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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18h
France in revolt: ‘We hope for revolution’: students on streets of France ⭐️The giant CGT union federation listed 79 events across the country on Tuesday socialistworker.co.uk/france-in-re...
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‘We hope for revolution’: students on streets of France
Young protesters rocked France on Tuesday in another round of militant protests.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Cost of living crisis leaves families £3,000 worse off ⭐️Jenny spoke to Socialist Worker about life as a single mother as she struggles to make it to the end of each month socialistworker.co.uk/news/familie...
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Cost of living crisis leaves families £3,000 worse off
The cost of living crisis has left families almost £3,000 a year worse off, according to the Resolution Foundation think tank.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
India’s Cockroach movement takes on vote theft ⭐️Thousands of people were arrested ahead of protests over the removal of names from the electoral roll socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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India’s Cockroach movement takes on vote theft
Pressure is mounting on India’s far-right prime minister Narendra Modi as pro-democracy demonstrations repeatedly clash with police.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Pete Hegseth baying for blood as he announces livestreamed execution ⭐The violence at Fort Hood was born out of the incomparably greater violence of US imperialism in Afghanistan and Iraq socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Pete Hegseth baying for blood as he announces livestreamed execution
Pete Hegseth, self-styled Secretary of State for War, wants to livestream a firing-squad execution of Palestinian American Nidal Hasan.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
How can the French revolt win? ⭐️Students, striking workers and activists who participated in the protests rocking the French state spoke to Socialist Worker about where the movement should go next. socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/how...
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How can the French revolt win?
French protesters spoke to Socialist Worker about where the movement should go next
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
What drives political polarisation? ⭐️The post-war economic boom and the relative political stability that rested on it are the exceptions in the history of capitalism socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
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What drives political polarisation?
Politics are increasingly polarised. Support for the political centre is ebbing away and flowing towards the parties of the far right and the far left.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 11/10/2026
250,000 on streets: Palestine march shows movement’s breadth and radicalism ⭐️Marchers spoke to Socialist Worker about the Greens, Labour—and where next socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
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250,000 on streets: Palestine march shows movement’s breadth and radicalism
The Palestine movement burst back onto the streets of London on Saturday as 250,000 people joined the 37th national demonstration in three years. There were marches across the world as part of the int...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Settlers ramp up violence in West Bank village ⭐️Israelis attacked and assaulted a woman, sprayed people with pepper spray and tried to steal sheep from villagers in Umm al-Khair after destroying three nearby villages socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
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Settlers ramp up violence in West Bank village
Israeli settlers attacked the village of Umm al-Khair in the West Bank once again this week as they try to steal more Palestinian land.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Camden strike rally unites four fights in London ⚡️Traffic wardens, teaching assistants, teachers and housing workers fight back together socialistworker.co.uk/news/camden-...
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Camden strike rally unites four fights in London
Traffic wardens, teaching assistants, teachers and housing workers fight back together on Camden strike rally
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Labour holds back Greens in Holborn & St Pancras—but no landslide ⭐The mainstream media has used the by-election result as an opportunity to hammer the Greens over their support for Palestine socialistworker.co.uk/labour/labou...
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Labour holds back Greens in Holborn & St Pancras—but no landslide
The mainstream media has used the by-election result as an opportunity to hammer the Greens over their support for Palestine
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Alex Callinicos: The Burnham formula—dramatic change in tone, minimal change in reality ⭐What do we learn from Burnham’s speech to Labour conference? socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...
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Alex Callinicos: The Burnham formula—dramatic change in tone, minimal change in reality
What he's seeking has nothing to do with genuine socialist politics
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
🔥The revolt in France: how far can it go? Online Q&A ⭐Student barricades, massive protests & strikes: France is in revolt. What next? How far can it go? This meeting will be in both English & French! 🗓️ Sun 11 Oct 6pm 📍 On Zoom: register at us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/9-6d649XSEmmxsM0-JdwSg
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Social care workers are questioning Burnham’s promises ⭐️Plus: Burnham promised 'proper recognition' for the people doing care work. But carers in Greater Manchester are refusing to wait until 2030 to be paid socialistworker.co.uk/labour/socia...
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Social care workers are questioning Burnham’s promises - Socialist Worker
MioCare strikers in Greater Manchester want answers about proposed National Care Service
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Eyewitness report: Strikers and students rock France ✊Anti-fascism and Palestinian liberation mixed with anger at president Emmanuel Macron and the establishment socialistworker.co.uk/france-in-re...
