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'People who talk about revolution and class struggle without referring explicitly to everyday life, without understanding what is subversive about love and what is positive in the refusal of constraints, such people have a corpse in their mouth.' - R.V.
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#Israel #Iran war a war of two reactionary forces that can have very dangerous consequences for people of Iran and region. My interview with @lbc.co.uk @AndrewMarr youtu.be/BKyx-RQatfA #andrewmarr #iran #israel #netanyahu #lbc

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'State Senator John Hoffman and his wife, Yvette, were gunned down at their home early on Saturday morning, but lived. Melissa Hortman - the top Democratic legislator in the state House - and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed.' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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The DC military parade looked sad The video described by Rolling Stone sums it up: "Though rock music blared on TV, the parade itself was eerily quiet. One video…shows tanks squeaking past nearly silent crowds, sounding like a grocery cart in need of grease."

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Sad to report that China Labor Bulletin is no more. Ostensibly due to "financial problems", six members have been detained. CLB had promoted workers' rights and news in China since 1994. Our recent podcast would have been impossible without their work: patreon.com/posts/e106-r...

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Moaning about how bad things are in the UK, from the distance of a luxury villa in sunnier climes, is one of the less edifying traditions of Britain's rich

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'We stand with Iranian workers, women, and youth against the clerics’ regime. We stand with those in Israel-Palestine fighting for peace and equality. No to regional war, for peace and equal rights!' www.workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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'Minnesota State Representative Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark, were shot and killed early Saturday morning in “what appears to be a politically motivated assassination,” Minnesota Governor Tim Walz said at a news conference Saturday.' edition.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...

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The man who launched an attempted coup on the United States in 2020 and instigated an insurrection at the Capitol that resulted in five deaths now claims that people in Los Angeles are launching an insurrection. They’re not. [Cartoon by Adam Zyglis]

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'In many cases, the assault on LGBT rights is directly linked to the broader erosion of fundamental norms of liberal democracy, providing compelling evidence that such policies serve as warnings of accelerating democratic backsliding.' www.chathamhouse.org/publications...

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'“We look forward to working with Greenland to ensure that it is secured from any potential threats,” Hegseth responded.' abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory...

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'[S]enior officials at the agency warned Rubio of the devastating impact that would be caused by the cuts, including 1 million children untreated for malnutrition, up to 160,000 deaths from malaria and 200,000 more children paralyzed from polio...' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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The people who’ve been screaming ‘the country is full’ for decades now think we’re not having enough kids. Something doesn’t add up. Unless….. www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...

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The waiting list for social housing in some local authorities has hit 105 years. In other words, you can't expect to get it in a human lifetime.

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Of all the accusations against the Madleen, the strangest has to be that it is "performative" and "symbolic". Yes, I doubt Greta Thunberg is claiming to be the world's most competent aid worker. See also: Gandhi was not the world's best hiker or salt refiner. Symbolism matters.

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Trump, who recently paid Ashli Babbitt's family $5 million and has floated the idea of reparations for January 6 rioters, calls protesters in Los Angeles "paid insurrectionists."

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President Trump, "What you're witnessing in California is a full blown assault on public order, sovereignty, by rioters. A foreign invasion of our country"

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'After the minister repeated the Government’s stance, Mr MacDonald said: “You’re basically condemning thousands of people to death, in my opinion.”' www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

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It is a law as old as the hills: Permit agents of the state to use violence against civilians to "maintain public order", and they will use it to advance private and particular interests.

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Trump appears to be engineering a situation in which he could invoke the Insurrection Act. Democracy (feeble and partial as it is) offends his every instinct, and he will do whatever he can to snuff it out.

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Please remind the Massive Strategic Brains that the extension of winter fuel payments leaves us in roughly the same place we were in under the Tories. You don't get to hit millions of people in the face, stop doing it, and then demand a medal.

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Republicans want to cut Medicaid, nutrition & education to give a TRILLION dollars in tax breaks to the 1% & large corporations. Now they’re going after Medicare, which would make our broken health care system even worse. Thousands will die unnecessarily. We must stop them.

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'McGraw’s presence on the ground in L.A. reinforces the made-for-TV nature of Trump’s immigration crackdown.' edition.cnn.com/2025/06/09/m...

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I ran an experiment, simultaneously posting articles on Bluesky and X, and then testing to see how many people actually clicked and read them. The numbers on Bluesky are higher, both because the X algorithm downranks journalism, and because Bluesky attracts readers, not just shitposters.

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'California’s governor, Gavin Newsom, and other Democratic governors have sharply criticized the move, describing it as an “alarming abuse of power”. Newsom has called on the administration to rescind the “unlawful” deployment.' www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“If Trump can incite disturbances in blue states before the midterm elections, he can assert emergency powers to impose federal control over the voting process, which is to say his control.” www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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'The LU leadership has no intention of leading a pay and jobs fight and is already preparing its cover. This is the same leadership that disgracefully quashed debate at conference around trans rights in the wake of the Supreme Court’s recent regressive decision.' workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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'The PKK (Kurdistan Workers’ Party, a Stalinoid party long strong in the fight for Kurdish rights in Turkey and in Syria) has announced its intention to dissolve itself and lay down arms, following a decision at its 12th Congress on 5-7 May.' workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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'Without significant changes in Labour policy, or industrial wins, it is almost certain a disaffiliation motion will return next year with a real chance of passing.' workersliberty.org/story/2025-0...

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Well, if he's good enough for Labour... '“We should ultimately be trying to convince him that the Democratic Party has more of the values that he agrees with,” Khanna said.' www.politico.com/news/2025/06...

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"It's got this fascinating iconography of a little figure with a long cross - explicitly Christian - over the valknut design, which has pagan roots." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Gathering of fascists in Moscow, Elon Musk's father in attendance

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#bbclaurak says taxation is at sky high historic levels. For who? The recent history of Corporation Tax (main rate): 1982 52% 1983 50% 1984 45% 1985 40% 1990 35% 1997 33% 1998 31% 2007 30% 2010 28% 2011 26% 2012 24% 2013 23% 2014 21% 2016 20% 2017 19% 2023 25%

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"Israel is accused of the gravest war crimes - how governments respond could haunt them for years to come." www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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