 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. In a series of recent interviews, Donald Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan is bringing the incoming administration's nightmarish mass deportation plans into focus. Despite the muted response among the Democratic Party and its allies in the corporate media, Homan's statements make clear that the administration is planning a social crime of historic proportions. Israeli fighter jets launched a series of missile strikes on Yemen Thursday, including several that hit Sanaa International Airport near where World Health Organization Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus was preparing to board a flight. Promotion of the death penalty is a critical component of Trump's bid to establish a presidential dictatorship. It is part of the anti-immigrant agitation that is central to his America-first, ultra-nationalistic ideological offensive and fascist incitement. After the jihadist Hayat Tahrir al-Sham took power in Syria, several attacks on the country's Alawite and Christian minorities sparked mass protests. The RCI continues the decades-long efforts of the tendency initially led by Ted Grant to oppose the Fourth International and to orient workers and youth to the Stalinist, trade union and social democratic bureaucracies—under the cover of a torrent of radical-sounding rhetoric. Thousands of Amazon drivers ended their week-long strike on Thursday while an estimated 5,000 Starbucks workers ended a five-day strike on Christmas Day. Ukraine is now waging drone warfare across Russia, and there is growing speculation that Russian air defenses may have mistaken the jetliner as a drone and hit it. We are publishing the response of postal workers to the WSWS article "The CWU's 'framework agreement' backs Kretinsky's Royal Mail takeover", which subjected to close scrutiny the 12-page document drawn up after months of private talks between CWU leader Dave Ward and EP Group executives. The policies of federal and state governments of all political colours have led to a massive increase in rents in recent years, which are becoming almost impossible to afford for ever larger sections of the population. At the same time, property companies are making fantastic profits. Scammell, an accomplished conductor and music director, denounces the media outlets instrumental in promoting sexual misconduct accusations against her partner, effectively destroying his television and theatrical career and ruining his mental health. Just 7.9 percent of private-sector employees are union members, down from 8.3 percent in 2022. The overall uptick is entirely attributable to the relative growth of the public sector, but even there, the rate of union membership fell to 32.2 percent. South Korea: Industrial Bank of Korea workers strike; India: Puri Municipality sanitation workers oppose job outsourcing; Qantas engineers walk out again for higher pay; BlueScope steel workers strike in Victoria for wage rise. 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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