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Eyewitness report: Strikers and students rock France
There were protests in 40 cities across France on Tuesday as workers and parents joined the movement of secondary school students demanding a future.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meet the billionaires praying for a fascist apocalypse 📗Judy Cox reviews End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor and finds much to fear. But, she says, the authors’ strategy for resistance is far too meagre socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/mee...
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Meet the billionaires praying for a fascist apocalypse - Socialist Worker
Judy Cox reviews End Times Fascism by Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor and finds much to fear. But, she says, the authors’ strategy for resistance is far too meagre
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why Greens were right to pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion ⭐Delegates at the Green Party conference backed a motion that supports a single, democratic state in historic Palestine socialistworker.co.uk/news/why-gre...
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Why Greens were right to pass ‘Zionism is racism’ motion
Delegates at the Green Party conference backed a motion that supports a single, democratic state in historic Palestine
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Meet the pupils’ blockade: ‘We are young, determined and revolutionary’ ⭐️Some people say the teenagers are too young and they don’t understand anything. But they understand the lot they have been given very well socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Meet the pupils’ blockade: ‘We are young, determined and revolutionary’ - Socialist Worker
Camilla Royle speaks to students on the barricades in Paris
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Minneapolis trade unionists rage against Trump’s ongoing crackdown ⭐Workers’ collective action is the key to defeating Trump socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Minneapolis trade unionists rage against Trump's ongoing crackdown - Socialist Worker
An interview with Minnesota-based trade union organiser Todd Dahlstrom
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
French teacher says ‘Conditions are ripe for long strikes’ as protests spread ⭐️On the streets of Paris, Camilla Royle speaks to Nicholas, a teacher, about workers' solidarity and the growing revolt across France socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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French teacher says 'Conditions are ripe for long strikes' as protests spread - Socialist Worker
On the streets of Paris, Camilla Royle speaks to Nicholas, a teacher, about workers' solidarity and the growing revolt across France
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
French socialists say ‘everything is open,’ as protests weaken centre politics ⭐️'It’s an incredible situation,' says Denis from the streets of Paris socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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French socialists say 'everything is open,' as protests weaken centre politics - Socialist Worker
“It’s an incredible situation,” says Denis from the streets of Paris
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Eyewitness: Spain’s revolt over housing crisis grows ⭐️Protests exploded after cops forcibly evicted an 87 year old disabled woman socialistworker.co.uk/news/eyewitn...
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Eyewitness: Spain’s revolt over housing crisis grows
The revolt in the Spanish state against landlords and speculators is growing, despite the authorities’ attempts to contain it.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
‘The students’ mobilisation is our mobilisation’ say French workers joining revolt ⭐️Workers and trade unionists are showing solidarity with students in the face of police repression socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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'The students' mobilisation is our mobilisation' say French workers joining revolt
Workers and trade unionists are showing solidarity with students in the face of police repression
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Egyptian officers convicted of kidnapping murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni ⭐️The Egyptian regime murdered Cambridge university student Giulio Regeni in 2016 socialistworker.co.uk/news/egyptia...
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Egyptian officers convicted of kidnapping murdered Italian student Giulio Regeni
The Egyptian regime murdered Cambridge university student Giulio Regeni in 2016
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
French student uprising grows in defiance against police brutality ⭐️The revolt could transform the political atmosphere ahead of the presidential election next year 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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French student uprising grows in defiance against police brutality
The wave of school strikes across France is growing in size, confidence and anger.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Cornell Seven case exposes widespread violence on university campuses ⭐️At least 50 men were in a group chat that amplified the abuse and did nothing (content warning: sexual assault)👇 socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Cornell Seven case exposes widespread violence on university campuses
A violent attack on a woman at Cornell University in New York State is creating waves of anger across the US and the world (content warning: sexual assault).
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Spanish state erupts in revolt over eviction of pensioner ⭐️The government’s measures to address the housing crisis don’t go to the roots of speculation, says Jesús in Seville👇 socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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Spanish state erupts in revolt over eviction of pensioner
A wave of protests over ­housing has erupted in the Spanish state after cops evicted a ­disabled pensioner. Some 30,000 took to the streets of Madrid.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
‘I was arrested 22 times, we demand Ed Miliband lifts Palestine Action ban’ ⭐️Polly was arrested outside the Labour Party conference for holding a sign that read, ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.’ 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/i-was-a...
