Oxford & Thames Valley SWP
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We are a branch of the Socialist Workers Party and the home of revolutionary socialists across Oxford and the Thames Valley.
📚 Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
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🚩 Socialist Worker Party Ideas & Theory
- SWP TV
- International Socialism Journal
- SWP pamphlets
- SWP educational programme
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Vladimir Lenin
🚩 Socialist Worker Party Ideas & Theory
- SWP TV
- International Socialism Journal
- SWP pamphlets
- SWP educational programme
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December 20, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📚 Without revolutionary theory there can be no revolutionary movement.
Vladimir Lenin
🚩 Socialist Worker Party Ideas & Theory
- SWP TV
- International Socialism Journal
- SWP pamphlets
- SWP educational programme
Check it out
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Vladimir Lenin
🚩 Socialist Worker Party Ideas & Theory
- SWP TV
- International Socialism Journal
- SWP pamphlets
- SWP educational programme
Check it out
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🚩 The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a revolutionary socialist party with branches across Britain.
✊🏽 We fight oppression, exploitation and environmental destruction. We stand against the far right.
Time to get organised.
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✊🏽 We fight oppression, exploitation and environmental destruction. We stand against the far right.
Time to get organised.
Check out the Socialist Workers Party.
Join us: buff.ly/RTYYQiL
December 20, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚩 The Socialist Workers Party (SWP) is a revolutionary socialist party with branches across Britain.
✊🏽 We fight oppression, exploitation and environmental destruction. We stand against the far right.
Time to get organised.
Check out the Socialist Workers Party.
Join us: buff.ly/RTYYQiL
✊🏽 We fight oppression, exploitation and environmental destruction. We stand against the far right.
Time to get organised.
Check out the Socialist Workers Party.
Join us: buff.ly/RTYYQiL
🚩 International Socialism journal (ISJ) is our quarterly journal of Marxist theory, with in-depth analysis – from the rise of fascism and the far right to a Marxist understanding of climate chaos.
Read a full selection of articles and buy the latest ISJs:
Read a full selection of articles and buy the latest ISJs:
Issue 188 • International Socialism
From our forthcoming issue The (so far) irresistible rise of Reform UK Ian Taylor Analysis Hope amid horror? Britain’s new left and far right Joseph Choonara Fighting Trump: resistance in the US Ian…
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December 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
🚩 International Socialism journal (ISJ) is our quarterly journal of Marxist theory, with in-depth analysis – from the rise of fascism and the far right to a Marxist understanding of climate chaos.
Read a full selection of articles and buy the latest ISJs:
Read a full selection of articles and buy the latest ISJs:
🗞️ The last Socialist Worker of 2025 is out! The front page reads:
🇵🇸 Eight Palestine Action political prisoners face death
'The British State Has Vicious, Murderous Instincts'
Eamonn McCann on 1980s hunger strikers and today
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🇵🇸 Eight Palestine Action political prisoners face death
'The British State Has Vicious, Murderous Instincts'
Eamonn McCann on 1980s hunger strikers and today
Read more: buff.ly/8UWEWU9
December 19, 2025 at 9:09 AM
🗞️ The last Socialist Worker of 2025 is out! The front page reads:
🇵🇸 Eight Palestine Action political prisoners face death
'The British State Has Vicious, Murderous Instincts'
Eamonn McCann on 1980s hunger strikers and today
Read more: buff.ly/8UWEWU9
🇵🇸 Eight Palestine Action political prisoners face death
'The British State Has Vicious, Murderous Instincts'
Eamonn McCann on 1980s hunger strikers and today
Read more: buff.ly/8UWEWU9
Socialist Worker Cartoons by Tim
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December 18, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Socialist Worker Cartoons by Tim
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⚔️ ‘The ruling class fans the embers of religious division’: interview with Nigerian socialist
Camilla Royle spoke to Jami Towolawi, Socialist Workers League of Nigeria chair, about the causes of violence in Nigeria.
