 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Last week the US Congress spent three days denouncing socialism and pledging to reverse all the social gains made by the working class on a global scale in the century since the Russian Revolution of 1917. The White House announced Friday that it would send long-range missiles to Ukraine capable of striking nearly 100 miles into Russian territory. In this letter to the ICFI, the YGBL reviews the political situation and moods in Russia amidst the escalating US-NATO war over Ukraine. The hysteria over the balloon points to the increasingly strident war propaganda emanating from Washington against China, as well as the potential for such a minor incident to be inflated to trigger a military conflict. Under the terms of EDCA, Washington is re-establishing its military bases, critical to its war aims in the Indo-Pacific region, in its former colony, the Philippines. The State Department Wednesday "expressed US support" for the Boluarte regime's efforts to ensure "stability," after the brutal killing of nearly 60 unarmed demonstrators. Spain's ruling pseudo-left party is hypocritically distancing itself from its policy of arming the Peruvian regime with the same weapons it uses to assault strikers at home. The Department for Education is making International Monetary Fund-type "safety valve" deals with local councils facing bankruptcy, involving major cost cutting in the provision of special education needs and disability support. Teachers Jack and Sylvan spoke to the WSWS during the "Protect the Right to Strike" rally in London on February 1, 2023. In an interview Thursday night, French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne insisted she would impose her pension cuts despite overwhelming popular opposition. House Speaker McCarthy has allotted an outsized number of slots on key committees to members of the fascistic House Freedom Caucus who held up his election for Speaker for 15 ballots, as well as other far-right lawmakers who supported his bid for the speakership. As far as management is concerned, the "contract" is only binding on us workers. They feel emboldened because they know they have not only Congress on their side, but the union apparatus. Temple University students in Philadelphia began an indefinite strike this week after the university refused to bargain with them for cost of living and other improvements. The entire European Union leadership traveled to Kiev on Thursday, where it met with the Ukrainian government for two days. Between rising energy bills, expensive groceries, and stagnant wages, the latest round of record-breaking inflation further pushes Japanese workers to the brink. The Modi government's 2023-24 budget combines brutal austerity measures for India's workers and toilers, with a 13 percent hike in military spending and massive sops to big business, the rich and superrich. Four decades of capitalist austerity and the profits-before-lives response to the COVID-19 pandemic have left Medicare on life support. Van Zandt's reactionary, bloodthirsty comments would have no significance whatsoever—they would simply be more pro-war propaganda from the wealthy upper middle class in America—were it not for his celebrity and his musical history. Twenty-five defendants are awaiting a trial and face up to 20 years in prison. The allegations reflect a deepening crisis in the health care and education systems, which the defendants sought to exploit. Brisbane-based Mantle Group Hospitality has dodged weekend, evening and public holiday penalty rates for more than two decades. As the US-led NATO powers escalate their war against Russia, tensions with Turkey are increasing on many fronts. The four-day trip was dominated by the intensification of the NATO war against Russia and the suppression of the escalating class struggle worldwide. India: Tamil Nadu rural sanitation and water delivery workers demand wage rise; Pakistan: Railway workers protest delays in wage payments; Australia: Nurses and midwives at major Sydney private hospitals walk out over staffing and pay In this video, Socialist Equality Party (SGP) Honorary Chairman and candidate for the Berlin state elections Ulrich Rippert speaks about the growing social divisions worldwide and the social catastrophe in Berlin. All discussions at ACAS have been about how far the CWU will go to accommodate Royal Mail. 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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