No to Trump’s pirate empire! International Socialist Tendency statement on Venezuela 1. The US raids on Venezuela on the night of 2-3 January and the kidnapping and imprisonment of President Nicolás Maduro are naked acts of imperialist aggression. Donald Trump’s declaration that ‘we a...

No to Trump’s pirate empire! International Socialist Tendency statement on Venezuela socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...

US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military - White House In a statement, the White House told the BBC that Trump had made clear that acquiring Greenland was a

US discussing options to acquire Greenland, including use of military, says White House www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Key articles on Trump, Ukraine and the crisis of imperialism What’s behind Trump’s moves in Ukraine? The dramatic turnaround in US policy towards Ukraine flows from—and reinforces—the crisis of US imperialism.  Neither the US nor EU are right on Ukraine war…

🗞️Key articles on Trump, Ukraine and the crisis of imperialism

One if the great poverties created by capitalism is the poverty of imagination. The abject inability to think that anything can ever be different or better.

Hard to be creative when data centers are asking for 2-3 gigawatts at a time per site. The utility infrastructure wasn’t created for this. Generation isn’t hard. It takes either a ton of money or an ability to throw out renewable goals. Don’t recommend the latter

Louisiana coerced unhoused people into an unheated warehouse – and paid $17.5m for it Dozens of New Orleanians were bused to a site with insufficient heating and blankets days before the city is to host the Super Bowl

In preparation for today’s Super Bowl in New Orleans, state police forced over 100 homeless men and women onto buses under threat of arrest, dumping them in an unheated warehouse. Tents destroyed, belongings lost. Press are barred from the warehouse.

The price tag for this cruelty? $17.5 million

T.J. Clark · A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle Trump has annihilated the idea of charisma. The new leader is not above us. He’s on the screen in our hands. We...

T J Clark on Trump as, not an aberration, but an orchestrator of the spectacle in the smartphone era: A Brief Guide to Trump and the Spectacle www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The People’s March is moving through the streets of Washington: “We won’t go back!”

A broad coalition of activists — among them climate, women’s rights, immigration, anti-war, LGBT, D.C. statehood, racial justice — are mobilizing in unison against Trump, three days before his inauguration. 🧵

Women's Marches across Britain rally against sexism Thousands of people joined Women’s Marches in towns and cities across Britain, showing the mood to fight sexism in society

Women’s Marches across Britain rally against sexism socialistworker.co.uk/womens-liber...

Tens of thousands defy police on Palestine march in London The Palestine march in London broke through police lines after the police tried to stop campaigners from marching

Tens of thousands defy police on Palestine march in London socialistworker.co.uk/palestine-20...

The last days of Walter Benjamin Hounded by the Nazis, the great philosopher took his life in 1940, leaving several mysteries unanswered

An unexpectedly good piece about Benjamin @financialtimes.com: The last days of Walter Benjamin on.ft.com/4fSquxw

Two Greek gods having a drink, the one drink near is wearing a plaid shirt and explaining something earnestly to the other one who is drinking wine. Caption says DIONYSUS, GOD OF WINE, MEETS TEDIUS, GOD OF CRAFT BEER

From Dec 16th issue of the New Yorker. The cartoonist’s name is Paul Noth (i think)

Tariq Ali, an Anti-Imperialist Life In a new memoir, Tariq Ali recounts his work and activism across the end of the Cold War era and the era of neoliberal globalization. He spoke to Jacobin about what it means to be an anti-imperialist ...

Very interesting interview of Tariq Ali by Stathis Kouvelakis focused on imperialism and anti-imperialism in which it emerges that he thinks Kautsky was right about ultra-imperialism but with the US at its centre. jacobin.com/2024/12/tari...

I only get approached by women with numbery Bluesky names who say “Come talk. It’s free.”

My list of Followers probably looks like a medieval Court of Miracles full of jugglers, musicians, pickpockets, beggars, quack apothecaries, assassins, professional temptressers and homeless dogs.

Lucky that Mayor Adams had time in between his own indictments for this publicity stunt.

Unions should battle on after Royal Mail sell-off The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the Royal Mail deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping

Unions should battle on after Royal Mail sell-off

👇The postal workers' CWU union is positive about the deal, insisting that it has significant protection against asset stripping

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Δήλωση της Διεθνιστικής Σοσιαλιστικής Τάσης σχετικά με την πτώση του καθεστώτος Άσαντ στη Συρία Δήλωση της Διεθνιστικής Σοσιαλιστι&ka...

Greek version of IST statement on the fall of the Assad regime in Syria sekonline.gr/article.php?...

My concern is that President Trump will increase the amount of deficit spending, which lead to one or two years of economic euphoria, followed by a very nasty crash, as inflation heats up and interest rates rise. However, it is also true that there is a lot of foreign money that prefers the USA.

Vladimir Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west Russian president says Moscow is being pushed to ‘a red line we can’t step back from’

Vladimir Putin threatens to lift missile restraints in warning to west on.ft.com/4fjAIXk

Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman Turkey and Israel move to take advantage of the fall of the Assad regime in Syria

Netanyahu and Erdoğan compete to be the Middle East’s strongman. on.ft.com/3ZTSGLn

International Socialist Tendency Statement On The Fall Of The Assad Regime In Syria <figure class="image image-style-side"><img src="https://internationalsocialists.org/storage/images/EGnwhGliqSfCu0aZC2bqtBBNJze86SHd9xqxPfyF.jpg"><figcaption>The fall of Syria's bloody dictator Bashar...

IST Statement on the Fall of the Assad Regime in Syria internationalsocialists.org/announcement...

Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow Central bank sent planeloads of dollars in 2018 and 2019 when dictator was indebted to the Kremlin

Assad dispatched $250mn of Syria’s cash to Moscow on.ft.com/3DdReLh

Military coups aren’t a thing of the past The past week has underlined that the crisis of global imperialism is leading to a huge acceleration of political instability.

"The global crisis is also a crisis of democracy," argues @alexcallinicos.bsky.social "This makes it even more important that the mass movement in South Korea finishes the job and drives Yoon out." socialistworker.co.uk/alex-callini...

Hamas congratulates Syrians on ending Assad's rule Palestinian group Hamas congratulated the Syrian people on Monday for achieving their "aspirations for freedom and justice" after toppling President Bashar al-Assad.

Hamas congratulates Syrians on ending Assad's rule www.reuters.com/world/middle...

DAMASCUS:

1000s of prisoners have been freed from Sednaya prison, now flooding the streets, an monumental moment.

For many, the frantic search begins, desperate to know if their loved ones are among the living or the lost.

Either way, the "human slaughterhouse" is no more.

I’m not a Syrian refugee anymore. I’m Syrian. Just Syrian.

Damning report shows how Cass opened door to attacks on trans+ healthcare Trans+ people are being refused vital hormone treatment or having treatment suddenly withdrawn, a shocking new report has found.

Damning report shows how Cass opened door to attacks on trans+ healthcare

👇Transphobes seized on the Cass Review when it was published in April

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