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21/02/1848: The Publication of The #communistmanifesto
#Marx #Engels #communism
#Hope
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#Marx #Engels #communism
#Hope
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February 21, 2025 at 9:20 AM
21/02/1848: The Publication of The #communistmanifesto
#Marx #Engels #communism
#Hope
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#Marx #Engels #communism
#Hope
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🗞️Key articles on Trump, Ukraine and the crisis of imperialism
Key articles on Trump, Ukraine and the crisis of imperialism
What’s behind Trump’s moves in Ukraine? The dramatic turnaround in US policy towards Ukraine flows from—and reinforces—the crisis of US imperialism. Neither the US nor EU are right on Ukraine war…
buff.ly
February 21, 2025 at 2:26 PM
🗞️Key articles on Trump, Ukraine and the crisis of imperialism
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One if the great poverties created by capitalism is the poverty of imagination. The abject inability to think that anything can ever be different or better.
February 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
One if the great poverties created by capitalism is the poverty of imagination. The abject inability to think that anything can ever be different or better.
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Hard to be creative when data centers are asking for 2-3 gigawatts at a time per site. The utility infrastructure wasn’t created for this. Generation isn’t hard. It takes either a ton of money or an ability to throw out renewable goals. Don’t recommend the latter
February 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Hard to be creative when data centers are asking for 2-3 gigawatts at a time per site. The utility infrastructure wasn’t created for this. Generation isn’t hard. It takes either a ton of money or an ability to throw out renewable goals. Don’t recommend the latter
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In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it
Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2025 at 2:48 PM
In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million
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T J Clark on Trump as, not an aberration, but an orchestrator of the spectacle in the smartphone era: A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
T.J. Clark · A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle
Trump has annihilated the idea of charisma. The new leader is not above us. He’s on the screen in our hands. We...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 12:02 PM
T J Clark on Trump as, not an aberration, but an orchestrator of the spectacle in the smartphone era: A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
January 18, 2025 at 4:46 PM
The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵
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Women’s Marches across Britain rally against sexism socialistworker.co.uk/womens-liber...
Women's Marches across Britain rally against sexism
Thousands of people joined Women’s Marches in towns and cities across Britain, showing the mood to fight sexism in society
socialistworker.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Women’s Marches across Britain rally against sexism socialistworker.co.uk/womens-liber...
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Tens of thousands defy police on Palestine march in London socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
Tens of thousands defy police on Palestine march in London
The Palestine march in London broke through police lines after the police tried to stop campaigners from marching
socialistworker.co.uk
January 18, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tens of thousands defy police on Palestine march in London socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
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An unexpectedly good piece about Benjamin @financialtimes.com: The last days of Walter Benjamin on.ft.com/4fSquxw
The last days of Walter Benjamin
Hounded by the Nazis, the great philosopher took his life in 1940, leaving several mysteries unanswered
on.ft.com
January 12, 2025 at 6:43 PM
An unexpectedly good piece about Benjamin @financialtimes.com: The last days of Walter Benjamin on.ft.com/4fSquxw
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From Dec 16th issue of the New Yorker. The cartoonist’s name is Paul Noth (i think)
December 30, 2024 at 3:52 PM
From Dec 16th issue of the New Yorker. The cartoonist’s name is Paul Noth (i think)
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Very interesting interview of Tariq Ali by Stathis Kouvelakis focused on imperialism and anti-imperialism in which it emerges that he thinks Kautsky was right about ultra-imperialism but with the US at its centre. jacobin.com/2024/12/tari...
Tariq Ali, an Anti-Imperialist Life
In a new memoir, Tariq Ali recounts his work and activism across the end of the Cold War era and the era of neoliberal globalization. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means to be an anti-imperialist ...
jacobin.com
December 24, 2024 at 5:02 PM
Very interesting interview of Tariq Ali by Stathis Kouvelakis focused on imperialism and anti-imperialism in which it emerges that he thinks Kautsky was right about ultra-imperialism but with the US at its centre. jacobin.com/2024/12/tari...
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I only get approached by women with numbery Bluesky names who say “Come talk. It’s free.”
My list of Followers probably looks like a medieval Court of Miracles full of jugglers, musicians, pickpockets, beggars, quack apothecaries, assassins, professional temptressers and homeless dogs.
My list of Followers probably looks like a medieval Court of Miracles full of jugglers, musicians, pickpockets, beggars, quack apothecaries, assassins, professional temptressers and homeless dogs.
December 24, 2024 at 12:17 PM
I only get approached by women with numbery Bluesky names who say “Come talk. It’s free.”
