Monthly Archives: April 2016

Health Care Is a Right! For an NHS Based on Fulfilling this Right! Junior Doctors carried out full walkouts on 26 and 27 April in England in their fight to oppose the govenment’s plan to impose a new contract on … Continue reading →

No to EU Austerity! Working People Themselves Must Set the Agenda The EU Referendum campaign officially began on April 15 and the voting in the Referendum itself takes place on June 23. Despite this, the government pre-empted the campaign, and … Continue reading →

  Photo: Steve Boneham The Cities and Local Government Devolution Act received the Royal Assent on January 28. The Act promises election of mayors for “Combined Authorities”, as well as the devolution of certain functions of governance to these and … Continue reading →

TUC backs Brazilian unions in opposing elite coup attempt 15 Apr 2016, By Owen Tudor TUC General Secretary Frances O’Grady has joined 120 other global and national trade union leaders from 34 countries around the world in solidarity with the … Continue reading →

Judges find DWP ‘fitness for work’ test breaches the Equality Act and is illegal 2013 A judicial review  ruled that the test used to decide whether people are fit for work actively discriminates against the mentally ill. The tribunal concentrated … Continue reading →

Proceedings of the 7th Congress Opening session of the 7th Congress, April 16, 2016. The 7th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba opened at 10 am on Saturday, April 16 with the presentation of the Congress’ Central Report by … Continue reading →

Published time: 9 Apr, 2016 16:12 RT – Daily news Live updates Thousands of people across France have taken to the streets to voice their protest against a newly proposed labor reform. Some rallies took a violent turn with police … Continue reading →

By Gearóid Ó Colmáin Global Research, April 09, 2016 The most unusual aspect of this week’s ‘Panama Papers’ scandal was the appearance of the Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson alongside the West’s favourite ‘bad guys’, Russian President Vladimir Putin … Continue reading →

TML Weekly is publishing below an article by Council of Canadians Trade Campaigner Sujata Dey on the International Trade Minister’s consultations on the Trans-Pacific Partnership neo-liberal free trade agreement, which Canada signed on February 4. The minister’s consultations have been … Continue reading →

Enrico Tortolano 7 April 2016 from open democracy The British left has a proud history of opposing the bureaucratic, undemocratic super state that is the EU. The case for Leave is stronger now than it has ever been.     … Continue reading →