 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Workers in the US, Canada and Mexico must emphatically oppose all attempts to corral them behind their respective ruling classes and governments in the developing trade war. Netanyahu arrived in Washington D.C. ahead of an extensive series of meetings with Trump this week to discuss the ethnic cleansing of Gaza and an expansion of the US-Israeli war throughout the Middle East. Outside ICE offices, on campuses and in the streets, thousands of people have protested in defense of immigrants in the last 72 hours. In Elgin, a town just northwest of Chicago, an undocumented worker who has been in the state for more than two decades was arrested by ICE after officers initiated a violent raid that pulled his family from their home in the early hours of the morning. A memorandum issued to federal government agencies has led to the scrubbing of websites with critical public health information for researchers and the population. Poor air traffic controller staffing continues after decades of inaction and outright malicious action by the FAA and NATCA. The decision in Germany's parliament to allow the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to secure a majority with its votes has triggered a political earthquake. Hundreds of thousands of people have since taken to the streets to protest against the return of fascism. German postal workers must take the organisation of strikes and industrial action into their own hands, to prevent another sellout by the Verdi union. Drawing the connection between military spending increases and attacks on the working class, the Times stated, "With each passing year more and more billions are squandered on benefits for the working-age 'sick' while Britain's defences crumble". M23 now controls nearly all of North Kivu and the province's vast mineral wealth—including tin (cassiterite), tantalum (coltan), tungsten (wolframite), and gold, which are critical for global electronics and industrial production. Teamsters officials made no real preparations for a strike, as reported by rank-and-file members across various locals. From the beginning, it was evident that the union leadership's primary goal was to avoid any disruption to Costco's operations rather than to fight for workers' demands. The UAW reported Saturday that the 400 workers at the Daimler Truck Detroit Axle plant had voted to ratify a new agreement while releasing scant details of the contract. Bridgestone America and Nissan announce plans for major layoffs, thousands slated to lose their jobs Bridgestone America announces the closure of LaVergne, Tennessee, Truck and Bus Radial Tire Plant. By July 31st, 700 employees will lose their jobs. Nissan announces a wave of "voluntary buyouts," aiming for a workforce reduction of at least 1,500. The last of the five members of the iconic American rock group, The Band, Garth Hudson's death is the end of an era. We urge educators and students at Macquarie and throughout the education sector to make statements opposing the victimisation of Abdel-Fattah, who has been falsely accused of antisemitism for opposing the Israeli genocide in Gaza. The company is seeking to impose woefully inadequate 3 percent per annum nominal wage rises and sweeping cuts to working conditions. Overshadowing the massive assault on public education is the fight against the Trump administration's deportation sweeps targeting immigrant workers and youth. Workers protested the decision to keep them on the job after one of their co-workers died on a Brisbane site. Samoa's top health official sharply warned that the appointment of Kennedy to head the US Department of Health and Human Services would be a "disaster for public health in the world." Bowman's execution was the third carried out in South Carolina since 2011, when the state unofficially halted executions as pharmaceutical companies stopped supplying lethal injection drugs, fearing public concern over suffering of those executed. Sri Lankan civil war; mass evacuation in Haicheng earthquake; McCarthy gives first anti-communist speech; Nepal abolishes slavery The concert as a whole demonstrated the astonishing range of George Gershwin's music—from the Broadway musical stage to the concert hall to the opera house (Porgy and Bess)—fusing blues and jazz rhythms with popular melodies and the late romantic classical tradition. It was music at once popular and uplifting, and profoundly democratic in its impulses and intentions. 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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