Tom
@tom2805.bsky.social
Always knew I was working class because of what was done to me, now realising what I can do because I'm part of the Working Class.
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"The Dems, unions and media cultivate the myth of an all-powerful government while insisting that nothing can be done. This is a lie. What is lacking is not mass opposition but a political strategy to guide and organize the struggle against Trump"
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"The Dems, unions and media cultivate the myth of an all-powerful government while insisting that nothing can be done. This is a lie. What is lacking is not mass opposition but a political strategy to guide and organize the struggle against Trump"
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Trump’s fascist conspiracy and how to fight it: A socialist strategy
The Trump administration is working to establish a presidential dictatorship, based on the military, police, paramilitary forces and fascist gangs.
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September 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Fight back!
"The Dems, unions and media cultivate the myth of an all-powerful government while insisting that nothing can be done. This is a lie. What is lacking is not mass opposition but a political strategy to guide and organize the struggle against Trump"
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
"The Dems, unions and media cultivate the myth of an all-powerful government while insisting that nothing can be done. This is a lie. What is lacking is not mass opposition but a political strategy to guide and organize the struggle against Trump"
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"The defence of fundamental democratic rights, workers’ living standards, and the fight against genocide and war is only possible through the adoption of a new axis of struggle—socialist internationalism."
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The proscription of Palestine Action and the struggle against the Starmer government
The government is turning to authoritarianism because its agenda of enriching the financial oligarchy and waging war cannot be pursued democratically.
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July 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
"The defence of fundamental democratic rights, workers’ living standards, and the fight against genocide and war is only possible through the adoption of a new axis of struggle—socialist internationalism."
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"The working class must seek not to reform the capitalist state or try to pressure it—that is impossible—but to take political power in its own hands and establish a workers’ state as the first step in reconstructing society on socialist foundations."
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Oxfam report: A devastating indictment of monopoly power and inequality
Since 2020, the world’s five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes, at the rate of $14 million per hour, from $405 billion to $869 billion, while almost 5 billion people have been made poo...
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January 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"The working class must seek not to reform the capitalist state or try to pressure it—that is impossible—but to take political power in its own hands and establish a workers’ state as the first step in reconstructing society on socialist foundations."
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"All of modern history teaches that vast concentrations of wealth and power inevitably presage revolutionary upheavals.The working class,which produces all the wealth in society,and can bring all of society to a standstill in a moment,will have its own say in the matter"
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The “aristocratic oligarchy” assembles at Davos
Trump set himself above the bank and energy executives on the panel, who groveled, flattered and praised him. But like every dictator, he speaks not only for himself but for a social class.
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January 26, 2025 at 12:03 PM
"All of modern history teaches that vast concentrations of wealth and power inevitably presage revolutionary upheavals.The working class,which produces all the wealth in society,and can bring all of society to a standstill in a moment,will have its own say in the matter"
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Science is under attack #socialistsunday people!
"Daszak is a victim of the fascist-led witch-hunt against science. The working class must come to his defense and to the defense of principled scientists who work tirelessly to make life tolerable and better for humanity."
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"Daszak is a victim of the fascist-led witch-hunt against science. The working class must come to his defense and to the defense of principled scientists who work tirelessly to make life tolerable and better for humanity."
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Bowing to fascist-led witch-hunt, EcoHealth Alliance fires Peter Daszak, the scientist who warned of pandemic dangers
Three days before Trump’s swearing in to office, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced that EcoHealth Alliance and its former president, Dr. Peter Daszak, were cut off of all fundin...
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January 26, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Science is under attack #socialistsunday people!
"Daszak is a victim of the fascist-led witch-hunt against science. The working class must come to his defense and to the defense of principled scientists who work tirelessly to make life tolerable and better for humanity."
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"Daszak is a victim of the fascist-led witch-hunt against science. The working class must come to his defense and to the defense of principled scientists who work tirelessly to make life tolerable and better for humanity."
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"The NHS, originally dubbed the “crown jewel” of Britain’s post-World War II welfare state, is crumbling before the eyes of those who work in it and need it most,the working class and poorer middle-class layers.In contrast, private healthcare is booming"
#socialistsunday
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#socialistsunday
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“Corridor care” in Britain’s National Health Service—the normalisation of indignity and unsafe care
A survey of its members by the Royal College of Nursing union found that two-thirds had daily delivered care in what they considered an “inappropriate setting”.
