Diverse views on a tense scenario A tense calm. That is how the political panorama in Brazil at the moment could be described following the beginning of an impeachment process against President Dilma…Read more…
TUC: Heartunions Week (Video)
US Destabilisation Offensive in Latin America
Climate Change Summit
COP21 climate change summit reaches deal in Paris A deal to attempt to limit the rise in global temperatures to less than 2C has been agreed at the climate change summit in Paris after two weeks of…Read more…
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Devolution (IOW Update)
It looks like the “done deal” is being procured even more quickly on devolution than at first thought. Is there no limit to their treachery that (some of) the Council and Sandy Hopkins…Read more…
70th Anniversary of Nuremberg Trials
Unavoidable Punishment – Yury Rubtsov – Nazis, seated in the prisoners boxes, on trial at the International Military Tribunal in Nuremberg, Germany, 1945-46. Those who resort to…Read more…
Venezuela’s Future in the Balance
– Dilbert Reyes Rodríguez, Granma International – In a few days, Venezuela will again have the eyes of the world looking its way. On December 6, more than 19 million voters are eligible…Read more…
Dementia on the Isle of Wight
Help for those dealing with dementia on the Isle of Wight County Press Tuesday, December 8, 2015 A NEW initiative aimed at carers, relatives and friends of people living with dementia has been…Read more…
Community Care on the Isle of Wight and ‘My Life a Full Life’’
‘My Life a Full Life’ goes to Downing Street ‘My Life a Full Life’ goes to the top. Isle of Wight team attend Downing Street reception with patients and patients representatives. This in from the…Read more…
Care Home Inspections: IOW
Fantastic outcome for Isle of Wight care home following CQC inspection http://onthewight.com/2015/12/08/isle-of-wight-care-home-good-cqc/ (With thanks to onthewight for their reports. Published…Read more…
Parliament Votes for War:
The Fight for an Anti-War Government Becomes Ever More Necessary 5-10,000 people protesting in Downing Street on Saturday, November 28. Protest against the bombing of Syria in Parliament Square on…Read more…
Why’s the U.S. Hanging Turkey Out to Dry?
– Andrew Korybko – Turkey’s shooting down of the Russian anti-ISIL aircraft was an unprecedentedly direct aggression against Moscow that trumps even the tense and hostile militarism…Read more…
More Austerity Is Still the Theme of Osborne’s Autumn Statement
March and rally in Newcastle on November 24 on the eve of the Autumn Statement. The march and rally was called to fight for the alternative under the title “It’s Time for a People’s…Read more…
Thousands Protest against Bombing Syria:
Don’t Bomb Syria! Many Thousands Protest against Proposed Military Intervention Mass protests took place yesterday, Saturday, November 28, in London and many other cities across the country in a…Read more…
Against Bombing Syria:
No to Military Intervention in Syria! In the wake of recent events in Paris and elsewhere and following a UN Security Council resolution, Prime Minster David Cameron has presented to Parliament a new…Read more…
Care on the Isle of Wight
There are few Council Care homes to look after elderly people these days and on the Isle of Wight most of it is now in the private Sector, it is seen now as a multi-million pound industry. According…Read more…
Don’t Bomb Syria. Thousands protest against proposed UK military action
Mass protests have taken place in London and many other cities across the country urging the government not to conduct airstrikes in Syria. ‘Don’t Bomb Syria’ signs were plentiful, as thousands of…Read more…
This is a full-scale attack on the NHS, the junior doctor contract is just the start
Let’s be crystal clear (something the Secretary of State for Health has been consistent in failing to do), the junior doctors’ contract dispute is about much more than the terms and conditions for…Read more…
TUC: Spending Review
Despite ‘spectacular’ tax credit u-turn, working people need more on industry, jobs and public services, says TUC Responding to today’s (Wednesday) Comprehensive Spending Review statement from…Read more…