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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 4d

Today marks two years since the beginning of Israel’s genocide in Gaza, one of the greatest crimes of the modern era.

Two years of the Gaza genocide: A crime of Zionism and imperialism - World Socialist Web Site

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Two years of the Gaza genocide: A crime of Zionism and imperialism

On the second anniversary of Israel’s launching of the genocide on Gaza, billions of people around the world are outraged by the worst crime against humanity in the 21st century.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 5h

The Wohlforth-Fields violation of party security and the response of the International Committee - World Socialist Web Site

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The Wohlforth-Fields violation of party security and the response of the International Committee

This lecture reviews the Wohlforth–Fields breach of party security in the Workers League in 1974 and the event’s significance in the origins of the Security and the Fourth International investigation.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 6h

Nobel Prize for imperialist war and regime change goes to Washington’s Venezuelan puppet María Corina Machado - World Socialist Web Site

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Nobel Prize for imperialist war and regime change goes to Washington’s Venezuelan puppet María Corina Machado

The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded its 2025 Peace Prize to the leader of Venezuela’s far-right opposition, Maria Corina Machado, an event that is as significant as it is sinister.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 8h

Backed by the Albanese Labor government, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) has set up unprecedented National Security Investigations (NSI) teams to target groups and individuals allegedly causing harm to Australia’s “social cohesion.”

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New Australian Federal Police units to enforce “social cohesion”

National Security Investigations (NSI) teams are targeting groups allegedly harming Australia’s “social fabric.”

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 19h

“The American Volcano: Towards Fascism or Socialism” will be held on Saturday November 22 at 2pm, at Birkbeck University of London, Malet Street London, WC1E 7JL, in Room MAL B33.

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Public Meeting in London: “The American Volcano: Towards Fascism or Socialism”

What is taking place in America is of the greatest political concern to workers and young people internationally because the US situation only reflects in the most extreme form the same global crisis ...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 1d

Trump administration threatens to fire unpaid air traffic controllers, deny back pay to furloughed federal workers - World Socialist Web Site

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Trump administration threatens to fire unpaid air traffic controllers, deny back pay to furloughed federal workers

Counting on the compliance of the Democrats, Trump is escalating the attack on federal workers as the government shutdown reaches its tenth day.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 1d

While Altman has said the deal with Nvidia is a “new financing model,” it is very much a repeat of the kind of circular deals which were made in the dot-com bubble at the start of the century before it collapsed with billions of dollars in losses.

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Unprecedented “circular deals” inflate AI bubble

Deals entered into by OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, are estimated to cost $1 trillion, even as the company has yet to turn a profit.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 1d

Le PS veut gouverner sous Macron: l’oligarchie capitaliste prépare la dictature - World Socialist Web Site

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Le PS veut gouverner sous Macron: l’oligarchie capitaliste prépare la dictature

Un gouvernement PS sous le président des riches imposerait le diktat des banques et renforcerait les conspirations néofascistes pour imposer une dictature d’extrême-droite en France.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 1d

Behind plans for social-democratic government under Macron, French ruling elite plots dictatorship - World Socialist Web Site

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Behind plans for social-democratic government under Macron, French ruling elite plots dictatorship

A government led by the bourgeois PS under a despised “president of the rich” would impose the diktat of the banks and strengthen neo-fascist conspiracies to impose a far-right dictatorship.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 1d

The October 18 protest demonstrations should mark the beginning of a counter-offensive against Trump’s dictatorial and fascistic rampage.

Fascist gathering in the White House signals mass repression and violence - World Socialist Web Site

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Fascist gathering in the White House signals mass repression and violence

The White House has been transformed into the headquarters of a conspiracy to legitimize fascism, brand anti-fascism as “terrorism,” and mobilize the repressive machinery of the state against the popu...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 1d

Israel and Hamas announced Thursday the formal adoption of a “ceasefire” agreement involving the release of all hostages held by Hamas and the permanent Israeli occupation of Gaza.

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“Ceasefire” deal includes permanent Israeli occupation of Gaza

The agreement is yet another step in the Israeli-imperialist plan to dominate Gaza and suppress the national rights of the Palestinian people.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 2d

President Donald Trump is poised to invoke the Insurrection Act, a measure that would give him sweeping powers to deploy the military across the United States under his personal control.

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Operation Dictatorship: Trump is poised to invoke the Insurrection Act

On Wednesday, NBC News reported that the Trump administration is actively preparing to invoke the Insurrection Act, which provides the military the authority to conduct law enforcement operations with...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 2d

Israel attacks another aid flotilla days after illegal capture of the Global Sumud Flotilla - World Socialist Web Site

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Israel attacks another aid flotilla days after illegal capture of the Global Sumud Flotilla

The Freedom Flotilla said in a statement, “Sources so far indicate that the unarmed crew aboard, including doctors, journalists, and elected officials, have been abducted, as well as the vital aid wor...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Not a single Democrat declares that there can be no negotiation with a president seeking to overthrow the Constitution & establish his dictatorship or that the central task is to build support for removing Trump & his fascist sidekick JD Vance from office.

