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#OtD 1 Mar 1921 16,000 people met in Kronstadt, Russia, which passed a 15-point resolution condemning the new Bolshevik dictatorship and calling for all power to the soviets and freedom of press and assembly for workers and peasants stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8...

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The "last chance" for centrism was quite a while ago and the solution these stuck records are going to try of trying to out migrant-bash the fascists was one of the things that killed it.

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With Barcelona increasingly resembling a “tourist circus” rather than a livable city for locals, many people—regardless of their previous involvement in social struggles and direct action—are joining efforts to resist corporate-driven evictions. freedomnews.org.uk/2025/02/03/b...

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On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, Musk tells an audience of far-right Germans their country suffers from "too much focus on past guilt, and we need to move beyond that.” Will the ADL feel bold enough to criticise him this time? #NeverAgain www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

submitted 42 days ago • 28 comments

Fascism is here, but we've beaten it before and we'll beat it again. Study. Learn. Fight: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...

submitted 47 days ago • 14 comments

Her argument seems to be....the economic turmoil was the result of factors over which Truss had “no control”. If the prime minister has no control over the economy, my question is: What's the point of governments? Answers on a postcard, please. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less. -- Oscar Wilde #anarchism #quote #bot

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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less. - Oscar Wilde

submitted 70 days ago • 1 comment

Fantastic news to wake up to that Assad's reign is finally over, the speed of it has been incredible. The risk now is the power vacuum will give rise to new tyranny - and that Syria's Kurds will find themselves in the firing line of whatever replaces the dictatorship.

submitted 91 days ago • 3 comments