 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Underlying these interlinked crises of the capitalist system is an oligarchy that subordinates all of society to profit and the accumulation of personal wealth. The fight against the oligarchy is by its very nature a revolutionary task. Donald Trump and fascist transition team are using the violent events in New Orleans and Las Vegas during the New Year holiday to build up the forces of repression against immigrants and political opposition to his fascist agenda by the working class. For over 10 years, Mapping Police Violence, a non-profit research group, has documented a steady increase in police killings in the United States, including over 1,250 in 2024. The events of James Mangold's latest film occur in the period between Dylan's arrival on the New York City folk scene in 1961 and his controversial "going electric" in 1965. For all the liberal complaints directed towards the draconian record of "the last government", the fact is that the Tory and Labour parties have passed the baton of anti-democratic legislation seamlessly for decades. As Maduro plans to begin his third term on January 10, the US government and its regional partners are escalating reckless plans to oust him. In 2024 New Zealand's financial and political elite vastly increased their wealth while the level of need for many people over Christmas was the worst it has ever been. Recent weeks have produced revelations of financially crippling penalties wrongly inflicted on unemployed workers through the Australian government's Targeted Compliance Framework. A 61-year-old woman, Bajarma Batozhapov, who had traveled to the Camilla plant in search of work, died while sleeping in a truck. The Deer River strike is part of a larger wave of class struggle within the United States and globally, as workers increasingly rebel against decades of stagnant wages, austerity, and the erosion of their living conditions. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek attempted to greenwash Labor's environmental record by falsely claiming not to have permitted any new coal mines in 2024. Hundreds of public sector workers and fast food delivery drivers in Athens, Greece stage 24-hour stoppage and demonstrate over pay and conditions; protests by telecommunications and teaching retirees in Iran and oil and petrochemical workers at two companies walk out as pensions and wages fall behind inflation; phosphate workers in two-day stoppage in Tunisia to demand pay in line with inflation 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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