 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The latest "point-in-time" survey from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development revealed a staggering 12 percent jump in homelessness in 2023, one of many indicators of severe social distress in capitalist America. The United Nations reported that 93 percent of the population is facing "crisis levels of hunger," while one in four households are facing "catastrophic conditions" of starvation. The rise of JN.1 to dominance in the US could soon cause the second-highest number of COVID-19 cases of any wave so far, excluding only the initial Omicron wave exactly two years ago. The following tributes to Helen Halyard were read out to an international memorial meeting held on December 3. The plans announced by Zelensky amount to an admission that the continuation of the imperialist-backed war is predicated on an even greater slaughter of the Ukrainian working class. On December 20, Argentina's ultra-right President Javier Milei signed a decree to downsize the government, scrap regulations and strip the working class of existing social, wage, retirement and welfare benefits. X (formerly Twitter) has censored a post by actress Susan Sarandon for supporting a peaceful protest in New York City on Thursday to demand an end to the US-backed Israeli war in Gaza, which has killed 20,000 Palestinians since October 7. The reason given was that it was a violation of the platform's "rules against violent speech." More than 150 workers and young people joined the meeting to discuss the way forward for the working class in the fight to stop Israel's genocide in Gaza. In keeping with their decades-long role as the "left" flank of the Indian establishment, the Indian Stalinists are seeking to confine the opposition of workers and youth to the slaughter of the impoverished Palestinians of Gaza within the reactionary framework of capitalist politics and great-power diplomacy. The raging fire filled the factory with toxic smoke forcing the evacuation of workers and halting production for two shifts. The promotion of Labor MPs is a warning of the attempts to subordinate opposition to the genocide to the very government backing it. The opposition that is already emerging to the National Party-NZ First-ACT coalition government's agenda of austerity and war must be transformed into a conscious socialist movement, in opposition to Labour and its allies which are seeking to suppress and divide the working class. On Thursday, the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at Wayne State University held a rally at the Stellantis Warren Truck Assembly factory, where their call to mobilize autoworkers against the genocide in Gaza was met with strong support. The Maritime Union of Australia is continuing to ensure the orderly loading and unloading of cargo for Zim, an Israeli shipping line that has committed its entire fleet to the Israeli war crimes. The meeting "summarised the situation that is occurring in Gaza but placed this in the context of bigger implications of the capitalist crisis and the American war drive globally." Anger has been growing among workers in recent weeks over the provocative move by management to withhold a previously agreed to $1,000 bonus heading into the Christmas holiday. The strike of 1,100 DHL Express tug and ramp workers at Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport (CVG) ended on Tuesday with a reported "tentative agreement." The militant mood of workers attending Saturday's demonstration stood in contrast to the official speakers from local unions and the East Bay Democratic Socialists of America. The tax increases imposed under the orders of the IMF are intensifying the conditions for a social uprising, fueling the flames of class struggle. Even as workers press for a broadening of the struggle, the unions are conspiring with the government to reach sellout agreements and scuttle the strike movement. The ongoing Benbrika saga, which began with his much-publicised arrest in 2005, shows how the sweeping and unprecedented "counter-terrorism" laws imposed under the banner of the "war on terror" are being used to overturn basic legal and democratic rights. To undercut doctors' militancy, the UAPD is pursuing the AFL-CIO's treacherous script of Unfair Labor Practice strike action. Whatever the immediate lurid claims, the scandal will be exploited to further push the government to the right in pursuit of remilitarization. As the US and its allies prepare for war against China, New Zealand and Australian prime ministers discussed boosting their military alliance and strengthening their joint role as imperialist powers in the Pacific. The agreement between the parties has so little to offer in terms of a social perspectives and future projects that it appeals to the worst xenophobia Size is not the only way that Taylor's work commands attention. Figures are boldly rendered, sometimes with colorful, abstract shapes or sketched with a black painted line. Indian childcare and social health workers strike over pay and conditions; Sri Lankan Telecom workers fight privatisation drive; Supermarket workers walk off the job in Australia. Eight-year-old Yahya, who has lost friends in Gaza, wore a small Palestinian flag sticker on his jacket and suffered disciplinary action by school management. The strike by Swedish mechanics is the first Tesla has ever confronted across global operations employing around 120,000 workers. Elon Musk, its billionaire owner, denounced the action stating last month on X, "This is insane." Hundreds of Kurdish political prisoners in Turkey have been on hunger strike since November 27 demanding improved conditions. The law affirms the principle of "national preference", a central demand of the far right. 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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