 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. While it remains unclear who killed Prigozhin, there is a far broader range of suspects than presented by the US media. The trial would begin only one day before the Super Tuesday primaries and extend through the bulk of the primary campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. After a three-year pause, the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department declared that it will resume residential water shutoffs for residents who are behind on their bills. Autoworkers in Canada at Ford, GM and Stellantis voted by 98.6 percent Sunday to authorize strike action when their contracts expire September 18. For months, not a week has gone by without the automotive supply industry announcing hundreds of redundancies and the closure of entire plants. The following statement was issued by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (US), the student and youth organization of the Socialist Equality Party, as schools and universities reopen. News reports have said the marines were engaged in a "routine training exercise," but other accounts indicate they were participating in a massive "combat simulation." While BRICS, even in its expanded form, hardly matches the economic clout of the US-dominated G7 grouping, its consolidation is another ominous echo of the blocs formed in the 1930s as the world hurtled toward a disastrous global conflict. Last Friday, Niger's military junta in Niamey gave French ambassador to Niger, Sylvain Itté, a 48-hour deadline to leave the country. The Louisiana Department of Health has recorded 16 heat-related deaths since the month of June. According to the regional government of the Canary Island of Tenerife, wildfires have burned 14,700 hectares of forest, 7 percent of the land surface. Royal Mail workers in the Wirral spoke out in defence of their sacked colleagues. One postie said, "I think people who got sacked were targeted. They've not gone after everyone. They are picking out people who are going against the grain." Whether under Maduro, Machado or any other capitalist politician, the Venezuelan ruling elite offers no alternative to the subordination of the country to foreign finance capital, which is intent on exploiting its natural resources and cheap labor. Join the online forum this Sunday to oppose the retrograde enterprise agreements that management and the unions are seeking to impose at Sydney's Macquarie University, and discuss the need to unite with striking University of Melbourne workers for a broader struggle. The contract must be rejected, but this is only the first step. Workers must independently organize and build rank-and-file committees to prepare a fighting strategy to ensure their demands for a living wage are met. Hundreds of workers demonstrated in San Juan, Puerto Rico against electric rates hikes while Canadian actors rallied in support of tens of thousands of actors in writers in the US. While it is unclear if the contract has passed, the entire "ratification" process has been illegitimate. The Democratic Party-controlled city government of Atlanta is mounting a drive to blatantly subvert a November referendum to push ahead with its drive to build a sprawling militarized police training center. 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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