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Jude Jackson

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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 12h
French youth protests grow, as government cancels high school classes www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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French youth protests grow, as government cancels high school classes
Hundreds of thousands of high school and university students, teachers and workers marched across France on Tuesday in a third national day of action of the high school movement, now in its third week...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 16h
At town hall, students, workers denounce University of Michigan–Los Alamos nuclear weapons data center www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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At town hall, students, workers denounce University of Michigan–Los Alamos nuclear weapons data center
The IYSSE distributed a statement outlining a socialist strategy to oppose the militarization of AI and harness the revolutionary technology to meet social needs.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 16h
That Pike remains handcuffed and shackled to her hospital bed—her arms severely damaged by the drug meant to kill her, barely recovered from days on a ventilator—is an act of sheer sadism by the state. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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After failed execution last week, Christa Pike is conscious and talking, attorneys say
“Against all odds, Christa Pike is conscious, speaking, and continues to receive critical medical care," reported her attorneys. "Despite the severe damage she endured to her arms, she is still handcu...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 17h
As the global bond sell-off continues, with yields (interest rates) on government debt reaching quarter-century highs, there is an increasing focus on the financial position of France as it moves to the centre of the storm. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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France at centre of global bond market storm
Since the start of the US war on Iran, the interest rate on long-term French bonds has risen more than any other G7 country.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 17h
Rachman speaks for a ruling class that needs to believe Russia is bluffing. Playing Russian Roulette with nuclear weapons www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Playing Russian Roulette with nuclear weapons
With staggering recklessness, the NATO governments are preparing an escalation of the war against Russia on the assumption that Moscow’s nuclear warnings over Kaliningrad can be ignored.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 17h
Super El Niño will exacerbate hunger crisis faced by hundreds of millions of children around the world www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Super El Niño will exacerbate hunger crisis faced by hundreds of millions of children around the world
The convergence of global warming, the exceptionally warm waters in the equatorial Pacific known as El Niño and the war against Iran has created a “perfect storm” of hunger, falling hardest on childre...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 18h
Manchester City financial scandal rocks Burnham government www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Manchester City financial scandal rocks Burnham government
The scandal has laid bare the reality of the “Manchesterism”, as Burnham’s ethos is revealed as nothing more than slavish fawning after big business.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 21h
Ineos mothballs Hull chemical plants threatening thousands of jobs across UK’s Humber region www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Ineos mothballs Hull chemical plants threatening thousands of jobs across UK’s Humber region
Hull workers must take the defence of their jobs out of the hands of the GMB and local politicians and establish an independent rank-and-file committee to organise a fight for the reopening of the pla...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Mobilisons la classe ouvrière pour défendre les manifestations des jeunes en France, stoppons la guerre ! #Police #BAC #Blocus #Lycée #Enfants #France www.wsws.org/fr/articles/...
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Mobilisons la classe ouvrière pour défendre les manifestations des jeunes en France, stoppons la guerre !
Depuis une semaine, les manifestations dans les lycées en France contre les coupes budgétaires et la répression policière se sont transformées en affrontement avec l’appareil d’État.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Who is responsible for the rise of Flávio Bolsonaro and the far right in Brazil? www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Who is responsible for the rise of Flávio Bolsonaro and the far right in Brazil?
Flávio Bolsonaro’s first-place finish against Lula is a devastating verdict on the Workers Party and the pseudo-left, whose “Broad Front” with the bankers and the right has strengthened the fascist fo...
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The events of the past week leave no doubt that the Trump administration, with the complicity of the entire US political establishment, is preparing a major escalation of the Iran war.
The events of the past week leave no doubt that the Trump administration, with the complicity of the
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The National Education Union (NEU) has announced a “pause” to the national strike ballot of teachers, due to begin on October 3, claiming that a “significant victory” had been secured on a pay deal.
The National Education Union (NEU) has announced a “pause” to the national strike ballot of teachers
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
UK National Education Union closes down strike ballot, allowing Labour government to impose below inflation deal www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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UK National Education Union closes down strike ballot, allowing Labour government to impose below inflation deal
The trade union bureaucracy promotes the dangerous illusion that the replacement of Starmer with Burnham represented a step change to the left and provides “hope”, that the Labour Party will listen, a...
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The following statement was adopted by the newly formed St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center Workers Rank-and-File Committee.
The following statement was adopted by the newly formed St. Paul Processing and Distribution Center
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
After Moscow’s nuclear warnings: Merz intensifies Germany’s war offensive in Kiev www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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After Moscow’s nuclear warnings: Merz intensifies Germany’s war offensive in Kiev
Only days after Russia again threatened NATO with the use of nuclear weapons and President Vladimir Putin warned of a “fatal point of no return,” German Chancellor Friedrich Merz traveled to Kiev on S...
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters ​seized control of the airports in Mekelle, Shire, and Axum, cities in Ethiopia’s northern regional state of Tigray last Wednesday, claiming it was responding to an offensive by the Ethiopian federal army.
The Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) fighters ​seized control of the airports in Mekelle, Shi
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Hundreds of thousands protest across Spain for housing, as calls for general strike grow www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Hundreds of thousands protest across Spain for housing, as calls for general strike grow
More than 50 cities took part in the mobilizations, which were dominated by the call: “Towards a general strike.”
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With Kenya’s 2027 general election approaching, leading opposition figures are intensifying their contacts with the US and the European imperialist powers to present themselves as alternatives to the widely discredited President William Ruto.
With Kenya’s 2027 general election approaching, leading opposition figures are intensifying their co
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
With complicity of media and Democrats, Trump prepares major escalation of Iran war www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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With complicity of media and Democrats, Trump prepares major escalation of Iran war
Having failed to achieve its objectives through a massive bombardment and then a blockade of the country, the White House is preparing a new and desperate gambit.
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is the second part of a five-part series.
This is the second part of a five-part series.
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Tens of thousands of school students across Germany once again took to the streets against the reintroduction of conscription.
Tens of thousands of school students across Germany once again took to the streets against the reint
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Andre Damon @andredamon.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry’s fifth report examines how the UK government and devolved administrations procured and distributed personal protective equipment (PPE), ventilators and testing equipment during the pandemic.
The UK COVID-19 Inquiry’s fifth report examines how the UK government and devolved administrations p
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Christa Pike in critical condition in Nashville hospital after failed execution attempt www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Christa Pike in critical condition in Nashville hospital after failed execution attempt
Following Tennessee’s gruesome failed attempt to execute her on September 30, Christa Pike remains unconscious, intubated and on a ventilator, with both arms swollen, burned and blistered. It is uncle...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Mobilize the working class to defend French student protests, stop war! www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Mobilize the working class to defend French student protests, stop war!
Over the last week, protests at high schools across France against spending cuts and police repression have grown into a confrontation with the state machine.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
An American horror story: The failed execution of Christa Pike www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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An American horror story: The failed execution of Christa Pike
There are incidents in contemporary American society so barbaric that they shock the sensibilities of anyone who stands for social equality, justice and human decency. The state of Tennessee’s attempt...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Hunger, homelessness, overwork and debt: Save the Student survey shows crisis facing UK higher education students www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Hunger, homelessness, overwork and debt: Save the Student survey shows crisis facing UK higher education students
Among survey respondents, 63 percent skip meals to save money, 9 percent used a food bank during the last academic year, and 28 percent hold two or more jobs.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The global bond market sell-off is continuing as yields (interest rates) in the US reach their highest level in a quarter of a century in what has been characterised as a “vicious loop.” www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Bonds gripped by a “vicious loop”
Yields have risen to their highest levels in a quarter of a century with little sign of coming down.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Is the world on the brink of nuclear war? The question arises directly from the events of the past several days, as the US-NATO war against Russia in Ukraine escalates into an open confrontation between nuclear-armed powers. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Is the world on the brink of nuclear war?
Russia's warning that it is ready to use nuclear weapons if NATO blockades Kaliningrad shows that the US-NATO war in Ukraine is escalating into an open confrontation between nuclear-armed powers, a da...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
UK Prime Minister Burnham claims “strong indications” Iran played role in RAF Fairford incident, as unanswered questions pile up www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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UK Prime Minister Burnham claims “strong indications” Iran played role in RAF Fairford incident, as unanswered questions pile up
Events over the days since the five arrests saw revelations throwing a question mark over heavy suggestions of Iranian involvement, and even over whether there was any terror incident to be involved i...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Thousands will demonstrate in Britain and internationally on Thursday in a “People vs Palantir International Day of Action”, demanding that governments tear up their contracts with the American data corporation Palantir Technologies. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Thousands to protest Palantir's role in NHS, US deportations and Gaza genocide
For all talk of Burnham being prepared to end Palantir’s National Health Service contract—but only through a break clause, leaving its other contracts intact—the first attempt to force the issue was s...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Birmingham bin workers’ struggle: Behind the media talk of an 'imminent deal' lies a sellout — the rank and file must take control www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Birmingham bin workers’ struggle: Behind the media talk of an 'imminent deal' lies a sellout — the rank and file must take control
The secrecy surrounding the proposed deal is a warning. Birmingham bin workers must establish a rank-and-file committee to enforce direct oversight of negotiations, agree on non-negotiable demands and...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Trump condemns regulation in meeting with technology oligarchs www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Trump condemns regulation in meeting with technology oligarchs
US President Donald Trump hosted the heads of Nvidia, Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and other technology companies for lunch at the White House Tuesday, condemning any government oversight or regula...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Germany: Demonstrations against social cuts, workers’ anger met with trade union maneuvers www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Germany: Demonstrations against social cuts, workers’ anger met with trade union maneuvers
The union bureaucracy pretends it is fighting the attacks by the federal government and corporations. The opposite is true.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Turkish government, shaken by fund crisis, attacks freedom of expression www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Turkish government, shaken by fund crisis, attacks freedom of expression
