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Jude Jackson
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Retired. Politics, arts and environment.

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Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los Angeles. He was 76 years old.

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Alan Gelfand: A fighter for socialism and historical truth
Alan Gelfand, whose lawsuit against the US government led to the exposure of high-level agents of the FBI and Soviet secret police in the Socialist Workers Party, died Wednesday, October 29, in Los An...
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It remains unclear what the outcome of the new US initiative to end the war in Ukraine will be. Negotiations are currently underway in various locations with different participants.

European leaders accuse US of “betrayal” over Ukraine

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European leaders accuse US of “betrayal” over Ukraine
The European powers in particular have made it clear that they will redouble their rearmament and war efforts if an agreement is reached between Russia and Ukraine.
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November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
In an open letter, 22 prominent economics professors are calling for the complete withdrawal of the government’s pension package, which the Bundestag (parliament) is due to vote on at the end of November, and which is to come into force on January 1.

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Germany’s economics professors call for pension cuts
Twenty-two prominent economists have demanded that the pension package, scheduled to take effect on January 1, be withdrawn entirely. In doing so, they are strengthening the hand of business lobbies, ...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Australia: Polymetals holds AGM after fatal Endeavor mine explosion - World Socialist Web Site

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Australia: Polymetals holds AGM after fatal Endeavor mine explosion
The company’s presentation to shareholders included a token reference to the deaths of Ambrose McMullen and Holly Clarke in its Cobar mine, but the overall tone of the presentation was jubilant, decla...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:11 AM
More than 56,000 students walked out across North Carolina last week to oppose sweeping immigration raids, and the protests have continued into this week as youth demonstrate against the growing presence of ICE and Border Patrol in their communities.

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Walkouts spread as students protest ICE and Border Patrol raids in North Carolina and Oregon
Student walkouts in North Carolina and Oregon reveal growing opposition to ICE raids and the assault on immigrant workers.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Worker killed in trench collapse in Massachusetts; construction contractor had a history of serious safety violations - World Socialist Web Site

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Worker killed in trench collapse in Massachusetts; construction contractor had a history of serious safety violations
Revoli Construction, the contractor at the worksite West Yarmouth, Massachusetts, had a long history of workplace safety violations.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Homelessness in Los Angeles is neither natural nor accidental. In a city dominated by speculative real estate, luxury development and financialized housing, the working class faces impossible conditions.

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City of Los Angeles paid millions for homeless beds that did not exist
Court-appointed monitors reveal half of Lincoln Safe Sleep Village beds were empty, exposing systemic failures in city homelessness programs.
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November 26, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The Australian economy and financial system are being drawn ever more rapidly into the gathering storm in international markets, according to warnings from some leading figures in the financial world.

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Australian capitalism embroiled ever deeper in developing global crisis
All the institutions on which post-war capitalism was based have either been shattered or are in the process of advanced disintegration as a “permacrisis” develops.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Heights University Hospital (HUH), a 152-year-old community hospital in Jersey City, New Jersey, has shut down all services except for its emergency department and limited support functions.

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New Jersey hospital shut down after months of deception by owners
The hospital closure, which opens the door for the profitable redevelopment of the property, is impeding patients’ access to care and leaving workers unpaid.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
What do the Democrats know about Trump’s plans for dictatorship and war crimes? - World Socialist Web Site

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What do the Democrats know about Trump’s plans for dictatorship and war crimes?
A video statement released last week by six Democratic senators and representatives urges armed forces personnel not obey illegal orders. Trump has declared they should be tried and executed.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Family of postal worker Russell Scruggs, Jr. launches GoFundMe campaign to cover legal and funeral expenses - World Socialist Web Site

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Family of postal worker Russell Scruggs, Jr. launches GoFundMe campaign to cover legal and funeral expenses
"His death has left our family devastated, confused and searching for answers," said Latoya Scruggs, the sister of Russell Scruggs, Jr.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Brazil’s former President Jair Bolsonaro was taken into custody on the morning of Saturday, November 22, and brought to the headquarters of the Federal Police in Brasília.

Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrested for plot to escape sentence for coup attempt

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro arrested for plot to escape sentence for coup attempt
The designation of the US Embassy as a planned political refuge for Bolsonaro is linked to Trump’s aggressive defense of his Brazilian fascist ally.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Anger grows over forced overtime, rising injuries and UAW complicity at Stellantis’ Toledo Assembly Complex - World Socialist Web Site

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Anger grows over forced overtime, rising injuries and UAW complicity at Stellantis’ Toledo Assembly Complex
The Stellantis Toledo Assembly Complex has accounted for 30 percent of the injuries that have occurred in the company's North American facilities.
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November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Turkish parliamentary delegation meets with imprisoned Kurdistan Workers Party leader Öcalan - World Socialist Web Site

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Turkish parliamentary delegation meets with imprisoned Kurdistan Workers Party leader Öcalan
This process, conducted through secret diplomacy, is an attempt by the Turkish and Kurdish bourgeois nationalist leaderships to reach an agreement in line with US imperialism's efforts to reorganize t...
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November 26, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Born in 1935 in Finsbury Park, London, Don McCullin’s life and photographic work have been shaped by hardship, compassion, and an unrelenting pursuit of truth.

