 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Whatever the outcome of the legal proceedings against the ex-president, the drive towards dictatorship and war is rooted in the crisis of American and world capitalism. The latest summer surge, which is the fourth in four years of the pandemic, upends all the lies that COVID-19 is now "endemic" and equivalent to the cold or flu. Emboldened by Republican and Democratic politicians who have renounced any pretensions of "reform," police throughout the country continue to shoot, assault and torture working class and poor people. The UAW's so-called "members' demands" are a series of measures which are widely supported by rank-and-file workers, but which the UAW bureaucracy has no intention of or strategy for achieving. Yellow laid off 30,000 workers after failing to satisfy the demands of its creditors. The monthly federal jobs report showed that hiring slowed in July, with 187,000 jobs added, falling below economists' projections. Eric Adams, the mayor of New York City, has made accommodations for asylum seekers so difficult than hundreds of them slept on the sidewalk in front of the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan for over a week. From the recent AfD congress, it is clear it is positioning itself as an openly fascist party for next year's European elections. Nowhere is the destructive impact of the multi-billioned oligarchy's profiteering clearer than in the fossil fuel industry. The death of Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O'Connor at just 56 is a sad loss. Genuinely talented, she combined an acute musical and social sensibility to create some extremely moving music of real emotion and passion. While the Secretary of State made crystal clear that the US is proceeding with its legal lynching of Assange, Australian PM Albanese absurdly claimed Blinken's comments were of no importance. "From what I can tell nothing the IYSSE stands for should be kept from being aired at an institution purportedly designed to promote critical thinking," one signee wrote. The nurses' main demands are increased staffing levels and a ratio of one nurse to every five patients, instead of the current one to six. Loretto hospital healthcare workers have concluded five days of strike action. India: NLC India workers strike for permanent jobs; Sri Lankan health workers protest inferior medicines; Australia: Bulk liquid terminal workers demand higher pay; New Zealand teachers hit with below-inflation wage deal. 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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