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@SWP_Britain
Socialist Workers Party
4 years
Boo for Boris tonight in London #booforboris
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BREAKING: @Facebook has shut down a major left wing group in Britain. Why is Facebook silencing political activists who speak out for #Palestine and #BlackLivesMatter ? Read the press release here: #FacebookCensorship
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Protests gathering in London in solidarity with #Uyghur Muslims in China #Stand4Uyghurs #Uyghurs
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Manchester tonight #booforboris
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🔥🔥🔥🔥 at the Palestine protest in London #London4Palestine #FreePalestine #Gaza
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NHS workers gathering in London to demand a pay rise #NHSPay15 #NHS
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Glasgow locals marching to the mosque to ensure the men detained for 9 hours get there safely #GlasgowSaysLetThemGo #Glasgow
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Solidarity with all those who have taken to the streets in Bristol today against the new police bill. The police are sexist and racist to the core - they don’t keep us safe. #BristolProtest #bristol #KillTheBill
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@SWP_Britain
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Thanks to everyone who showed solidarity against @Facebook shutting down our our page. Facebook backed down because of the campaign - but dozens of accounts remain suspended. This was an attempt to silence voices of resistance. Statement below👇🏽
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Organisers saying 180,000 people marched in London today to stand with the Palestinian resistance. Resist Israeli apartheid. #FreePalestibe #Gaza #UK4PALESTINE
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Huge crowd of @CWUnews strikers in Parliament Square. Strike together, strike to win #StandByYourPost
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Jeremy Corbyn takes to the stage in front of thousands in Bristol - more rallies like this can kick the Tories out on Thursday! #GE2019 #JeremyCorbyn #Corbyn
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Over 5,000 have defied police ban in Clapham Common. Cops are trying to take mic off activists #ReclaimTheseStreets #ReclaimTheNight
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🔥🇵🇸 Massive protest for #Palestine in London. Victory to the resistance #FreePalestine #Gaza #UK4Palestine
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Police thugs assault a young kid in Tottenham - his family have called a protest at 2pm today outside Parkview school. No justice, no peace #blacklivesmatter #Nojusticenopeace
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Trafalgar Sq, London. From the UK to USA ... Black Lives Matter ✊🏽 #GeorgeFloydProtests #BLACK_LIVES_MATTER #BlackLivesMatter #London
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Thousands marching to Parliament demanding just for #SarahEverard and an end to police violence. Fuck sexism and fuck the police #ReclaimTheseStreets #ScotlandYard
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@SWP_Britain
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@SunPictureDesk No. You're a sexist, racist, pro-Tory rag owned by Murdoch. We haven't forgiven you for Hillsborough. Wouldn't give you pics if you paid us
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We're taking a Knee in Trafalgar Square for #GeorgeFloydProtests
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Live at Parliament Square: @zarahsultana calls for Cressida Dick to resign #KillTheBill
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🏳️‍⚧️the chant #TransRightsAreHumanRights rings out in London as thousands are marching for #TransPrideLondon #transpride
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Jog on you racist bigot. Free speech is not about your right to push Islamophobic, racist propaganda. We’ve always stood against real censorship by state and corporations. How’s your mate Trump doing?
@Nigel_Farage
Nigel Farage MP
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Maybe this will teach the radical left a lesson about censorship.
