 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. There is only one explanation as to why Scholz's personal presence was required and the content of the meeting was kept strictly secret: it was about a massive expansion of the Ukrainian war that demanded Scholz's personal consent. Trump's speech, nearly two hours long, was devoted to a combination of obsessive self-praise and virulent and repeated attacks on socialism, Marxism and communism. The key to an understanding of management's intransigence lies in the examination of the explosive state of class relations in the United States, as well as the predatory geo-political aims of US imperialism. Last Saturday, another massive Norfolk Southern train derailed in Ohio, showing the government is allowing the railroads to carry on as before. The vote count will resume in Dayton, Ohio this week, with Shawn Fain holding a razor thin lead over incumbent UAW President Ray Curry. The JVP-NPP is putting itself forward as an alternative government to implement the deeply unpopular austerity measures demanded by the IMF and support the rising anger of broad layers of working people. The entire American political establishment has made it clear that high-tech development in China is an existential threat to the position of the US and must be countered by all means necessary, including war. The stage-managed and choreographed event underscored the fact that Labor is a party of big business that does not differ from the Liberal-National Coalition on a single substantive issue. The SEP's public meeting, on Thursday, March 23, is the only forum for workers to discuss the fight against war, inequality and the disastrous "let it rip" COVID policies supported by all other parties. Study finds people suffering Long COVID have higher rates of cardiovascular events and excess deaths A recent large population-based study utilizing insurance data found that people suffering from Long COVID faced significant consequences from heart disease and higher rates of deaths than those who were never infected. A former nurse at Capri Gardens Lewis Center nursing home, Aminata Fofana, was sentenced for involuntary manslaughter in the accidental death of a resident at the facility. The Supreme Court is hearing the case Gonzalez v. Google amid growing demands from different factions of the U.S. political establishment to either remove the Section 230 liability shield entirely or strengthen its censorship provisions to impose a much harsher regime of government control and regulation of social media and internet content. 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. Despite workers' readiness to take strike action, the central rally called by the Verdi trade union and the Fridays for Future climate protest organisation was poorly attended by strikers. The lies of the establishment parties are clearly evident across the state's Northern Rivers region, where thousands of residents—both homeowners and renters—remain homeless or living in makeshift accommodation. In a blatant attack on nurses' democratic rights, the New York State Nurses Association unilaterally called off a strike at South Shore University Hospital and forced workers to vote on a tentative agreement 24 hours later. The Dark Side of the Moon paints a picture of the human condition in modern capitalist society that has consistently resonated with tens of millions globally. Striking Temple graduate and research assistants face a Temple Board of Trustees made up of an array of Democratic Party officials, a retired AFL-CIO bureaucrat and super wealthy individuals. NHS workers and millions of others being systemically betrayed by the trade union bureaucracy must turn to an alternative perspective based on class struggle, not collaboration with the government and the employers. 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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