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Camilla Royle spoke to Jami Towolawi, Socialist Workers League of Nigeria chair, about the causes of violence in Nigeria.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
⚔️ ‘The ruling class fans the embers of religious division’: interview with Nigerian socialist
Camilla Royle spoke to Jami Towolawi, Socialist Workers League of Nigeria chair, about the causes of violence in Nigeria.
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Camilla Royle spoke to Jami Towolawi, Socialist Workers League of Nigeria chair, about the causes of violence in Nigeria.
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✊🏼 Determination on third teaching assistants’ strike in Camden
Teaching assistants (TAs) at Camden's Richard Cobden Primary School are fighting for the correct pay banding after a restructure has left them overworked and underpaid.
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Teaching assistants (TAs) at Camden's Richard Cobden Primary School are fighting for the correct pay banding after a restructure has left them overworked and underpaid.
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December 18, 2025 at 5:30 PM
✊🏼 Determination on third teaching assistants’ strike in Camden
Teaching assistants (TAs) at Camden's Richard Cobden Primary School are fighting for the correct pay banding after a restructure has left them overworked and underpaid.
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Teaching assistants (TAs) at Camden's Richard Cobden Primary School are fighting for the correct pay banding after a restructure has left them overworked and underpaid.
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In Depth
🔥 They can’t burn us all: Marxism and witchcraft
The witch trials in the 15th and 16th centuries were born out of the social crisis of feudal society. But did they summon capitalism into the world?
Judy Cox investigates...
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🔥 They can’t burn us all: Marxism and witchcraft
The witch trials in the 15th and 16th centuries were born out of the social crisis of feudal society. But did they summon capitalism into the world?
Judy Cox investigates...
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December 18, 2025 at 4:30 PM
In Depth
🔥 They can’t burn us all: Marxism and witchcraft
The witch trials in the 15th and 16th centuries were born out of the social crisis of feudal society. But did they summon capitalism into the world?
Judy Cox investigates...
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🔥 They can’t burn us all: Marxism and witchcraft
The witch trials in the 15th and 16th centuries were born out of the social crisis of feudal society. But did they summon capitalism into the world?
Judy Cox investigates...
buff.ly/xQWwHwF
✊🏾 Health and care workers resist Labour’s racist deportation plans
“It is like the Windrush scandal all over again." Hundreds of workers from the health and social care sector gathered at Parliament on Wednesday to make a stand against Labour’s racist immigration policies.
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“It is like the Windrush scandal all over again." Hundreds of workers from the health and social care sector gathered at Parliament on Wednesday to make a stand against Labour’s racist immigration policies.
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December 18, 2025 at 3:30 PM
✊🏾 Health and care workers resist Labour’s racist deportation plans
“It is like the Windrush scandal all over again." Hundreds of workers from the health and social care sector gathered at Parliament on Wednesday to make a stand against Labour’s racist immigration policies.
Read on
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“It is like the Windrush scandal all over again." Hundreds of workers from the health and social care sector gathered at Parliament on Wednesday to make a stand against Labour’s racist immigration policies.
Read on
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🌡️ Have we missed the 1.5 degree target?
David Heuser argues that it is still physically possible to apply the brakes to global warming — but what matters is which class succeeds in imposing its interests.
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David Heuser argues that it is still physically possible to apply the brakes to global warming — but what matters is which class succeeds in imposing its interests.
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December 18, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🌡️ Have we missed the 1.5 degree target?
David Heuser argues that it is still physically possible to apply the brakes to global warming — but what matters is which class succeeds in imposing its interests.
Read on
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David Heuser argues that it is still physically possible to apply the brakes to global warming — but what matters is which class succeeds in imposing its interests.
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✉️ Letters: Waste at Christmas is a symptom of a sick system
Plus: readers write in on the Filton 24 and the ongoing hunger strike, Care4Calais collections to support refugees, and Netflix's dodgy deal.
