against the involvement of a US foreign aid corporation in the country
Neoliberalism to blame for Britain’s weather woes
Given what we already know about the role of capitalism as a major cause of climate change, it is obvious that it is contributing to the environmental destruction currently facing the UK. However, this crisis goes beyond this, and it is important to highlight the role of neoliberal domestic policies over the last forty years that have weakened our position to combat these extreme weather events.
Criminal Bar Association to ballot workers over call for legal aid reforms
The Criminal Bar Association of England and Wales is set to ballot members this month, over government inaction on legal aid.
Four missing women activists in Afghanistan released
The United Nations has revealed that four missing women’s rights activists were released by “de facto authorities” in Afghanistan, following weeks of worry and uncertainty
The economy is supposedly thriving – so why aren’t we?
Figures released from the Office for National Statistics (ONS), have shown the UK economy grew by 7.5% last year. So why aren’t ordinary working families seeing these gains?
Tories to end self-isolation rules in England
Boris Johnson has announced that the government will lift all domestic Covid-19 restrictions for England by the end of February, despite daily cases still numbering in the tens of thousands.
