 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The genocide in Gaza has exposed not only the criminality and fascistic character of the Israeli government, but the active support and complicity of the imperialist powers, above all the United States. The brutal cold, high winds and blizzard conditions have exposed the decayed condition of the US infrastructure and the refusal of the capitalist elite to prepare for the impact of extreme weather conditions on the public. Since 2020 the world's five richest men have more than doubled their fortunes, at the rate of $14 million per hour, from $405 billion to $869 billion, while almost 5 billion people have been made poorer. Opposition Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer endorsed everything Sunak said, asking nothing of the prime minister other than that he proceed according to plan. A Stellantis Toledo Jeep worker who picketed during the 46-day UAW "Stand Up strike" shares his thoughts on conditions at the plant in the wake of the 2023 sellout contract. Allison Transmission workers on voting down another UAW-backed sellout deal after defeating the last one by 96.2 percent. "I don't want people to be killed, anyone, Jewish or Palestinian. I just want people to be people." "Palestine happened and then Yemen happened, it makes me just ask 'What's next?' And Australia's role globally is not one that fills me with joy." In Sheffield, Bea told the WSWS, "It is wrong to stay silent. Our voices must be heard." Ahmed told our reporters in Leeds, "What is taking place in Palestine and now Yemen is almost like a warning." WSWS reporters spoke to some of the hundreds and thousands attending Saturday's protest in London against Israel's genocidal onslaught on Gaza and last week's bombing of Yemen by the US and Britain. The Socialist Equality Party (UK) and International Youth and Students for Social Equality has called a series of public meetings headed How can the genocide in Gaza be stopped? French maritime officials said that 72 people, including 10 children, tried to get into a small boat which capsized while attempting to set off towards the UK from the beach at Wimereux, Pas-de-Calais. The deadly delay of treatment is the result of an acute shortage of hospital staff and resources, caused by the deliberate gutting of public healthcare by pro-business governments. New laws and court rulings will massively increase police powers, including to spy on and prosecute civilians in military courts. The Newsom administration seeks to tie the raises for healthcare workers to the state revenue, effectively allowing the postponement of the wage increases indefinitely. Workers at the Cristaleras Rigolleau glass plant in Berazategui, Argentina claim management negligence in death, while 600 Sun Country flight attendants picketed over substandard pay and working conditions. Thousands of jobs threatened by insolvency of German department store chain Galeria Karstadt Kaufhof While thousands of store workers face losing their livelihoods, the Verdi union is banking everything on a "new investor" being found. 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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