 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. If the courageous Vietnam-era whistleblower carried out his actions today, he would undoubtedly face the same fate as Julian Assange: imprisonment and media vilification. It has taken less than three months for UAW President Shawn Fain and his administration to demonstrate conclusively where they stand: on the side of the corporations and opposed to the interests of the workers they claim to represent. The explosion of the Kakhovka dam and the government's response has exposed the destructive and dangerous logic of the capitalist system. In the months after China's first wave of mass infections with COVID-19 last winter, the term "Long COVID" gradually entered public consciousness as many discovered that they are still troubled by prolonged symptoms months after "recovery." This witch hunt and Washington's complicit silence represent a stark warning. Four decades after the brutal US-backed junta that killed over 200,000, Guatemala's ruling elite is turning once again to dictatorial methods. This is the second attack by the CWU on the WSWS on its Twitter page. Its first attempt at red baiting came in the wake of announcing the joint statement on a "negotiators agreement" with Royal Mail on April 15, in its first attempt to end the national dispute by 115,000 postal workers. Ward and Furey had the gall to boast on Friday that "our reps are back at the negotiating table". They were silent on the hundreds of CWU reps and workers sacked, suspended or otherwise victimised during the year-long dispute. After she supported right-wing radical Professor Baberowski in an appearance before the Student Parliament, the IYSSE filed a disciplinary complaint against University President Julia von Blumenthal at Berlin's Humboldt University. Every single party in parliament, including the Greens, came together to circumvent a federal court ruling and to further a US-led anti-Russian campaign. The coal royalty boost has only a marginal impact on the super-profits of the coal giants, while the cost-of-living measures do little to offset the devastating impact of surging prices and home mortgage repayments and rents. With the unions either overtly urging a "yes" vote or sending a clear message to workers that there was no way for them to fight even if they voted "no," the fact that only 63 percent of workers voted in favour of the agreement reflects substantial opposition to the deal. 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. If the violence remains unabated after a month and a half, it is because both the BJP state government and India's national BJP government—led by the Hindu-supremacist Prime Minister Narendra Modi—are complicit. 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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