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An Open Letter to the American Conference of Irish Studies
ACIS president-elect Aidan Beatty and the Zionist libel against Irish history - World Socialist Web Site
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ACIS president-elect Aidan Beatty and the Zionist libel against Irish history - World Socialist Web Site
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ACIS president-elect Aidan Beatty and the Zionist libel against Irish history
This is an open letter written to the American Conference of Irish Studies. ACIS vice president Aidan Beatty is slated to assume the organization’s presidency at its annual conference later this month...
www.wsws.org
February 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
An Open Letter to the American Conference of Irish Studies
ACIS president-elect Aidan Beatty and the Zionist libel against Irish history - World Socialist Web Site
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ACIS president-elect Aidan Beatty and the Zionist libel against Irish history - World Socialist Web Site
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Trump’s plans are in clear and direct violation of international law and its prohibitions against aggressive war, territorial annexation, genocide and mass murder. They are the type of crimes for which the Nazis were prosecuted after the Second World War.
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Trump’s plan to annex Gaza and the return of colonialism
Trump's plan to ethnically cleanse Gaza marks the open embrace of colonialism and genocide by the imperialist powers.
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February 6, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Trump’s plans are in clear and direct violation of international law and its prohibitions against aggressive war, territorial annexation, genocide and mass murder. They are the type of crimes for which the Nazis were prosecuted after the Second World War.
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⚠️RFK Jr just told the US Senate that he does not know if COVID vaccines saved millions of lives.
2.4 million lives were saved by the COVID vaccines in the first 8 months alone.
COVID vaccines prevented >18.5 million US hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved $1.15 trillion in the US alone
2.4 million lives were saved by the COVID vaccines in the first 8 months alone.
COVID vaccines prevented >18.5 million US hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved $1.15 trillion in the US alone
January 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
⚠️RFK Jr just told the US Senate that he does not know if COVID vaccines saved millions of lives.
2.4 million lives were saved by the COVID vaccines in the first 8 months alone.
COVID vaccines prevented >18.5 million US hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved $1.15 trillion in the US alone
2.4 million lives were saved by the COVID vaccines in the first 8 months alone.
COVID vaccines prevented >18.5 million US hospitalizations, 3.2 million deaths and saved $1.15 trillion in the US alone
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"Those who fail to stand up today because they disagree with the content of student protestors' speech are only making it easier for Trump to silence them tomorrow."
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Trump lays out blueprint to deport pro-Palestinian foreign nationals
Executive order seeks to remove international students and 'dismantle the Palestine solidarity movement'
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January 30, 2025 at 6:56 PM
"Those who fail to stand up today because they disagree with the content of student protestors' speech are only making it easier for Trump to silence them tomorrow."
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🛬UPDATE—Airport control tower was understaffed at time of DCA airport crash—one controller was working 2 different tower positions, normally done by 2 people—which FAA memo says was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic”. ➡️We should not downsize the FAA
January 30, 2025 at 9:19 PM
🛬UPDATE—Airport control tower was understaffed at time of DCA airport crash—one controller was working 2 different tower positions, normally done by 2 people—which FAA memo says was “not normal for the time of day and volume of traffic”. ➡️We should not downsize the FAA
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The government’s suggestion that the impact can be sustainably offset by the use of biofuels is a lie.
Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis - World Socialist Web Site
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Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis - World Socialist Web Site
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Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis
It is the rich and the corporations who will take the lion’s share of the benefits from Labour’s and all airport expansions, while the poorest around the world pay the costs.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The government’s suggestion that the impact can be sustainably offset by the use of biofuels is a lie.
Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis - World Socialist Web Site
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Labour’s Heathrow airport expansion and the climate crisis - World Socialist Web Site
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In 2023, then Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg released information noting that there was an approximately 3,000-person shortage of ATCs in the FAA.
Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital
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Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital
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Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital
The crash is the first mass casualty event involving a commercial jet in the United States since 2009.
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January 31, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In 2023, then Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg released information noting that there was an approximately 3,000-person shortage of ATCs in the FAA.
Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital
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Mid-air collision between passenger flight and military helicopter kills 67 in US capital
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"In the generally bleak artistic landscape of the 1980s and beyond, Leigh has stood out importantly as someone attempting to make complicated and sensitive—and socially engaged films, which are also accessible to broad audiences. " Wonderful review of his latest film www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Mike Leigh's <em>Hard Truths</em>: Life as a series of abrasive encounters
Leigh has stood out importantly as someone attempting to make complicated and sensitive—and socially engaged films, which are also accessible to broad audiences
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January 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
"In the generally bleak artistic landscape of the 1980s and beyond, Leigh has stood out importantly as someone attempting to make complicated and sensitive—and socially engaged films, which are also accessible to broad audiences. " Wonderful review of his latest film www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Trump’s first 7 days:The framework for presidential dictatorship
Trump’s policies reflect the interests of a tiny financial elite, determined to solidify its dominance by tearing down the remaining democratic & social protections for the vast majority of the population
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Trump’s policies reflect the interests of a tiny financial elite, determined to solidify its dominance by tearing down the remaining democratic & social protections for the vast majority of the population
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trump’s first 7 days: The framework for presidential dictatorship
In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Trump’s first 7 days:The framework for presidential dictatorship
Trump’s policies reflect the interests of a tiny financial elite, determined to solidify its dominance by tearing down the remaining democratic & social protections for the vast majority of the population
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trump’s policies reflect the interests of a tiny financial elite, determined to solidify its dominance by tearing down the remaining democratic & social protections for the vast majority of the population
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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"In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship under the pretext of a non-existent “invasion” by immigrants" www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trump’s first 7 days: The framework for presidential dictatorship
In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship.
www.wsws.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:39 AM
"In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship under the pretext of a non-existent “invasion” by immigrants" www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The geopolitical and economic significance of who enjoys control over the self-governing Danish territory makes the eruption of a trade war between Europe and the United States a real possibility.
