 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The usurpation of federal authority on the US-Mexico border by the state of Texas raises major political and constitutional issues. This was the first demonstration in the capital for over a month and the largest since the November 11 march, which attracted 800,000 people. "We will restore security to both the south and the north," Netanyahu vowed. "No one will stop us—not The Hague, not the axis of evil, and not anyone else." The Palestine-born doctor, now working in south Florida, is the author of a new book on the health impacts of modern warfare. In the course of one day, the videos have been viewed by more than 12 million people, with the number rising by the minute. In league with the US, the new president Lai from the pro-independence DPP will only accelerate the dangerous confrontation with China of his predecessor Tsai Ing-wen, also from the DPP. Government claims that it will address safety are little more than empty words to deflect blame and cover up the root cause of such accidents, the capitalist system itself. After months of complete silence on the attack on democratic rights on campuses, rather than opposing the right-wing campaign against Harvard University's Claudine Gay, Jacobin has joined it. We are publishing here a letter being sent by the International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan condemning the violent attack on two members of the Socialist Equality Party (SEP) in Sri Lanka by pro-government thugs. In two extraordinary press briefings last week, WHO officials made clear the ongoing dangers of the pandemic, while hypocritically admonishing the global population for no longer taking precautions, ignoring their own culpability in this process. Ninety-one years after the handover of power to Hitler, leading right-wing extremists and capitalists are discussing monstrous deportation plans that echo the genocidal policies of the Nazis. Over the course of last week, tens of thousands of farmers have protested against the German government's austerity policy and blocked motorways, access roads and city centres with their tractors. The union's backdown is aimed at defending the company and is a warning that it is preparing to shut down any struggle. City Council members of Harvey, Illinois, including the mayor, refused to address why residents were allowed to be boarded up in a building that the city deemed uninhabitable. Lattouf was sacked by the ABC national broadcaster for posting about a Human Rights Watch report which alleged that Israel was using starvation as a weapon of war. The Sri Lankan workers class must defend CEB employees who are being victimised for taking industrial action against the government's privatisation of the state-owned corporation. The mass firing of the temporary workers is a direct outcome of the betrayal of last year's contract struggle by the UAW. Auto parts worker Mark Gillespie was burned severely and is has been given 50 percent chance of surviving an explosion and fire at the Meridian Magnesium Products plant on January 4. Dishonestly citing alleged "concerns about guaranteeing the integrity of the exhibit," the university is attempting to silence a vocal opponent of Israel's genocide. The leaders of the Common Front are doing everything they can to manipulate the contract ratification process and demobilize workers, including keeping most details of the agreements secrets and dragging out voting till mid-February. 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 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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