 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The fawning over Trump by Time is part of a general "normalization" of the fascistic president in the media. The US House of Representatives approved the largest annual military spending bill in US history on Wednesday, allocating another $895 billion to wage war all over the world and expand the US nuclear arsenal. German response to Assad's downfall: glorifying HTS Islamists, militarism and anti-refugee agitation Politicians and media outlets of all stripes are celebrating the takeover of Damascus by Islamist militias, demanding a stronger role for German imperialism in Syria and throughout the region, and calling for the rapid return of refugees to the war-torn country now terrorized by Islamists close to Al-Qaeda. The Democratic Whitmer administration has handed out over $2 billion in incentives to automakers and other business since 2021, however, few if any jobs have resulted. Organizers for the United Auto Workers (UAW) union in the Northeast US have entered their second week on strike against "UAW management" in New York City, demanding better job security and benefits. To dramatize an individual's political awakening, or perhaps more accurately, in this case, his decision to act despite serious risks, to accept that sacrifices are part of a life of struggle, is a complicated matter. By letting US defense contractors send weapons to Israel through Spanish ports, the PSOE-Sumar government is making itself complicit in Israel's genocide in Gaza. Current and recently retired UPS workers in California recently spoke to WSWS reporters on the ongoing layoffs and the refusal of the union to fight for workers. Contrary to the way it is being presented by IG Metall and the works council officials, state intervention would serve to re-militarise Germany and not save steelworkers' jobs. After announcing bans on the export of critical minerals, Beijing has launched an antitrust investigation into America's second most valuable company, the chip maker Nvidia. After perpetrating a massacre of unarmed anti-government protestors on November 26, Pakistan's Muslim League-led minority government and the country's US-backed military are continuing their brutal crackdown against supporters of former Prime Minister Imran Khan's PTI. The injunction, coming just two days after the Fair Work Commission made an unprecedented ruling to ban pickets by 1,500 striking Woolworths workers, highlights the complete intolerance of the ruling class for any form of opposition by workers to the deepening assault on their standard of living. The repressive laws are not aimed primarily at gang members or youth offenders but pave the way to suppress the emerging class struggles. This controversy has graphically demonstrated how Québec Solidaire provides "left" cover for the turn of the entire Quebec political establishment—and particularly the governing CAQ and pro-independence Parti Québécois—towards the national chauvinism of the far right. The deal is almost identical to one workers rejected in October, with union president Tony Cardwell arrogantly claiming in a Zoom call there was "zero chance" of better wage increases. The police attack on protesting SDOs is yet another indication that the JVP/NPP regime will ruthlessly suppress all those coming into conflict with its savage International Monetary Fund (IMF)-dictated austerity program. Peruvian media coverage of the CADE 2024 conference touted as a model President Javier Milei's fascistic economic program in Argentina, which has left half of the population in poverty. Workers in France in national stoppage against Social Security Budget as government falls; South Pars Complex casual oil workers in Iran join protests by students and retirees against collapsing living standards; strikes by Nigerian health workers in Lagos as staff walk out at three universities over pay and conditions In an interview with the Mail on Sunday, Starmer pledged to "get to grips with the bulging benefits bill blighting our society" and to "crack down hard on anyone who tries to game the system". 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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