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Workers' Liberty
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Fighting as part of the labour movement for a socialist alternative to capitalism & Stalinism.
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📅Ideas for Freedom takes place on 22-23 November in Islington.
🤔 + debate on 'A New Party' on Friday 21 November, 7pm at Indian YMCA, Fitzroy Square, London W1 6AQ.
🎟️ More + wkd/day/half-day tickets: www.workersliberty.org/iff25
🥐Free creche, cheap food and crash accommodation.
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The knock-on effect of the EHRC’s interim update has been an increase in harassment and abuse across the spectrum, and significantly more so for trans people.

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"Bathroom ban" has increased harassment in UK
The knock-on effect of the EHRC’s interim update has been an increase in harassment and abuse across the spectrum, and significantly more so for trans people.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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An appreciation of 'Once Were Warriors'.

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A film from New Zealand
Directed by Lee Tamahori, who died earlier this month, Once Were Warriors (1994) is one of the best known of all New Zealand films. Based on the 1990 novel by Alan Duff it tells the story of the…
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November 24, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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A lot of work revolves around doing “someone a favour”.

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Trade favours? Ask for nothing?
“I don’t ask them for anything, and then it makes it harder for them to ask me for anything”. N has long made it clear, repeatedly, that they have little tolerance for any management bullshit. “If we…
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November 24, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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We should push our governments to put pressure on the UAE to stop supplying weapons to the RSF. Equally, Egypt, Turkey, the Saudis, and others must be pressured to stop arming the SAF.

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New atrocities in Sudan
Since the fall of Omar al-Bashir in 2019, Sudan’s history has been shaped by a tug-of-war between a powerful popular movement and rival military factions determined to keep hold of the state. Bashir…
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November 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Northumbria University University and College Union (UCU) has overwhelmingly voted to go into dispute with the university over threats to pay and pensions.

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Northumbria UCU in dispute on pensions
Northumbria University University and College Union (UCU) has overwhelmingly voted to go into dispute with the university over threats to pay and pensions. Staff on the Teachers’ Pension Scheme (TPS)…
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November 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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In much of the press on the Stalinised far-left China has been lauded for its green record. But in fact the Xi Jinping regime has developed the most carbon-intensive large industrial economy in the world.

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Is China really driving decarbonisation?
In 1990 China’s share of the world’s manufacturing output was 2.4%, in 2025 it hovers around 31%. China is the largest emitter of CO2, responsible for over 30% of global emissions. Since 1978 its GDP…
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November 23, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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From May 2026 landlords will not be able to evict their tenants under Section 21 (no fault evictions), discriminate against tenants on benefits or those with pets, or raise rents more than once per year.

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What Renters’ Rights Act means
The government has confirmed that the long-awaited Renters’ Rights Act will go live on 1 May 2026. From that date, landlords will not be able to evict their tenants under Section 21 (no fault…
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November 23, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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A review of 'Everyday Politics in Russia: from Resentment to Resistance' by Jeremy Morris

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The everyday and politics in Russia
Jeremy Morris is one of the most interesting academics to read on life in Russia today. Unlike the vast majority of his colleagues, Morris, an ethnographer, continues to do active fieldwork inside…
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November 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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The story of the first three workers’ Internationals from the 1890s to 1905.

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Between Bernstein and Lenin
This section takes the story of the first three workers’ Internationals from the 1890s to 1905. Though idiosyncratic in its slant on some points, the account (abridged from a pamphlet, The First…
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November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Despite no evidence of any kind of threat, trans people’s (especially trans women’s) participation in sport has become increasingly contested in recent years.

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Trans people and sport: who’s being pushed out?
Workers’ Liberty supports trans and gender-diverse (TGD) people’s rights. Some left feminists (sex based rights activists or SBRAs) see those as threatening women’s rights. This series of articles…
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November 23, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Strikes have started at both universities in Sheffield. They are against swingeing cuts to courses and jobs, after previous cuts and false promises from management.