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January 26, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"The NHS, originally dubbed the “crown jewel” of Britain’s post-World War II welfare state, is crumbling before the eyes of those who work in it and need it most,the working class and poorer middle-class layers.In contrast, private healthcare is booming"
#socialistsunday
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#socialistsunday
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"Committed to a programme of war and austerity at home, the British ruling class is turning to authoritarian forms of rule.This cannot be countered purely by an appeal to legal and democratic rights—which are being curtailed and ignored. These rights must be fought for."
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Oppose Starmer’s repression of anti-war protesters!
The attack democratic rights by the British state, headed by Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour government, escalated in the aftermath of the initial repression.
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January 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
"Committed to a programme of war and austerity at home, the British ruling class is turning to authoritarian forms of rule.This cannot be countered purely by an appeal to legal and democratic rights—which are being curtailed and ignored. These rights must be fought for."
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"The financial oligarchy uses its control of both political parties to expand its wealth and power at the expense of the working class, whose exploitation forms the basis of their wealth. The incoming Trump administration is a government of, by and for the oligarchy.”
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Oxfam says world ruled by “aristocratic oligarchy,” as billionaire wealth surges by $2 trillion
The charity reported that the wealth of the world's billionaires grew from $13 trillion to $15 trillion in 2024, a rate that is three times faster than in 2023.
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January 21, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The financial oligarchy uses its control of both political parties to expand its wealth and power at the expense of the working class, whose exploitation forms the basis of their wealth. The incoming Trump administration is a government of, by and for the oligarchy.”
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"During Biden’s four years in office, the wealth of the 100 richest Americans grew by $1.5 trillion—a 63 percent increase. Musk’s wealth has grown sixteenfold, from $25 billion in 2020 to over $415 billion. Bezos’s wealth has doubled, and Zuckerberg’s has quadrupled."
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Biden and the American oligarchy
In his “farewell address” Wednesday, Biden warned of the growth of an oligarchy in America which his own administration has helped to foster and strengthen.
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January 19, 2025 at 8:57 AM
"During Biden’s four years in office, the wealth of the 100 richest Americans grew by $1.5 trillion—a 63 percent increase. Musk’s wealth has grown sixteenfold, from $25 billion in 2020 to over $415 billion. Bezos’s wealth has doubled, and Zuckerberg’s has quadrupled."
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Sound like anyone you know?
Calling for cuts to the civil service, Badenoch was deliberately provocative -
“There’s about 5 to 10 percent of them who are very, very bad—you know, should be in prison bad—leaking official secrets, undermining their ministers, agitating.”
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Calling for cuts to the civil service, Badenoch was deliberately provocative -
“There’s about 5 to 10 percent of them who are very, very bad—you know, should be in prison bad—leaking official secrets, undermining their ministers, agitating.”
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UK Tories elect Kemi Badenoch as leader in rightward lurch
The ballot was necessitated by the crushing defeat suffered by Rishi Sunak’s Conservatives in July’s general election.
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January 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Sound like anyone you know?
Calling for cuts to the civil service, Badenoch was deliberately provocative -
“There’s about 5 to 10 percent of them who are very, very bad—you know, should be in prison bad—leaking official secrets, undermining their ministers, agitating.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Calling for cuts to the civil service, Badenoch was deliberately provocative -
“There’s about 5 to 10 percent of them who are very, very bad—you know, should be in prison bad—leaking official secrets, undermining their ministers, agitating.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Or this . . .
"The coming months will be defined by immense shocks, crises and the eruption of mass struggles. Without revolutionary leadership, these struggles will face the danger of being betrayed, diverted, or crushed."
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"The coming months will be defined by immense shocks, crises and the eruption of mass struggles. Without revolutionary leadership, these struggles will face the danger of being betrayed, diverted, or crushed."
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Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war
Underlying the interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its...
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January 19, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Or this . . .
"The coming months will be defined by immense shocks, crises and the eruption of mass struggles. Without revolutionary leadership, these struggles will face the danger of being betrayed, diverted, or crushed."
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"The coming months will be defined by immense shocks, crises and the eruption of mass struggles. Without revolutionary leadership, these struggles will face the danger of being betrayed, diverted, or crushed."
