Jude Jackson
@judejack.bsky.social
Retired. Politics, arts and environment.
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Jude Jackson
@judejack.bsky.social
· Nov 25
Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism
The WSWS publishes here the text of a lecture delivered by David North in London on November 22 examining the global crisis of capitalism and the Trump administration’s drive to dictatorship.
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Lecture to public meeting in London
Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism - World Socialist Web Site
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Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism - World Socialist Web Site
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The interconnected character of the finance deals means that problems in one area of the AI boom can rapidly spread to others.
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AI debt grows and financial risks increase
The past year has seen a significant shift to debt-financed AI operations amid the proliferation of circular deals involving the major players.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:01 PM
The interconnected character of the finance deals means that problems in one area of the AI boom can rapidly spread to others.
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I asked #SocialismAI “What did the American Declaration of Independence say and is it relevant in the US 2025?”
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#AmericanRevolution #declarationofindependence
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December 31, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I asked #SocialismAI “What did the American Declaration of Independence say and is it relevant in the US 2025?”
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#AmericanRevolution #declarationofindependence
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#AmericanRevolution #declarationofindependence
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From my bike ride today on a chilly New Year’s Eve:- weir at Watermead Park, Birstall.
Happy New Year to my followers and comrades! All the best for the future!
Happy New Year to my followers and comrades! All the best for the future!
December 31, 2025 at 3:53 PM
From my bike ride today on a chilly New Year’s Eve:- weir at Watermead Park, Birstall.
Happy New Year to my followers and comrades! All the best for the future!
Happy New Year to my followers and comrades! All the best for the future!
This past year saw a significant rise in the number of films and television series trying to come to terms with a convulsive social reality.
Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025 - World Socialist Web Site
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Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025 - World Socialist Web Site
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Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025
It was inevitable that new tensions should find expression in artists’ work and erupt as well as within existing industries and institutions
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December 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
This past year saw a significant rise in the number of films and television series trying to come to terms with a convulsive social reality.
Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025 - World Socialist Web Site
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Film, television and trends and events in art and culture in 2025 - World Socialist Web Site
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The jobs massacre is not limited to the US. Across Europe, industrial layoffs accelerated, with German manufacturers announcing job cuts at a pace of roughly 10,000 per month.
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2025: The year of mass layoffs—prepare a global working-class counteroffensive in 2026
The ruling class has used the year to carry out a deliberate restructuring of production, accelerating automation, artificial intelligence and global reorganization to slash labor costs and vastly enr...
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December 31, 2025 at 11:02 AM
The jobs massacre is not limited to the US. Across Europe, industrial layoffs accelerated, with German manufacturers announcing job cuts at a pace of roughly 10,000 per month.
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The Christmas Eve strike, which took place on a port facility, is the first aerial attack inside Venezuela since the US military buildup in the region began in August.
Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence
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Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence
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Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence
CNN confirmed Tuesday that the CIA conducted a drone strike inside Venezuela on December 24, the first air strike on the country since the US military buildup began in August.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
The Christmas Eve strike, which took place on a port facility, is the first aerial attack inside Venezuela since the US military buildup in the region began in August.
Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence
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Trump launches aerial strike on Venezuela amid Democratic Party silence
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Over the next four years, the Finnish government actively supported Nazi domination over Europe and consciously participated in the Holocaust before signing a separate peace with the Soviet Union.
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85 years since Finland’s alliance with Nazi Germany
Eighty-five years ago, the ruling camarilla around Marshal Gustav Mannerheim invited Nazi Germany to garrison Finland and began preparations for the invasion of the Soviet Union.
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December 31, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Over the next four years, the Finnish government actively supported Nazi domination over Europe and consciously participated in the Holocaust before signing a separate peace with the Soviet Union.
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The bushfires at Koolewong are among a number of devastating bushfires over the past month. Australia is in the midst of a dangerous bushfire season, with numerous blazes driven by extreme temperatures, strong winds and long-term rainfall deficits.
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Australia: Koolewong residents speak about recent bushfires
Their experiences are part of a broader pattern of inadequate preparedness and neglect by state and federal governments to so-called “natural” disasters, which are made more frequent and catastrophic ...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
The bushfires at Koolewong are among a number of devastating bushfires over the past month. Australia is in the midst of a dangerous bushfire season, with numerous blazes driven by extreme temperatures, strong winds and long-term rainfall deficits.
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“Participating in Eurovision allows Israel to maintain the illusion that it is a modern and exemplary Western democracy, and thus to more easily conceal its criminal actions.”
