Colin Wilson
@colinwlondon.bsky.social
Queer Marxist author and activist. Based London, member rs21. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🍉
https://revsoc21.uk/author/colinwilson/
https://revsoc21.uk/author/colinwilson/
The company behind Grand Theft Auto are union busters who have sacked 31 staff without union representation, notice or an investigation, in what their union president calls "flagrant contempt for the law". The workers are fighting back. @gtaonline.bsky.social revsoc21.uk/2025/11/14/s...
Support the sacked Rockstar workers
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November 14, 2025 at 9:50 AM
The company behind Grand Theft Auto are union busters who have sacked 31 staff without union representation, notice or an investigation, in what their union president calls "flagrant contempt for the law". The workers are fighting back. @gtaonline.bsky.social revsoc21.uk/2025/11/14/s...
Excellent and detailed piece by @owenjones.bsky.social on the extraordinary right wing attack on the BBC. open.substack.com/pub/owenjone...
The BBC is in crisis - for all the wrong reasons.
The BBC whitewashed Israel's genocide. Now it has capitulated to Trump
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Excellent and detailed piece by @owenjones.bsky.social on the extraordinary right wing attack on the BBC. open.substack.com/pub/owenjone...
Worth watching the @novaramedia.com interview with The Fraud author @paulholden.bsky.social. Awareness grows in centrist Labour that Starmer/McSweeny needs to end. But do you also ditch Reed? Mahmood? Streeting? Where are the new people and political vision?
The Starmer-McSweeney tendency is sinking Labour. Their tiny faction is dragging social democracy into an abyss. 🖊️ Neal Lawson
The Starmer-McSweeney tendency is sinking Labour
Their tiny faction is dragging social democracy into an abyss
www.newstatesman.com
November 10, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Worth watching the @novaramedia.com interview with The Fraud author @paulholden.bsky.social. Awareness grows in centrist Labour that Starmer/McSweeny needs to end. But do you also ditch Reed? Mahmood? Streeting? Where are the new people and political vision?
Farage said this was a movement of ordinary people - but investigation has revealed committed racists, a Hilter fan and the owner of a failed sex-doll business.
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Farage said this was a movement of ordinary people - but investigation has revealed committed racists, a Hilter fan and the owner of a failed sex-doll business.
Analysis of the left victory in the Irish presidential election - where next?
Catherine Connolly wins: an historic victory for the left in Ireland
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October 27, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Analysis of the left victory in the Irish presidential election - where next?
Very useful summary of why AI is a bubble, why everyone knows this but it keeps going, what may happen when the bubble bursts.
Nvidia invests in OpenAI, OpenAI rents compute from Oracle, Oracle buys Nvidia’s hardware, and Nvidia records huge sales.
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
Everyone in the circle reports rising revenue, rising valuations, and surging share prices, but the cash is largely moving in circles.
graceblakeley.substack.com/p/the-ai-cir...
The AI Circular Economy
Big tech companies and wealthy investors are driving an AI bubble - but they won't be the ones feeling the pain when it bursts.
graceblakeley.substack.com
October 22, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Very useful summary of why AI is a bubble, why everyone knows this but it keeps going, what may happen when the bubble bursts.
It's now widely acknowledged that AI investment has created a bubble. Investors continue investing, confident that govts/central banks will intervene to stop the worst of the damage, as in 2008. That's probably true. Meanwhile, these same govts say there's no money for public services.
Bubble-talk is breaking out everywhere
But more optimistic investors continue to bank on the cavalry arriving if things get really dicey
www.ft.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
It's now widely acknowledged that AI investment has created a bubble. Investors continue investing, confident that govts/central banks will intervene to stop the worst of the damage, as in 2008. That's probably true. Meanwhile, these same govts say there's no money for public services.
Interview with an Italian socialist. The Italian protests are on a huge scale, and the issue of Palestine is rebuilding the union movement there. Fascinating stuff.
How Italian dockers disrupted the Israeli war machine
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October 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Interview with an Italian socialist. The Italian protests are on a huge scale, and the issue of Palestine is rebuilding the union movement there. Fascinating stuff.
Thinking that the Soviet Union or post-1949 China represent the communism advocated by Marx has been a longstanding problem on the left and remains one today, as I write for @rs21.bsky.social
What do we mean by communism?
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October 17, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Thinking that the Soviet Union or post-1949 China represent the communism advocated by Marx has been a longstanding problem on the left and remains one today, as I write for @rs21.bsky.social
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NYC is going to get extremely intense with Mamdani’s election and Trump’s ire—streets saturated with ICE thugs, national guard, maybe insurrection act, lots of violence. Like Chicago and LA; maybe worse. I wish I had a clearer sense anyone was forming an adequate mass strategy to respond
October 16, 2025 at 6:45 PM
NYC is going to get extremely intense with Mamdani’s election and Trump’s ire—streets saturated with ICE thugs, national guard, maybe insurrection act, lots of violence. Like Chicago and LA; maybe worse. I wish I had a clearer sense anyone was forming an adequate mass strategy to respond
Hsiao-Hung Pai reviews a new book about the jobs and consciousness of migrant workers, and highlights the similarities between their struggles and those of migrants in East London a hundred years ago.
