Jude Jackson
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Retired. Politics, arts and environment.
Socialist Equality Party
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WSWS fights for a United Socialist States of the Middle East.
Socialist Equality Party
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No War!💥 Free Palestine! 🇵🇸
WSWS fights for a United Socialist States of the Middle East.
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Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth
Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los An...
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Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.
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Eight Senate Democrats voted Sunday night to support a motion to begin debate on a Trump-backed budget resolution, dropping a phony display of opposition to the would-be dictator-president and moving to end the partial shutdown of the federal government.
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Democrats move to end shutdown, bail out Trump
The Democratic Party leadership is responding to the mass repudiation of Trump at the “No Kings” protests, in the streets of Chicago and at the polls November 4 by shutting down their phony display of...
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November 11, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Eight Senate Democrats voted Sunday night to support a motion to begin debate on a Trump-backed budget resolution, dropping a phony display of opposition to the would-be dictator-president and moving to end the partial shutdown of the federal government.
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SOAS student charged with terrorism: “All I ever did was speak about a right that Palestinians have under international law” - World Socialist Web Site
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SOAS student charged with terrorism: “All I ever did was speak about a right that Palestinians have under international law”
Sarah told WSWS, “I think it's a new height in terms of state repression to have young people, international students, with no track record of causing trouble, to be charged under this legislation.”
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November 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
SOAS student charged with terrorism: “All I ever did was speak about a right that Palestinians have under international law” - World Socialist Web Site
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Everyone knows what Trump’s aim was in his January 6, 2021 speech, no matter in what order or when his words came out.
Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie - World Socialist Web Site
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Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie - World Socialist Web Site
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Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie
The reason for Davie falling on his sword, when many in the BBC were arguing for opposition to Prescott’s claims, is suggested by his own appointment to head the BBC in 2020 being central to plans to ...
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November 11, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Everyone knows what Trump’s aim was in his January 6, 2021 speech, no matter in what order or when his words came out.
Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie - World Socialist Web Site
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Right-wing operation forces resignation of BBC head Tim Davie - World Socialist Web Site
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New York Mayor-elect Mamdani appoints transition team of right-wing Democratic Party operatives - World Socialist Web Site
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New York Mayor-elect Mamdani appoints transition team of right-wing Democratic Party operatives
In response to attacks from the Trump administration and sections of the corporate oligarchy, Mamdani is lurching rapidly to the right in the immediate aftermath of the election.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New York Mayor-elect Mamdani appoints transition team of right-wing Democratic Party operatives - World Socialist Web Site
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Bernie Sanders promotes nationalist poison in interview with New York Times- World Socialist Web Site
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Bernie Sanders promotes nationalist poison in interview with <em>New York Times</em>
Nothing could more clearly expose the deeply reactionary role of Sanders and his pseudo-left supporters than their attempt to divert the growing opposition of the working class to Donald Trump and the...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Bernie Sanders promotes nationalist poison in interview with New York Times- World Socialist Web Site
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The announcement of five days of strikes from November 14 by resident doctors in England marks a new stage in the confrontation between National Health Service (NHS) workers and the Starmer government.
#ResidentDoctors #NHS #DoctorsStrike #Healthworkers
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#ResidentDoctors #NHS #DoctorsStrike #Healthworkers
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
As resident doctors prepare to strike, <a href="https://u5tbyhcmks.preview-beefreecontent.com/ZudsY">NHS FightBack is holding an online Zoom meeting</a> on November 18 “<em>Defeat Starmer-Streeting bu...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:26 AM
The announcement of five days of strikes from November 14 by resident doctors in England marks a new stage in the confrontation between National Health Service (NHS) workers and the Starmer government.
#ResidentDoctors #NHS #DoctorsStrike #Healthworkers
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#ResidentDoctors #NHS #DoctorsStrike #Healthworkers
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The genocide in Gaza and the threat of a third world war - World Socialist Web Site
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The genocide in Gaza and the threat of a third world war
This speech was delivered by Peter Schwarz, member of the International Editorial Board of the WSWS, on November 2 at an event organised by Mehring Verlag at the Left Literature Fair in Nuremberg.
