 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. As Israel continues to massacre hundreds of Gazans each day and starve the entire population of 2.2 million, a series of high-level US officials are traveling to Israel to coordinate American support for the genocide and prepare a military escalation throughout the Middle East. Emboldened by Biden's pledge to enact Trump's border policies as part of a $105 billion military package to Ukraine and Israel, Trump upped his fascistic agitation in Saturday's New Hampshire campaign speech. Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore delivered the following report to a meeting titled "Leon Trotsky and the Struggle for Socialism in the 21st Century" in Colombo on December 10. A study published in the Lancet journal by Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly and colleagues finds that COVID-19 and its post-acute sequalae cause far more deaths and health injuries than influenza and Long-Flu. Unlimited funds for war and armaments, cuts in social spending and higher energy prices—this is the core of the German government's 2024 budget. Beyond the issue of Australia's acquisition of nuclear-powered submarines, the legislation seeks to consolidate a military block clearly aimed at preparing for war against China. We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard given by her son, Jamal, to a memorial meeting for Comrade Helen held by the Socialist Equality Party (US) and the International Committee of the Fourth International on December 3. The annual report by the Financial Stability Oversight Council has listed a wide range of potential problems in the financial system flowing from higher interest rates. Authoritarian and police state policies implemented under President Boric's Apruebo Dignidad coalition government are enshrined in the draft constitution. Earlier this year, Mexico's president, AMLO, denounced the Biden administration for sending troops to train the Peruvian armed forces. Combined with the state-organized crackdown on opposition and democratic rights, the violence of the war and conscription drive have created the conditions for such a violent anti-social and anti-democratic attack. Only a few minutes after the press conference, Democrats in Congress voted 147 to 73 in favor of the latest National Defense Authorization Act. The law includes $874.2 billion in funding for the US war machine, and includes provisions to fast-track sending weapons to the Israeli military. Contract negotiations remain stagnant for city carriers as reassignments and job cuts accelerate under Delivering for America. Teachers called out American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten for her role in supporting the genocide in Gaza and demanded that she support a ceasefire. "The union leadership in this country is all led by the Labor Party, they all benefit from ties with Israel, they don't want to do anything that harms that." The Labor government's manoeuvre underscores how far it is prepared to go, hand-in-hand with the Liberal-National Coalition, to override even the limited protections in the Australian Constitution against arbitrary detention by executive decree. 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. Having isolated and starved out 1,700 nurses at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, the USW has coerced them into accepting a contract that does not meet their most fundamental demands. The Transport Workers Union is trying to use minor voting anomalies to ram through a sellout contract on flight attendants at Southwest. The data center will bulldoze unprotected land and encroach on the boundaries of Manassas Battlefield National Park, staining the landscape for millions of visitors looking to understand the progressive revolutionary history of the United States A documentary about how one West Bank family endured the uprising has burning relevance as Israel intensifies its genocidal campaign against the population of Gaza. Eleven local protests were held in London, including a rally of health workers who assembled at Westminster Bridge in front of St Thomas's Hospital before rallying in Whitehall outside the prime minister's residence in 10 Downing Street. 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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