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"The LA wildfires could be the worst natural disaster in US history by cost.But the death toll of the Gaza genocide is thousands of times greater in a tiny and besieged enclave, not one of the world’s wealthiest cities, and by deliberate human, or rather inhuman, action"
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Study finds Israeli bullets and bombs likely killed over 60,000 Palestinians in Gaza
These findings reaffirm the undeniable fact that the systematic massacre of the people of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces, supported and assisted by the US and other imperialist powers, is one of th...
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January 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
"The LA wildfires could be the worst natural disaster in US history by cost.But the death toll of the Gaza genocide is thousands of times greater in a tiny and besieged enclave, not one of the world’s wealthiest cities, and by deliberate human, or rather inhuman, action"
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"Four years after his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Trump’s recitation of the presidential oath of office, pledging to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” will be the first lie of his second term."
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One week until Trump’s return to the White House: The countdown begins
Four years after his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Trump’s recitation of the presidential oath of office, pledging to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Unit...
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January 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
"Four years after his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Trump’s recitation of the presidential oath of office, pledging to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States,” will be the first lie of his second term."
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"Answering the challenge from the right means a socialist struggle to address workers’ demands for jobs, wages and housing, and quality transport, education, health and social care—a programme inseparable from the fight against war and for universal democratic rights."
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Labour in crisis and Reform UK gaining ground—build the Socialist Equality Party!
With the class struggle suppressed and Labour in power, opportunity has been given to the far-right to scapegoat migrants for the deep social grievances of the working class.
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January 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
"Answering the challenge from the right means a socialist struggle to address workers’ demands for jobs, wages and housing, and quality transport, education, health and social care—a programme inseparable from the fight against war and for universal democratic rights."
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"The dangers posed by such a rapid increase of the global temperature are immense, and all of which capitalism has proven incapable of abating, much less resolving."
#SocialistSunday
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#SocialistSunday
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National Guard deployed to Los Angeles fire zones as anger builds over government failure to prevent disaster
In addition to the direct threat the fires pose, the smoke produced as a result is enormously toxic and dangerous. Materials including microplastics, mercury and lead, as well as the chemicals carbon ...
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January 12, 2025 at 10:02 AM
"The dangers posed by such a rapid increase of the global temperature are immense, and all of which capitalism has proven incapable of abating, much less resolving."
#SocialistSunday
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#SocialistSunday
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"Starmer has made his anti-migrant agenda central to the Labour government. He is waging a charm offensive with the Trump administration. And he is determined to maintain cordial relations with Farage, about whom he has had barely a bad word to say."
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Oligarch Elon Musk posts torrent of far-right content backing Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson in the UK
The most that senior Labour cabinet minister Wes Streeting would say of Musk’s actions was that “some” of the criticisms were “misjudged” and “misinformed”. He continued, “But we’re willing to work wi...
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January 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
"Starmer has made his anti-migrant agenda central to the Labour government. He is waging a charm offensive with the Trump administration. And he is determined to maintain cordial relations with Farage, about whom he has had barely a bad word to say."
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"The grovelling before Musk and his ability to poison the political climate and set news agendas testify to the total collapse of democracy under the weight of social inequality and the super-rich—and to the lurch to the right among all capitalist parties."
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Oligarch Elon Musk posts torrent of far-right content backing Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson in the UK
The most that senior Labour cabinet minister Wes Streeting would say of Musk’s actions was that “some” of the criticisms were “misjudged” and “misinformed”. He continued, “But we’re willing to work wi...
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January 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
"The grovelling before Musk and his ability to poison the political climate and set news agendas testify to the total collapse of democracy under the weight of social inequality and the super-rich—and to the lurch to the right among all capitalist parties."
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"The report estimates that on any given night more than 354,000 people in England are homeless—an incredible one in 160 people. The figure includes 161,500 children in the world’s sixth biggest economy."
#SocialistSunday
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#SocialistSunday
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Explosive growth of homelessness in England
The 354,000 homeless would fill Wembley Stadium in London almost four times over. The number of homeless children alone in England is not far short of filling the national stadium twice.
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December 29, 2024 at 8:39 AM
"The report estimates that on any given night more than 354,000 people in England are homeless—an incredible one in 160 people. The figure includes 161,500 children in the world’s sixth biggest economy."
#SocialistSunday
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#SocialistSunday
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How far we have come!
