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Musk & O’Leary engage in X-based battle of the bastards
21 January 2026 @ 11:56 pm
There was a time when billionaires were keen to manage their public image, fearful of having the wealth they stole instead redistributed among those that actually produced it. John D. Rockefeller famously handed out dimes to children as a means of burnishing his reputation. Elon Musk, in contrast, has his generative Ai machine to undress […]
By Robert FreemanExclusive: Transport union boss Eslamdoust de-recognises GMB union for doing union stuff
21 January 2026 @ 11:28 pm
As Skwawkbox has reported, TSSA transport union general secretary Maryam Eslamdoust went to the Guardian to attack the GMB union for representing GMB members. GMB represents TSSA staff in their workplace, but Eslamdoust insists the GMB is ‘constantly interfering’ by fighting for its members’ needs. As far as Eslamdoust wants us to believe, she is […]
By SkwawkboxUS-led Gaza plan to force Palestinians into dystopian re-education camp leaked
21 January 2026 @ 10:50 pm
The US-led Civil-Military Coordination Center (CMCC) will force Palestinians into a dystopian nightmare blandly titled a ‘planned community’. Freshly leaked plans show how people in Gaza will be subject to even more surveillance, checkpoints and a bizarre re-education program which favours the Israeli point of view. The plans were leaked to Drop Site News. They […]
By Joe GlentonCommunist slams left’s support for social media ban targeting “revolutionary generation”
21 January 2026 @ 10:10 pm
Revolutionary Communist Jack Tye Wilson has shared his shock at the ease with which leftists have accepted the proposed social media ban for under-16s. Wilson takes aim at Daniel Kebede and the Morning Star, saying he is ‘absolutely gobsmacked‘ that an ‘SWP-aligned‘ trade union leader and a ‘communist‘ paper have backed the proposed ban. The […]
By Maddison WheeldonFox News melts down over Grindr surge wherever ICE goes
21 January 2026 @ 9:36 pm
Presenters at far-right US ‘news’ channel Fox News have gone into meltdown over a surge in use of gay hook-up app ‘Grindr’ in Minneapolis and other cities targeted by Trump’s ICE units. The coiffed drones are clearly struggling after local people noticed the surge and started asking gay friends to report any ICE thugs they […]
By SkwawkboxGaza — Israel killed journalist 13 days after his wedding
21 January 2026 @ 8:37 pm
Abdul Raouf Shaath was in no hurry to begin the rest of his life, but death was quicker. Extermination in Gaza is still at full swing. Just days earlier, he had been trying on his wedding suit in a half-demolished house. He laughed and said that war should not postpone joy forever. He did not […]
By Alaa ShamaliEquity welcomes improved offer on AI protections in film and TV negotiations
21 January 2026 @ 8:24 pm
AI protections for performers could be closer to becoming reality. Performers union Equity has received an improved offer from the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television (PACT). This has come following threats of industrial action. Artificial intelligence has been a sticking point, with actor Harriet Walter speaking of the need to portray “living life as […]
By The CanaryCriticising war criminal Netanyahu may now lead to arrest in Australia
21 January 2026 @ 7:55 pm
Critics of a new assault on free speech in Australia say calling out Israeli war criminal Benjamin Netanyahu could now lead to jail time. According to Sydney university professor Anne Twomey: criticism of Israel, and the Israeli government, and suggesting it is engaged in genocide or something of that kind, would be enough to at […]
By Ed SykesFIFA points to Machado to ease embarrassment for giving warmonger Trump a ‘peace’ prize
21 January 2026 @ 7:12 pm
Football’s governing body FIFA is reportedly extremely embarrassed at its absurd decision to award Donald Trump a ‘peace prize’ in December. And so it should be. But it needs some work on its excuses. That embarrassment became incandescent after Trump promptly declared further racist restrictions on foreign nationals entering the US. These restrictions will bring […]
By SkwawkboxTrump insists he “won’t use force” to take Greenland — but he will take Greenland
21 January 2026 @ 6:31 pm
In his long-anticipated (or dreaded, depending on your vantage point) speech before the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos today, 21 January, US president Trump took the opportunity to insist on his desire to take Greenland as a US territory. However, Trump also stated that he wouldn’t use force to take the Danish territory. This […]
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