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I’m really proud to be part of this new initiative - we desperately need independent working class organisation and power, get involved and help build the better world we need and deserve ✊
On International Workers’ Day, we are proud to launch Rise! A movement dedicated to building independent working class power to change the world - on this May Day we must recommit ourselves to building a better world for all, find out more here:
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Working class people "working harder" doesn't make them better off, it makes their employers richer
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“Anyone who loves freedom owes such a debt to the Red Army that it can never be repaid”. - Ernest Hemingway
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“Our revenge will be the laughter of our children”. - Bobby Sands
Palestinian journalist plays with a little baby boy who survived an lsraeli airstrike, Gaza.
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Seeing unions cancel strike action because of the death of a hereditary monarch really highlights the entrenched problems in the British labour movement, and makes clear again that the politics of “respectability” is a dangerous dead end
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This is beyond grotesque
WATCH: Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrived Sunday morning in Kigali, where he will join Rwandans and friends of
#Rwanda
at the 30th commemoration of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi.
#Kwibuka30
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As the brutal Tory Borders Bill moves one step closer to becoming law, remember these scenes from Glasgow earlier this year - we will need to forge a movement rooted in this uncompromising solidarity going forward - the people save the people
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Israel bombed a cancer unit for children in Gaza overnight, but “from the river to the sea” is offensive?
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Solidarity with the Liverpool dockers taking strike action today✊
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Amazing scenes from Dublin as tens of thousands turn out to say no to racism and division
#Ireland4All
❤️🇮🇪✊
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I hope this news doesn’t disturb anyone on their wedding day
Almost 11,000 people in hospital with malnutrition as cost of living crisis hits low income households and scurvy and rickets return
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“War appears to me as the most fearful crime of the centuries. In it the working class are to be sacrificed so that a small clique of rulers and armament makers may sate their lust for power”. - James Connolly
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It's a mistake to say the Bank of England have "got it wrong" - they are imposing the costs of capitalism's terminal crisis onto the working class, while shielding the wealthy, and economic fairy tales aside, they know full well what they're doing
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“Deep down, I am a revolutionary. I have no faith in the political system as it is … I go on Question Time and I talk to politicians and get involved, but actually I'd like to just burn the lot of them”. - Rest in Peace Benjamin Zephaniah, a real one
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The Just Stop Oil protestors who have been sentenced to prison today are political prisoners - every socialist organisation, trade union body, and human rights group should work to for their release - protest is not a crime
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David Lammy apologised for … voting for the Iraq war? Fiddling MPs expenses? Saying parents should be allowed to hit their children? The bombing of Libya?
No - he apologised for playing a small, accidental part in allowing a glimmer of hope emerge in British politics
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Sky News fails to say Israel killed these aid workers, but tries to minimise the seriousness of the crime, or even cast doubt on the truth of it, by saying that it was reported by a "Hamas-run office" - British state-affiliated media is truly shameless
BREAKING: British volunteer among five aid workers killed in Gaza Strip, Hamas-run office says
Read more🔗
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Solidarity with
@Lowkey0nline
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BBC Newsnight just led off with the line: “will the public be willing to conserve energy as it’s contribution to the global war effort”
This is cynical, dangerous, unhinged rhetoric
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In the midst of an unprecedented cost of living crisis, with millions being pushed into poverty the British Labour Party whipped its members in the House of Lords to abstain on a vote to guarantee children free school meals, the proposal was defeated
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Imagine my shock when all the celebrities who became vocal anti-racists to attack a life long anti-racist who might raise taxes slightly, happily gave a pass to their wealthy celebrity mate making bigoted jokes about the gypsy, Roma and Sinti people murdered during the holocaust
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The audacity of these people - who over saw tens of thousands of working class deaths via austerity, and backed wars that killed hundreds of thousands more, to play the “civility” card in defence of a fascist - utter scum
"It's so irresponsible to think that's how to do politics!"
