 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The announcement by Google that it is laying off 12,000 workers is the latest in the intensifying jobs bloodbath in the technology sector internationally and the spearhead of a drive by the financial elite to impose the inflation crisis onto the backs of the working class. Pandemic deaths in China hit 700,000 since end of Zero-COVID policy, according to modeling estimates Revised estimates by British based analytics company Airfinity place cumulative deaths in China at 708,000 deaths since the beginning of December. On Saturday night, a gunman opened fire at party-goers at Star Dance Studio in Monterey Park, California, killing 10 and wounding at least 10 more. Those in attendance were celebrating Lunar New Year's Eve. Alec Baldwin and the film's armorer, Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, have been charged with major felonies in the shooting death of Halyna Hutchins on the set of the low-budget film Rust. UAW rams through contract at CNH with new health care tier, shutting down nearly 9-month-long strike The contract is aimed at setting a precedent for painful new concessions, particularly in health care benefits, throughout the auto and heavy equipment industries. The International Youth and Students for Social Equality at UIC stands in complete solidarity with the professors as they fight for a decent standard of living and to defend public access to a high quality education. The police killing of Manuel Esteban Paez Terán has sparked protests in Atlanta and throughout the United States. Texas is currently holding more than 3,000 inmates in what the TDCJ refers to as "restrictive housing." Of those, more than 500 have been held in solitary confinement for at least 10 years and 138 for at least 20 years. For over two weeks, the events of the so-called "Berlin New Year's Eve" have served German politicians and media as a pretext for a right-wing police-state campaign and noxious racist agitation. A nationwide strike at Deutsche Post was extended through Saturday evening. The few remaining labour "lefts" grouped around former party leader Jeremy Corbyn strike an outraged pose at Starmer's pro-privatisation comments, but remain loyal advocates of his party of austerity, militarism and war. Jacinda Ardern's replacement, Chris Hipkins, has gained a reputation for ruthlessness as education minister, police minister and COVID-19 response minister, by imposing drastic austerity measures and the homicidal policy of mass infection. Mihailuk's turn to the anti-immigrant and anti-welfare party founded by Senator Pauline Hanson in 1997 is not unprecedented. She is following the footsteps of ex-federal Labor Party leader Mark Latham. If the rate of fatalities continues, this year will be even deadlier than 2022, when almost 15,000 Australians were killed by the "let it rip" COVID policies of Labor and Liberal governments. Long wait times in emergency rooms leading to increased deaths and poor outcomes in Canada and the United States The Republican governor is Trump's former White House press secretary, as well as the daughter of former governor Mike Huckabee. This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago. The suffering and illness of a significant number of the Grenfell firefighters makes even more the filthy moves by the authorities and Grenfell Inquiry to scapegoat them for the disaster. 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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