 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The Washington Post reported Wednesday that the Trump administration is seeking more than $200 billion to fund the war against Iran. On Thursday, the heads of state and government of France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, the UK and Japan issued a joint statement in which they pledged to keep the Strait of Hormuz open. The well-attended picket lines gave showed healthcare workers are determined to fight against ongoing attacks on their working conditions and living standards. But the role of the union bureaucracy has been to undermine this growing movement, isolating different sections of the workforce from each other. Postmaster General David Steiner warned USPS will run out of cash by February, and both parties agreed on the need for the deepest cuts in the agency's history. The meeting called on educators, students and workers to move similar resolutions denouncing the US-Israeli assault on Iran and the Albanese Labor government's participation in it. An ICE raid in South Burlington, Vermont resulted in a chaotic nine-hour standoff, the discharge of a federal agent's weapon and the detention of three individuals who were not the primary targets of the investigation. Mehring Verlag strongly condemns the government's recent censorship of left-wing bookshops in Germany. While widely known and respected among musicians, Hammond purposefully avoided the trappings of celebrity bestowed upon "big name" artists. The SEP's well attended Colombo public meeting, which was live-streamed on Zoom and the party's Facebook page, discussed the urgent need to build an international working-class movement against the imperialist onslaught on Iran which threatens to escalate into a broader global conflict. The criminalisation of homeless people must serve as a warning to the entire working class of the repressive measures that will be used against any opposition to austerity and social inequality. Labor is turning South Australia into a militarised AUKUS hub at the centre of US-led preparations for war against China amid a global conflagration, while social conditions for the working class sharply deteriorate. Belgian workers in national strike against austerity; Health workers strike and protest in Greece; Spain strikes over pay and conditions; Stoppages continue at UK universities over redundancies, pensions; Afrimat miners in South Africa begin indefinite strike over pay and erosion of medical insurance About the WSWS The World Socialist Web Site is published by the International Committee of the Fourth International, the world Trotskyist movement, and its affiliated sections in the Socialist Equality Parties around the world. Find out more about joining the Socialist Equality Party.
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