 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Labor Day 2023 takes place amid the explosive development of class conflict internationally, which in the US is increasingly heading towards an open confrontation between the working class on the one side and the pro-corporate union bureaucracies and the Biden administration on the other. With US student loan debt already at $1.7 trillion, millions of youth and workers are being hit with the resumption of payments next month. The protest in Niamey came amid mounting opposition across Africa against plans for a French-backed invasion of Niger by the armies of the Economic Community of West African States. With the installation of Robert Kindler, a favourite of right-wing-radical professor Jörg Baberowski, a fundamental reorientation of the Institute for East European Studies is in train, away from studying the crimes of the Nazi regime and Polish-Jewish history. The "Pirola" Omicron variant (BA.2.86) has been found in 14 countries including the United States where it has been detected in five states. Its highly mutated spike protein has shown it has significant capacity to evade immunity from XBB.1.5 variant which is being used as a template for the next generation of COVID booster vaccines. The dystopian actions by the New York Police Department are ultimately aimed at preparing for confrontations with the working class. Four former top Proud Boys--Ethan Nordean, Dominic Pezzola, Joseph Biggs and Zachary Rehl--were sentenced to prison terms ranging from 10 to 18 years. Exactly at the midpoint of the current legislative session, the three-party coalition government is intensifying austerity and its pro-war policies. Poland's trade unions are organising symbolic actions six weeks before the general election on October 15 to dissipate workers' anger and line themselves up as partners with the future ruling party. The senate inquiry and report was marked by a glaring contradiction between its detailed documentation of the devastating impacts on families and communities, and the paucity of the recommendations. International financial agencies have delivered their prescription for an intensifying assault on social position of the working class no matter who takes office after the October 14 election. The SEG and IYSSE are holding a meeting in Wellington on September 19 to explain the socialist perspective needed to unite the working class against the agenda of war and austerity shared by Labour, National and all the parliamentary parties. The union sought to allow workers to blow off steam while limiting the strike's impact on the company as much as possible. 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. Two students at West Virginia University spoke to the WSWS about the connection between the assault on public education and culture at WVU and the broader attack on the living standards of the working class. Ted Hall was only 19 years old when he passed classified secrets to the Soviet government. His role was not discovered until more than 50 years later, only a few years before his death in 1999. Bock-Côté's influence on Premier Legault and his government is a measure of how quickly the Quebec ruling class is moving to the right as it adopts anti-immigrant and other chauvinist policies. The government will do nothing serious to make schools safe. But neither will the Labour Party and the trade unions. Otherwise, they would be insisting that the school term be delayed until there is a proper assessment of risks and a plan to remedy them, telling educators not to attend until this has been agreed. According to the Ministry of Labor, the first half of this year saw 1,499 strike notices, an increase of more than 92 percent compared to last year. In public administration, strikes have risen by a massive 288 percent. 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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