The continuing siege by the Lebanese army of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp has created a humanitarian crisis. Lebanese and Palestinian organisations are appealing for aid. Go to »www.nahrelbared.info
Iraqi union leaders representing tens of thousands of oil workers across southern Iraq are optimistic that a threatened strike last week has won significant concessions from the US-backed government.
Government proposals to "reform" planning regulations are being presented as making it easier for ordinary people to get their lofts converted, or as a blow against climate change by lifting restrictions on erecting wind turbines.
Remploy was set up in 1947 to provide jobs for people with disabilities mainly as a result of the war. Remploy is not the only provider of supported employment in Britain, but it is the largest by far.
The new Scottish parliament has a majority who support the removal of Trident nuclear missiles from the Clyde. That includes the new first minister, the Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Alex Salmond.
MPs in the House of Commons voted on Friday of last week to exempt themselves from the Freedom of Information Act that gives the public the right to access information from public bodies.
Councillors, trade unionists and anti-fascists in the east London borough of Barking & Dagenham have refuted claims by Margaret Hodge, the New Labour minister and MP for Barking, that the borough’s housing crisis is caused by immigrants.
Barcelona, 3 May 1937, three o’clock in the afternoon – three lorry loads of police and Republican Assault Guards force their way into the central telephone exchange, beginning what became known as the "May Events".
"If he can preach it, we can sing it." Those were the words of Pops Staples, the father of Mavis, after he heard Martin Luther King speaking in Alabama in 1963.