Eurovision 2026 plunges deeper into political crisis as boycotts multiply
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Eurovision 2026 plunges deeper into political crisis as boycotts multiply
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Eurovision 2026 plunges deeper into political crisis as boycotts multiply
“Participating in Eurovision allows Israel to maintain the illusion that it is a modern and exemplary Western democracy, and thus to more easily conceal its criminal actions”, said the collective of 1...
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December 31, 2025 at 10:06 AM
“Participating in Eurovision allows Israel to maintain the illusion that it is a modern and exemplary Western democracy, and thus to more easily conceal its criminal actions.”
Eurovision 2026 plunges deeper into political crisis as boycotts multiply
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Eurovision 2026 plunges deeper into political crisis as boycotts multiply
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UK politicians demand British activist Abd El-Fattah be deported to Egypt’s torture prisons - World Socialist Web Site
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UK politicians demand British activist Abd El-Fattah be deported to Egypt’s torture prisons
It is Abd El-Fattah’s pro-democracy campaigning which angers his persecutors, especially his defence of the rights of the Palestinians against the fascistic Israeli state and its genocide.
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December 31, 2025 at 8:31 AM
UK politicians demand British activist Abd El-Fattah be deported to Egypt’s torture prisons - World Socialist Web Site
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Online Public Meeting: Bondi terror attack—a socialist assessment - World Socialist Web Site
Sunday, January 11, 2 p.m. AEDT
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Sunday, January 11, 2 p.m. AEDT
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Online Public Meeting: Bondi terror attack—a socialist assessment
The meeting will examine the political significance of the Bondi terrorist attack, which is being exploited to implement a raft of anti-democratic measures that will inevitably be used against the wor...
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December 30, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Online Public Meeting: Bondi terror attack—a socialist assessment - World Socialist Web Site
Sunday, January 11, 2 p.m. AEDT
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Sunday, January 11, 2 p.m. AEDT
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Trump and Netanyahu pledge Middle East bloodbath will continue in 2026 - World Socialist Web Site
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Trump and Netanyahu pledge Middle East bloodbath will continue in 2026
US President Donald Trump threatened to “knock the hell out of” Iran and warned there would be “hell to pay” in Gaza, while reiterating his calls for ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population.
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December 30, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Trump and Netanyahu pledge Middle East bloodbath will continue in 2026 - World Socialist Web Site
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From Roosevelt to Trump: The Monroe Doctrine and US imperialism’s predatory record in Venezuela pt 1 - World Socialist Web Site
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From Roosevelt to Trump: The Monroe Doctrine and US imperialism’s predatory record in Venezuela
Washington’s aims encompass far more than Venezuela, amounting to a drive for the recolonization of Latin America and the subordination of the region to US profit interests and preparation for world w...
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December 30, 2025 at 10:12 AM
From Roosevelt to Trump: The Monroe Doctrine and US imperialism’s predatory record in Venezuela pt 1 - World Socialist Web Site
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Despite the extraordinary implications of a US strike on Venezuelan territory, none of the principal organs of the American state—the White House, Pentagon or CIA—has issued a formal briefing or detailed explanation.
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Trump says US strike destroyed large dock facility in Venezuela
During a photo-op with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, President Trump said the US military struck a “big facility” in a dock area in Venezuela where “they load boats up with drug...
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December 30, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Despite the extraordinary implications of a US strike on Venezuelan territory, none of the principal organs of the American state—the White House, Pentagon or CIA—has issued a formal briefing or detailed explanation.
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The year 2025 has seen an assault on immigrants without precedent in American history.
Stop Trump’s mass immigrant roundups! - World Socialist Web Site
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Stop Trump’s mass immigrant roundups! - World Socialist Web Site
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Stop Trump’s mass immigrant roundups!
Under conditions of bipartisan complicity, the Trump administration is building a domestic gulag system of mass detention, rendition and deportation. This assault on immigrants is the spearhead of a b...
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December 29, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The year 2025 has seen an assault on immigrants without precedent in American history.
Stop Trump’s mass immigrant roundups! - World Socialist Web Site
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Stop Trump’s mass immigrant roundups! - World Socialist Web Site
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I asked #SocialismAI “What is the history of the Hebrew language? Why was it revived?”
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December 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I asked #SocialismAI “What is the history of the Hebrew language? Why was it revived?”
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I asked #SocialismAI “Would you say that only verbal or written language is capable of conceptualising thought, or do the creation of music and the visual arts also advance concepts?”
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Socialism AI delivers concise, historically grounded responses from a socialist perspective to deepen your understanding of world events.
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December 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I asked #SocialismAI “Would you say that only verbal or written language is capable of conceptualising thought, or do the creation of music and the visual arts also advance concepts?”
