 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Milei's appearance as the star guest at Mar-a-Lago provides a glimpse of what the incoming Trump administration has in store for the working class in the United States. Workers across the country from St. John's, Newfoundland, to Vancouver, British Columbia, took enthusiastically to picket lines outside their depots and workplaces, seeking to beat back demands for major concessions by the federally controlled Crown corporation. "I've been with the post for almost nine years, eight of which are permanent full time, and I'm making just dollars above minimum wage," a striker said. "With the cost of living rising, due to inflation brought to us by the Trudeau government, 11.5 percent is not an option over four years. 22 percent is very reasonable." A standing UN committee investigating human rights violations by Israel said in a report issued Thursday that Israeli actions in Gaza "are consistent with the characteristics of genocide." The working class will rapidly come into conflict with the JVP/NPP government, which while posturing as anti-establishment, is a right-wing communalist party committed to imposing IMF austerity. A veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan invasions and Guantanamo torture camp, Hegseth rejects international law and will loyally purge the Pentagon of any elements unwilling to commit war crimes on behalf of the Trump administration. Last Tuesday, a federal jury in Alexandria, Virginia, awarded $42 million in damages against US military contractor CACI Premier Technology, Inc., for its role in the torture of three Iraqis in Abu Ghraib prison during the US imperialist occupation. In the wake of the election, the proponents of identity politics, stung by the blow to their political project, have attacked the population for supposedly being too racist to cast their votes for the Democratic Party. A teenager in British Columbia who is being treated in the critical care unit was confirmed to have been infected with the bird flu virus. The global character of the cuts requires an internationally unified response of the working class. Job cuts in the auto industry are escalating worldwide as employers seek to slash costs in the EV transition. Continental is set to close two plants next year and Schaeffler has announced mass sackings. The IG Metal union has agreed a new contract that imposes an "industrial peace" and so will not lift a finger to conduct a fight to defend jobs. NSWNMA officials have stepped up their divisive claims that nurses and midwives are being discriminated against because they work in a female dominated industry. "I have only worked two years and I feel like I am done. It's such an unsustainable job, the hours, the workload." The explosion occurred just east of downtown Louisville at 3:00 p.m., shattering windows of nearby homes and cutting power to the area. The ban is transparent censorship, aimed at suppressing discussion and political activity among a generation that is being radicalised by the reality of war, climate catastrophe and dictatorship. As the Albanese government and the union bureaucrats work hand-in-glove, workers in Australia have lost about 9 percent of their purchasing power over the past three years. Reporters with the World Socialist Web Site spoke with striking nurses in Chicago at the picket line on Wednesday. Read their statements. Microsoft has been one of the industry's prime movers in implementing job cuts. In January 2024 it slashed 1,900 people from its gaming workforce, and purged an additional 650 September 12. In mid October, a 40-year-old gay man was brutally held and beaten by the group of students, all of whom have been suspended from the college. South Korea: KMWU shuts down strike at Hyundai Transys; India: Madhya Pradesh health department workers fight for improved wages; Australia: Woolworths warehouse workers strike in New South Wales and Victoria; Canberra public hospital doctors walk out over salaries The closure of hundreds of Crown post offices is a direct outcome of the CWU's high-level collusion with privatisation. Physicians and allied health workers have stopped work at thousands of Family Health Centres across Turkey, protesting in city squares and in front of health directorates. It was left to Jean Charles's cousin, Katia da Silva, to question the firearm's officer's story in an interview with the Mirror and accuse him of "bragging about the brutality with which he took Jean's life." 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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