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Tuesday, March 25, 2025
Five years of COVID-19: Read the WSWS’ record of struggle
5 years of the COVID-19 pandemic: The response of the World Socialist Web Site
 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The WSWS' record stands as an irrefutable indictment of the capitalist response to the pandemic and a testament to the necessity for a global socialist public health program to save lives. The Israeli military is preparing to fully occupy the Gaza Strip, internally displace the remaining population and provide only the "minimum caloric amount necessary for survival," according to three major publications. Only three weeks ago, Ballal was on the stage at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles to accept an Oscar. The alliance of Israel's political elite with the world's most reactionary forces demonstrates that Zionism is no less a bitter enemy of Jewish workers and youth than it is of the Palestinians. A hearing before US District Judge Elizabeth C. Coombe is scheduled for Tuesday afternoon where attorneys for Cornell graduate student Momodou Taal will present arguments against the Trump administration's attempt to deport him for speaking out against the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza and apprehend him before his lawsuit is heard. Trump's lawless and unconstitutional actions against migrants are likely to be appealed to the Supreme Court—packed with his own appointees. The fear driving the government to violently suppress the democratic demands of the masses is the possibility that protests led by students could mobilise the anger of the working class, which has been deepened by the rising cost of living and impoverishment. The Labour Party is ruling as a militarist cabal, the most right-wing and authoritarian government in post-war British history. It has placed itself unambiguously in a line of continuity with British imperialism's most ruthless representatives, Winston Churchill and Margaret Thatcher. Paul Weiss, one of the two major law firms targeted by president Donald Trump, capitulated with a meaningless agreement rather than fight the blatantly unconstitutional executive order in court. Sanders plays an indispensable role for the Democratic Party and the ruling class. After every electoral debacle, he reemerges to posture as a "left" alternative, channeling growing discontent into safe, controlled avenues. None of the parties running in the election offers a way forward for workers seeking to fight Trump's threatened annexation of Canada, oppose rearmament and imperialist war, defend their jobs and living conditions, and reject the drive towards authoritarian forms of rule. The belief, widely held as recently as the start of the year, that the US economy and stock market would continue to power ahead is being brought into question as all the institutions of post-war capitalism are shattered. "I think we need a new party, a party excluding oligarchs, excluding moguls, Democrats and excluding the one percent," one protester said. "A working class party." "I think a worldwide unification of the postal services to come together" is needed, one worker said. "The needs are worldwide. They're not just nationwide. It's here in America or Canada. The same needs, the same people doing the same things." The Greens are pitching to hawkish elements of the military-intelligence apparatus, who advocate a military expansion to offset the potential unreliability of the Trump administration. The spy and surveillance agencies are being bolstered to deal with intense social and political disaffection fuelled by deepening social inequality, the Israeli genocide and an intensifying turn to war. Haitian police repress demonstration in Port Au Prince; Panamanians strike against Social Security 'reform'; Wisconsin Cummins workers on strike against use of temporary workers, mandatory overtime. The New Zealand leaders' trips to the US and India reveal how thoroughly the ruling elite is aligning itself with the forces of fascism and preparations for war to redivide the world. Workers and young people in Indianapolis are demanding an end to the raids on immigrant workers such as the illegal apprehension of two Honduran workers by ICE agents on February 28. The IG Metall union boasts about the "success" of the so-called "Agreement for the Future" and is already busy working to implement the job cuts and other savings measures at Audi. Maria Rojas and Jose Ley face politically motivated charges aimed at intimidating healthcare workers against providing reproductive healthcare under the state's reactionary abortion ban. The series asks how 13-year-old Jamie came to be capable of stabbing to death his schoolmate Katie, addressing themes of social breakdown, parenting, social media, bullying and the many malign influences on young men and boys. 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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