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With his coalition of hard-right and ultra-religious parties trailing in the polls, the raft of new bills and regulations is Netanyahu’s last opportunity to cement his rule before elections that must be held by the end of October 2026.
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Israel’s far-right government seeks to tighten its grip on power
The measures are aimed at strengthening the powers of the Netanyahu government as it continues its wars in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Syria and Yemen and prepares for another offensive against Iran...
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December 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
With his coalition of hard-right and ultra-religious parties trailing in the polls, the raft of new bills and regulations is Netanyahu’s last opportunity to cement his rule before elections that must be held by the end of October 2026.
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Leon Trotsky - Report on the World Economic Crisis and the New Tasks of the Communist International - 1921 - World Socialist Web Site
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Leon Trotsky - Report on the World Economic Crisis and the New Tasks of the Communist International - 1921
In this report, Trotsky introduces the concept of the curve of world capitalist development and uses it to elucidate the revolutionary potential of the world situation. He details the titanic politico...
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December 28, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Leon Trotsky - Report on the World Economic Crisis and the New Tasks of the Communist International - 1921 - World Socialist Web Site
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RT Interview with Tamino Dreisam on school strike against conscription in Germany
IYSSE in Germany: “We do not want to die for the interests of the rich”
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IYSSE in Germany: “We do not want to die for the interests of the rich”
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IYSSE in Germany: “We do not want to die for the interests of the rich”
An interview with IYSSE spokesperson Tamino Dreisam exposes the class interests behind Germany’s reintroduction of conscription, placing it within a broader drive toward militarisation, social cuts an...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:23 PM
RT Interview with Tamino Dreisam on school strike against conscription in Germany
IYSSE in Germany: “We do not want to die for the interests of the rich”
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IYSSE in Germany: “We do not want to die for the interests of the rich”
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Demand the immediate release of UK pro-Palestine hunger strikers threatened with death - World Socialist Web Site
#HungerStrikers #ReleaseTheHungerStrikers!
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#HungerStrikers #ReleaseTheHungerStrikers!
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Demand the immediate release of UK pro-Palestine hunger strikers threatened with death
The brutal treatment by Britain’s Labour government of the hunger strikers is a step change in this lurch to authoritarianism and dictatorship by imperialist powers internationally. The government mad...
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December 27, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Demand the immediate release of UK pro-Palestine hunger strikers threatened with death - World Socialist Web Site
#HungerStrikers #ReleaseTheHungerStrikers!
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#HungerStrikers #ReleaseTheHungerStrikers!
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BMA colludes with Starmer government against resident doctors following strike - World Socialist Web Site
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BMA colludes with Starmer government against resident doctors following strike
The Starmer–Streeting government, backed by the union apparatus, is enforcing an agenda on behalf of the oligarchy: austerity, market expansion and hikes in military spending.
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December 27, 2025 at 1:45 PM
BMA colludes with Starmer government against resident doctors following strike - World Socialist Web Site
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The Nigerian national bourgeoisie is leveraging its partnership with Washington to bolster its own repressive apparatus in the face of mounting social unrest & internal class struggle.
US launches Christmas Day missile strikes against northwestern Nigeria
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US launches Christmas Day missile strikes against northwestern Nigeria
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US launches Christmas Day missile strikes against northwestern Nigeria
The Trump administration launched missile strikes against claimed ISIS militants in northwest Nigeria and made unsubstantiated claims that the act of war was in response to “existential threats” to Ch...
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December 27, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The Nigerian national bourgeoisie is leveraging its partnership with Washington to bolster its own repressive apparatus in the face of mounting social unrest & internal class struggle.
US launches Christmas Day missile strikes against northwestern Nigeria
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US launches Christmas Day missile strikes against northwestern Nigeria
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Certain choices made by the filmmaker have resulted in disappointing and unsatisfactory results.
Richard Linklater's “Blue Moon”: Rodgers and Hart, without much music - World Socialist Web Site
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Richard Linklater's “Blue Moon”: Rodgers and Hart, without much music - World Socialist Web Site
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Richard Linklater's <em>Blue Moon</em>: Rodgers and Hart, without much music
In this depiction of the end of Lorenz Hart’s career and his life, his legacy gets short-changed.
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December 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Certain choices made by the filmmaker have resulted in disappointing and unsatisfactory results.
Richard Linklater's “Blue Moon”: Rodgers and Hart, without much music - World Socialist Web Site
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Richard Linklater's “Blue Moon”: Rodgers and Hart, without much music - World Socialist Web Site
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