 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. On Thursday, the New York Times published a detailed account reporting the existence of official Israeli military documents authorizing the killing of 20 non-combatants for every "pre-emptive" attack on a single presumed Hamas supporter, with the ratio in some cases reaching 100 to one. Trump's incoming "border czar," Tom Homan, said the new administration would construct large interment camps, euphemistically dubbed "family facilities" to expedite the mass deportation of human beings out of the United States. In his most provocative language yet, Trump sent Christmas greetings to the "wonderful Chinese soldiers" he claims are "operating" the Panama Canal. The sabotage of our strike, coordinated between the government, the Crown corporation and the union apparatus, has materially weakened our struggle for a new collective agreement. However, if we draw the appropriate lessons from this experience, we can seize the initiative and return to the offensive. The charges in the report led to the arrest, on December 14, of Bolsonaro's running mate and former Army chief General Braga Netto. This attack of the government against the social conditions of the workers in order to increase the profits and wealth of the big companies and banks and to allocate more resources to military spending is an integral part of the "war abroad, class war at home" agenda of the ruling classes all over the world. Against massive protests, the Berlin state executive last week passed the supplementary budget for 2025 thereby approving cuts of three billion euros. This will result in massive social cuts and affect almost all areas. We are publishing the speech given by SEP National Committee member Tony Robson at the Seventh National Congress of the SEP (UK) on the work of the IWA-RFC in the UK. The 354,000 homeless would fill Wembley Stadium in London almost four times over. The number of homeless children alone in England is not far short of filling the national stadium twice. As the hearings closed for the largest ICJ case in history, the major capitalist powers displayed their indifference to the impact of climate change on impoverished countries. An investigation will be conducted under Section 301 of the US Trade Act and will target "foundational" Chinese-made computer chips that are widely used in the auto and other manufacturing industries as well as in healthcare, infrastructure, aerospace and even defence. The store closures are driven by cautious consumer spending due to inflation, higher interest rates and crushing levels of household debt. A spokesperson for Union Pacific identified the two workers who died as engineer Clay Burt, 63, and conductor Philip Araujo, 47. Having failed to get its proposed student enrolment caps through parliament last month, the Albanese government has issued a new immigration Ministerial Direction, despite warnings that it could be illegal. Amid the historic decline in the position of New Zealand capitalism, the ruling elite is intensifying its assault on the working class. Classical music ensembles and opera companies face immense difficulties, aside from a handful of prestigious, well-endowed institutions. New research identifies the distinguishing feature of human cultural behavior as its "open-endedness." The police frameup of SDOs is a warning to all Sri Lankan workers of how the Dissanayake government will treat them if they dare to fight for their legitimate social demands. 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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