 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The detention and threatened deportation of the Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University is a threat to the democratic rights of all workers and young people. The Israeli government announced Sunday that it will completely shut off electricity to Gaza, following the blockade of all food and humanitarian supplies earlier this month. Mark Carney, who has never been elected to public office, is a tried and tested representative of the financial oligarchy. Sanders uses "left" rhetoric and demagogy to channel growing popular anger against Trump's fascist policies back behind the Democratic Party. Through the control of DOGE, Musk and Trump are declaring war on virtually every federal department which even slightly limits the profit-making of the corporate oligarchy. With a ratification vote scheduled for Wednesday, new information has emerged refuting UAW claims that it won the "best contract in 25 years." An urgent on-campus meeting and rally of all staff and students must be organised to fight moves to sack academic Randa Abdel-Fattah. MERA25 parliamentary candidate Melanie Schweizer was dismissed from her job and stripped of her civil servant status as a result of a political smear campaign. Turkish government and corporations respond to NATO crisis with calls to deepen alliance with Europe Erdoğan stated on Monday: "As an integral part of Europe, we consider our European Union membership process as our strategic priority… European security is unthinkable without Turkey" Sumar, the PSOE's junior coalition partner, known for offering mild criticisms of government decisions, on this occasion eagerly backed Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez. The strike and the state's response have exacerbated the already brutal conditions in the state prison system. Some 165 were being held in jail without being convicted of the alleged crime for which they were arrested—meaning they were still legally innocent. The phoney graffiti incidents in Sydney ran parallel with an aggressive campaign by the Israeli government for Australia to adopt "hate speech" laws directed against opponents of the Gaza genocide. The High Commissioner's sacking sends a clear message that the New Zealand government will not tolerate open criticism of Trump's Ukraine policy. The meagre wage rises announced in the budget, which do not compensate for soaring inflation, are in line with the IMF's demands for the slashing of state expenditure. Nestlé Purina workers in South Whitehall Township, Pa, voted to strike against poor wages and toxic work conditions. As UPS continues mass layoffs, Teamsters bureaucrats promote Trump's newly confirmed right-wing Labor Secretary, former Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRememer. Teachers strike across Mexico, while Guadalajara water workers hold strikes and protests. Last month, the Trump administration nominated mining industry association executive Wayne Palmer to head MSHA. Films about the end of the welfare state, government surveillance and a new form of global wage slavery. Despite the union's portrayal of the agreement as a victory, it is the latest rank betrayal by the Teamsters bureaucracy, which is cozying up to the Trump administration. Anger in public sector workplaces is growing, especially because the SPD and Christian Democrats have agreed to spend billions on armaments. But the Verdi union is clinging even more firmly to its pro-capitalist strategy and collaboration with the SPD. A worker at Cumbernauld delivery office told WSWS, "We were not consulted about this pilot, only the vote on duty patterns. The majority voted for 2 in 5 Saturdays off, which is an improvement, but it does not make up for longer hours in the week and added work." 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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