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November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The genocide in Gaza and the threat of a third world war - World Socialist Web Site
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Mounting data reveal that viral pathogens are not transient threats but durable drivers of chronic conditions—chief among them, cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding - World Socialist Web Site
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Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding - World Socialist Web Site
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Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding
Several new studies show that viral and bacterial infections like COVID-19 are potent drivers of “non-communicable” and especially cardiovascular diseases. This finding underscores why vaccination is ...
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November 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Mounting data reveal that viral pathogens are not transient threats but durable drivers of chronic conditions—chief among them, cardiovascular disease (CVD).
Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding - World Socialist Web Site
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Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding - World Socialist Web Site
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“Labour is focussing on appeasing the markets, and allowing private profit in the NHS, we have to make our focus the defence of our healthcare system.”
Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
#NHS #ResidentDoctors
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
#NHS #ResidentDoctors
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
As resident doctors prepare to strike, <a href="https://u5tbyhcmks.preview-beefreecontent.com/ZudsY">NHS FightBack is holding an online Zoom meeting</a> on November 18 “<em>Defeat Starmer-Streeting bu...
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November 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
“Labour is focussing on appeasing the markets, and allowing private profit in the NHS, we have to make our focus the defence of our healthcare system.”
Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
#NHS #ResidentDoctors
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
#NHS #ResidentDoctors
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Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.
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Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth
Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los An...
www.wsws.org
November 8, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.
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The enormous costs of rearmament, the consequences of the international trade war and the profit demands of banks and companies are incompatible with the welfare state, as it emerged in Europe after the Second World War.
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IMF calls for radical reform of the European welfare state
IMF says the enormous costs of European rearmament, the consequences of the international trade war and demands made by banks and companies for increased profits are incompatible with the welfare stat...
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November 8, 2025 at 8:54 PM
The enormous costs of rearmament, the consequences of the international trade war and the profit demands of banks and companies are incompatible with the welfare state, as it emerged in Europe after the Second World War.
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An open letter to supporters of Corbyn’s Your Party - World Socialist Web Site
#YourParty
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#YourParty
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An open letter to supporters of Corbyn’s Your Party
Hundreds of thousands of workers and young people recognise the need for a mass socialist party to oppose genocide, war and dictatorship. Your Party is not that party.
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November 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
An open letter to supporters of Corbyn’s Your Party - World Socialist Web Site
#YourParty
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Musk, once crowned the first trillionaire, will be the first of many, to be followed by the multi-trillionaires.
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation - World Socialist Web Site
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Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation - World Socialist Web Site
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Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation
The awarding of Musk’s pay package is, at the same time, a declaration of intent by the ruling class to massively impoverish the working class through layoffs, austerity and the destruction of social ...
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November 8, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Musk, once crowned the first trillionaire, will be the first of many, to be followed by the multi-trillionaires.
Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation - World Socialist Web Site
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Elon Musk’s $1 trillion payout and the case for expropriation - World Socialist Web Site
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PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING • NOVEMBER 18 • 7 P.M.
Defeat Starmer-Streeting Budget Cuts and Privatisation! For a United Fightback by NHS Workers!
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Defeat Starmer-Streeting Budget Cuts and Privatisation! For a United Fightback by NHS Workers!
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Defeat Starmer-Streeting budget cuts and privatisation! For a united fightback by NHS workers!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Defeat Starmer-Streeting budget cuts and privatisation! For a united fightback by NHS workers!. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email abo...
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November 8, 2025 at 9:14 AM
PUBLIC ZOOM MEETING • NOVEMBER 18 • 7 P.M.
Defeat Starmer-Streeting Budget Cuts and Privatisation! For a United Fightback by NHS Workers!
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Defeat Starmer-Streeting Budget Cuts and Privatisation! For a United Fightback by NHS Workers!
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“Doctors are not only striking for themselves, but for the future of the NHS, including all its staff and patients”
Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase - World Socialist Web Site
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase - World Socialist Web Site
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase
As resident doctors prepare to strike, <a href="https://u5tbyhcmks.preview-beefreecontent.com/ZudsY">NHS FightBack is holding an online Zoom meeting</a> on November 18 “<em>Defeat Starmer-Streeting bu...
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November 8, 2025 at 7:50 AM
“Doctors are not only striking for themselves, but for the future of the NHS, including all its staff and patients”
Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase - World Socialist Web Site
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Resident doctors strike to go ahead after Labour government opposes pay increase - World Socialist Web Site
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“The American Volcano: Towards Fascism or Socialism” will be held on Saturday November 22 at 2pm, at Birkbeck University of London, Malet Street London, WC1E 7JL, in Room MAL B33.
