 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The actors' letter warns the union not to surrender and expresses a determination to fight the corporations without compromise. Over 120 million people, or more than a third of the US population, were under air quality alerts in over a dozen states spanning from the Midwest to the East Coast, as a result of an immense smoke plume from hundreds of wildfires raging across Canada. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues its global rampage unabated, there is a growing body of research on the damaging effects the disease can have on virtually every organ system. The nationwide eruption of anger against the police murder reflects the deep discrediting of the Macron government after it rammed through pension cuts in the face of overwhelming popular opposition and mass protests. The Zelensky government cheered on the coup attempt, calculating that it would help destabilize the Putin regime and divert attention from its failing counteroffensive in southern Ukraine two weeks ahead of the critical NATO summit in Vilnius. The German ruling class is deliberately using the Ukraine conflict to re-establish itself as the leading military power in Europe after losing two world wars, in order to pursue its great power ambitions. The fact that the bureaucracy feels compelled to make such threats is a sign of extreme nervousness about the danger of rank-and-file opposition from workers, among whom both management and the union apparatus are deeply hated. Earlier this month, Socialist Alternative held a public meeting at the Borough of Manhattan Community College for the "New York City launch" of its Workers Strike Back (WSB) campaign. The snap vote is a transparent attempt to end the powerful strike as it begins to take a major toll on the civilian and military aircraft supplier. Biden and Modi sign "ground breaking" military-technology agreements, hail enhanced Indo-US alliance Washington is integrating India ever more fully into its incendiary all-sided, diplomatic, economic, strategic and military offensive against China. Gusmão's return as prime minister will see stepped up efforts to pressure the Australian government to back his campaign to construct pipelines from Greater Sunrise to Suai, in Timor's south. Derek Scott Little, a young conductor trainee for CSX, died at a CSX facility due to a work accident while operating rail cars. This dispute has brought postal workers face to face with the CWU's transformation into an arm of Royal Mail management. "The dancers that have come before us have left a legacy of good workplace rights and conditions. They have sacrificed a lot to procure these conditions and we are going to fight to keep them." The industrial action, the first by this section of performers in more than forty years, shines a spotlight on the huge attacks carried out against entertainment workers in the first years of the pandemic. The one-day stoppage was held during the university's off-peak period after exams had finished, thus making it largely ineffective. Neither the US Postal Service nor the National Association of Letter Carriers has commented on whether the extreme heat contributed to the death of Eugene Gates, a veteran letter carrier who brought a full cooler with him on hot days. Austerity has devastated health generally. Height reflects diet and medical care but is also a good indicator of general living conditions such as stress, poverty and sleep quality. 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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