 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The threat of a personalist Trump dictatorship is now being acknowledged by the Democrats and the corporate media, but they offer no way out of the crisis of American capitalism except imperialist war. In his final X/Twitter posts, which have gone viral globally, Dr. al-Ar'eer correctly blamed the Biden administration and Democratic Party for the ongoing genocide. The following tribute to Helen Halyard was sent by Gary Tyler. Helen played a leading role in the fight carried out by the Workers League, the predecessor to the SEP, and its youth movement, the Young Socialists, to free Gary, who was framed up in Louisiana at the age of 16 for the shooting of a white youth during the integration of Destrehan High School. Convicted by an all-white jury, Gary was initially sentenced to death and released only in 2016. We are publishing here the tribute given by Larry Porter, the assistant national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party (US), to Helen Halyard. "The cowardly thugs—trade union bureaucrats who serve as the hirelings of the capitalist regime—stupidly believe that they can intimidate our party with such reactionary tactics. In fact, they draw upon themselves the contempt of the working class." "The attack by two SLPP thugs shows the pathetic state of the ruling Wickremesinghe regime which resorts to physical violence to stop the cultivation of socialist consciousness among workers and youth." Andrei Ritsky, Young Guard of Bolshevik-Leninists from the former Soviet Union. Following the disastrous failure of the "counteroffensive" the Zelensky regime is facing a disastrous political situation as Western funding fades and internal hostilities with the military leadership escalate. While the Maduro administration is carrying out an entirely reactionary policy, US imperialism has been the main player stoking up tensions in recent years. The DSA has been an integral component of the Democrats' attempted rehabilitation of the UAW apparatus, while other pseudo-left organizations are coming forward as an additional line of defense. Stellantis has announced that it will cut as many as 2,465 jobs at its Detroit Assembly Complex-Mack and 1,225 jobs at the Toledo Assembly Complex, with the layoffs coming as early as February 5. Ten years ago, Dave Hyland, a leading figure in the British Trotskyist movement, died on December 8, 2013, at the age of 66. Below we republish the remarks of comrade David North to a January 18, 2014, memorial meeting honouring comrade Hyland. Questions focussed on Johnson's actions from the summer of 2020 through to January 2022. Attention was drawn repeatedly to the influence of "economic" concerns on government decision making. To prevail against the big business CAQ government, workers must wrest control of their struggle from the pro-capitalist union apparatuses and transform it into a unified political offensive of the entire working class against the Quebec and Canadian ruling elite's agenda of austerity and war. With a few cosmetic changes, the Nazi rally could have been called by Labor or the Liberal-National Coalition, both of which are engaged in a racist campaign against oppressed refugees. The change is part of longstanding restructuring plans, aimed at slashing costs and transforming the publicly owned mail service into a parcel delivery business, with the ultimate goal of full or partial privatisation. The timing of the strike during the holiday peak season and the strategic significance of the facility creates the potential for a broader struggle to bring DHL and other logistics companies to their knees. But that requires the rank and file organize themselves independently of the union apparatus, taking the initiative out of pro-corporate union officials' hands. The strikers are demanding pay increases and wage adjustments for inflation, improved visa and financial support for international researchers, better benefits and healthcare for fellows and increased transparency on authorship and intellectual property. The $25 trillion US Treasury market, where government debt is bought and sold, forms the key foundation for the global financial system. Backed by a foul witch hunt against refugees and immigrants, the Labor government and the Coalition are lurching further and further toward authoritarian methods of rule. The Pogues were one of the finest bands of the 1980s, infusing Irish traditional music with punk to give new voice to a young Irish diaspora. This owed very much to the poetic songwriting of Shane MacGowan. Protesters denounced the bourgeois French media's role in promoting phony "humanitarian pauses" as Israeli prepared to expand its bombing campaign to justify their murderous assault on the Gazan population. Healthcare workers in Italy including doctors, nurses and midwives in 24-hour strike over staff shortages and austerity budget; three thousand workers at Isfahan Steel Company in Iran walk out for improved pay and pay parity with other steelworkers; doctors and dentists begin stoppage in six counties in Kenya for pay rise and improved conditions Telefónica's announcement is part of a global offensive against telecommunications workers. 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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