Palestine

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Labour World

WFTU condemns conviction of French union leader for Palestine solidarity

PV May 8, 2024

The World Federation of Trade Unions (WFTU) strongly condemns the conviction by the Lille court of Jean-Paul Delescaux, General Secretary of the CGT union in France’s Nord department, to a one-year suspended prison sentence...

5 Minutes

Canada World

Differing experience of Ukrainian and Palestinian refugees exposes government’s double standard

PV May 7, 2024

By Judy Haiven From March 2022 to March 2024, more than 961,975 Ukrainian nationals were approved to live in Canada on work/study visas, and to wait out the war between Ukraine and Russia. As...

6 Minutes

World

Palestine, Israel, Iran and capitalism

PV May 3, 2024

By William Briggs It is now more than six months since the Israeli military machine began its genocidal assault against the population of Gaza. People have been horrified at the brutality. Tens of thousands...

4 Minutes

Canada Climate and environment

Nanaimo protestors dog Pierre Poilievre visit

PV May 2, 2024

Around 100 people gathered in Nanaimo, BC on April 1, to protest Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s “Axe the Tax” town hall at the Vancouver Island Conference Center. The action was in response to...