 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The destruction of strategic bombers deep inside Russia by the Ukrainian secret service SBU shows that NATO will stop at nothing to escalate the war with Russia, even if it means provoking a nuclear catastrophe. Senator Joni Ernst counseled those who objected to the prospect of death due to Medcaid cuts to seek "eternal and everlasting life" and "embrace Jesus Christ." In an interview with the New York Times following the incident, Nadler accused the Trump adminstration of "behaving like fascists." Monday's massacre followed the killing of more than 31 people and wounding over 170 in a similar massacre Sunday at an aid distribution center in the same location. Monday marked eight weeks since the death of the 63-year-old machine repairman at the Dundee Engine Complex in Michigan. Megha Vemuri was banned from attending her graduation ceremony for statements supporting Palestinian rights and denouncing the US-backed Israeli genocide in Gaza. Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer declared his Labour government would create "a battle-ready, armour-clad nation," in which "every part of society, every citizen of this country has a role to play." The Albanese government is totally committed to the US war path, which means a wholesale assault on social spending. The Agreement is watered down with qualifiers, lacks enforcement mechanisms and specifies no penalties for failures to meet obligations. Michelin employees began campaigning over their jobs, wages and working conditions on May 23, after learning that the factory would be sold to the Indian-owned CEAT corporation. "We presented our demands to the Inter Company Employees Union but they vehemently rejected them, and want to force us to accept their program of selling us for a pittance of 200,000 rupees." Charter schools have become a key mechanism for corporate interests to plunder the resources of public schools. The Federation of Maritime and Fluvial Unions struck May 27 over deregulation, while members of the New England Health Care Employees Union are continuing a two-week walkout. Scott Bessent's remarks were delivered to try and reassure markets which have been roiled by rising US debt and the violent swings in Trump's tariff war. The union responded to Canada Post's provocative call for the government to force a vote on its "final" contract offer, by proposing to surrender workers' rights to strike and to determine, through collective bargaining, their terms of employment. The veteran British band (1976) has lots of fight left, but hope is another matter. Birmingham City Council's using a High Court injunction to criminalise effective picketing by bin workers marks a renewed crackdown against the 11-week strike by 350 refuse drivers and loaders opposing job losses and £8,000 pay cuts. 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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