 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Gershkovich, who had been arrested by the Russian government, must be freed, but the campaign by the US and its allies over "press freedom" is characterized by a staggering level of hypocrisy. In a major milestone in the US efforts to end the one-China policy and provoke a war with China over Taiwan, US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced Monday that he would meet with Taiwan's president Tsai Ing-wen this week. The explosion took place amid an ongoing insurgency in Russian-claimed territories and NATO preparations for a Ukrainian counteroffensive in the war against Russia. While union leaders meet with Macron government officials to discuss his pension cuts, anger is rising among workers and youth. The General Confederation of Labor (CGT) held its 53rd congress last week as the working class mounted a direct political struggle against President Emmanuel Macron. The company is stepping up its campaign of economic terrorism before this summer's contract talks, provoking widespread anger among workers. Dana workers across the US noticed as March 31, the date by which Appendix P of the contract says Dana must pay "profit sharing," passed without workers receiving much needed income. We, the rank-and-file, are demanding answers as to why we did not get paid. This review will document what is known about the science and impacts of Long COVID, the lessons that should have been drawn from previous post-viral illnesses, and the refusal of world capitalism to address this massive and ongoing social catastrophe. A new, more infectious and potentially virulent version of Omicron, XBB.1.16 has spread across 24 countries. In India where the variant has become dominant, cases are accelerating. The firing of a charter school principal in Florida for daring to allow her school to show an image of Michelangelo's "David" has not only exposed the program of censorship by the far right, but also once more shown the hypocrisy of figures around the Democratic Party. Verdi, the union representing postal workers, has declared our fight is over; but it has only just begun. The fact that in this contract dispute, the close collaboration and downright conspiracy of government, corporations and union against us became so clearly visible only shows how important our work as an action committee is. The federation cites exceptionally high levels of stress, burnout and absenteeism among nurses, as well as an "unprecedented" increase in strikes and protests. Ocasio-Cortez's military recruitment event and subsequent denunciation of anti-militarist critics reveal the real nature of all factions of the Democratic Party. Conflicts over the wording of the constitutional amendment proposed by the Labor government and sections of the indigenous elite have the potential to produce a political crisis. The IMF meeting further exposes the transformation of the unions into open agents, not just of the Sri Lankan ruling class, but of international finance capital. That this deal has even been brought to a vote is a betrayal of the strike by 65,000 education which shut down the Los Angeles Unified School District for three days. At least 29 refugees drowned off the Tunisian coast in three boat accidents last week, and another 67 people are missing, according to aid agencies. Washington is playing an ever more conspicuous and provocative role in the India-China border dispute, which has seen both countries forward deploy tens of thousands of troops, heavy artillery and fighter jets since 2020. Held in an explosive international context, dominated by the escalating conflict in Ukraine and a global resurgence of the class struggle, the QS National Council meeting had nothing to say on these burning issues. Teachers in Bolivia are continuing strikes and protests over begun last month while 5,500 machinists at Spirit AeroSystems in Witchita have voted by a 99.9 percent margin to authorize strike. Facing strikebreaking by Democratic-led UM regents, grad student instructors rally for a living wage Graduate students, faculty members and undergraduates gathered on the University of Michigan Ann Arbor campus Monday morning to express their support for UM's grad student academic workers, who entered the sixth day of a strike for a living wage. The rout of the Corbynite left is clear to everyone. The question now is what conclusions should be drawn by workers and young people. 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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