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Plus: readers write in on the Filton 24 and the ongoing hunger strike, Care4Calais collections to support refugees, and Netflix's dodgy deal.
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December 18, 2025 at 1:30 PM
✉️ Letters: Waste at Christmas is a symptom of a sick system
Plus: readers write in on the Filton 24 and the ongoing hunger strike, Care4Calais collections to support refugees, and Netflix's dodgy deal.
Read on
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Plus: readers write in on the Filton 24 and the ongoing hunger strike, Care4Calais collections to support refugees, and Netflix's dodgy deal.
Read on
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✊🏼 Unions round up: Cinema workers start four-week strike in Glasgow
Plus: Workers fighting racist visa rules, bus picket lines, fighting campus closures and migrant cleaners taking action.
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Plus: Workers fighting racist visa rules, bus picket lines, fighting campus closures and migrant cleaners taking action.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:30 PM
✊🏼 Unions round up: Cinema workers start four-week strike in Glasgow
Plus: Workers fighting racist visa rules, bus picket lines, fighting campus closures and migrant cleaners taking action.
Read on
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Plus: Workers fighting racist visa rules, bus picket lines, fighting campus closures and migrant cleaners taking action.
Read on
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🏳️⚧️ Sheffield protesters resist attacks on trans+ rights
Around 50 campaigners joined a protest on Saturday against the blocking of trans girls joining the Girlguiding youth organisation.
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Around 50 campaigners joined a protest on Saturday against the blocking of trans girls joining the Girlguiding youth organisation.
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December 18, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🏳️⚧️ Sheffield protesters resist attacks on trans+ rights
Around 50 campaigners joined a protest on Saturday against the blocking of trans girls joining the Girlguiding youth organisation.
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Around 50 campaigners joined a protest on Saturday against the blocking of trans girls joining the Girlguiding youth organisation.
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🚒 Firefighters sound alarm over Oxfordshire cuts
100+ Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members and supporters sounded the alarm outside Oxfordshire County Hall on Tuesday over proposals to cut 42 firefighters and six engines from Fire & Rescue crews and close five fire stations.
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100+ Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members and supporters sounded the alarm outside Oxfordshire County Hall on Tuesday over proposals to cut 42 firefighters and six engines from Fire & Rescue crews and close five fire stations.
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December 18, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚒 Firefighters sound alarm over Oxfordshire cuts
100+ Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members and supporters sounded the alarm outside Oxfordshire County Hall on Tuesday over proposals to cut 42 firefighters and six engines from Fire & Rescue crews and close five fire stations.
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100+ Fire Brigades Union (FBU) members and supporters sounded the alarm outside Oxfordshire County Hall on Tuesday over proposals to cut 42 firefighters and six engines from Fire & Rescue crews and close five fire stations.
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📣 Unison members boot out Starmer’s key union ally, left winger Andrea Egan wins leadership
Socialist candidate, Andrea Egan, unseated right wing incumbent Christina McAnea in the election to lead Unison, one of Britain’s largest trade unions.
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Socialist candidate, Andrea Egan, unseated right wing incumbent Christina McAnea in the election to lead Unison, one of Britain’s largest trade unions.
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December 18, 2025 at 9:30 AM
📣 Unison members boot out Starmer’s key union ally, left winger Andrea Egan wins leadership
Socialist candidate, Andrea Egan, unseated right wing incumbent Christina McAnea in the election to lead Unison, one of Britain’s largest trade unions.
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Socialist candidate, Andrea Egan, unseated right wing incumbent Christina McAnea in the election to lead Unison, one of Britain’s largest trade unions.
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✊🏼 ‘Striking does work’ say resident doctors from first day picket lines
Amid moral blackmail from the Labour Party, and wider slander from its allies, resident doctors rejected the latest offer and began their five day strike on Wednesday.
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Amid moral blackmail from the Labour Party, and wider slander from its allies, resident doctors rejected the latest offer and began their five day strike on Wednesday.
