115 trade unionists were murdered for defending workers’ rights in 2005, while more than 1,600 were subjected to violent assaults and some 9,000 arrested, a report states. according to the ICFTU’s Annual Survey of Trade Union Rights violations, published today.

Former TGWU leader Sir Bill Morris has called for trade union influence over the Labour Party to be…

A general strike over falling living standards paralysed Guinea on Thursday with activity grinding to a halt in spite of government warnings and the presence of armed riot police on the streets.

An extract of Stuart Christie's book Granny Made Me An Anarchist which describes his involvement in…

James Petras examines recent social movements and developments in the class struggle in Latin America.

Teachers have threatened to go on strike unless the Scottish Executive does more to cut class sizes, it emerged last night.

Bangladeshi authorities have said they will grant union rights to workers in the clothing industry in a bid to end protests that have left one man dead and scores injured and cost the industry an estimated $140 million.

Author's note; this is an expanded version of a talk given to the Brecon Political and Theological…

A powerful post-Chernobyl critique of nuclear power, its fallout, the science and society that produced it: a critique that remains,…