Ed Balls calls Owen Jones out on his response to Nigel Farage's milkshake incident. 🎧
LISTEN
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The British firefighters union asking their members not to assist police in removing pro-Palestine/anti-war protestors - this is what solidarity looks like, and it’s beautiful ✊❤️🇵🇸
The FBU is aware that pro-Palestine protesters are holding further demonstrations in Leicester.
Previously, firefighters have been asked to assist the police in removing protestors.
The FBU advises all members not to be involved in law enforcement activities.
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The richest MP ever to sit in parliament is about to become Prime Minister, without any democratic mandate, and will launch a barrage of cuts so that the working class which is already struggling become even poorer - that’s capitalist democracy
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I know it’s disappointing when we don’t sign up to every good cause.
But it would be so much worse to make promises now and then break them after the election.
Because we are making hard choices, you can trust us to keep our promises.
✍🏻
@ObserverUK
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Rare footage of Luke Kelly singing “The Hot Asphalt” at the Fleadh Cheoil in 1964
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“If you fight you won't always win. But if you don't fight you will always lose”. - Bob Crow, trade union leader, working class hero - passed on is day in 2014
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The British state, media and political parties have tried demonise solidarity with Palestine, to intimidate good people off the streets with lies and slander - but the people see through it and stand with Gaza, and for Palestinian liberation
#CEASEFIRE_NOW
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London now! Hundreds of thousands marching for Palestine and for a
#CeasefireNOW
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#GazaGlobalAction
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Israeli occupation forces wrestled with a Palestinian mother as she tried to stop her son’s grave from being bulldozed to make way for a “biblical garden” ⤵️
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Labour has won the race to be the largest genocide supporting party in Britain, treat them with all the contempt you would the Tories - don't stop talking about Gaza and struggling for a free Palestine 🇵🇸
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This is what the British state does to just stop oil, who are a harmless, inoffensive group protesting over a crucially important issue - imagine what they’ll do when the organised working class actually threatens the status quo - defend JSO, defend the right to protest
🚨 REVEALED: MORE RAIDS FOOTAGE
🚔 The police have so far arrested 27 Just Stop Oil supporters across the UK.
⛓️ This is not democracy. This is a police state.
💸 Help us replace tech seized by the police —
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After this, it's not only that you shouldn't vote Labour, it should be clear that we all need to be work to destroy Labour, the Tories and the entire rotten system they both serve
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Worth remembering that every newspaper and news station in Britain ran with the (now thoroughly discredited) line that "Hamas beheaded 50 babies", but not a single British media platform has given serious attention to today's ICJ hearing - a deafening and telling silence
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What if I told you the problem isn’t university degrees - but the lack of “decent jobs” produced by an economic and social system that degrades human labour, grinds down working class people, and funnels wealth upwards to people like Rishi and his ilk
Too many students are being sold a university education that won't get them a decent job at the end of it.
So I'm cracking down on rip-off degrees and boosting apprenticeships to ensure students get the best deal possible.
Widening access. Boosting jobs. Growing the economy.
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Angela Rayner and Labour happy to have the police manhandle peaceful protestors for confronting them on their hypocrisy and cowardice in relation to the Gaza genocide - make this party a pariah entity in your communities, they deserve nothing but contempt
"I LOST MY FAMILY IN GAZA!" A Palestinian who lost his mother, brother & nieces to Israel's bombing in Gaza confronts Angela Raynor & the Labour Party at a Stockport fundraiser.
How can the Labour Party & any party not call for a ceasefire when Israel's genocide has killed 25000
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Congrats on your REF results, hopefully you can use them to heat the house in your pension-less future
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This just arrived in the post, not a bad way to finish the year
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There shouldn’t be a single Israeli ambassador or embassy left in any half decent country - a murderous, pariah state
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The Bolivian people have defeated another right wing coup - the resilience of the MAS is based on the fact that they are rooted in and organically linked to the trade unions, social movements and popular classes - a lesson for us all
UPDATE: Bolivian troops have WITHDRAWN from the presidential palace and the city's central plaza.
President Luis Arce has appointed a new Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces. Police and anti-coup protesters have regained control of the area.