Read on
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December 18, 2025 at 8:35 AM
✊🏼 ‘Striking does work’ say resident doctors from first day picket lines
Amid moral blackmail from the Labour Party, and wider slander from its allies, resident doctors rejected the latest offer and began their five day strike on Wednesday.
Read on
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Amid moral blackmail from the Labour Party, and wider slander from its allies, resident doctors rejected the latest offer and began their five day strike on Wednesday.
Read on
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🤔 Alex Callinicos: 2025 — Anarchy is loose upon the world
Amid a surging demand for radical alternatives, the desire for change can flow to the left and very far to the right.
The year ends with the dominant political trends of the past decade continuing.
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Amid a surging demand for radical alternatives, the desire for change can flow to the left and very far to the right.
The year ends with the dominant political trends of the past decade continuing.
Read on
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December 17, 2025 at 12:00 PM
🤔 Alex Callinicos: 2025 — Anarchy is loose upon the world
Amid a surging demand for radical alternatives, the desire for change can flow to the left and very far to the right.
The year ends with the dominant political trends of the past decade continuing.
Read on
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Amid a surging demand for radical alternatives, the desire for change can flow to the left and very far to the right.
The year ends with the dominant political trends of the past decade continuing.
Read on
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🚩 The SW View
Don’t let the right exploit Bondi Beach horror
After the appalling mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah, supporters of Israel have jumped on the horror to smear the Palestine movement.
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Don’t let the right exploit Bondi Beach horror
After the appalling mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah, supporters of Israel have jumped on the horror to smear the Palestine movement.
Read on
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December 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
🚩 The SW View
Don’t let the right exploit Bondi Beach horror
After the appalling mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah, supporters of Israel have jumped on the horror to smear the Palestine movement.
Read on
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Don’t let the right exploit Bondi Beach horror
After the appalling mass shooting at a Jewish Hanukkah, supporters of Israel have jumped on the horror to smear the Palestine movement.
Read on
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Obituaries
✊🏼 Judy Rafferty, 1953-2025
We have lost a much loved friend and comrade Judy Rafferty, who died on Thursday 4 December, following a short illness.
She joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1989 and was active in both Birmingham and Oxford.
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✊🏼 Judy Rafferty, 1953-2025
We have lost a much loved friend and comrade Judy Rafferty, who died on Thursday 4 December, following a short illness.
She joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1989 and was active in both Birmingham and Oxford.
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December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Obituaries
✊🏼 Judy Rafferty, 1953-2025
We have lost a much loved friend and comrade Judy Rafferty, who died on Thursday 4 December, following a short illness.
She joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1989 and was active in both Birmingham and Oxford.
Read more
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✊🏼 Judy Rafferty, 1953-2025
We have lost a much loved friend and comrade Judy Rafferty, who died on Thursday 4 December, following a short illness.
She joined the Socialist Workers Party in 1989 and was active in both Birmingham and Oxford.
Read more
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🇵🇸 Palestine hunger strike exposes British state’s ‘vicious, murderous instincts’
Eamonn McCann, a veteran civil rights campaigner from the north of Ireland, spoke to Socialist Worker about the 1980s hunger strikes and today.
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Eamonn McCann, a veteran civil rights campaigner from the north of Ireland, spoke to Socialist Worker about the 1980s hunger strikes and today.
Read on
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December 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🇵🇸 Palestine hunger strike exposes British state’s ‘vicious, murderous instincts’
Eamonn McCann, a veteran civil rights campaigner from the north of Ireland, spoke to Socialist Worker about the 1980s hunger strikes and today.
Read on
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Eamonn McCann, a veteran civil rights campaigner from the north of Ireland, spoke to Socialist Worker about the 1980s hunger strikes and today.
Read on
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📣 Want to stop the far right? Help build unity demo on 28 March
Support is growing for the Together alliance’s major unity demonstration against the far right in London on 28 March. The urgent task is to build for the biggest possible turnout from across Britain.
