 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The commitment by the Biden administration to do "whatever is needed" to protect the money and riches of financial investors, speculators and the wealthy has again laid bare the real nature of capitalist governments as the executive committee for managing the affairs of the ruling monied elites. While outlining a vast military build-up over the coming decades, the US and its allies are planning to station huge stockpiles of offensive weaponry in the Indo-Pacific to prepare for a conflict far sooner than that. The purpose of the drills is to increase cooperation between the two militaries in preparation for war against China. While many workers have responded angrily, both management and the UAW expressed their satisfaction following the announcement of their deal's ratification. This comment is an abridged version of an address by John Pilger in Sydney on 10 March to mark the launch in Australia of Davide Dormino's sculpture of Julian Assange, Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden, 'figures of courage'. On the whole, the ceremony Sunday night exuded insularity, self-satisfaction and social indifference. No one said a word about war, the pandemic or the fascist threat. "The current offer means severe cuts in our wages and is no different from the offer we previously rejected by an 86 percent majority"—Postal Action Committee Deutsche Post DHL Group exemplifies an international trend; mercilessly sacrificing workers' living standards and health for profit. The cruel deaths of the 74 refugees cast a harsh spotlight on the murderous policies of the European Union, which deliberately accepts these victims in order to prevent other refugees from reaching Europe. The tragedy off the US-Mexico border comes less than one month since 59 migrants drowned off Italy's Calabrian Coast. The protest organisers have made no appeal to Israel's Palestinian citizens, sharing the concern of a government made up of a far-right coalition of fascists, racists and ultra-Orthodox parties to assert their pro-Zionist credentials. The Workers' Party of Turkey, which announced its support for Kılıçdaroğlu, the presidential candidate of the bourgeois opposition, is setting a new political trap for workers and youth. The derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2023 and the controlled release and burn of vinyl chloride on February 6 have contaminated the village and large regions of the area with highly toxic chemicals with the potential for significant impact on the health of the population. "Capitalism is like a jungle. You do what you need to do to survive. If you need to kill someone, or step on the head of your friend, that's capitalism. Socialism is totally different. It's guided by equality and supporting healthcare, education and so on. Socialism is for the working class."—Roberto, a truck driver. Last weekend, the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) and SEIU Local 99 education unions collectively representing more than 65,000 in the Los Angeles Unified School District, announced plans to launch a 3-day strike within the coming weeks. Last week, an association of New York City unions agreed to provide retired city workers with inadequate privatized health insurance. Neruda's death took place 12 days after Salvador Allende's Popular Unity government was ousted in a bloody US-backed military coup. Leaving mask policy up to individual health care facilities will only increase deaths and debilitation among patients and health care workers in a system that prioritizes profits over lives. Teachers must draw lessons from the last nationwide strike in 2019, which was followed by sellout agreements imposed by the unions. Some 3,000 workers at CN Rail could be in a legal strike position as early as March 21, while Jamaican teachers have launched protests and strikes after delegates rejected the government's pay offer. With less than three weeks to go before the contracts of Quebec's 600,000 public sector employees expire, the hard-right CAQ government is making increasingly belligerent threats. The police footage shows a police officer attempting to pull Allan from his vehicle before five cops shot at him at least 20 times over his "non-compliance." The sell-out of the 2016 strike by 50,000 junior doctors by the British Medical Association has contributed to a situation in which real terms pay has declined by around 26 percent since 2008. No amount of desperately unfunny theatrics and stunts can conceal the rotten role being played by the NEU, along with every trade union in systematically sabotaging the fight by workers in defence of their interests. 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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