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Students at Pimlico Academy protest their head teacher’s racist policy banning Afro hair and ‘colourful’ hijabs. #BlackLivesMatter
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Prince William: “we are not a racist family” Uncle Edward:
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Thousands here at Clapham Common despite the police ban. End violence against women #Reclaimthesestreets #reclaimthenight
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Today police in #Bristol continued where they left off in London last week - attacking people who are protesting police violence and the plans to give them new powers. Full solidarity to the #BristolProtest opposing police violence & all the cops represent #KillTheBill
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Police now violently arresting and attacking protesters at Clapham Common #ReclaimTheseStreets #ReclaimTheNight
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Riot police charge in #Dalston against those demanding #JusticeForRash
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London stands with Palestine #Gaza #FreePalestine
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The Tories don’t have a clue: resist, revolt, rise up ✊🏿✊🏻✊🏾 #Toriesout
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BREAKING: Police have just announced that the immigration raid in Peckham will not go ahead because hundreds of people have come out to block the immigration van. Protesters are refusing to leave until they’re released. #NoDeportations #ImmigrationRaids #Peckham
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On this day in 1989 the Berlin wall fell after mass protests against the Stalinist regime. Many saw it as the end of socialism. Socialist Worker saw the revolutions against Stalinism as an opportunity for the rebirth of socialism from below. Read more:
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This is just a small part of the thousands who are marching in London in solidarity with the Palestinian resistance #London4Palestine #FreePalestine #Nakba73
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Don’t clap us then slap us: NHS workers march for pay justice #NHS nurse Janet reports from the thousands strong demo in London demanding pay justice #NHS #Pay #Nurses @nurses_united @keepnhspublic
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#TommyRobinson enters the Old Bailey to chants of “Tommy Robinson you disgrace, Get a milkshake in your face” #StopNaziRobinson #StooFascistTommy
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Outside Downing Street to say #DontBombSyria . More bombs are no solution in #Syria , and neither is the barbarity of #Assad . If the warmongers cared about #Syrian people they’d let in #refugees
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Right wingers and bigots like @Nigel_Farage say we’re hypocrites for criticising Facebook censorship of @SWP_Britain activists. Nonsense. Our paper @socialistworker published this last week .... “The social media bosses are not on our side”
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We’re decorating London ahead of the #Palestine protest. Let’s make it massive! #FreePalestine #Gaza #UK4Palestine
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For the second day running, fascist #TommyRobinson has milkshake thrown over him as he campaigns to be an MEP in the North West 😂. Yesterday in Bury, today in Warrington. Smash fascism #StopTommyRobinson #DontVoteNazi
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Thousands have taken to the streets at short notice in London to stand in solidarity with #Palestine . From the river to the sea. #Gaza #FreePalestine
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London turned out for #Palestine today - 100k took to the streets, with thousands more marching across the country. #FreePalestine #Gaza #London4Palestine
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Rangers fans Women protest celebrating: Police murder:
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Big crowds now marching to block Westminster Bridge against the new police bill. End violence against women #ReclaimTheseStreets #KillTheBill
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Full solidarity with #SheikJarrah . We stand unconditionally with Palestine against the terror of Israeli apartheid #SaveSheikhJarrah
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Stand with Palestine against Israeli apartheid 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸 Palestinians have the right to resist apartheid and occupation. Be on the protest tomorrow in London. 🗓️ Mon 9 October 6pm 📍 Israeli Embassy @PSCupdates @STWuk @FriendsofAlAqsa #Gaza #FreePalestine
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On this day in 1917 Tony Cliff was born. A Palestinian Jew, he was a committed anti-Zionist, supporter of Palestinian liberation and revolutionary socialist. He founded the Socialist Workers Party. Read more about his life: #FreePalestine #Palestine
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Another massive turnout in London for #BlackLivesMatter #LDNBLM
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The #Panorama programme on education shows what happens when big business is allowed into our schools. This is what neoliberalism looks like. The rich get richer while ordinary people suffer. Remember it was Tony Blair’s government who brought this in.
