 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. On Tuesday, US President Joe Biden made a series of damning admissions regarding the ongoing genocide in Gaza that makes clear the United States is consciously aiding and abetting what it knows to be war crimes by the Israeli government. Job cuts are sweeping across the US economy as corporations purge their payrolls for the coming year. Ford says it is halving 2024 production targets for its electric F-150 Lightning light truck built in Dearborn, Michigan. The vote was a transparent effort to boost the presidential election campaign of ex-president Donald Trump, himself twice impeached, using the long-known corruption charges against Hunter Biden, the president's son. Verna Mae Jackson was reaching for a loose piece of mail when the tug operator drove off, pinning her beneath a one-ton dolly. We are publishing here the tribute to Comrade Helen Halyard given by Wasantha Rupasinghe, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party of Sri Lanka, to the memorial meeting held for Helen on December 3. National affiliates of the International Committee of the Fourth International and their national Socialist Equality Party affiliates and supporting groups are sending protest letters over the brutal thug attack on two Sri Lankan Trotskyists. On Tuesday, Argentine Economy Minister Luis Caputo announced the first set of economic shock measures, which are supposed to set a new bar for attacks against living standards of workers everywhere. Dow closed at a record high, the first in two years, as other indexes climbed. Militant protest against genocide in Gaza and censorship of war opponents at Ruhr-Universität Bochum Pouring rain could not stop the loud and passionate protest of around 200 students and workers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) Tuesday afternoon against the genocide in Gaza. As part of the Palestine Festival of Literature, a video recording was posted Tuesday afternoon of the veteran actor reading al-Ar'eer's last work written before he was assassinated by the Israel Defense Forces. The workers are determined to win inflation-busting wage increases, put an end to punishing working conditions, and secure major reinvestments in public services. The anti-strike laws were proposed amid a mass strike wave encompassing workers in the National Health Service, education, the civil service, Royal Mail and on the rail. Almost all these strikes have been sold out prior to the imposition of the new legislation. While voting for the UN resolution, Labor signalled its support for an indefinite Israeli onslaught against Gaza, punctuated only by occasional "humanitarian pauses." The pseudo-left is promoting sporadic protests by workers and young people against Israeli ships to cover over the refusal of the Maritime Union of Australia to call strikes. Well aware of the growing anger among workers over being kept in the dark, local UAW officials have released a series of "bargaining updates" since Monday, while concealing the real content of their discussions with management. NDIS Minister Bill Shorten outlined measures to block most children from the NDIS, and to use "assessors" to deny access to many adult applicants as well. The Amalgamated Transit Union has closed ranks with the transit system management to oppose any movement of the workers within it. A much loved poet, novelist and musician, Zephaniah remained true to the idealistic and angry concerns of his youth, opposing empire and all forms of oppression. Weingarten is reacting to popular outrage at the genocide with a tactical adaptation, pretending to advocate for "peace" in order to prevent this opposition from escaping the control of the political establishment. The wildcat strike by hundreds of textile workers in Şanlıurfa in south-eastern Turkey has entered its third week, in defiance of the trade union apparatus, company threats and military police violence. 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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