Don McCullin at 90: A reflection on his life and photography - World Socialist Web Site

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Don McCullin at 90: A reflection on his life and photography
McCullin’s attraction to socialist ideas was part of a wider ferment, where photography was understood as means of revealing and indicting imperialism, exploitation and poverty rather than mere docume...
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November 26, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The December 9 protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part One - World Socialist Web Site

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The December 9 protest in Tanzania, Nyerere’s “African Socialism” and the Struggle for Permanent Revolution—Part One
CCM’s bloody crackdown after the fraudulent October 29 vote flows from the class foundations of Julius Nyerere’s African Socialism and Pan-Africanism, whose rise was paved by Stalinism and Pabloism.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:31 AM
British ruling elite to increase military spending to fight “protracted, industrial-scale war” - World Socialist Web Site

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British ruling elite to increase military spending to fight “protracted, industrial-scale war”
Not a day passes without the Starmer government moving forward its preparations for the re-armament and conscription necessary for an extended war with Russia.
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November 26, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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More than 100,000 Palestinians likely killed in Gaza, leading German institute says - https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-100000-palestinians-likely-killed-gaza-leading-german-institute
More than 100,000 Palestinians likely killed in Gaza, leading German institute says
<article data-history-node-id="431944" about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-100000-palestinians-likely-killed-gaza-leading-german-institute" class="live-blog-update default clearfix"> <h2> <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/more-100000-palestinians-likely-killed-gaza-leading-german-institute" rel="bookmark"> <span class="field field-title">More than 100,000 Palestinians likely killed in Gaza, leading German institute says</span> </a> </h2> <div class="content"> <div class="field field-field-text"><p><meta charset="UTF-8"></p> <p>At least 100,000&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a>&nbsp;were likely killed in&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/topics/israel-genocide-gaza" target="_blank">Israel’s war on Gaza</a>, according to a new study released by one of Germany's leading research institutes, the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Germany.&nbsp;</p> <p>The MPIDR published a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.mpg.de/25778228/1125-defo-gaza-study-reveals-unprecedented-losses-of-life-and-life-expectancy-154642-x" target="_blank">report</a>&nbsp;on Tuesday, determining that the number of people killed in the Gaza Strip is substantially higher than the Palestinian health ministry’s own figures.&nbsp;</p> <p>MPIDR is Europe's second-largest institution for demographic research and one of the largest worldwide.</p> <p>The study estimated that 78,318 people were killed in Gaza between 7 October 2023 and the end of 2024 as a direct result of the war. In a subsequent analysis, the authors found that by 6 October 2025, the number of conflict-related deaths in Gaza had likely surpassed 100,000.</p> <h3>Read more:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/more-100000-palestinians-killed-gaza-leading-german-institute-says">More than 100,000 Palestinians likely killed in Gaza, leading German institute says</a></h3> </div> </div> </article>
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November 25, 2025 at 7:02 PM
“From a small spark, kindled in America, a flame has arisen not to be extinguished”

Ken Burns’ “The American Revolution” - World Socialist Web Site

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Ken Burns’ <em>The American Revolution</em>
Audiences cannot help but grasp the relevance of the film’s subject—a population revolting against tyranny and despotism in the name of equality and inalienable rights.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Lecture to public meeting in London

Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism - World Socialist Web Site

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Where is America going?: Oligarchy, dictatorship, and the revolutionary crisis of capitalism
The WSWS publishes here the text of a lecture delivered by David North in London on November 22 examining the global crisis of capitalism and the Trump administration’s drive to dictatorship.
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November 25, 2025 at 9:42 AM
British ruling elite to increase military spending to fight “protracted, industrial-scale war” - World Socialist Web Site

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British ruling elite to increase military spending to fight “protracted, industrial-scale war”
Not a day passes without the Starmer government moving forward its preparations for the re-armament and conscription necessary for an extended war with Russia.
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November 24, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Socialism AI is a new application of AI aimed at making the theoretical resources, historical analyses and political clarity of the socialist movement accessible to workers, students and youth throughout the world.

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Introducing Socialism AI, by the World Socialist Web Site
Socialism AI is a new application of AI aimed at making the theoretical resources, historical analyses and political clarity of the socialist movement accessible to workers, students and youth through...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:11 PM
The Mamdani-Trump Pact and the bankrupt politics of the upper middle class pseudo-left - World Socialist Web Site

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The Mamdani-Trump Pact and the bankrupt politics of the upper middle class pseudo-left
The immediate political consequence of Mamdani’s visit will be to confuse and disorient the very people who brought him to office.
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November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
A social counterrevolution is developing in Europe, the likes of which has not been seen since the 1930s.

Mass layoffs and welfare cuts: Germany at the center of the European crisis - World Socialist Web Site

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Mass layoffs and welfare cuts: Germany at the center of the European crisis
A social counterrevolution is developing in Europe, the likes of which has not been seen since the 1930s.
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November 24, 2025 at 11:21 AM
“[Socialism AI] will provide an accurate, thoroughly researched reply to critical issues which arise in the day to day struggles of the working class. It will… give answers which reflect and express the interests of the working class.”

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<em>World Socialist Web Site</em> to launch Socialism AI
This revolutionary tool will harness artificial intelligence for the development of socialist consciousness in the international working class.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:31 AM
“The deaths of our two brothers in America should be a wake-up call to workers everywhere”

Royal Mail workers support call for a rank-and-file investigation into the death of USPS workers Nick Acker and Russell Scruggs Jr.
#PostalWorkers #Posties

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Royal Mail workers support call for a rank-and-file investigation into the death of USPS workers Nick Acker and Russell Scruggs Jr.
The call by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees for a rank-and-file investigation into the on-the-job deaths of USPS workers Nick Acker and Russell Scruggs Jr. has been endo...
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November 23, 2025 at 8:10 PM