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The #KillTheBill protest in London right now is 🔥🔥🔥
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The #McStrike kicks off in style in Brixton this morning #FFS410
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Today is the anniversary of #Hillsborough . Solidarity with the families and those who have fought for #Justice for so long. When the police, the state, thatcher and the press all lied, @socialistworker told the truth #JFT96
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Glasgow stands with #Palestine . Hundreds have come out at short notice in solidarity with #Gaza #FreePalestine #SheikhJarrah @swpglasgow
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🎥 🇵🇸 In our latest #MarxistMonday @SophiaBeach_ argues Palestinians are right to resist - and we should stand in unconditional solidarity. Watch full video: #FreePalestine #Palestine #Gaza
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Manchester Young Conservative’s stall got a makeover today from @mcrswss 🤣🤣🤣 #ToriesOut
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Press release: Why is @Facebook silencing political activists? Over 45 left wing activists & 15 political pages have been disabled by Facebook. Is it because they are #Palestine and anti-racist activists? CC @guyro @schrep #FacebookCensorship
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London Underground this morning. This is what happens when you force people back to work - it becomes unsafe. Johnson's announcement last night puts working class people in danger. #NoReturnUnsafe #stayingalert #borisjohnsonspeech
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NHS workers marching in London for pay justice #NHSPay15
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@Nigel_Farage Jog on you racist bigot. Free speech is not about your right to push Islamophobic, racist propaganda. We’ve always stood against real censorship by state and corporations. How’s your mate Trump doing?
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Confirmed coronavirus cases in Britain in the last 24 hours: 53,135. This is more than ALL of the below combined: Germany: 10,976 Netherlands: 9,108 Italy: 8,937 France: 8,816 Poland: 3,211 Portugal: 1,577 Ireland: 735 The #Tories have prioritised profits over people’s lives.
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The Russian Revolution opened the door to women’s and LGBT+ liberation. Stalin’s counter-revolution recriminalised homosexuality and abortion in the 1930s. That legacy lives on today👇There’s no conflict between women’s and trans rights, trans women are women, trans men are men
@CPBritain
Communist Party ☭
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The Gender Recognition Bill and Equality Law. Communist Party executive committee STATEMENT (March 2023)
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These are the scenes in College Green in Bristol right now as thousands wait for Jeremy Corbyn to speak. #Corbyn can win this election with more insurgent rallies like this in the last few days #GE2017 #JeremyCorbyn #Bristol
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Solidarity with all those marching for #Palestine today. Israel may have agreed to a ceasefire - but apartheid, ethnic cleansing and occupation continue. Solidarity with the Palestinian resistance. Let’s make the protests today massive #FreePalestine #Gaza #UK4Palestine
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Proud of the @socialistworker front page. Stand with the Palestinian resistance #FreePalestine #Gaza
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Another iconic shot. Police arrest six organisers from @RepublicStaff and seize placards in London today #NotMyKing #AbolishMonarchy
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@metpoliceuk
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An iconic shot of an iconic event. #Coronation 📷 credit: Niall Carson / PA Media
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Great turn out at @Bookmarks_books today in solidarity against the attack by far right thugs. Together we can beat back the racists and Nazis #Bookmarks #BookmarksDay #BookmarksSolidarity
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Yesterday @Facebook suspended our page and reinstated after online pressure. But dozens of our local branches and activists remain suspended - why? CC @guyro @schrep Reinstate the rest! #FacebookCensorship
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Live from the #ExtinctionRebellion protests in Parliament Square. System change not climate change! @XRLondon #XR #ExtinctionIsForever #WeWantToLive
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Fighting university workers are right to say ‘stop the war’ @UCU members passed a motion that demanded, ‘Russian troops out, No to Nato escalation and expansion’ #UCUCongress #StopTheWar @STWuk
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The suspension of Jeremy Corbyn is a disgrace and an attack on the whole left and Palestine movement. Starmer’s Labour is a dead end for those who want to fight for a better world. We need socialists organising outside of it. Join the socialists at
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Hundreds protesting in sheffield against the police bill and to defend the right to protest. Solidarity with protesters in Bristol who were attacked by police thugs #BristolProtest #KillTheBill
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Thanks to everyone who showed solidarity against @Facebook shutting down our our page. Facebook backed down because of the campaign - but dozens of accounts remain suspended. This was an attempt to silence voices of resistance. Statement below👇🏽
