 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. With virtually no public awareness, reporting in the corporate media or communication from government officials, a surge of COVID-19 infections, reinfections and hospitalizations is well underway across the United States, as well as Italy, Japan, Britain, Spain and other countries. The walkout is part of the growing conflict of the working class against the austerity measures being imposed by the Democratic Party. Over the weekend, Lear workers decisively rebuffed a sellout deal "negotiated" by the UAW, which UAW International President Shawn Fain maintained a guilty silence on during his livestream Tuesday. Workers at the Columbus, Ohio facility were never told that they were being laid off, and only found out that they were out of a job when they arrived at the warehouse and found the gates padlocked shut. The company will spend $8.4 billion in share buybacks and dividends this year, equal to nearly $25,000 for each of its unionized workers in the US. Worried the ongoing strike is serving as a catalyst for a broader movement of the working class, leading Democrats are seeking to force a studio-friendly settlement on workers. University of Michigan administration sent a letter to all 2,200 GSIs/GSSAs demanding that they accept the "offer" of poverty wages presented to the Graduate Employees Organization in May. Workers are outraged about the pro-employer result of arbitration agreed to by the EVG railway and transport union. Petty-bourgeois tendencies who all support Scottish nationalism have stepped up their efforts to save the perspective of Scottish independence from the shipwreck of the party most associated with the project. A US airforce captain explained: "It's all basically practicing how we play. It's getting us ready for the next big fight because that's how we force package and how we actually go to war." It has been reported that Chinese authorities are putting pressure on economists and others to avoid commentary on negative economic developments which are growing by the day. The government of Yoon Suk-yeol is moving to eliminate the last remaining mitigation measures, even as tens of thousands are infected each day. Within 36 hours, Slovenia's civil protection services reported more than 3,700 operations nationwide, including rescuing people who had taken refuge in trees or on the roofs of houses. "At a time when the full force of military propaganda is once again being deluged upon the Australian population, the IYSSE must be granted the democratic right to have its powerful anti-war voice heard." 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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