 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The National Security Strategy formulates more explicitly than previous strategy papers that concrete imperialist interests are at stake. Authorities have recovered 78 bodies so far, but reports suggest 500-750 people were on board and only 104 survivors have been found, more than 24 hours later. One told a doctor, "About 100 children are in the hold." The tentative agreement announced suddenly Wednesday night was the product of direct intervention by new acting Labor Secretary Julie Su. Striking workers at the Clarios battery plant in Holland, Ohio challenged United Auto Workers officials about the content of their proposed three-year agreement during informational meetings held today at the UAW Local 12 hall in Toledo. The decision is the latest step in a bipartisan campaign to target entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare for massive cuts, including the reduction of benefit levels. Duane Owen became the fourth prisoner put to death in Florida in 2023 after the US Supreme Court denied his appeal for a stay based on mental incompetency. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who is seeking the Republican presidential nomination, signed his death warrant. Amid this deepening crisis, Chinese public health officials have sought to allay fears by recycling the same propaganda and lies first promoted by the Western imperialist powers. Yellow's investors are demanding further cuts to jobs and wages as the company faces bankruptcy with $1.6 billion in debt. The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) is standing five candidates in this year's Student Parliament (StuPa) elections at Berlin's Humboldt University. The following is the IYSSE election manifesto. The preoccupations of the parliamentarians, staffers, other members of the political elite and corporate journalists are a world away from the issues facing working people. The Albanese government's latest budget deepened cuts to the crisis-ridden public health system, primarily by terminating COVID-19 safety measures, despite the ongoing pandemic. There is a huge contradiction in this dispute. Mass opposition exists to the CWU-Royal Mail agreement, but it has yet to take an organised form. SLIC's disciplinary action against union officials for using the company's email service and for allegedly providing information to the media and the WSWS is a dire warning and must be opposed by all SOE workers and the entire working class. The government's "consultation paper" on "Same Job, Same Pay" makes clear that it will do little to limit the ability of businesses to use labour-hire and contracting arrangements to eliminate permanent jobs and entitlements, such as sick and annual leave. The French ruling class wants to exploit the tragic attack to create a poisonous political atmosphere to divert attention from Macron's despised pension reform. Teachers and hospital workers walk out in three-day national public sector strike in Portugal against poor pay; protests including by cement factory workers against rise in pension age continue in Iran over cost of living and authoritarian rule; continuing doctors' national strikes in Uganda over lack of funding joined by teachers in Busia district over unpaid wages 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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