ABC has suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! after his comments on the assassination of Charlie Kirk. In his monologue, Kimmel pointed out the blatantly obvious: Kirk’s death is being used by Trump and his movement to rally support, not mourn a man. He pointed out that the tragedy was weaponised the second it happened.

That’s not “controversial,” it’s the truth. Every time there’s a shock event, the ruling class seizes it to tighten their grip and direct anger away from themselves. Kirk’s death is no different. Whether the ruling class orchestrated it or not. It has used to full effect.

The reaction was predictable. Trump called Kimmel “disgusting” and demanded he be fired (or using modern terminology 'cancelled'). His supporters howled on cue. And the networks caved instantly. ABC pulled the show, station groups refused to broadcast it, and now the FCC chair Brendan Carr is threatening Disney with regulatory consequences.

The lesson is clear: free speech under capitalism is conditional. You can spread lies about migrants or pump out imperialist propaganda every night without consequence. But call out the reactionaries for what they are, and the corporations and state regulators close ranks to silence you.

Kimmel is no revolutionary, but this episode shows the limits of so-called liberal freedoms. The moment criticism touches the power base of the ruling class, those freedoms vanish.

Spain cancels 700 million Euro deal with Israeli weapons firm Elbit Systems

This is the second major arms deal that Spain has cancelled within a week, as the Spanish leadership vows to block all arms trade with Israel and to impose sanctions.

Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana are now on the verge of legal action against each other over the direction YOUR party. These two clowns have beaten even Trotskyite and Maoist sects for splitting in record time.

🇫🇷 French unions lead strikes over budget policies & anti-Macron anger

Several schools shut, 90% of pharmacies closed, bus depots halted

230 rallies & 95 blockades rock Paris, Marseille, Toulon and other cities

90+ arrested

Footage from Révolution Permanente

Everton v Watford, Goodison Park
19th October 1985.

Burnley are taking Everton to court for £50m, claiming Everton’s breaches of the Premier League’s Profit & Sustainability Rules (PSR) cost them survival.

PSR says Premier League clubs can’t lose more than £105m across three years. Everton broke those limits, largely through the stadium project and spiralling losses. This was caused by mismanagement and unexpected poor performances. In response the FA flip-flopped on punishments, docking them 10 points, cutting it to 6, then re-shuffling the penalties again. No consistency, only just chaos.

Burnley now argue they were relegated because Everton overspent and weren’t punished properly. Of course they have a right to be angry, but the truth is both clubs are victims. Everton were clobbered by arbitrary points deductions while state-backed giants hide behind inflated sponsorships. Burnley were left behind by a system designed to keep smaller clubs from breaking the top 6 barrier.

PSR currently doesn’t make football fair. It locks in the hierarchy. Rich clubs and their owners bend the rules or absorb the fines. Working-class clubs like Burnley fight for scraps. Even Everton, a historic giant, is collateral damage when the FA needs a scapegoat.

The real scandal isn’t Burnley or Everton. It’s a league that dresses up inequality as “fair play” while leaving fans and communities to pick up the pieces.

'Your Party’ is already in trouble before it’s even started — infighting, posturing, and allegations of sexism.

What we see here are the familiar problems of social democracy and British labourism laid bare.

Social democrats endlessly push for “partnership” between labour and capital, refusing to recognise the irreconcilable antagonism between the working class and the bourgeoisie. Their obsession with parliamentary reform proves their failure to grasp the true nature of capitalist exploitation.

This belief in the permanence of capitalism leads them to beg, cap in hand, to the ruling class for concessions, instead of fighting for power. Coupled with ex-Labour bureaucrats at the helm, it guarantees more of the same: factionalism, betrayal, and dead ends for the working class.

The Anglo-Nazi Global Empire That Almost Was
https://www.kitklarenberg.com/p/the-anglo-nazi-global-empire-that

Many of us have been through the kind of "grass roots" events so beloved of Corbyn and co. What he means by "grass roots" is not a structure that will have any power, it will be the kind of meaningless talking shop of the type so beloved of TUC bureaucrats such as "The Peoples Assembly" and "Enough Is Enough" (remember those). You will be invited to talk endlessly but the policy will be written by a small clique who will then say that they've "listened". It will be as fake as a "consultation with staff" carried out by management. Corbyn is a labour man to the bitter end and that means that he believes in rule by bureaucrat not through the organised power of the working class.

The US has once again increased sanctions on Cuba. They call it “democracy promotion.” In practice it means:

- Cutting remittances from families abroad, a lifeline for millions.

- Blocking Cuban banks from global systems, strangling trade.

- Choking imports of medicine, spare parts, and basic goods.

This isn’t about spreading liberal "democracy". It’s about punishment. A small island that dared to build a workers state with free healthcare, universal education, and independence from US capital is being starved for it.

Ordinary Cubans pay the price, longer queues for food, shortages in hospitals, families cut off from relatives’ support. While Washington hopes scarcity will breed discontent in the hope the workers turn against the revolution.

Yet Cuba endures! Literacy is near 100%, doctors sent abroad in solidarity (sent back in some cases because the west fears the spread of support for communism) healthcare still free at the point of use — all under blockade.

Standing with Cuba isn’t nostalgia. It isn't some silly lefty virtual signaling. It's workers struggles that we should always support!

The Class Consciousness Project.