 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The assassination of Charlie Kirk is being seized on by the Trump administration to implement a coordinated assault on democratic rights and on mounting opposition to its preparations for a police state dictatorship. Over 200,000 Palestinians in Gaza, or over 10 percent of the population, have been killed or injured during the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, the former chief of Israel's military said last week. Fascist ideologues like Robinson and more "respectable" figures like Farage are only able to exploit social distress and the widespread hatred felt towards the Starmer government because widespread left-wing sentiment in the working class has been systematically suppressed--by those claiming to be on the "left" led by Jeremy Corbyn. The following report was delivered by Jordan Shilton to the 2025 Summer School of the Socialist Equality Party (US) on the history of the Security and the Fourth International investigation. While "crime" is the pretext for troop deployments, the real goal is the buildup of a military-police dictatorship in America. Trump told Fox News that Union Pacific CEO Jim Vena asked him to send troops to Memphis, St. Louis and Chicago, three cities critical for the rail industry. Fain shamelessly touted his support for the fascist in the White House as the administration ramped up its drive toward dictatorship and issued violent threats against opponents on the left. The claim by the Social Democratic Party (SPD), the Left Party, the trade unions and the media that an alliance of all so-called "democrats" would stop the rise of the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) is being refuted every day. The very fact that various political figures are now assassinated with such regularity speaks of a crisis in the entire governance and security system. Simply put, the ruling class cannot rule in the old way. The event was not national, there was no action and the unions were largely absent. A strike by Kaiser nurses would be a major step in creating the conditions for a movement of the working class against fascism and corporate oligarchy. But for this to take place, Kaiser workers must also prepare a fight against the union bureaucracy. The interim government will be a right-wing capitalist administration, relying on the military's support, focused on restoring a semblance of political stability in the wake of mass protests. Neil Young: "No more money to the fascists The billionaire fascists Time to blackout the system" Telecom strike in India; Patricia Hearst arrested; McCarran Act authorizes mass detention of leftists; Trotsky's "Where Is Britain Going?" published in US. The far-right ACT and NZ First parties are seeking to legitimise Kirk's anti-immigrant and racist views in order to divide and suppress the working class. Through the public vilification of a young scientist, the Trump administration has sent an intimidating message to the academic community, created a precedent for the further persecution of Chinese scholars, and whipped up anti-Chinese sentiment to advance its agenda of economic confrontation and war. Last week's unexplained ruling that vacated a lower court injunction against ICE seizures of people based on ethnicity, language or accents, employment or whereabouts is emblematic of the Supreme Court majority's use of the "shadow docket" to dismantle the Constitution and pave the way for dictatorship. 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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