 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. False claims by the New York Times, Washington Post, and Wall Street Journal, about illnesses at the Wuhan Institute of Virology before the COVID-19 pandemic were refuted in an intelligence report published Friday. So far, the only clear move by the Kremlin has been the announcement of a law that will bring private military contractors under the control of the Ministry of Defense. The release of the ODNI findings only corroborates what principled scientists have stated before: that the WIV did not possess SARS-CoV-2 or a close ancestor and there is no evidence that the virus emerged from the laboratory to cause the COVID pandemic. US Secretary of State Blinken's trip to China, supposedly to ease tensions, has been swiftly followed by Biden's denunciation of Xi as "a dictator" and the fuelling of allegations of Chinese spying from Cuba. Six thousand workers struck at Spirit Aerosystems in Wichita, Kansas, after an overwhelming rejection of the sellout tentative contract recommended by the IAM. Kennedy Jr. has gained support from billionaire libertarians, anti-vaccine zealots and Trump co-conspirators for centering his presidential campaign on opposition to COVID mitigation measures, support for anti-immigrant border policies and zealous adherence to "free market capitalism." The fact that the judge chose to take up the monitor in such a blunt and public manner testifies to a high level of concern over the illegitimacy of the election. "A lot of the warehouse workers are part-time. UPS needs to create more full-time jobs. The young people are poor, and work second jobs, but they get too tired, and it's too much gas money. It's just not worth it." The derailment occurred upstream of Billings, Montana and is threatening to contaminate the water supply of the city's nearly 120,000 residents. The police investigation into the 2010 disaster that killed 29 mineworkers has been dragged out until at least the end of 2023, with no guarantee that anyone will be charged over the avoidable deaths. Despite claims that the banking system is "sound and resilient," the Fed is treading carefully lest its interest rate hikes spark another crisis after three of the four biggest bank failures in US history occurred in March and April. The changes at TCM have provoked an outpouring of criticism and opposition on social media, including from various prominent Hollywood filmmakers. Under the new law, book vendors will be required to assign ratings to books that have sexual content, opening the door for further censorship against books deemed "offensive". "The unions are no use for workers because they are carrying out management requirements, not ours. We can't depend on the unions to fight against privatization."—National Water Supply and Drainage Board worker. The announcement, on top of 500 job cuts at Geelong and Broadmeadows over the past year, means Ford has slashed close to half of the small product design and development workforce it maintained after shuttering its Australian factories in 2016. The only challenge to ex-Labor parliamentarian Peter Garrett's militaristic speech came from International Youth and Students for Social Equality member Morgan Peach. Now stated blatantly, the aggressive offensive by the Reserve Bank and the Labor government means destroying up to 150,000 jobs in order to induce an economic slump and further drive down workers' real wages. Less than two months after the United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) forced a concessionary contract on 35,000 educators and three months after a similarly rotten deal was reached with 30,000 school support staff represented by SEIU Local 99, the Los Angeles Unified School District is pressing ahead with even more cuts. 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. 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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