Britain
Jeremy Corbyn on 70 years of free public health care in Britain
July 2, 2018Britain’s public health care system, the National Health Service, turns 70 on July 5, and the Labour leader says it has to be defended.
Read more
British suffragette composer Dame Ethel Smyth celebrated at Carnegie Hall
May 22, 2018Dame Ethel Smyth was an early champion of feminism and equality. She is finally achieving public consciousness in the era of #MeToo.
Read more
May Day for McDonald’s: British workers walk off the job
May 2, 2018One worker from another restaurant refused to cross the picket line, saying, “If my managers keep on behaving the way they are, that’ll be us next.”
Read more
U.K.: Labour Party seeks to limit PM’s war powers
April 16, 2018A poll showed only 30 percent of people in Britain supported the attack against Syria.
Read more
British Labour leader Corbyn to PM: Don’t join Trump’s Syrian war
April 13, 2018With a U.S. strike force reportedly sailing toward Syria, Jeremy Corbyn is urging Theresa May not to sign on to Trump's planned attack.
Read more