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Pretty obvious he's being artificially boosted by Musk.
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Europe in revolt. Unite Workers and youth in truggles across borders Fight for a European wide 24-hour General Strike and protest.: socialistworld.net/2026/11/0…
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A real treasure trove for anyone interested in Marxist theory. All 50 volumes of Marx and Engels’ Collected Works, freely available online. Revolutionary theory, political economy, history and correspondence. Worth bookmarking.
marxists.org/archive/marx/wo…
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Poundland's private equity owners extracted £18.3m in 17 months, bought for £1.
£8.6m interest, £3.8m store closure fees, £2.6m debt arrangement plus other fees.
PE has £22.5m secured loan, will get paid first. HMRC owed £97m. Trade creditors owed £127m.
news.sky.com/story/revealed-…
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109 years ago today the Workers and poor Peasants of the Russian Empire stormed the gates of heaven.
The Bolsheviks, led by Lenin and Trotsky principally, led the toiling masses to power. The planned economy created is the greatest achievement in the history of mankind!
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#OTD The capture of the Winter Palace, where the government sat, completes the takeover of Petrograd. The MRC announces the revolution’s success.
The Second All-Russia Congress of Soviets opens with 650–670 voting delegates (about 900 present):
•Around 300 Bolsheviks plus fellow travellers.
•Up to 190 SRs, split into two factions, with the Left SRs stronger.
•Around 70 Mensheviks.
•30 Internationalists.
At the First Congress in June, SRs and Mensheviks held 600 of 830 delegates. The change reflects younger, more working-class delegates replacing the middle-class intellectuals and officers who dominated in June. Over 500 back the seizure of power.
The Congress elects a 14-seat Bolshevik presidium alongside seven SRs, three Mensheviks and one from Gorky’s group. The Right SRs and Mensheviks then walk out.
Trotsky tells them:
“You are pitiful isolated individuals; you are bankrupts; your role is played out. Go where you belong from now on — into the dustbin of history!”
A new CEC is elected. The groups that walked out may send delegates on a proportional basis.
#OTD Trotsky and the MRC coordinate the taking of Petrograd’s main bridges, roads and buildings by Red Guards and workers. The former minister-president, Alexander Kerensky, scuttles out of Petrograd with an official US car escort displaying the Stars and Stripes.
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Lindsay Graham (2022) about NATO's proxy army fighting a long war: - "I like the structural path we are on here. As long as we help Ukraine with the weapons they need and economic support, they will fight to the last person"
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General Keith Kellogg (2023) argued that using Ukrainians to fight Russia is “the acme of professionalism” as it “takes a strategic adversary off the table” without “using any US troops". This enables the US to focus its resources on China as its primary adversary.
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Marx & Engels Collected Works finally back on Marxist Internet Archive! marxists.org/archive/marx/wo…
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My report from "Paris socialistworld.net/2026/11/0… – at Paris, France
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The grid must be brought into #PublicOwnership and run for the benefit of the country, not shareholders. This Bill does nothing to curb the obscene profits that have driven bills up. We must also invest in real jobs for the workers who still keep the lights on.
New laws to help cut bills, protect consumers, crack down on rogue companies and put more power in the hands of communities.
Today we’re introducing the Energy Independence Bill, a fairer energy system that works for people.
Read the full story: gov.uk/government/news/energ…
ALT New laws to help bring down bills, protect consumers and put people back in control.
ALT Making sure local people benefit by offering communities a stake in new renewable energy projects
ALT Giving Ofgem tougher powers to crack down on rogue companies
ALT Stronger enforcement of energy efficiency standards to warm homes
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Last year a woman was fined £150 for pouring a cup of coffee down a drain. Meanwhile, water companies are still pouring billions of litres of sewage into our rivers.
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For me, most significant individual result of US congressional elections:
Uniquely, two Democratic Party candidates competed for the seat.
The Socialist Angela Gonzales-Torres soundly defeated party-backed incumbent, Gomez.
Bernie Sanders & Zohran Mamdani refused to endorse her, because of her “extreme” opposition to Israeli genocide, AIPAC and big tech oligarchy. AOC went even further. She endorsed Gomez, the AIPAC funded Democrat.