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Sheffield students fight the cuts
Strikes are underway at both universities in Sheffield. The strikes started on 11 November at Sheffield Hallam and on 17 November at University of Sheffield. They are against swingeing cuts to…
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November 22, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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At least some in the Labour government are now uneasy about the now-withdrawn Equality and Human Rights Commission draft guidance.

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Doubts growing on EHRC guidance
At least some in the Labour government are uneasy about the now-withdrawn Equality and Human Rights Commission draft guidance following the April 2025 Supreme Court decision in the case brought by…
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November 22, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Brenner argues that gender ideology, like all ideology, is rooted in our lived everyday. Gender divisions are produced by a complex balance of forces at a given point in the history of capitalism.

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Gender divisions and capitalist history
In Rethinking Women’s Oppression, a chapter of her book Women and the Politics of Class, Johanna Brenner surveys Michèle Barrett’s well-known book Women’s Oppression Today.
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November 22, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The Communist Party of Britain, the party that controls the Morning Star newspaper, has voted at its national congress to “reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement”.

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CPB votes for backlash
The Communist Party of Britain, the party that controls the Morning Star newspaper, has voted at its national congress to “reverse gender identity policy capture in the trade union movement”.
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November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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A National Climate Risk Assessment for Australia has identified 63 nationally significant climate risks.

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Australia assesses eco-risks
A National Climate Risk Assessment for Australia was released in September.
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November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Specialist Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services for adults in England have closed the door to new patients

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Adult ADHD services being closed and restricted
Specialist Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) services for adults in England have closed the door to new patients
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November 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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Resident doctors started a five-day walkout on 14 November over pay erosion and job insecurity.

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Doctors begin five-day strike
Resident doctors started a five-day walkout on 14 November over pay erosion and job insecurity. According to the BMA, pay is still down by 21% in real terms when compared to 2008 levels, despite the…
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November 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
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The problem for the Morning Star and its political masters at the Communist Party of Britain, is that, like the far right, they too hate the BBC.

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Neutral between Trump and BBC?
The BBC is under attack from Donald Trump and his cheerleaders in the UK, who have seized upon a trivial error in the editing of Trump’s 6 January 2021 speech urging his supporters to march on the US…
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November 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Mamdani: "If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very conditions that allowed him to accumulate power".

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Mamdani, AOC, Sanders, NYC DSA, and Speak Out Now on 4 November 2025
Mamdani: "If anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him. And if there is any way to terrify a despot, it is by dismantling the very…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Ideas for Freedom STARTS TOMORROW - 22-23 November - in Highbury.
🎟️ More info + tickets: link.outsavvy.com/iff25
Tickets £50 waged, £27 low-waged and students, £9 unwaged. + day and half-day tickets (cheaper in advance)
November 21, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Can the resonance generated by Mamdani's campaign translate into durable organising?

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What can the left build from the Mamdani surge?
“Mr. Cuomo — and furthermore, the name is Mamdani. M-A-M-D-A-N-I. You should learn how to say it.” That viral moment wasn’t just about pronunciation. It was a flashpoint — a collision of generations…
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November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
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Ukrainian socialist activists discuss their struggles and the support they need.
On Saturday at 2.10 pm, at IFF25, 22-23 Nov, London.
🎟 Tickets (cheaper in advance) and more: link.outsavvy.com/iff25
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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Trump’s barrage on the press has traversed national boundaries once again: his new target is the BBC.

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Don't let Trump strangle the BBC
Trump’s barrage on the press has traversed national boundaries once again: his new target is the BBC.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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The Israeli military has now withdrawn to a designated “Yellow Line” inside Gaza and its actions since indicate it is preparing for a prolonged presence there.

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“Two states” vs regional imperialism
Much violence and turmoil results from what some currents on the left, including Workers’ Liberty, have described as “regional imperialisms”: the actions of powers that, whilst not globally dominant…
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November 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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A re-ballot of the striking Birmingham bin workers has voted 99% yes to continuing action on an 80% turnout.

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Birmingham bin workers renew action
A re-ballot of the striking Birmingham bin workers has voted 99% yes to continuing action on an 80% turnout. Unite have claimed a “historic” victory from the successful ballot of its members in the…
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November 20, 2025 at 7:03 PM