The precarious migrant worker
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October 16, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Hsiao-Hung Pai reviews a new book about the jobs and consciousness of migrant workers, and highlights the similarities between their struggles and those of migrants in East London a hundred years ago.
Palestinian struggle and a global solidarity movement have thwarted attempted Zionist annihilation after 2 years of genocide. The future of Palestine must be determined by the Palestinian people, not colonial governance. The fight for liberation will continue. Statement from @rs21.bsky.social.
The Gaza ceasefire
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October 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Palestinian struggle and a global solidarity movement have thwarted attempted Zionist annihilation after 2 years of genocide. The future of Palestine must be determined by the Palestinian people, not colonial governance. The fight for liberation will continue. Statement from @rs21.bsky.social.
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My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
They Came for Our Neighbors. We Showed Up.
Before long, there were dozens, and then hundreds of people in the streets, watching and responding.
organizingmythoughts.org
October 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."
The US arms Israel, so it could stop the genocide whenever it pleased. Yet we're now seeing commentary suggesting that this is somehow down to Trump personally - he is "like a juggernaut" (Guardian). (1/2)
October 10, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The US arms Israel, so it could stop the genocide whenever it pleased. Yet we're now seeing commentary suggesting that this is somehow down to Trump personally - he is "like a juggernaut" (Guardian). (1/2)
New Substack post from me about Jenrick and what exactly the right means by "integration".
Jenrick, racism and "integration"
Jenrick’s comments on Handsworth were plainly racist, based as they were on the idea that if a white person is in a place where they can’t see another white person, something is horribly wrong.
substack.com
October 9, 2025 at 6:56 PM
New Substack post from me about Jenrick and what exactly the right means by "integration".
So, Gaza becomes - a protectorate, a mandate territory, a colony? Ruled over by colonial governors Trump and mass murderer Blair, who rebuild the Palestinians' country to suit the needs of international capital. Arab ruling classes smile and nod. (1/3)
September 30, 2025 at 6:59 AM
So, Gaza becomes - a protectorate, a mandate territory, a colony? Ruled over by colonial governors Trump and mass murderer Blair, who rebuild the Palestinians' country to suit the needs of international capital. Arab ruling classes smile and nod. (1/3)
Follows from Italian general strike for Gaza and Spanish protests achieving part-cancellation of La Vuelta. Strikes and protests can isolate the apartheid state.
Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team.
Israeli team out of top Italian cycling race over Gaza war protest concerns
Italian race organiser says there is high possibility of race disruption due to participation of Israeli team.
bit.ly
September 28, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Follows from Italian general strike for Gaza and Spanish protests achieving part-cancellation of La Vuelta. Strikes and protests can isolate the apartheid state.
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Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
September 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Ok. They’ve pissed me off.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards:
1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.
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Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism—and in the process, have become Israel's most important American allies.
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social reports on God's "blank check."
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social reports on God's "blank check."
God's "blank check": Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism
Evangelicals have become Israel's most important American allies.
www.motherjones.com
September 25, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Christian Zionists are pouring billions of dollars into Israeli extremism—and in the process, have become Israel's most important American allies.
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social reports on God's "blank check."
@kieraevebutler.bsky.social reports on God's "blank check."
Years of nothing to do all day, cooking in the bathroom, dodging racists to get the kids to school, huge sums spent on taxis because the govt won't pay for buses or trains. Nothing like the luxury hotels the right talks about.
September 23, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Years of nothing to do all day, cooking in the bathroom, dodging racists to get the kids to school, huge sums spent on taxis because the govt won't pay for buses or trains. Nothing like the luxury hotels the right talks about.
On the Trump visit, the right-wing press all but say out loud that Britain has very little power in the world, the govt should do whatever the US wants and no problems with the royals staging Disneyland pageantry for visiting autocrats. Striking change from previous Tory ideas.
September 19, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the Trump visit, the right-wing press all but say out loud that Britain has very little power in the world, the govt should do whatever the US wants and no problems with the royals staging Disneyland pageantry for visiting autocrats. Striking change from previous Tory ideas.
Straightforward message here to everyone squabbling at the top of the organisation. No to legal action - local groups keep organising - build the organisation - we need transparency at every level.
Your Party: Don’t fuck this up
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September 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Straightforward message here to everyone squabbling at the top of the organisation. No to legal action - local groups keep organising - build the organisation - we need transparency at every level.
Report from Saturday's far right march in London and analysis of how we challenge them.
Race against time: how do we challenge the new far right?
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September 17, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Report from Saturday's far right march in London and analysis of how we challenge them.
"Unauthorised projection" is a crime now? If cops are using the Malicious Communications Act it looks like one hell of a stretch. We can expect this will never get to court, but legitimate protest gets suppressed and Donald kept happy.
Four arrested after images of Trump and Epstein projected on to Windsor Castle ahead of president’s visit
Trump arrived in Britain late on Tuesday for an unprecedented second state visit in which he will be hosted by King Charles
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 6:43 AM
"Unauthorised projection" is a crime now? If cops are using the Malicious Communications Act it looks like one hell of a stretch. We can expect this will never get to court, but legitimate protest gets suppressed and Donald kept happy.