 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The near-universal masking and support for COVID-19 mitigation measures verifies the analysis of the WSWS that when educated and provided with a political perspective, workers and youth will choose to protect themselves and others. The so-called Washington Declaration is not a defensive measure but is meant to develop the system of alliances the US is building in the Indo-Pacific as it stokes war with Beijing. The defence review, calling for the largest Australian military build-up in 80 years, was developed in the closest consultation with the American state, as part of its plans for an aggressive war against China. While the pro-war, pro-austerity Liberal Trudeau government is doubling down on its hardline stance in opposition to the strikers' demands, workers on the picket line are more determined than ever to continue and broaden their fight. Tens of thousands of teachers struck in England on Wednesday in the latest action to demand better pay and conditions. Another one-day action is taking place on May 2. Royal Mail workers from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are continuing to register their total opposition to the CWU's pro-company deal. Disney, retailer Bed, Bath and Beyond, and Stellantis joined the scores of companies announcing new job cuts this week. A month after the UAW bureaucracy imposed massive real wage cuts in a sellout agreement, Caterpillar workers confront numerous problems. In the current debt ceiling dispute, both sides claim the basic entitlement programs—Social Security and Medicare—are "off the table." But behind the choreographed back and forth between the two parties, and over the heads of the population, the corporate elite is preparing to gut these programs to pay for war and bank bailouts. There are about 30 million jobless young people even before the annual graduation season in June and July, and this is producing open dissatisfaction on social media. The Australian Labor government and some representatives of the Indigenous elite have praised the Treaty of Waitangi in New Zealand as a model for Australia; the treaty, first signed in 1840 during the colonisation of New Zealand, has been used over the past 30 years to enrich a narrow layer of Māori while leaving the vast majority in poverty. Nearly 14 months on from the floods in the New South Wales Northern Rivers, thousands of people are still living in caravans, in the shells of houses with no walls, or government encampments of temporary units called "pods." Tamils and Muslims in the north and east participated in the mass hartal, while union bureaucrats in Colombo prevented unified nationwide actions. With the contract vote scheduled for next week, the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) has launched a massive campaign to censor even the most modest criticism of the tentative agreement. In a last-minute move, the Teamsters canceled a strike by 100 Coca-Cola workers in the Charleston and Logan areas after workers had voted unanimously to strike against massive pay and benefit cuts. Striking chemical workers in Hopewell, Virginia are holding out for pay increases commensurate with company's record-breaking profits. The short, self-serving "highlights" already made clear the deal is a sellout that provides no real improvements in either teacher compensation or school conditions. The release of the full details of the agreement this past Tuesday only further confirms this. At this point the filmmakers tend to simply dump the problems in the viewer's lap, with the implied message: you figure it out. The passivity is debilitating, and the results are generally weak, formless. Police officers used pepper spray and held the man in a prone position with his face pressed into the wet ground. Health workers strike in Andalusia, Castille and Leon and Madrid, Spain against staff shortages and for more funding; strikes in Iran spreading over pay and conditions to include oil, power plant and steelworkers; teachers in Akwa Ibom State resume walkouts over pensions and promotions As NATO's war against Russia in Ukraine escalates, Britain's ruling class is stepping up the militarisation of higher education and research institutions, already deeply integrated with the armed forces and private military contractors. It was already highly likely that the case would be decided in the government's favour. But RCN General Secretary Pat Cullen made this certain by choosing not to contest the case with a legal team. 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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