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Finally, a general strike!

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 13d

Gippò Mukendi Ngandu reports from Italy on the massive political strike action in solidarity with Palestine taken yesterday in Italy.

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Gippò Mukendi Ngandu reports from Italy on the massive political strike action in solidarity with Palestine taken yesterday in Italy.

Climate protest demands the rich pay

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 15d

Report from the Make Them Pay protest in London on 20th September

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The climate movement is making the links with the anticapitalist argument, reports Simon Hannah

Your Party is Our Party – stop wrecking this opportunity!

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 16d

Italian working class shines brightly today!

Free Palestine!

International solidarity will change the world.

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 19d

Statement from ACR on the crisis in Your Party

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Statement by Anti*Capitalist Resistance Council calling for unity and a democratic conference for Your Party

Anti-Capitalist Resistance is a revolutionary Marxist organisation organising in England & Wales. We are internationalists working with socialists in countries across the world. We are members of the ...

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 20d

Ecosocialism • democracy • revolution

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Reclaiming Internationalism

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 23d

New book out with Resistance Books!

Reclaiming Internationalism

This book is a collection of articles by socialists arguing why the left needs to back working class and democratic struggles globally

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ABOUT THE BOOKThis book is a collection of articles by socialists arguing why the left needs to back working class and democratic struggles globally, and put the priorities of people first instead of ...

I Don't Speak German: News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter

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Jack O'Lantern Graham @timescarcass.bsky.social · 23d

NEW IDSG News Brief: Alleged Kirk Shooter, etc. Who is Tyler Robinson? And, again, who was Charlie Kirk? idontspeakgerman.libsyn.com/news-brief-a...

What do we know about Tyler Robinson?  What don't we know?  What are people saying?  Why are they saying what they're saying?  And again, who was Charlie Kirk really? Content Warni...

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 23d

Stop Trump protest on Wednesday 17th September - Portland Place at 2pm

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Trump Not Welcome | 17 September 2025

Stop Trump Coalition

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · 26d

Online meeting: A new Irish Republic?
22 September 7pm

A new Irish republic is possible. Introduced by @clairemitchell.bsky.social, author of the Ghost Limb (2022) and Stephen Baker a socialist and trade unionist from County Down.

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A Marxist Defence of Stuff

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Sep 8

A Marxist defence of stuff by Echo Fortune

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Does marxism entail giving up the enjoyment of stuff? Echo Fortune argues for a socialist future defined by public goods and shared, creative pleasure.

Climate change is an injustice multiplier. Not an asteroid

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Sep 3

Review by Simon Pirani of Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change, by Friederike Otto (Greystone Books, 2025).

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Review by Simon Pirani of Climate Injustice: Why We Need to Fight Global Inequality to Combat Climate Change, by Friederike Otto (Greystone Books, 2025). Republished, with thanks, from the Ecologist

Woody Guthrie~ All You Fascists Bound To Lose

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Robert Chapman @drrobertchapman.bsky.social · Sep 2

Labour seems really set on paving the way for fascism.

Cooper suggests asylum seekers being moved out of hotels could be housed in warehouses instead
Yvette Cooper, the home secretary, has suggested that warehouses could be used to house some of the asylum seekers currently being put up in hotels.

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Sep 2

Getting ready for 13th September counter protest to Tommy Robinson and his motley crew of fanatical racists and violent nationalists

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YouTube video by UnAmericanBandstand

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Public meeting: What is ecosocialism?

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Aug 27

London public meeting: What is ecosocialism?

24 Sept. 7pm

There is still time to overthrow capitalism and build a society based on a sustainable relationship to nature where we can all enjoy the good life. But how?

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We build a society based on a sustainable relationship to nature where we can all enjoy the good life.

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The fight for bodily autonomy and abortion rights

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Aug 27

London public meeting: The fight for bodily autonomy and abortion rights

10 Sept. 7pm

There is a global backlash happening against the gains made by women, intended to reinforce strict gender rules and restrict women’s rights.

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There is a global backlash happening against the gains made by women, intended to reinforce strict gender rules and restrict women’s rights.

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Should there be 100% inheritance tax?

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Aug 23

Should there be 100% inheritance tax?

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The debate into a 100% inheritance tax reveals the fault lines of capitalist ideology. Simon Hannah offers a perspective into the scandalous idea of abolishing this form of class privilege.

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Make Them Pay @makethempay.bsky.social · Aug 20

⏰ ONE MONTH TO GO! ⏰

The stakes couldn’t be clearer:
🥵 we’re coming out of the 4th heatwave of the summer
🔥 a record amount of land has been burnt by wildfires already this year
🤑 and CEOs of the most polluting industries in the UK are getting richer

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Aug 13

Capitalists are destroying the planet to ensure profits - we are part of the fight back with @makethempay.bsky.social

Join the protest on 20th September in London

#climatecrisis #climate #globalwarming

The Mirage of a Palestinian State | Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر

A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Aug 12

Make CEOs afraid again
Make racists afraid again

Destroy the system that gives rise to the capitalists and the racists, the transphobes the misogynists.

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Gilbert Achcar / جلبير الأشقر @gilbert-achcar.bsky.social · Jul 29

THE MIRAGE OF A PALESTINIAN STATE
More countries recognizing a “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under the present conditions, it can't be more than the vast prison within which the Zionist state confines the Palestinian people in the 1967 OPTs.
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More countries recognizing a hypothetical entity called “State of Palestine” is symbolically positive. But under the present conditions, it can't be more than a renewed version of the vast prison with...

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Jul 29

“Stop hiring humans” ad campaign and the irony of late stage capitalism

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‘Stop Hiring Humans’‑ AI and the ironic misanthropy of capitalism

Dylan Naughten explores the myths that AI promoters push to sell their wares

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A*CR @anticapitalistresistance.org · Jul 20

‘Stop Hiring Humans’‑ AI and the ironic misanthropy of capitalism

Dylan Naughten explores the myths that AI promoters push to sell their wares