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‘I was arrested 22 times, we demand Ed Miliband lifts Palestine Action ban’
Polly was arrested outside the Labour Party conference for holding a sign that read, ‘I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.’
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
‘We’ve proved before that we can win’ say Camden traffic wardens ⭐️Workers have begun an eight week strike and are determined to win👇 socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
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‘We’ve proved before that we can win’ say Camden traffic wardens
Traffic wardens in Camden, north London, are walking out for eight weeks in a dispute over pay and conditions.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Why do socialists want a planned economy? ⭐️A planned society would depend on a huge expansion of democracy. Discussions could establish what skills should be taught, what clothes and equipment are needed, what research to prioritise socialistworker.co.uk/teach-yourse...
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Why do socialists want a planned economy?
The free market has desecrated the environment. It has served the wealthy while denying millions the necessities of life.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Burnham’s Labour crashes against the limits of a system in deep crisis ⭐️The new government wants to offer social care reforms & growth without upsetting the rich. But war, inflation & economic stagnation is making that balancing act increasingly difficult socialistworker.co.uk/labour/burnh...
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Burnham’s Labour crashes against the limits of a system in deep crisis
The new government wants to promise reforms without confronting the rich. But economic crisis is leaving it less and less room to manoeuvre.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Anti-racists chase far right Restore Britain off London streets ⭐Anti-racists chased campaigners from Camden streets and exposed the fascists trying to build behind the party’s respectable election facade. 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Anti-racists chase far right Restore Britain off London streets
Restore Britain was forced off the streets of Camden as anti-racists exposed the fascists organising inside it.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Manchester marches to drive back the far right ⭐️Anti-racists filled the streets with chants, music and banners as unions, students and campaigners united against the far right. 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Manchester marches to drive back the far right
Over 800 anti-racists marched through Manchester on Saturday to prove that people won’t tolerate the far right in the city.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Reform UK swings the axe at nurseries as parents face soaring childcare costs ⭐️Reform UK councillors have voted to shut all ten public nurseries in South Tyneside. But parents and campaigners are refusing to let the council have the final word. 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/reform-...
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Reform UK swings the axe at nurseries as parents face soaring childcare costs
Reform UK’s flagship council has voted to shut all 10 public nurseries in South Tyneside, north east England, where a third of children grow up in poverty.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Gosport: Is fascism taking hold on the south coast of England? ⭐️Far right thugs descended on the town of Gosport this week. Camilla Royle reports from Hampshire where racists are growing in confidence and talks to those trying to challenge them👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Gosport: Is fascism taking hold on the south coast of England?
Far right thugs descended on the town of Gosport this week. Camilla Royle reports from Hampshire where racists are growing in confidence and talks to those trying to challenge them
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Restore Britain: a party on the road to fascism ⭐️Don’t wait for Restore Britain to become a fully-fledged fascist party to smash it off the streets socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Restore Britain: a party on the road to fascism
Restore Britain is not just a more racist version of Reform UK. Nor is it a fascist organisation as the British National Party (BNP) was—yet.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Burnham desperate to prove Britain remains a useful ally of US imperialism ⭐️His embrace of Donald Trump, support for European rearmament and military backing for Saudi Arabia show how Labour wants Britain to remain tied to US imperialism👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/burnham...
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Burnham desperate to prove Britain remains a useful ally of US imperialism
Andy Burnham used his trip to New York this week to show Donald Trump that Britain is a junior partner the US can rely on.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Urgent need to meet new fascist threat as thugs mobilise to stop refugees on south coast ⭐️Danny “Tommo” Thomas mobilised fascists and racists in Gosport, near Portsmouth, on Tuesday night 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Urgent need to meet new fascist threat as thugs mobilise to stop refugees on south coast
Fascist Danny “Tommo” Thomas brought hundreds of black clad thugs to the south coast town of Gosport, near Portsmouth, on Tuesday evening. The mobilisation, that aimed to turn back migrants in a small...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It’s right to confront the fascists, we’ll do it again ⭐️The fascist threat cannot be dealt with through discussion and persuasion alone socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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It’s right to confront the fascists, we’ll do it again
Here are three reasons why Stand Up to Racism was right to chase Restore Britain off the streets.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Weimar mark 2: How the German state descended into crisis ⭐️Germany was once Europe’s cornerstone of political stability. Today, amid the rise of the fascist AfD, it has echoes of the crisis-ridden Weimar Republic that came before the Nazis.👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Weimar mark 2: How the German state descended into crisis
The rise of the fascist AfD party is rooted in a deep crisis of the German state. Socialist Worker looks at how Europe’s cornerstone of political stability descended into turmoil
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Fascist AfD surges in German state election as crisis deepens ⭐️The election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a disaster for chancellor Friedrich Merz's Tory-like CDU party socialistworker.co.uk/news/fascist...
