 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. We are publishing here the tribute given by David North to Helen Halyard, a leading member of the Socialist Equality Party and the International Committee of the Fourth International for more than half a century, who died suddenly at the age of 73 on November 28. North's remarks opened a memorial meeting for Helen held Sunday, December 3. Saturday was the deadliest day since Israel began its bombardment of Gaza, with over 1,000 people killed, the Euro-Med human rights monitor group said Sunday. Workers and young people protesting Israeli assault on Gaza speak from demonstrations across Britain Reporting teams from the World Socialist Web Site spoke with people protesting Israel's war on Gaza at demonstrations this weekend in Leeds, Bristol and London. "There is no point in asking Albanese to stop what he is doing it is like asking a crocodile to become a vegetarian. Albanese is worse than zero." The anti-Trotskyist Workers' Cause Party's defense of the capitalist state finds its most reactionary expression in its embrace of Erdoğan and Putin as its rejects the program of world socialist revolution. The US Supreme Court is poised to gut the power of federal regulatory agencies such as the Security and Exchange Commission to hold hearings and impose penalties for financial swindling. The Rank-and-File Committee of Allison Transmission Workers has issued a statement calling on workers to prepare for strike action Contrary to the general claims of politicians and the media, the coronavirus pandemic is neither over, nor has the coronavirus become harmless. Germany is currently in the midst of another wave of infection as is shown by all available figures. Real estate speculator René Benko is the product and embodiment of a sick society in which profit and wealth count for everything, while the fate and even the lives of ordinary people count for nothing. Despite having the ability to call out 29,000 faculty members at all locations following a 95 percent strike authorization vote, the California Faculty Association has limited the action to four token one-day strikes at separate campuses. The Drescher-Crabtree-Ireland leadership and the national board as a whole have proven themselves to be conscious agents of the corporate predators. Pseudo-left Unionists for Palestine is desperately trying to cover over and excuse the role of Australia's trade union leadership, which continues to block industrial action against Israel's onslaught. Three legal challenges show the human face of the released detainees, who have been demonised by the government, the Coalition and the media, as well as the unconstitutional nature of the legislation. In a speech last week, Foreign Minister Winston Peters declared that the far-right coalition government aims to strengthen military and strategic ties with Washington, which is militarising the whole Indo-Pacific region in preparation for war against China. 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. The Knoxville facility is one of 29 across the country consolidating its processing operations into mega regional centers as part of the misnamed "Delivering for America" program. 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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