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Trade war could erupt between US and EU over Trump’s threat to seize Greenland
US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. Its Thule air base was a key operational centre for its ballistic missiles and served as a store for nuclear...
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January 28, 2025 at 10:32 AM
The geopolitical and economic significance of who enjoys control over the self-governing Danish territory makes the eruption of a trade war between Europe and the United States a real possibility.
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The right of all non-citizens to criticize the government or the presidency has been effectively suspended by a separate executive order titled “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists.
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Trump’s first 7 days: The framework for presidential dictatorship
In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship.
www.wsws.org
January 28, 2025 at 3:04 PM
The right of all non-citizens to criticize the government or the presidency has been effectively suspended by a separate executive order titled “Protecting the United States from Foreign Terrorists.
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Trade war could erupt between #US and #EU over #Trump’s threat to seize #Greenland
US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. It has enjoyed a military presence there for over 80 years...
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US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. It has enjoyed a military presence there for over 80 years...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Trade war could erupt between US and EU over Trump’s threat to seize Greenland
US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. Its Thule air base was a key operational centre for its ballistic missiles and served as a store for nuclear...
www.wsws.org
January 28, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Trade war could erupt between #US and #EU over #Trump’s threat to seize #Greenland
US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. It has enjoyed a military presence there for over 80 years...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
US imperialism has long viewed Greenland as critical for geopolitical and security reasons. It has enjoyed a military presence there for over 80 years...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Newark, New Jersey residents speak out against immigration raids: “They’re exiling people for just wanting to live”
“This is supposed to be America? Land of the free...yet you’re exiling people for just wanting to live, to be human, to make a living.”
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“This is supposed to be America? Land of the free...yet you’re exiling people for just wanting to live, to be human, to make a living.”
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Newark, New Jersey residents speak out against immigration raids: “They’re exiling people for just wanting to live”
Local residents respond to federal agents raiding a warehouse in Newark without a warrant and arresting three undocumented workers last Thursday.
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January 28, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Newark, New Jersey residents speak out against immigration raids: “They’re exiling people for just wanting to live”
“This is supposed to be America? Land of the free...yet you’re exiling people for just wanting to live, to be human, to make a living.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
“This is supposed to be America? Land of the free...yet you’re exiling people for just wanting to live, to be human, to make a living.”
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
'Trump is not an interloper into the Garden of Eden of American politics. The protracted process of wealth concentration, facilitated over decades by both parties, has vomited up Trump and placed him back in the White House.'
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Trump’s first 7 days: The framework for presidential dictatorship
In the week since he took office, Donald Trump has wielded the power of the presidency to do what no president before him has ever attempted: overturn the Constitution and establish a dictatorship.
bly.to
January 28, 2025 at 5:24 PM
'Trump is not an interloper into the Garden of Eden of American politics. The protracted process of wealth concentration, facilitated over decades by both parties, has vomited up Trump and placed him back in the White House.'
bly.to/n6e67eo
bly.to/n6e67eo
'Indeed, the open repudiation of the most basic principles of public health over the past five years is, except under police state and fascist regimes, unprecedented in modern history.'
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bly.to/4Ft2ReG
5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic, the return of Trump and the war on public health
Trump returns to the White House as the tenth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once again inundates hospitals, while the last vestiges of public health are set for destruction.
bly.to
January 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
'Indeed, the open repudiation of the most basic principles of public health over the past five years is, except under police state and fascist regimes, unprecedented in modern history.'
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'While Biden spoke in conditional terms about “potential” developments that are “taking shape,” the oligarchic character of American society is already an entrenched reality, cultivated over decades by the very system he defends.'
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Biden and the American oligarchy
In his “farewell address” Wednesday, Biden warned of the growth of an oligarchy in America which his own administration has helped to foster and strengthen.
bly.to
January 17, 2025 at 8:18 PM
'While Biden spoke in conditional terms about “potential” developments that are “taking shape,” the oligarchic character of American society is already an entrenched reality, cultivated over decades by the very system he defends.'
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'Musk....knows exactly what he is doing. His posts tap into and advance anti-migrant and Islamophobic conspiracy theories about an “invasion” of “white countries” by violent migrants, designed to scapegoat social discontent away from the super-rich.'
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Oligarch Elon Musk posts torrent of far-right content backing Nigel Farage and Tommy Robinson in the UK
The most that senior Labour cabinet minister Wes Streeting would say of Musk’s actions was that “some” of the criticisms were “misjudged” and “misinformed”. He continued, “But we’re willing to work wi...
bly.to
January 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
'Musk....knows exactly what he is doing. His posts tap into and advance anti-migrant and Islamophobic conspiracy theories about an “invasion” of “white countries” by violent migrants, designed to scapegoat social discontent away from the super-rich.'
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The return to power of Trump, who will take office in just three weeks, is both a debacle and a fundamental turning point.
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war - World Socialist Web Site
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Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war - World Socialist Web Site
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Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war
Underlying these interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by i...
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January 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The return to power of Trump, who will take office in just three weeks, is both a debacle and a fundamental turning point.
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war - World Socialist Web Site
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Socialism against oligarchy, fascism and war - World Socialist Web Site
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...