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The Hillsborough Law: Rewiring the State?

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Tom Williams @shirleymush.bsky.social · 17d

The families who’ve campaigned for justice are some of the most inspiring people I know of, so I’m really pleased that we were able to publish this. Also big shout out to @IanByrneMP for giving me so much of his time. If only all MPs were like him.

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The reintroduction of the Hillsborough Law to Parliament was a victory for campaigners against those who benefit from the state’s lack of accountability. But the fight is not over.

We Are All Palestine Action

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Jul 4

Palestine Action are about to be proscribed as a so-called terrorist organisation for disrupting a genocide. We must not let legalism or obedience prevent us from affirming that they are heroes write @peachtreepeartree.bsky.social & Tom Gann. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Palestine Action are about to be proscribed as a so-called terrorist organisation for disrupting a genocide. We must not let legalism or obedience prevent us from affirming that they are heroes.

Necessary and (im)possible: New Socialist and the task of left media - Red Pepper

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Red Pepper @redpeppermag.bsky.social · May 27

The Corbyn era inspired a new wave of socialist publications, including @newsocialist.bsky.social. Here, its editors Tom Gann and Josie Sparrow reflect on the challenges, ambitions and necessities facing left media today

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New Socialist editors Tom Gann and Josie Sparrow reflect on the challenges, ambitions and necessities facing left media today

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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · May 25

"The guest list shows the extent of cross-party political support for arming and fuelling ‘Israel’’s genocide in Gaza."
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Genocide Gala

Inside the ‘Israeli’ embassy’s secret party at the British Museum, where Jimmy Carr with Nigel Farage, Ian Austin, and Richard Tice, and Maria Eagle affirmed Britain’s commitment to arming genocide.

Inside the ‘Israeli’ embassy’s secret party at the British Museum, where Jimmy Carr with Nigel Farage, Ian Austin, and Richard Tice, and Maria Eagle affirmed Britain’s commitment to arming genocide.

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · May 23

Inside the ‘Israeli’ embassy’s secret party at the British Museum, where Jimmy Carr with Nigel Farage, Ian Austin, and Richard Tice, and Maria Eagle affirmed Britain’s commitment to arming genocide. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Genocide Gala

Inside the ‘Israeli’ embassy’s secret party at the British Museum, where Jimmy Carr with Nigel Farage, Ian Austin, and Richard Tice, and Maria Eagle affirmed Britain’s commitment to arming genocide.

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · May 23

Inside the ‘Israeli’ embassy’s secret party at the British Museum, where Jimmy Carr with Nigel Farage, Ian Austin, and Richard Tice, and Maria Eagle affirmed Britain’s commitment to arming genocide. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Genocide Gala

Public Toilets and Public Luxury

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Helen Hester @helenhester.bsky.social · May 13

Have you read @hannahkateboast.bsky.social 's article on public toilets and public luxury? I really think you should. newsocialist.org.uk/public-toile...

by Hannah Boast // In Britain, toilets have always been a flashpoint for debates about who ‘belongs’ in public space. The Tōkyō Toilet Project shows us how toilets can instead transform and expand pub...

The Kids are Alright: How the Student Body Resists Today

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Apr 17

Under Trump’s administration, the spheres of educational and carceral jurisdiction are rapidly converging. The students of Columbia are continuing to fight, writes Aslan Ivanov ahead of actions taking place today. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Under Trump’s administration, the spheres of educational and carceral jurisdiction are rapidly converging. The students of Columbia are continuing to fight.

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism

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Mwendwa.philip @thephilip.bsky.social · Apr 18

Amazing article newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

The Kids are Alright: How the Student Body Resists Today

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Apr 17

Under Trump’s administration, the spheres of educational and carceral jurisdiction are rapidly converging. The students of Columbia are continuing to fight, writes Aslan Ivanov ahead of actions taking place today. newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

Under Trump’s administration, the spheres of educational and carceral jurisdiction are rapidly converging. The students of Columbia are continuing to fight.

Workers of the World Unite

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Angela Mitropoulos @mitropoulos.bsky.social · Apr 10

I've delved into this
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by Angela Mitropoulos // The use of Marx to justify nationalist leftism is a well worn genre. This explores the falsehoods this always rests on, including both empirical data on migration and their mi...

AI: The New Aesthetics of Fascism

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A— @guttermachinations.bsky.social · Apr 10

Always rated this article to debunk the myth of migrants depressing wages. libcom.org/article/over...

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Carolina A. Miranda @cmonstah.bsky.social · Apr 7

This story on AI aesthetics and the far right has so many great lines.

“Trump’s haircut, which we all seem to have become inured to, serves the same purpose. It looks like shit and that’s the point. It is a display of power and a small act of cruelty.”

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It's embarrassing, destructive, and looks like shit: AI-generated art is the perfect aesthetic form for the far right.

The Prison and the Forest

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Tim J L @amanoutoftim.bsky.social · Apr 1

"Whilst abolitionist and ecosocialist tendencies remain marginal in many ways, there exists the potential for them [in these land struggles] to represent these broad sentiments and to unify the widespread discontent of the public."

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In the US, #StopCopCity has unified a broad coalition around abolitionist and ecosocialist struggle. What would it take for something similar to be possible in Britain?

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Alex Heffron @alexheffron.bsky.social · Mar 30

Despite the fact that social democracy, as the article argues, doesn't exist as an option anymore, all I keep reading is people suggesting—both socialist and imperialist/fascist visions—yet one more attempt at building social democracy. @newsocialist.bsky.social

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The Last Social Democrat

by Tom Blackburn // Tony Judt’s Ill Fares the Land, 15 years on

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Mar 20

If you missed it, here's a post reminding you of some recent pieces we've published. www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...

The Prison and the Forest

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John @j-m-moore.bsky.social · Mar 25

In the US, #StopCopCity has unified a broad coalition around abolitionist and ecosocialist struggle. What would it take for something similar to be possible in Britain?

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In the US, #StopCopCity has unified a broad coalition around abolitionist and ecosocialist struggle. What would it take for something similar to be possible in Britain?

The Prison and the Forest

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Mar 25

In the US, #StopCopCity has unified a broad coalition around abolitionist and ecosocialist struggle, Sam Kelly explores what would it take for something similar to be possible in Britain? newsocialist.org.uk/transmission...

In the US, #StopCopCity has unified a broad coalition around abolitionist and ecosocialist struggle. What would it take for something similar to be possible in Britain?

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Mar 20

If you missed it, here's a post reminding you of some recent pieces we've published. www.patreon.com/posts/this-w...

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DB 📉 @konvolutj.bsky.social · Mar 17

I wrote about this once upon a time newsocialist.org.uk/design-life-...

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Mar 15

An update on what we've published this week, featuring
Lauren Taylor & @tomblackburn.bsky.social, some other recent pieces, featuring @garethwatkins.bsky.social & Ravachol Mutt, and some brief thoughts on @redpeppermag.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/124433...

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New Socialist @newsocialist.bsky.social · Mar 15

An update on what we've published this week, featuring
Lauren Taylor & @tomblackburn.bsky.social, some other recent pieces, featuring @garethwatkins.bsky.social & Ravachol Mutt, and some brief thoughts on @redpeppermag.bsky.social www.patreon.com/posts/124433...

by Tom Blackburn // Tony Judt’s Ill Fares the Land, 15 years on

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Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn.bsky.social · Mar 15

It's been 15 years since Tony Judt's Ill Fares the Land was first published, so I wrote this for New Socialist on how the book still stands up (not well) newsocialist.org.uk/the-last-soc...

The Last Social Democrat