The ensuing generalized work stoppage went far beyond the bounds of a normal mass demonstration. The unions may have raised the idea, but workers across the state took it and made it their own.

We are witnessing the beginnings of the working class striving toward self-organization and realizing its interests as a class.

This is nothing less than state-sanctioned murder.

This horrible scandal has shone a crack of light on capitalism’s dark underbelly.

Decades of deindustrialisation, offshoring, and the accumulation of unsustainable debts, have opened up glaring chinks in the once near-invincible armour of US imperialism.

No matter what happens, the Epstein scandal is another nail in MAGA’s coffin.

Zohran’s victory is one of the clearest signs yet of the enormous shift in mass consciousness that has taken place over the last decade.

Kirk was a vile, bigoted reactionary. We do not mourn his death. But we must state clearly that this act will have reactionary consequences.

‘Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? That is unbelievable … I can’t believe you’re asking a question about Epstein.’

One spark could turn into a mass conflagration