Facing a severe political crisis, the Erdoğan government is seeking to suppress the social powder keg through police state measures.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Hundreds of thousands march in French public sector strike against austerity and war www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Hundreds of thousands march in French public sector strike against austerity and war
Workers and youth spoke to the WSWS at yesterday’s march in Paris of their growing anger and concern over economic hardship, war, and the fear of far-right dictatorship
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
German Morenoites tie workers and young people to the right-wing policies of the Left Party www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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German Morenoites tie workers and young people to the right-wing policies of the Left Party
The pseudo-left RIO admits the Left Party's record is one of cuts, rearmament and paving the way for the far-right AfD—yet its conclusion is that workers should stay inside the party, not break with i...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Shawn Fain wins Eugene Debs award: Desecrating the memory of America’s great socialist leader www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Shawn Fain wins Eugene Debs award: Desecrating the memory of America’s great socialist leader
On the centenary of Debs’ death, the foundation bearing his name honors a union official who embodies everything the socialist leader fought against.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Milei exploits Malvinas to build up Argentina’s repressive apparatus www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Milei exploits Malvinas to build up Argentina’s repressive apparatus
Milei’s “National Sovereignty Defense Law” uses a real grievance of an oppressed nation to arm the state against the working class, while the pseudo-left offers a nationalist perspective that excludes...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
B’Tselem’s The Elimination Project: Dismantling Palestinian collective existence in the West Bank is Israeli policy www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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B’Tselem’s <em>The Elimination Project</em>: Dismantling Palestinian collective existence in the West Bank is Israeli policy
B’Tselem’s report finds, “The genocide in Gaza and the elimination project in the West Bank are different manifestations of the same regime project, directed against Palestinians’ ability to exist as ...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham’s UK Labour conference speech: cynical promises of reforms after next election, but more pain now www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Burnham’s UK Labour conference speech: cynical promises of reforms after next election, but more pain now
With British imperialism facing debt interest payments at £110 billion a year and plans to ramp war against Russia, along with deeper involvement in Middle East conflicts, Labour today has even less p...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The eviction of Maricarmen in Spain and the global housing crisis www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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The eviction of Maricarmen in Spain and the global housing crisis
On September 23, police in Madrid evicted 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal, known as Maricarmen, from the flat in the city’s Retiro district where she had lived since 1956.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000 www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Mass arrests of 150 Palestine Action protesters at UK Labour Party conference, as total nears 4,000
The Burnham government is backing the genocide in Gaza and criminalising opposition to it at home every bit as brutally as Starmer, despite his crocodile tears.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The US Army Reserve has asked for preparations to supply the US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) for a military assault against Cuba, “possibly needed in 90-120 days,” according to an internal Army message reported Friday by CBS News. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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US military makes preparations for assault on Cuba within “90-120 days”
An internal Army message reported by CBS News shows the Pentagon preparing logistics, military police and surgical units for an operation aimed at Cuba, days after Trump told the UN that the Cuban gov...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
US midterm elections: Growing opposition to Trump, as both parties support war and austerity www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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US midterm elections: Growing opposition to Trump, as both parties support war and austerity
The US midterm elections of November 3, just five weeks away, are taking place under conditions of extreme economic, social and political crisis.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Stop conscription in Germany! Stop the Ukraine war! Freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk! www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Stop conscription in Germany! Stop the Ukraine war! Freedom for Bogdan Syrotiuk!
As Berlin escalates its confrontation with Russia, school students across the country are striking for the fourth time against the reintroduction of conscription.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
While Trump and Netanyahu threaten the world at UN, class struggle grows on every continent www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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While Trump and Netanyahu threaten the world at UN, class struggle grows on every continent
While the representatives of the capitalist nation-states gathered at the United Nations this week amid escalating war, trade conflict and threats of repression, another international force was making...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Joseph Kishore discusses fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk on the Punch Up Pod www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Joseph Kishore discusses fight to free Bogdan Syrotiuk on the Punch Up Pod
Kishore discussed the Ukrainian socialist’s imprisonment for opposing the war and the growing international demand for his freedom.
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Global bond markets, led by the US, continued to fall yesterday in what has been described as a “meltdown,” sending yields (interest rates) to their highest levels since before the 2008 financial crisis. www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Bond markets in a “meltdown”
The yield on the 10-year bond rose 0.15 percentage points on Wednesday and then followed this with a further increase of 0.11 percentage points yesterday, taking it to 5.23 percent, with no indication...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Netanyahu delivers genocidal tirade at the United Nations as Mamdani’s police arrest more than 100 protesters www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Netanyahu delivers genocidal tirade at the United Nations as Mamdani’s police arrest more than 100 protesters
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered a genocidal tirade at the United Nations General Assembly Thursday, calling the victims of Israel’s rampage throughout the Middle East “barbarians,”...
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Jude Jackson @judejack.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Britain’s ruling elite stokes war fever against Russia, demanding conscription and the jailing of opponents www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Britain’s ruling elite stokes war fever against Russia, demanding conscription and the jailing of opponents
Prime Minister Andy Burnham used his anti-Russia address to the UN General Assembly to announce a National Centre for Information Defence that will be used to suppress political dissent at home.
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