 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. As Americans prepare to celebrate the holiday season, US corporations are "celebrating" with a surge of layoffs that is part of a continuing offensive by the capitalist ruling class and the working class. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told military commanders the war would "continue until the end, until the victory, until the elimination of Hamas" and that "nothing will stop us." As part of the ongoing witch hunt against anyone who does not fully endorse the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza, on Wednesday 84 Democrats and 219 Republicans voted in favor of the anti-democratic and hypocritical resolution which not only called on university presidents to resign, but implicitly slandered the academics as antisemities. The suspension of the SJP marks a further escalation in the attack on democratic rights in the United States and turn towards authoritarian forms of rule. We are publishing here the tribute to Helen Halyard given by Keith Jones, the national secretary of the Socialist Equality Party of Canada, to a memorial meeting for Helen held on December 3. More than 300 students and supporters took part in a rally in front of the main building of Berlin's Humboldt University on Wednesday afternoon, December 13. The draft resolution allows every government to posture as fighters against climate change while letting them continue to produce and use fossil fuels in whatever manner they please. Mike Parr's persecution is the latest in a series of desperate pro-Zionist attacks on artists, actors and others in Australia who have spoken out against Israel's war crimes. The censorship, in its own small way, shows that the Israeli war crimes in Gaza, and the support for them by governments around the world, are incompatible with democratic rights. Donald Tusk's return as the head of the Polish government does not herald an era of democracy but a period of bitter class struggles. The numerically insignificant far-right draws strength because its agenda corresponds to the needs of the ruling class to destroy democratic rights, scapegoat the most vulnerable, drive down wages and conditions and prepare for war. Labor's Mid-Year Economic and Fiscal Outlook (MYEFO) rejects calls for cost-of-living relief while boosting military spending. Attempting to defuse popular pressure, the Democratic-controlled city governments and union local passed toothless ceasefire resolutions. While far-right media commentators hysterically denounce the protests against Isreal's genocide, efforts are underway to subordinate the movement to the pro-imperialist Labour Party and its allies. We recently spoke to stuntwoman-actress Michelle Shock about the SAG-AFTRA contract and the general situation in the film and television industry. Rising food prices and inflation as well as anger towards the genocide taking place in Gaza signal the growing possibility of unrest in Malaysia. Solidarity strikes in support of Tesla workers at Swedish subsidiary spread to Denmark, Norway and Finland for collective agreement, but union's agenda is corporatism; 24-hour strikes across Middle East including in parts of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey, and Tunisian teachers walk out to demand ceasefire in Gaza; 170,000 teachers and lecturers still out after 75 days in Iraqi Kurdistan over wage arrears; platinum miners in Bakubung, South Africa stage underground sit-in over three days for better pay and conditions 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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