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Marv Scott
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Ex Postie & Ex Disability Officer for Unite Community Leeds, UK. Revolutionary Socialist, SWP.

A Worker. Read your Grapes of Wrath.

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More than 1,000 events planned in US after ICE shootings in Minneapolis and Portland

ICE Out for Good vigils and rallies are being tracked online by Indivisible, the group behind the No Kings protests

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More than 1,000 events planned in US after ICE shootings in Minneapolis and Portland
ICE Out for Good vigils and rallies are being tracked online by Indivisible, the group behind the No Kings protests
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 5:36 PM
the thing is...

it drives more people into the streets to find out what's going on

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Iran’s internet shutdown is chillingly precise and may last some time
Experts note the blackout is unprecedented in its extent but also selective, allowing some government communications
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January 10, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Farage plans racist blitz in London’s local election

Reform UK is putting down roots in London ahead of the local council elections in May

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Farage plans racist blitz in London’s local election
Nigel Farage's Reform UK is putting down roots in London ahead of the local council elections in May
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January 10, 2026 at 4:30 PM
‘Starmer’s response is shameful’: Palestine hunger striker’s sister

The #Palestine hunger strikers are in critical danger—and Labour is willing to let them die in prison

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‘Starmer’s response is shameful’: Palestine hunger striker’s sister
The Palestine hunger strikers are in critical danger—and Labour is willing to let them die in prison
socialistworker.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Minneapolis is boiling with anger’ after Ice murder

‘Their violence will not deter us from defending our communities’ says migrant rights group after Ice murder of Renee Nicole Macklin Good

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‘Minneapolis is boiling with anger’ after Ice murder
Mass protests have erupted in the United States. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) officers murdered Renee Nicole Macklin Good on Wednesday in broad daylight on a street in Minneapolis, Minnes...
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January 9, 2026 at 1:16 PM
Explainer: What’s behind Trump’s Greenland threats

Plus: Why is the US so interested in grabbing rare earth minerals?

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Explainer: What’s behind Trump’s Greenland threats
Donald Trump has picked his next target—Greenland.
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January 8, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Hard to digest: we still live in Fast Food Nation

Twenty-five years after I revealed the practices of the industrial food giants, the profits – and dangers – of mass producing meat and milk have only grown

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Hard to digest: we still live in Fast Food Nation | Eric Schlosser
The long read: Twenty-five years after I revealed the practices of the industrial food giants, the profits – and dangers – of mass producing meat and milk have only grown
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January 7, 2026 at 7:11 PM
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🇻🇪 The new @SocialistWorker is out! Solidarity with Venezuelan people facing imperialist attacks from the US.

#Trump Whitehouse are gangsters— #Starmer is desperate to be one of them.
Read more on #SocialistWorker
#venezuela #antiimperialism #antiimperialismo #maduro #trump
January 7, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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@sashasimic.bsky.social in The @mstaronline.bsky.social today on #Trump's invasion of #venezuela and the myth that the West stands for the rule of law, human rights and democracy.
#HandsOffVenezuela
#DeathToImperialism
January 7, 2026 at 9:49 AM
No to Trump’s pirate empire! International Socialist Tendency statement on Venezuela

Below is a statement by the International Socialist Tendency, which the Socialist Workers Party is part of, in response to Trump's attacks on Venezuela

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No to Trump’s pirate empire! International Socialist Tendency statement on Venezuela
1. The US raids on Venezuela on the night of 2-3 January and the kidnapping and imprisonment of President Nicolás Maduro are naked acts of imperialist aggression. Donald Trump’s declaration that ‘we a...
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January 6, 2026 at 3:22 PM
#Palestine protesters rally in support of hunger striker Heba Muraisi

The Labour government is willing to let the hunger strikers die

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Palestine protesters rally in support of hunger striker Heba Muraisi
Heba Muraisi lost the ability to speak this week after over 60 days on hunger strike.
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January 6, 2026 at 3:15 PM
Campaigners slam racist calls for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to lose British citizenship

Alaa Abd El-Fattah is facing calls to deport him by Tory and Reform UK politicians whose motivation is to whip up a racism

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Campaigners slam racist calls for Alaa Abd El-Fattah to lose British citizenship
There is an intense campaign to vilify Alaa Abd El-Fattah which includes calls to revoke his British citizenship, particularly by Tory and Reform politicians
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January 6, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Trump bans elections in Venezuela.

Wait till he does that in the USA.

Wouldn't put it past him.
January 6, 2026 at 9:03 AM
Protests in #Iran tap into widespread ‘discontent’

After protests were triggered by a collapse in Iran's currency, they have spread throughout Iran and have taken up wider political questions

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Protests in Iran tap into widespread 'discontent'
After protests were triggered by a collapse in Iran's Rial, they have spread throughout Iran and have taken up wider political questions.
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January 5, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Hands off #Venezuela, no to Trump’s gangster invasion

Anti-war campaigners are demanding the British government condemns the US's kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro

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Hands off Venezuela, no to Trump’s gangster invasion
Anti-war campaigners are demanding the British government condemns the US's kidnapping of Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro
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January 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
Reposted by Marv Scott
Have you an opinion about #DonaldTrump's attack on #venezuela @keirstarmer.bsky.social ?
Has #venezuela a right to defend itself?
January 3, 2026 at 10:53 AM
This is Imperial Kidnapping

Imperial Bullying.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Happy New #Revolution

We want the mullahs gone’: economic crisis sparks biggest protests in Iran since 2022

Demonstrations against deteriorating living conditions have widened to include criticism of how Iran is governed

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Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
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January 1, 2026 at 1:09 AM
More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds

Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows

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More than 20% of videos shown to new YouTube users are ‘AI slop’, study finds
Low-quality AI-generated content is now saturating social media – and generating about $117m a year, data shows
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Wessex was banned from paying bonuses for the year after it was criminally convicted in November 2024 for a sewage pumping station failure six years earlier, which killed more than 2,000 fish and resulted in the company paying a fine of £500,000

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Former Wessex Water boss received £170,000 bonus despite ban on performance pay
Company owners say bonus was unrelated to water business and complied with ban after pollution conviction
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December 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
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Another dead fascist.
December 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor

Exclusive: UK an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader

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Foreign medics shunning NHS because of anti-migrant rhetoric, says top doctor
Exclusive: UK now an ‘unwelcoming, racist’ country for overseas health workers, according to medical colleges leader
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:16 AM