My list of Followers probably looks like a medieval Court of Miracles full of jugglers, musicians, pickpockets, beggars, quack apothecaries, assassins, professional temptressers and homeless dogs.
My list of Followers probably looks like a medieval Court of Miracles full of jugglers, musicians, pickpockets, beggars, quack apothecaries, assassins, professional temptressers and homeless dogs.
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Lucky that Mayor Adams had time in between his own indictments for this publicity stunt.
December 19, 2024 at 9:22 PM
Lucky that Mayor Adams had time in between his own indictments for this publicity stunt.
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Unions should battle on after Royal Mail sell-off
👇The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
👇The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
Unions should battle on after Royal Mail sell-off
The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the Royal Mail deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping
socialistworker.co.uk
December 18, 2024 at 10:48 AM
Unions should battle on after Royal Mail sell-off
👇The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
👇The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping
socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
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Greek version of IST statement on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria sekonline.gr/article.php?...
Δήλωση της Διεθνιστικής Σοσιαλιστικής Τάσης σχετικά με την πτώση του καθεστώτος Άσαντ στη Συρία
Δήλωση της Διεθνιστικής Σοσιαλιστι&ka...
sekonline.gr
December 16, 2024 at 11:47 AM
Greek version of IST statement on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria sekonline.gr/article.php?...
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My concern is that President Trump will increase the amount of deficit spending, which lead to one or two years of economic euphoria, followed by a very nasty crash, as inflation heats up and interest rates rise. However, it is also true that there is a lot of foreign money that prefers the USA.
… Over time, supernormal profits get competed away. Growth and profits are also getting an artificial lift from the heaviest deficit spending ever recorded at this stage of an economic cycle, by far.’ How ‘the mother of all bubbles’ will pop on.ft.com/4fji5mn
How ‘the mother of all bubbles’ will pop
It’s time to bet against American exceptionalism
on.ft.com
December 16, 2024 at 11:04 AM
My concern is that President Trump will increase the amount of deficit spending, which lead to one or two years of economic euphoria, followed by a very nasty crash, as inflation heats up and interest rates rise. However, it is also true that there is a lot of foreign money that prefers the USA.
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Vladimir Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west on.ft.com/4fjAIXk
Vladimir Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west
Russian president says Moscow is being pushed to ‘a red line we can’t step back from’
on.ft.com
December 16, 2024 at 7:59 PM
Vladimir Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west on.ft.com/4fjAIXk
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Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman. on.ft.com/3ZTSGLn
Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman
Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria
on.ft.com
December 16, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman. on.ft.com/3ZTSGLn
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IST Statement on the Fall of the Assad Regime in Syria internationalsocialists.org/announcement...
International Socialist Tendency Statement On The Fall Of The Assad Regime In Syria
<figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://internationalsocialists.org/storage/images/EGnwhGliqSfCu0aZC2bqtBBNJze86SHd9xqxPfyF.jpg"><figcaption>The fall of Syria's bloody dictator Bashar...
internationalsocialists.org
December 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM
IST Statement on the Fall of the Assad Regime in Syria internationalsocialists.org/announcement...
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Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow on.ft.com/3DdReLh
Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow
Central bank sent planeloads of dollars in 2018 and 2019 when dictator was indebted to the Kremlin
on.ft.com
December 15, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow on.ft.com/3DdReLh
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"The global crisis is also a crisis of democracy," argues @alexcallinicos.bsky.social "This makes it even more important that the mass movement in South Korea finishes the job and drives Yoon out." socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...
Military coups aren’t a thing of the past
The past week has underlined that the crisis of global imperialism is leading to a huge acceleration of political instability.
socialistworker.co.uk
December 10, 2024 at 9:00 PM
"The global crisis is also a crisis of democracy," argues @alexcallinicos.bsky.social "This makes it even more important that the mass movement in South Korea finishes the job and drives Yoon out." socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...
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Hamas congratulates Syrians on ending Assad's rule www.reuters.com/world/middle...
Hamas congratulates Syrians on ending Assad's rule
Palestinian group Hamas congratulated the Syrian people on Monday for achieving their "aspirations for freedom and justice" after toppling President Bashar al-Assad.
www.reuters.com
December 9, 2024 at 3:05 PM
Hamas congratulates Syrians on ending Assad's rule www.reuters.com/world/middle...
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DAMASCUS:
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.
December 8, 2024 at 1:54 AM
DAMASCUS:
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.
1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.
For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.
Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.