 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. This is the first part of a three-part essay by David North from 1993 reviewing the origins of the Left Opposition. Biden's demand for $105 billion in military spending: A declaration of war against the working class In his national address Thursday, US President Joe Biden demanded congress allocate an additional $105 billion to fund the US military, escalate the US/NATO war against Russia in Ukraine and arm the Israeli military with bullets, bombs and shells for its genocidal campaign against the people of occupied Palestine. Israel's genocide of the Palestinian people, carried out with the complicity of the US, UK, French, and German governments, continued Friday with the murder of another 352 Palestinians. The manner in which the arrest took place indicates it was part of a high-level decision to intimidate and block opposition to US support for Israeli war crimes. For nearly two weeks, massive pro-Palestinian protests have taken place in virtually every single country demanding an end to the US-Israel military campaign. The latest open letter includes names from all over the world, and reflects the anger and outrage of many millions, indeed most of humanity. Outrage against Israel's invasion has intensified after Israeli forces bombed the Al Ahli Arab Hospital in Gaza, killing at least 500 people including medical staff and patients. The eruption of mass anti-war sentiment against Israel's genocidal assault on Gaza and Britain's collusion has deepened the chasm between working people and the privileged strata of the trade union bureaucracy. Students have been suspended from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), following a rally held protesting the Israeli government's barbaric attack on Gaza. The Zelensky regime is quietly admitting that the counteroffensive has failed and is now moving its forces into defensive positions to prevent further Russian advances. Claiming "movement" in contract talks, Fain refused to call any more plants on strike while going into damage control mode over the recent contract rejection vote by Mack Trucks workers. The tragic death by suicide of 28-year old emergency department nurse from Dayton, Ohio, Tristin Kate Smith, has been met with an outpouring of sympathy, grief, and anger from healthcare workers across the country. On Thursday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz issued a government statement in which he once again fully supported Israel's genocidal destruction of the Gaza Strip. At the same time, he demanded that any protest against it be banned. All parties in parliament applauded him for this. Faced with Israel's war on Gaza, the publisher of The Pioneer Briefing feels a "frivolous lust" to emulate the two world wars of the 20th century. Portland teachers have been working without a contract since June and are preparing to launch a strike as the district sets out to slash education jobs across the district. Many workers either abstained or cast a protest vote against Labour's attacks on living standards, its abandonment of the COVID-19 elimination strategy, and its support for imperialist war. One of the key issues at work in the selloff is whether the Treasury market has the capacity to finance the ever-growing levels of US debt. Transport workers strike in Korea; teachers in Pakistan protest privatisation; Indian taxi drivers demand regulation; Australian rail freight workers locked out in enterprise bargaining dispute. According to the COVID-19 Resource Center, roughly 1 in 25 people across the country are currently infected, a number roughly 14 times higher than at the lowest point in the COVID-19 pandemic. 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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