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Fascist AfD surges in German state election as crisis deepens
The AfD surge in the election in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is a disaster for chancellor Friedrich Merz's Tory-like CDU party
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Restore Britain’s fascist campaigners chased out of Holborn and St Pancras ⭐️It came after an investigation by Stand Up To Racism exposed known fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign in the by-election 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Restore Britain’s fascist campaigners chased out of Holborn and St Pancras
It came the day after a Stand Up To Racism (SUTR) investigation exposed known fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Could our universities collapse into bankruptcy? ⭐️With 24 universities at risk of closure this year, higher education is facing a monumental crisis. Camilla Royle looks at decades of underfunding & mismanagement that have pushed the sector to the brink 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/cou...
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Could our universities collapse into bankruptcy?
With 24 universities at risk of closure this year, higher education is facing a monumental crisis. Camilla Royle looks at the decades of underfunding and mismanagement that have pushed the sector to t...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Victory! Institute of Cancer Research strikers win pay rises of up to 52 percent ⭐️Unite union members have won substantial pay increases of 52 percent for lowest-paid, and 17.2 percent on average, after 68 days on strike 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/news/victory...
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Victory! Institute of Cancer Research strikers win pay rises of up to 52 percent
Striking workers at the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have won a victory that will be life-changing, especially for the lowest-paid. The Unite union members do vital scientific research that help...
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The fascists at the heart of Restore Britain’s campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election ⭐️'This isn't guilt by association. Fascists are nominating a candidate, organising volunteers, distributing material and addressing campaigners'👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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The fascists at the heart of Restore Britain's campaign in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election - Socialist Worker
Figures with links to the fascist British National party and Homeland party are instrumental in Restore Britain's first parliamentary campaign in London
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why Trump doesn’t want AI ‘slowdown’ ⭐️The likes of Musk haven’t discovered that they care about humanity. So what are their motivations?👇 socialistworker.co.uk/sw-view/why-...
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Why Trump doesn't want AI ‘slowdown’
The likes of Musk haven’t discovered that they care about humanity. So what are their motivations?
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Bosses demand Burnham slashes public spending as inflation rises ⭐️Delegates at the TUC union federation conference spoke to Socialist Worker about Labour under Andy Burnham ahead of the next month's budget👇 socialistworker.co.uk/labour/tuc-c...
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Bosses demand Burnham slashes public spending as inflation rises
Delegates at the TUC union federation conference spoke to Socialist Worker about Labour under Andy Burnham
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Trump’s Iran war hits new crises as key pipeline is attacked ⭐️As US power wanes, regional imperial powers jockey for position👇 socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...
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Trump’s Iran war hits new crises as key pipeline is attacked
An Iranian-backed paramilitary group, based in Iraq, had attacked an oil pipeline in Saudi Arabia with drones
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
The men in black—British fascism’s new outfit? ⭐️The far right is looking less like a gang of drunken thugs and more like a paramilitary operation. Richard Donnelly says the recent racist protests in Dover and Portsmouth are a dangerous development👇 socialistworker.co.uk/in-depth/the...
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The men in black—British fascism’s new outfit? - Socialist Worker
The far right is looking less like a gang of drunken thugs and more like a paramilitary operation. Richard Donnelly says the recent racist protests in Dover and Portsmouth are a dangerous development
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Portsmouth anti-fascists stand firm against far right—but threat is growing ⭐️Plus: far right Pink Ladies protest outnumbered in Glasgow 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/anti-racism/...
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Portsmouth anti-fascists stand firm against far right—but threat is growing
Around 350 anti-racists faced off around 500 fascist and far right thugs in Portsmouth on Saturday.
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Socialist Worker @socialistworker.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
London bus drivers show the power of strikes ⭐️Bus drivers across Britain should be prepared to take similar action 👇 socialistworker.co.uk/trade-unions...
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London bus drivers show the power of strikes - Socialist Worker
The Unite the union members have won commits to protect drivers from the perils of heatwaves
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