5+ hour, 18+ min ago  (868+ words) It is now clear that the Albanese Labor government, urged on by Australia's political and media establishment as a whole, is doing everything it can to prevent the return home of Australian citizens'women and children'who have been incarcerated in primitive…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago  (1067+ words) The humanitarian situation in Cuba has undergone a catastrophic decline in the three weeks following Donald Trump's January 29 executive order declaring the island a "national security threat" and threatening tariffs on any nation supplying it with oil. Washington has effectively…...

14+ hour, 24+ min ago  (870+ words) Postal workers at the Keighley delivery office in West Yorkshire spoke out against intolerable working conditions, mail backlogs and the collusion of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) leadership in enforcing Royal Mail's restructuring agenda. A campaign team from the Postal…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago  (1361+ words) The US Supreme Court may have ruled that sweeping tariffs imposed by invoking an "emergency" under the 1977 International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) were illegal, but the tariff war will go on and possibly even intensify. That was the message…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (838+ words) More than two months since the December 14 terrorist attack on a Jewish gathering at Sydney's Bondi Beach, in which two Islamic State-inspired gunmen murdered 15 people, questions about how the atrocity was able to be perpetrated remain entirely unanswered. But despite…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (725+ words) The State Department ordered the evacuation of non-essential personnel and family members from the U.S. Embassy in Beirut on Monday, amid a major buildup of forces in the Middle East and intensifying preparations for war against Iran. Reuters reported that 32 embassy…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (340+ words) US President Donald Trump will deliver the annual State of the Union address Tuesday night before a joint session of Congress. Were it honestly titled, the speech would be called "The State of the Rich'a demagogic exercise in self-congratulation, burying…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (420+ words) On Monday, officials from the United Nurses Associations of California/Union of Health Care Professionals (UNAC/UHCP) abruptly ordered an end to the four-week strike of 31,000 healthcare workers at Kaiser Permanente in California and Hawaii. The walkout began January 26 against…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (892+ words) Workers rallied at the National Legislature, joining teachers, artists, retirees, and students. There were also pickets at the FATE tire factory that recently shut down, leaving hundreds of workers with no jobs. The demonstrators were attacked by police, who broke…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (602+ words) Many workers pointed out that the so-called "6 percent" increase was largely illusory, with the additional 2 percent delayed until October 2026, reducing the real rise for the year to around 4.5 percent. Some also noted that, given the previous enterprise agreement expired in…...