 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The Democratic president is silent about his own failure to oppose the coup and about the deeper sources of the fascist danger in America. The number of journalists killed by Israel in Gaza grew to 109 Sunday with a targeted drone strike on the car of Al Jazeera reporter Hamza al-Dahdouh, killing him alongside fellow journalist Mustafa Thuraya. In a whistle-blower complaint filed last October, Col. Earl Matthews said he was retaliated against by Army officials for accusing Generals Walter Piatt and Charles Flynn of lying before Congress and in official Department of Defense investigations concerning the delay in deploying D.C. National Guard troops to the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. As the Ukrainian war effort continues to falter, the Zelensky government is carrying out attacks on Russian civilians that threaten further destruction and civilian casualties on both sides. Three sets of court documents unsealed by a Manhattan judge provide further insights into billionaire sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein's links to America's rich and famous. The US Supreme Court's decision to hear an appeal of a ruling barring Trump from the Colorado state ballot marks a further aggravation of the political and constitutional crisis in America. Despite the dances and music at its headquarters in the Lacandon Jungle, the guerrilla group once glorified as a new beacon of hope by prominent pseudo-lefts manifests all the symptoms of an approaching breakdown. Dr. Joseph Ladapo, Florida's surgeon general, calls to halt COVID vaccines while the US sees a surge in hospital admissions for COVID. Experts from the UN have called on the US to halt the execution of Kenneth Smith in Arizona by nitrogen gas. Reporting teams from the World Socialist Web Site spoke with people protesting Israel's war on Gaza at demonstrations on Saturday in Manchester and Leeds. These were part of around 50 protests across Britain. There were 11 protests in London, including one in Camden which marched to the constituency offices of Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer and Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, both supporters of Israeli genocide. "At a higher level they want to get Russia and China. America's been declining for many, many years and this is their way of weakening those two powers." The letter of protest refers to the "the horrific dehumanisation of the Palestinian people, the ongoing genocide in Gaza and the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in the West Bank." Companies have begun laying off workers in response to California legislation raising the minimum wage for fast food and healthcare workers. 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 bourgeoisie's demand for "tough reforms" consists of cuts to government subsidies and public sector pensions and salaries as well as the reintroduction of a deeply unpopular goods and services tax. While small in numbers, the unprecedented rallies, petitions and vigils supporting Palestine, held in defiance of authoritarian governments and churches, are now widespread in Pacific Island states. The following statement was issued by a participant in the November 2022 "illegal" strike of Ontario education support-staff workers and is a leader of the Ontario Education Workers Rank-and-File Committee. 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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