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Public Meeting in London: “The American Volcano: Towards Fascism or Socialism”
What is taking place in America is of the greatest political concern to workers and young people internationally because the US situation only reflects in the most extreme form the same global crisis ...
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October 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
“The American Volcano: Towards Fascism or Socialism” will be held on Saturday November 22 at 2pm, at Birkbeck University of London, Malet Street London, WC1E 7JL, in Room MAL B33.
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The United Nations’ “Emissions Gap Report 2025” shows the planet is on course for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average by the end of this century based on current policies.
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Capitalism failing on all 45 indicators of climate progress
The United Nations’ “Emissions Gap Report 2025” shows the planet is on course for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average by the end of this century based on current policies.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The United Nations’ “Emissions Gap Report 2025” shows the planet is on course for 2.8 degrees Celsius of warming above the pre-industrial average by the end of this century based on current policies.
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Over 300 workers at the British Library in St Pancras, London are engaged in a two-week strike until November 9 in pursuit of a wage increase.
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British Library workers strike over poverty pay and declining services
Workers described a daily battle with the impact of low pay, forced to resort to unhealthy levels of overtime, taking second jobs, taking out loans with brutal interest rates and visiting food banks. ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Over 300 workers at the British Library in St Pancras, London are engaged in a two-week strike until November 9 in pursuit of a wage increase.
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Mass hostility to Trump, anger over economy drove 2025 election results - World Socialist Web Site
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Mass hostility to Trump, anger over economy drove 2025 election results
Despite its deep unpopularity, the Democratic Party made gains because of mounting economic hardship and widespread hostility to Trump’s efforts to establish a presidential dictatorship.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Mass hostility to Trump, anger over economy drove 2025 election results - World Socialist Web Site
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The vote for Mamdani expresses not only disillusionment with the existing political establishment but outrage over the vast concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny elite, the crushing cost of living & the decay of basic democratic & social rights.
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The political and class issues in Mamdani’s victory in New York City
The election of Mamdani reflects growing social anger and opposition to Trump—aspirations that Mamdani’s program cannot address.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The vote for Mamdani expresses not only disillusionment with the existing political establishment but outrage over the vast concentration of wealth in the hands of a tiny elite, the crushing cost of living & the decay of basic democratic & social rights.
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Germany’s most senior military officer calls for conscription of entire age groups to prepare for war against Russia - World Socialist Web Site
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Germany’s most senior military officer calls for conscription of entire age groups to prepare for war against Russia
With the demand to conscript entire age groups, Inspector General Breuer is driving forward the reintroduction of compulsory military service and the building of a mass army, as part of Germany and NA...
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November 6, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Germany’s most senior military officer calls for conscription of entire age groups to prepare for war against Russia - World Socialist Web Site
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At first, it was just a few outlier remarks, but now there is a stream of warnings that the US stock market and the financial system more broadly is a bubble set to burst with potentially very serious consequences.
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Warnings of looming systemic financial risk getting louder
The chief executive of the global Swiss-based bank UBS has pointed to the dangers posed by the practices of insurance companies, once regarded as a pillar of stability in the financial system.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:23 AM
At first, it was just a few outlier remarks, but now there is a stream of warnings that the US stock market and the financial system more broadly is a bubble set to burst with potentially very serious consequences.
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Immigration attorney Eric Lee on Middle East Eye: Trump engaged in “aggressive conspiracy to establish a dictatorship”
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Immigration attorney Eric Lee on Middle East Eye: Trump engaged in “aggressive conspiracy to establish a dictatorship”
In the interview, Lee warned that the Trump administration is orchestrating a deliberate conspiracy to dismantle democratic rule and establish a military-style dictatorship, urging mass working class ...
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November 6, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Immigration attorney Eric Lee on Middle East Eye: Trump engaged in “aggressive conspiracy to establish a dictatorship”
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Supreme Court begins deliberations on Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” - World Socialist Web Site
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Supreme Court begins deliberations on Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs”
If the appeal is upheld, the Trump regime will have been granted virtually unlimited legal authority to impose tariffs against any country for virtually any reason it chooses to cite, simply by claimi...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Supreme Court begins deliberations on Trump’s “reciprocal tariffs” - World Socialist Web Site
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