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There is a spectre haunting the reactionary liberal mind, the spectre of an entirely fictitious “pro-Putin left”
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This venal shell of a man should not be allowed anywhere near public power, the ease with which he lies and dissembles should genuinely worry people
Asked whether a man murdered whilst carrying a white flag by the Israelis is a war crime, Starmer states he thinks it's unwise 'to form instant judgements'
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Rising fuel prices, rising national insurance payments, rising inflation rates, falling wages, gutting pensions - this is what class war looks like - the working class being bled to pay for a crisis caused by the system that makes the rich richer
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Someone should really look into this phenomenon of Palestinians spontaneously dying with no apparent cause
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This has to be the everyday new normal for those public figures that facilitated, through action or cowardice, Israel’s genocide in Gaza - make Labour a pariah entity in working class communities
"Angela Rayner, why have you supported genocide?"
The Deputy Leader of the Labour Party is confronted on the streets of her constituency. She has received funds from Israel lobbyist Trevor Chinn in the past.
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Grim scenes from Knowsley tonight - as the economic and social crises deepen, the far right (with the tacit support of the sensible centre) will capitalise on peoples fear and anger to whip up racist hate - an organised, fighting working class is the only antidote to this poison
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If you have a shred of humanity or decency, but feel intimidated by the propaganda and state onslaught, just know that no job or career is worth losing your humanity and staying silent in the face of genocide - speak up for Gaza, speak up for Palestine
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Solidarity with the people of Yemen, being bombed tonight by two of the worlds biggest powers for daring to oppose Israel's brutal genocide in Gaza
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Every decent country in the world needs to follow suit and do this - isolate the pariah state
BREAKING: Bolivia has now officially cut ties with Israel.
The decision comes after former Bolivian President Evo Morales called on his country’s government to cut ties with Israel and declare it a terrorist state in light of the massacres it is committing in Gaza.
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The silence of British universities in the face of this barbarism will be a permanent stain on these seats of “higher learning”
Al-Aqsa University in Khan Younes. As if it was nuked. Something beyond comprehension that Israel is targeting educational institutions and health care system.
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Gaza isn't starving, it's being starved, systematically, by Israel with the full complicity of the US, Britain and the rest of the "the west"
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I always liked Miliband on this particularly tedious and debilitating tenet of labourism
Britain is stuck thanks to a succession of Tory governments.
As leader of the Labour Party, I’m focused on getting us into power.
Only then can we deliver the change that trade unions and working people want and need.
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No better example of the utter degradation of the British public sphere than Campbell on tv claiming the moral high about honesty in public life
“You were told that it would be pain-free. You were told that it would all be upsides, no downsides”
Former No 10 Press Secretary Alastair Campbell claims the British public were “lied to” and calls for Boris Johnson to be held accountable
#bbcqt
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“I consider it my duty to act in the interests of the class to which I belong - the working class; the interests of the other classes are too well looked after already”. - James Connolly, trade unionist, anti-imperialist, working class revolutionary was executed this day in 1916
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There is detailed analysis and discussion to be done about Starmer's reactionary liberalism, links to security services and systematic dishonesty - but ultimately, he's a cowardly, venal scumbag
"I totally reject the Houthis claims that attacking ships from around the world is somehow linked to the conflict in Gaza. These attacks do absolutely nothing for the Palestinian people", says Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer.
📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602
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The liberal mind has a profound capacity for divorcing symptoms from causes
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Hell is empty, and all the devils are here
We are friends of Israel.
When friends are under attack, we stand by them.
Israel has the right and duty to respond to Hamas’ act of war.
We call for the immediate release of all hostages taken by Hamas.
@Isaac_Herzog
@EP_President
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Having practiced criminal defence and taught international/human rights law for almost 20 years, the case presented against Israel in the ICJ is really unanswerable - I expect their "defence" will be a combination of "Hamas is evil" vitriol and baseless claims of anti-semitism
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A rotten shell of a man, a vapid non-entity driven by ambition and callousness - if you find yourself campaigning to get this man into power, you need to take a long, hard look at yourself
Keir Starmer is asked about his "red lines" - use of white phosphorus, collective punishment, bombing safe routes?