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Support is growing for the Together alliance’s major unity demonstration against the far right in London on 28 March. The urgent task is to build for the biggest possible turnout from across Britain.
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December 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Want to stop the far right? Help build unity demo on 28 March
Support is growing for the Together alliance’s major unity demonstration against the far right in London on 28 March. The urgent task is to build for the biggest possible turnout from across Britain.
Read on
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Support is growing for the Together alliance’s major unity demonstration against the far right in London on 28 March. The urgent task is to build for the biggest possible turnout from across Britain.
Read on
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✊🏽 Resident doctors reject Labour’s blackmail. Strikes will go ahead!
Resident doctors delivered a stinging rebuke to health secretary Wes Streeting and his attempted use of moral blackmail to stop a five-day strike from Wednesday 17 December.
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Resident doctors delivered a stinging rebuke to health secretary Wes Streeting and his attempted use of moral blackmail to stop a five-day strike from Wednesday 17 December.
Read on
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December 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
✊🏽 Resident doctors reject Labour’s blackmail. Strikes will go ahead!
Resident doctors delivered a stinging rebuke to health secretary Wes Streeting and his attempted use of moral blackmail to stop a five-day strike from Wednesday 17 December.
Read on
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Resident doctors delivered a stinging rebuke to health secretary Wes Streeting and his attempted use of moral blackmail to stop a five-day strike from Wednesday 17 December.
Read on
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⚠️ Israel continues its ‘war of extermination’ against Palestinians in Gaza
Israel is pushing ahead with its “war of extermination” against Palestinians in Gaza — it has simply changed its tactics.
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Israel is pushing ahead with its “war of extermination” against Palestinians in Gaza — it has simply changed its tactics.
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December 15, 2025 at 1:30 PM
⚠️ Israel continues its ‘war of extermination’ against Palestinians in Gaza
Israel is pushing ahead with its “war of extermination” against Palestinians in Gaza — it has simply changed its tactics.
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Israel is pushing ahead with its “war of extermination” against Palestinians in Gaza — it has simply changed its tactics.
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In Depth
🚩 Duncan Hallas: The legacy of a revolutionary
It is 100 years since the birth of Duncan Hallas on 23 December. Camilla Royle looks at his life and contributions to the socialist tradition in Britain.
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🚩 Duncan Hallas: The legacy of a revolutionary
It is 100 years since the birth of Duncan Hallas on 23 December. Camilla Royle looks at his life and contributions to the socialist tradition in Britain.
Read on
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December 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
In Depth
🚩 Duncan Hallas: The legacy of a revolutionary
It is 100 years since the birth of Duncan Hallas on 23 December. Camilla Royle looks at his life and contributions to the socialist tradition in Britain.
Read on
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🚩 Duncan Hallas: The legacy of a revolutionary
It is 100 years since the birth of Duncan Hallas on 23 December. Camilla Royle looks at his life and contributions to the socialist tradition in Britain.
Read on
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Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🎄 Christmas, consumption and care in the family
Families are core units of consumption and production in capitalism, and Christmas can bring up the oppressive nature of the family.
So who is responsible for the ‘perfect’ Christmas?
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🎄 Christmas, consumption and care in the family
Families are core units of consumption and production in capitalism, and Christmas can bring up the oppressive nature of the family.
So who is responsible for the ‘perfect’ Christmas?
Read on
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December 15, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Teach Yourself Marxism with Judy Cox
🎄 Christmas, consumption and care in the family
Families are core units of consumption and production in capitalism, and Christmas can bring up the oppressive nature of the family.
So who is responsible for the ‘perfect’ Christmas?
Read on
buff.ly/YjS3Y6A
🎄 Christmas, consumption and care in the family
Families are core units of consumption and production in capitalism, and Christmas can bring up the oppressive nature of the family.
So who is responsible for the ‘perfect’ Christmas?
Read on
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