 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. For allegedly exposing illegal CIA hacking and spying operations, Joshua Schulte has been treated like a terrorist and held in conditions akin to a medieval dungeon. The United States formally launched Friday what US officials billed as a weeks- or months-long campaign in the Middle East targeting groups opposed to the US' decades-long occupation of the region, and whose central target is Iran. The workers are being laid off without the slightest opposition from the United Auto Workers bureaucracy. The very fact that the third clause of the Fourteenth Amendment--banning those who have committed insurrection from holding public office--is now relevant testifies to the depth of the present crisis. After Trump ordered Republicans to support Abbott's usurpation of federal authority at the US-Mexico border, DeSantis pledged to send National Guard and Florida Guard soldiers. The regents' compendium of clichéd affirmations of the university's devotion to free speech includes wording that directly contradicts the justification given by U-M President Ono in December for a permanent ban on student government resolutions denouncing the genocide in Gaza. A vigil of about 200 people commemorated the lives and work of journalists and artists among the victims of Israeli genocide in Gaza with a reading of Palestinian poetry and letters. Starmer's declaration that the "fingerprints" of the corporations "are on every one of our five missions" is an open admission that big business will dictate Labour government policy. Moreover, Labour's declaration that it is "the party of NATO" is as much a statement of class war as its promise to govern as "the party of business". The global resurgence of measles has raised alarms across the world about the threat of a pathogen that just two decades ago was nearly eradicated. Predicted by many analysts to be the year of the "bloodletting" in public education, schools across the US have announced mass layoffs, school closures, and program eliminations, fueling the onset of a new wave of educator struggles. Far from being a democratic exercise, the union-organized general assemblies were designed to exclude, divide, demobilize and demoralize the rank and file. Although workers have not even seen the full proposed agreement, let alone voted on it, the union has called off all industrial action against the stevedoring company. A primary teacher, with more than ten years' experience, said: "I'm voting 'no' for a number of reasons. Partly pay, partly workload and partly lack of union fight." The police admission came nearly four months after manipulated Zionist footage of the alleged incident was broadcast on social media and by corporate media outlets around the world. The meeting unanimously passed a resolution condemning the government's attacks on Ceylon Electricity Board workers and demanded the immediate and unconditional reinstatement of all suspended workers. A joint ministerial statement affirmed support for the alliance with the US and its war against Russia, the expanding conflict in the Middle East, and the US-war drive in the Indo-Pacific against China. This week, three banks on three different continents have revealed significant losses and problems due to their exposure to commercial property. Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Janata Dal (United) party ditched the Congress Party-led INDIA electoral bloc last Sunday and immediately re-entered the National Democratic Alliance of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu supremacist BJP. The Youngstown City School District (YCSD) announced on January 7th that it will consolidate or eliminate five elementary schools and consider teacher layoffs. A state-authorized audit is demanding the district "rearrange" funds for the 2024-25 school year. India: Thousands Tamil Nadu government workers protest over pension scheme, wages and jobs; Australia: Antarctic research vessel officers' and engineers' campaign for higher wages; New Zealand union cancels port workers' pay strike. Calling the first nationwide public transit strike since 1992, Verdi is reacting to the growing anger of transport workers over intolerable working conditions and low wages. But the union is doing all it can to sabotage the strike. The pledge to intensify the genocide against the Palestinian population came as US television network CBS reported that the White House had approved a series of air strikes on targets in Iraq and Syria in what Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin described as a "multi-tier" attack. 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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