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Today posh Tories across the country will break Covid rules to go ahead with fox hunts. We say hunt Tories, not foxes
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Solidarity to everyone protesting near Kelvingrove Museum as heads of state dine inside and toast to the destruction of the planet. #COP26 #COP26Glasgow
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Massive crowd filling Parliament Square for the @The_TUC #DemandBetter protest. We can build a fight back against the cost of living crisis
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Philip’s racism, sexism and contempt for ordinary people reflected the prejudices of his class. All we’ve has lost is a royal waste of space who sponged off working class people. It’s about time we got rid of the rest. #PrincePhilip
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We’re live! Join us to discuss Palestine - a new intifada? with: @3arabawy @pappe54 • Sophia Beach & @itranslate123 #FreePalestine #Gaza #PalestineOnStrike
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Big crowd gathering in london for #KillTheBill protest
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If those storming the #USCapitol were #BlackLivesMatter protesters, they’d be shot dead already. Instead they’re lead by the President and allowed to do what they want by police. Solidarity with #BLM and anti-racists in America. The fight against the far right is global. #Trump
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Solidarity with British Gas workers and their continuing strike - lively picket line at Leeds this morning! #StopTheBritishGasFire Read more:
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BREAKING: @Facebook have backed down & reinstated political activists' accounts and pages they disabled yesterday. Now reinstate the rest! Facebook has been silencing activists - today is a victory for #Palestine , #BlackLivesMatter and for a different world. #FacebookCensorship
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The #London4Palestine demonstration is huge. Victory to the Palestinian resistance #FreePalestine #Nakba73 #Gaza
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John Molyneux, a stalwart revolutionary who fused theory and practice to shape socialist politics around the world, writes @alex_callinicos
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Excellent use of a megaphone calling out a site manager this morning. Building flats is 🚫 #essentialwork . These are 🚫 #essentialworkers and this site needs to be shut down now! Shut the site down! Pay the workers! #HealthBeforeProfit #COVID2019
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In 7 days we’re launching a new website 😎 Our new site will feature the stories the mainstream media won’t cover. From strikes in Britain to the resistance in Palestine, we’ll bring you socialist news & analysis. Donate to help fund revolutionary media:
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Saturday. Be there. March for Palestine. Check out @PSCupdates for events around the country #Gaza #freepalestine
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Seems a good time to repost this piece by historian John Newsinger exploring how central racism is the British monarchy - and Prince Phillip
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On this day in 1979 Blair Peach - anti-fascist & SWP member - was attacked by police on a demo against the National Front in Southall. He died later that night. Remember #BlairPeach . Fight fascism - and police brutality. Read more: #OtD #KillTheBill
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✊🏽🚩Our new website is live! Check it out at We've revamped our site to include events, resources, campaigns and how to join us & get involved. This is just the first step - we have plans for a bigger, better and more exciting website in the future!
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Live from the #UberStrike in London - solidarity with the drivers on strike! @ADCUnion
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🙄 So the racist, right wing Murdoch press have tried to have a go at us and describe our members as “far left” & “foreign”. Let’s be clear - we’re proud to say we want to see every racist statue torn down. If you agree with that, join us 😎 #BlackLivesMatter   #SocialistSunday
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Celebrate a defeat for #Trump but prepare for the battles against a Biden presidency. The fight for a better world continues - and it won’t be #Biden who delivers it. The mass movements will! #Election2020
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Hundreds marching through Manchester chanting #KillTheBill #PoliceCrackdownBill
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An immigration enforcement van arrived in Polloskhields, Glasgow today to try and deport two men. Locals surrounded the van and to block the deportation. This is what solidarity looks like. Read more: #glasgow
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🇵🇸 Over 100k marched across Britain yesterday with #Palestine . Join us on Tuesday with @pappe54 , @3arabawy from @RevSocMe to discuss Palestine - a new intifada? More info: Watch live: #Gaza #FreePalestine #SocialistSunday
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#Solidarity with the new independent state of #Catalunya !
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We have to stand with Palestine. No comprises, no caveats, no climb downs. Join the socialists and stand unequivocally with Palestine:
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