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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

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…

Support the Defend Our Juries activists facing terror charges

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

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

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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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.

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

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

Egyptian revolutionary freed after years-long imprisonment

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

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

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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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.…

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

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

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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.

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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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

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…

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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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.

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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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.

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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How Big Pharma profits from sick capitalism - Socialist Worker Plus: Paz Errázuriz and Battleship Potemkin at 100

How Big Pharma profits from sick capitalism

👇Plus: Paz Errázuriz and Battleship Potemkin at 100

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.

General strike for Palestine halts Italy

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

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.

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

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…

Thousand say ‘make the rich pay’ on London march

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

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.

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

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

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

'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.

‘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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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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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…

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

Industrial round-up: Health workers are sick of poor pay deals Workers across the NHS aren't done fight yet, plus workers pay for bosses oversight at homelessness charity and museum strike digs in.

Industrial round-up: Health workers are sick of poor pay deals

👇Workers across the NHS aren't done fight yet, plus workers pay for bosses oversight at homelessness charity and museum strike digs in

Make Them Pay demonstration will demand action to stop climate chaos The coalition is calling for a tax on the super-rich, investment in well-paid, unionised jobs and action to tackle climate breakdown

Make Them Pay demonstration will demand action to stop climate chaos

👇The coalition is calling for a tax on the super-rich, investment in well-paid, unionised jobs and action to tackle climate breakdown

Industrial round-up: Strikes returning to university campuses Birmingham bin strike set for next mass action, three bus strikes get the green light and 'palpable determination' on survey ship strike/

Industrial round-up: Strikes returning to university campuses

👇Plus: Birmingham bin strike set for next mass action, three bus strikes get the green light and 'palpable determination' on survey ship strike

Israel pounds Gaza City with an iron fist as UN report names it genocide Binyamin Netanyahu has declared “a significant operation in Gaza” has begun—the same day as a UN special commission announced Israel is committing genocide.

Israel pounds Gaza City with an iron fist as UN report names it genocide

👇Palestinians in Gaza are fleeing the bombs as the US reaffirms its unwavering support for Israel

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A cry of rage after Israel’s Doha attack Israel’s attack on Doha last week has left Qatar reeling.A humiliation. That’s the term widely used in the Middle East to describe Israel’s attack on us.

A cry of rage after Israel’s Doha attack

👇A Qatari author writes on the aftermath of Israel’s airstrike on Doha and the humiliation it has caused for the state’s ruling class