LONDON — Hospital workers, members of the Unite union, held a lively strike picket line here Feb. 20 on the busy main road by the entrance to the Royal London Hospital, part of the Barts NHS Trust chain, the largest…
LONDON — Over 200 people rallied outside government offices at Whitehall Dec. 3 to protest the brutal violence and rape Hamas thugs meted out to women during their Oct. 7 pogrom in Israel. Many pointed to the failure of most…
LONDON — “Never again is now” and “Bring them home now” were raised by thousands at a lively rally on Whitehall here Nov. 19 demanding the release of the hostages seized by Hamas Oct. 7. The vigil was called by…
LONDON – Commemorations and protests across this city marked the fifth anniversary of the deadly Grenfell Tower fire of June 14, 2017. Seventy-two people were killed in that blaze and 70 others injured, in a building wrapped in highly flammable…
SCUNTHORPE, England —– Scaffolders at the giant British Steel site here, members of the Unite union, have been on strike since Oct. 4. They are demanding their basic wage be raised in line with the National Agreement for the Engineering…
LONDON — Engineers, firefighters and security workers employed by Heathrow Airport Ltd and members of the Unite union took part in a 24-hour walkout at Heathrow Airport Dec. 1 to protest wage cuts and threatened job cuts by the bosses.…
LONDON — Chanting, “Women’s rights are human rights,” some 50 women and men and their supporters demonstrated outside the Sudanese Embassy here on International Women’s Day March 8, demanding the Sudanese government amend the country’s family law. “It means women…
LONDON — A Silent Walk and other events June 14 were joined by thousands, marking the second anniversary of the Grenfell Tower fire here that killed 72 people. The deadly inferno was the result of the contempt of government officials…
PARIS — In face of sustained mass, popular mobilizations from rural areas as well as working-class suburbs, French Prime Minister Edouard Philippe announced Dec. 4 a six-month suspension of the proposed hike in car fuel taxes. These proposed taxes were…
PARIS — In the latest in a series of demonstrations sweeping France, over 100,000 people — known as the “yellow vests” for the yellow reflective safety vests they wear — marched and blocked roads across the country Nov. 24. The…