He doesn't list any and refers to Israel's "right to self defence", emphasising the need for humanitarian aid.
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The audacity of a Labour parliamentary candidate putting a heart shaped Palestine flag on their election material, while running for a party that has systematically excused and facilitated Israel’s genocide in Gaza - utterly shameless
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The British media runs puff pieces for people engaged in ethnic cleansing and genocide, and people are losing jobs or being visited by the police for calling for an end to this brutality - truly a dystopian time
Lionesses of the Desert: Inside Israel's all-female tank unit taking on Hamas terrorists - and led by British captain, 20, who says her role is 'a dream come true'
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Gaza is currently facing obliteration by the murderous Israeli state, half the population of Gaza are children - and this is what the European Union sees fit to do, European values on show for all to see
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The “respect” and PR sensitivity following the Queens death clearly only flows one way, the ruling class never rests
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Regular reminder that the guardian is a filthy rag
The
@guardian
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"Don't trust the liberals, they will betray you".
I absolutely condemn the horrifying attack on Israel by Hamas and Islamic Jihad. There is no justification for this violence, and innocent people on both sides will suffer hugely because of it. It must end now.
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It was a lie - a dehumanising lie planted by the Israeli military, and amplified by the President of the US and a dutiful, racist media to justify the genocide now being perpetrated in Gaza - eternal shame on every person complicit through deed or silence in this barbarity
Clarification from the White House regarding Biden's remarks
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I am not at all religious - but this is a godless man
Recently I declined to meet with Rev Dr
@MuntherIsaac
during his UK visit. I apologise for and deeply regret this decision, and the hurt, anger, and confusion it caused. I was wrong not to meet with my brother in Christ from the Holy Land, especially at this time of profound
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This is great - all of those in public life who made excuses for and abetted Israel’s war crimes should face this sort of reception for the rest of their days
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For the avoidance of doubt, what this means is that union leaders have folded and will accept whatever sops Labour will throw the way of workers, just to continue to have a “seat at the table” - we need better than this, we need to remake our unions
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These are the real representatives of the Irish people in America this St. Patrick’s Day - Saoirse don Phalaistín 🇵🇸🇮🇪☘️✊
The full statement read out from the Irish artists who pulled out of SXSW in Austin this week live from one of the official showcase stages they were due to play.
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While Israel blows up the last university in Gaza, and continues its barbaric genocide on the people of Gaza - Britain and America are tonight bombing Yemen again, because the Yemeni's have the temerity to act to try to halt Israel's crimes - solidarity with the people of Yemen
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Seeing the academic “Fanonians” distort and debase his ideas to justify their own cowardice in the current moment, I can’t help but think of Fanon
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Lenin died 100 years ago today, but the problems he struggled with persist and his ideas remain crucially important for us today
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Without downplaying all the limitations of elections etc, Clare Daly just lost her seat, which is a real shame and a loss for us all
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The tactics adopted by Insulate Britain seem misplaced to me, but they’re also the necessary tactics of a campaign lacking a mass movement - it’s fair enough to question their efficacy, but anyone on the left should support protest and direct action
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I've known from a young age that the ruling classes, political elites and mainstream media are mostly depraved, self-seeking scum - but to see the concerted cheerleading and support for a racist apartheid state engaged in ethnic cleansing in real time has actually shocked me
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So it’s more of a remortgaging than a rebuilding - PFI on steroids, racism, nationalism, authoritarianism and war mongering, that’s what the next Labour government will deliver
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In full knowledge that they act with impunity, the butcher Netanyahu proudly shares videos of his military committing war crimes - in response the leaders of the EU, the British and US states and others light public buildings in blue and white and declare their support for this
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The duplicitous scumbag has spoken - only those fighting NATO proxy wars have a right to resist occupation
I utterly condemn the ongoing attacks on Israel and her citizens.
There is no justification for this act of terror which is being perpetrated by those who seek to undermine any chance for future peace in the region.
Israel has a right to defend herself.
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If you’re around Manchester get along to this event in December to raise money for Medical Aid for Palestine and the Palestinian Children’s Relief Fund 🇵🇸
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