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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12d

Nigel Farage in a flap over claim that asylum seekers are eating swans

👇Farage's only purpose in peddling racist lies is to whip up hatred towards migrants and to suck up to Donald Trump

Nigel Farage in a flap over claim that asylum seekers are eating swans

Farage's only purpose in peddling racist lies is to whip up hatred towards migrants and to suck up to Donald Trump

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12d

Support the Defend Our Juries activists facing terror charges

👇Police snatched six Defend Our Juries activists in dawn raids earlier this month

Support the Defend Our Juries activists facing terror charges

The British state is ramping up repression against the Palestine movement—but is facing a backlash. Six Defend Our Juries (DOJ) supporters will appear for a hearing at the Old Bailey court in London…

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12d

Western leaders ‘are recognising Palestine after destroying it’

👇Western leaders recognising the state of Palestine is not enough. It has to be backed up by concrete action

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Western leaders 'are recognising Palestine after destroying it'

Western leaders recognising the state of Palestine is not enough. It has to be backed up by concrete action

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 13d

Far right mob shows deep-seated racism is at the heart of the Epping protests

👇In July, Stand Up to Racism exposed that the fascist Homeland party were at the heart of organising the protests outside the Bell Hotel in Epping

Far right mob shows deep-seated racism is at the heart of the Epping protests

A far right mob carried a Klu Klux Klan-style cross painted in England flag colours through Epping, Essex, on Tuesday night.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 13d

Egyptian revolutionary freed after years-long imprisonment

👇Alaa Abd el-Fattah's freedom is a testimony to the determination of his family members' campaigning

Egyptian revolutionary freed after years-long imprisonment

Campaigners confirmed early on Tuesday morning that Alaa Abd el-Fattah was at home having been freed after a presidential pardon

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 14d

Zarah Sultana says join Your Party, but fight to shape it

👇She spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project

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Zarah Sultana says join Your Party, but fight to shape it

Zarah Sultana spoke at a 500-strong meeting after a week of divisions that threatened the whole Your Party project

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 14d

Alex Callinicos: Don’t throw away historic opportunity for left

👇There is appetite for a radical and insurgent vision of the left

Alex Callinicos: Don’t throw away historic opportunity for left

I don’t know about you, but I’m very angry. My anger is all the greater because it’s being diverted from its proper objects, such as Keir Starmer, Nigel Farage, Binyamin Netanyahu and Donald Trump.…

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 14d

Socialist Worker journalist, Thomas Foster, reporting from the revolts in Paris last week #OnBloqueTout 💥

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 14d

Workers can beat Leicester university bosses’ strike-breaking

👇Workers are set to begin three weeks of strikes on Monday of next week

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Workers can beat Leicester university bosses’ strike-breaking

Bosses at the University of Leicester are piling the pressure on workers to try to prevent strikes.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 15d

No-fault evictions ‘not how housing should be set up’

👇 Labour is betraying its promise to swiftly abolish no-fault evictions—and refuses to make transformative changes to Britain’s housing sector

No-fault evictions 'not how housing should be set up'

Labour is betraying its promise to swiftly abolish no-fault evictions—and refuses to make transformative changes to Britain’s housing sector

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 15d

Farage’s agenda is to attack all migrants

👇Plus: Can trade unionism harness workers’ power and unite it with a mass movement?

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Farage's agenda is to attack all migrants

Nigel Farage has pushed hostility to so-called “illegal” migrants and “small boats”. Now he has announced that a Reform UK government would abolish indefinite leave to remain (ILR) which allows…

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 15d

School workers fight ‘to prioritise the wellbeing of the kids’

👇At a school for children with special educational needs and disabilities, workers are fighting for proper funding

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School workers fight 'to prioritise the wellbeing of the kids'

At Whitefield Schoolfor children with special educational needs and disabilities, workers are fighting for proper funding.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

Starmer backs Palestinian state—but it’s too little and too late

👇Some Western leaders are rushing to recognise a Palestinian state, but it's a sham play to regain lost legitimacy for supporting Israel's genocide

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Starmer backs Palestinian state—but it's too little and too late

Starmer is rushing to recognise a Palestinian state, but it's a sham play to regain lost legitimacy for supporting Israel's genocide.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

How Big Pharma profits from sick capitalism

👇Plus: Paz Errázuriz and Battleship Potemkin at 100

How Big Pharma profits from sick capitalism - Socialist Worker

Plus: Paz Errázuriz and Battleship Potemkin at 100

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

General strike for Palestine halts Italy

👇After the trade unions' call, workers and activists have taken to the streets to block Israeli weapons

General strike for Palestine halts Italy

After the trade unions' call, workers and activists have taken to the streets to block Israeli weapons and rally against its government.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

Letters: An international struggle against fascism is necessary

👇Plus authoritarian warnings from Hong Kong, dietitians launch Nutrition Action for Palestine and why we need to branch out anti-racist work

Letters: An international struggle against fascism is necessary

Letters: Authoritarian warnings from Hong Kong, dietitians launch Nutrition Action for Palestine and why we need to expand anti-racist work.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

Thousand say ‘make the rich pay’ on London march

👇Speakers and marchers called on people to build the anti-fascist movement

Thousand say ‘make the rich pay’ on London march

Thousands of people marched through central London on Saturday. Climate activists, trade unionists, parents and anti-poverty campaigners came together with one message—make the rich pay. Protesters…

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

Rage at Labour council on Birmingham bin worker demo

👇Striker David: ‘They tell us to live within our means—I’ve got no means left to live within

Rage at Labour council on Birmingham bin worker demo

The Birmingham bin strike has reached a crunch point. Unite union members started an all-out strike over six months ago.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

What causes sexism?

👇The far right want women to be docile, submissive and easily controlled. But women have always fought back, and working class men have been won to stand alongside them

What causes sexism?

The far right want women to be docile, submissive and easily controlled. But women have always fought back.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 16d

‘It was like a punishment’: The grim reality of Britain’s migrant hotels

👇Jude Mckechnie and Arthur Townend talked to migrants housed in hotels about what life is really like living in temporary accommodation

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'It was like a punishment': The grim reality of Britain’s migrant hotels

Jude Mckechnie and Arthur Townend talked to migrants housed in hotels about what life is really like living in temporary accommodation.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18d

France revolts: ‘We want to stop this government, and stop it now’

👇With schools shut down and bus depots blocked, a day of strikes and protests is putting the fight to a French government determined to push through austerity

France revolts: 'We want to stop this government, and stop it now'

With schools shut down and bus depots blocked, a day of strikes and protests is putting the fight to a government pushing through austerity.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18d

What is going on in Your Party?

👇Civil war in the party’s leadership threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority

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What is going on in Your Party?

A row in the leadership of Your Party threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18d

What is going on in Your Party?

👇Civil war in the party’s leadership threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority

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What is going on in Your Party?

A row in the leadership of Your Party threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18d

What is going on in Your Party?

👇Civil war in the party’s leadership threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority

What is going on in Your Party?

A row in the leadership of Your Party threatens the whole project—but building an insurgent left alternative remains the priority.

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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 22d

How the left made gains at TUC congress through campaigning

👇Sean Vernell is a UCU union national negotiator and steering committee member of We Demand Change and STWuk . He reflects on the left's gains at this year's TUC union federation congress

How the left made gains at TUC congress through campaigning

The TUC union federation’s congress this month took place with the backdrop of a world in turmoil. At home, Nigel Farage and Reform UK and fascist forces are growing in confidence. Indeed, the…

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