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Silence of the Democrats aids Trump dictatorship

The Democrats’ silence is not simply a matter of cowardice or miscalculation. It flows from the class character of the Democratic Party as a party of Wall Street and the military-intelligence apparatu...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Paramount workers to studio management: “You are aligning yourselves with … a genocide in Gaza and of the Palestinian people” - World Socialist Web Site

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Paramount workers to studio management: “You are aligning yourselves with … a genocide in Gaza and of the Palestinian people”

The Employees of Conscience accuse studio executives in an open letter of lining up with genocide and investing in pro-Israeli propaganda while helping to suppress Palestinian filmmakers.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Nearly 15 percent of respondents reported experiencing two or more indicators of financial stress in 2023—the highest level in over a decade. Single-parent families were hit hardest, with more than 30 percent reporting financial stress.

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Survey reveals decline in Australian living standards

Since 2021, all indicators of financial stress have increased. These include having to ask for financial help from family, friends or welfare organisations; being unable to heat one’s home; skipping m...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Judge Goodstein had received death threats in recent weeks that were linked to her rulings, especially after she blocked the release of voter registration data sought by the Trump administration.

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Huge fire destroys the house of South Carolina Circuit Court judge after clash with Trump, Miller

The fire that destroyed the residence of Judge Diane Goodstein on Edisto Island took place under conditions of open incitement by Donald Trump and his fascist lieutenants against members of the judici...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

On October 14, a five-day strike by 46,000 Kaiser Permanente workers is set to begin. One of the largest healthcare strikes in U.S. history, it comes under conditions of an unprecedented attack on democratic rights by the fascist Trump administration.

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Kaiser health care workers connect upcoming national strike with fight against Trump

This strike is not simply a contract dispute over wages or staffing levels. It is a political confrontation with the corporate oligarchy which is destroying public health.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Six months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., widow asks: “Why don’t I have answers?” - World Socialist Web Site

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Six months since the death of Stellantis worker Ronald Adams Sr., widow asks: “Why don’t I have answers?”

Stellantis, the United Auto Workers and Michigan safety officials continue to remain silent on the death of the 63-year-old skilled tradesman, even as full production at the engine plant has resumed.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

New Zealand Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has confirmed that his government will kick thousands of 18- and 19-year-olds off unemployment benefits.

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New Zealand government to push teenagers off welfare

The government aims to push thousands of unemployed 18- and 19-year-olds into low-paid, casualised jobs and into the armed forces.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Help the SEP Reach 100 New Monthly Donors by December!

The Socialist Equality Party (UK) is making an urgent appeal: Can you donate an hour’s pay per month to support our vital work?

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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

A punishing assault on mothers and babies: WIC nutrition program targeted by government shutdown and Trump budget - World Socialist Web Site

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A punishing assault on mothers and babies: WIC nutrition program targeted by government shutdown and Trump budget

WIC, a nutrition program serving nearly 7 million pregnant women, new mothers, infants and young children, is threatened with running out of funds due to the government shutdown, and is targeted for $...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Canada Post’s latest “offer” marks a further escalation in the Liberal government-led war on striking postal workers - World Socialist Web Site

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Canada Post’s latest “offer” marks a further escalation in the Liberal government-led war on striking postal workers

Canada Post presented provocative new offers last Friday that translate the Liberal government’s plans to restructure the post office at workers' expense, through the elimination of tens of thousands ...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Child dies amid far-right anti-immigrant campaign cultivated by South Africa’s ANC - World Socialist Web Site

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Child dies amid far-right anti-immigrant campaign cultivated by South Africa’s ANC

The African National Congress’s scapegoating of foreigners has paved the way for a wave of far-right vigilantism in South Africa.

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

The gold price surge is a sign of growing uncertainty and doubts over the stability of the international monetary system based on the US dollar as the global currency.

Gold price surge continues, passing the $4,000 mark - World Socialist Web Site

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Gold price surge continues, passing the $4,000 mark

The rise of US debt to $37 trillion means that the global monetary system is based on the currency of the most indebted country in history, the credit rating of which has been downgraded by the three ...

Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 3d

Protests against Gaza genocide continue internationally, Starmer government denounces UK campus demos - World Socialist Web Site

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Protests against Gaza genocide continue internationally, Starmer government denounces UK campus demos

“If you see a genocide taking place and you’re seeing that your government is aiding and abetting it, what else should you do but disrupt that?”