 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. This year's US Open Grand Slam tennis tournament in New York City has been plagued by what is being euphemistically referred to as a "mysterious" illness but has all the hallmarks of a COVID-19 superspreader event. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced Sunday that he was replacing Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov amid the failure of Kiev's summer offensive. Several decades ago, the Detroit Labor Day parade attracted tens of thousands. The small turnout Monday reflected both the collapse of union membership and the erosion of the authority of the trade unions over the working class. The unions are seeking to divide North American auto workers, facilitating moves by the companies to offset the impact of any strike action. Germany is developing its own tactical and strategic missile system to wage war against Russia, independently of support from the US and other imperialist powers if necessary. Keeping Hubert Aiwanger in office is a clear sign that right-wing extremism does not represent an obstacle to the highest government positions in Germany. Local authorities in Brandizzo, Italy have opened a murder investigation into the case of five railway workers who were struck by a train while performing rail line maintenance late last week. New Jersey Transit engineers, who have been working without a contract since January 1, 2020, voted to strike last week. Around 1,500 schools are yet to complete checks to find out whether they have RAAC, and another 450 suspect they do but are waiting for an official assessment. The ruling elites everywhere are enacting the most savage anti-immigration policies and scapegoating refugees and asylum seekers for society's ills. Besides the three key East Asian industrial economies, South East Asian countries are also being hit by the China slowdown. Heavily edited body camera footage released on Friday confirms that the police were in no danger when they shot and killed Young, an aspiring social worker and pregnant mother of two. The monsoon rains, fueled by a strong El Niño, caused extensive flooding across the state of Nevada. The Macquarie University Rank-and-File Committee held a forum to urge all staff to vote No on union-management enterprise agreements at the university, and to link up with the struggle at the University of Melbourne. Demonstrators in Colombia denounced the removal of government gas subsidies while 1,700 workers at Manitoba Public Insurance are in the second week of strike. 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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