"The authors of the present study propose that human culture is distinctive for its “open-endedness.” In contrast to all other animals, humans have the ability to learn and execute complex sequences of steps to accomplish an ultimate goal."
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"The authors of the present study propose that human culture is distinctive for its “open-endedness.” In contrast to all other animals, humans have the ability to learn and execute complex sequences of steps to accomplish an ultimate goal."
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What makes human culture unique from culture of other animals?
New research identifies the distinguishing feature of human cultural behavior as its “open-endedness.”
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December 29, 2024 at 8:31 AM
How far we have come!
"The authors of the present study propose that human culture is distinctive for its “open-endedness.” In contrast to all other animals, humans have the ability to learn and execute complex sequences of steps to accomplish an ultimate goal."
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"The authors of the present study propose that human culture is distinctive for its “open-endedness.” In contrast to all other animals, humans have the ability to learn and execute complex sequences of steps to accomplish an ultimate goal."
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"For youth seeking a way to oppose inequality, exploitation and war, turn to the working class and build a revolutionary movement based on socialist principles! Not individual revenge, but only workers’ power can settle accounts with capitalism."
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The socialist attitude to the tragedy of Luigi Mangione
The basic task of our time is the expropriation of United Healthcare and other major corporations by the working class in a socialist revolution, not “vengeance” against individual executives. Marxist...
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December 29, 2024 at 7:56 AM
"For youth seeking a way to oppose inequality, exploitation and war, turn to the working class and build a revolutionary movement based on socialist principles! Not individual revenge, but only workers’ power can settle accounts with capitalism."
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"AI has the capacity to enormously develop the productivity of labour and thereby provide the basis for social advancement.
However, its development under the social relations of capitalism means it will not have this effect, but the reverse."
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However, its development under the social relations of capitalism means it will not have this effect, but the reverse."
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AI and its implications a central topic at Davos meeting
The contradiction between technology and the social relations of capitalism in which it is encased is becoming ever-more apparent.
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December 29, 2024 at 7:48 AM
"AI has the capacity to enormously develop the productivity of labour and thereby provide the basis for social advancement.
However, its development under the social relations of capitalism means it will not have this effect, but the reverse."
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However, its development under the social relations of capitalism means it will not have this effect, but the reverse."
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"The complicity of the imperialist powers in the Gaza genocide stands as an indictment of the entire capitalist system, which is systematically normalizing genocide in the defense of the interests of the parasitic capitalist financial oligarchy."
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New York Times reveals Israeli extermination order authorizing killing 20 civilians for each “combatant”
On Thursday, the <em>New York Times </em>published a detailed account reporting the existence of official Israeli military documents authorizing the killing of 20 non-combatants for every "pre-emptive...
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December 29, 2024 at 7:26 AM
"The complicity of the imperialist powers in the Gaza genocide stands as an indictment of the entire capitalist system, which is systematically normalizing genocide in the defense of the interests of the parasitic capitalist financial oligarchy."
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"That the state broadcaster supports Israel’s barbarity should come as no surprise. The government is complicit in Israel’s genocidal war, supplying the state with the weaponry and intelligence to carry out its attacks and stacks the BBC’s board with its supporters."
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More than 100 staff accuse BBC of pro-Israel bias over Gaza genocide
An open letter, signed by more than 230 figures in the UK’s media industry, writers and academia, said the public broadcaster had failed to provide “fair and accurate” coverage of the conflict.
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December 29, 2024 at 7:19 AM
"That the state broadcaster supports Israel’s barbarity should come as no surprise. The government is complicit in Israel’s genocidal war, supplying the state with the weaponry and intelligence to carry out its attacks and stacks the BBC’s board with its supporters."
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"When class antagonisms grow to a point of open conflict, democracy must give way to dictatorship and the “symbolic” powers of the monarch, including the king’s role as commander in chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, become real, and defying them an act of treason."
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The coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla: The terminal crisis of the British monarchy
The coronation is conceived as an appeal for national unity at a time of rising social tensions and class conflict and with war having already erupted on European soil.
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December 29, 2024 at 7:09 AM
"When class antagonisms grow to a point of open conflict, democracy must give way to dictatorship and the “symbolic” powers of the monarch, including the king’s role as commander in chief of the Army, Navy and Air Force, become real, and defying them an act of treason."
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