 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The NATO summit held this week in The Hague marks a turning point in history. Seventy-five years after its founding, the imperialist alliance has agreed to the largest military buildup since the Second World War. Politicians from both capitalist parties are terrified that Mamdani's dominant primary victory signals the emergence of a mass socialist movement in the heart of global finance capital. The Israeli government shut down crossings into northern Gaza on Thursday, claiming without evidence that militants were stealing aid, as 71 more people were killed across the Strip, many of them seeking food aid. Andor speaks to the brutality of modern capitalist society, reflecting the real-world descent into dictatorship, war and global crisis. Workers must not allow management and the union bureaucrats to sweep their deaths under the rug! The USPS (US Postal Service) Workers Rank-and-File Committee is preparing an investigation into the circumstances behind these terrible tragedies. The exact issues involved behind Weingarten's resignation is difficult to say with certainty, but what can be said is that there are no issues of political principle involved. Chinese premier Li Qiang touted major expansion in domestic market and said the country would "open its doors wider" to trade and industry. Workers in AFSCME District Council 33 are expected to strike while teachers in the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers approved a strike authorization amidst rising social tensions. The growing unrest among railroaders is taking place amid renewed speculation in financial circles over massive cross-country mergers between the Class I carriers. The Kenyan government is applauding the brutal repression of protesters, which left at least 16 dead and hundreds injured, and using the violence as a pretext for further repression. In November 2021, Presiding Judge Peters rejected the complaint filed by the Socialist Equality Party against the federal Interior Ministry and Verfassungsschutz (Secret Service), ruling that the party should also bear the full costs of the proceedings. We urge all workers, youth, students and concerned individuals to attend the meetings and join the struggle against imperialist war. Michigan House Bill 4580 proposes to cut funding for U-M by $234.4 million (65 per cent) and MSU by $56.6 million (18 per cent). Hundreds of teachers and education support staff joined the union protest, but the AEU is seeking to divert educators into toothless appeals to members of parliament and then negotiate a new deal with the government. "I'm a nurse and I have to sit next to my social work and occupational therapy comrades, and they're not getting a pay rise. We don't want to be separated. We don't want to be split and we stand united." The Labor government is seeking to impose a 3 percent per annum nominal pay rise for all non-nursing staff, which would effectively lock in another four years of real wage cuts. Workers marched in protest against a sellout the social-democratic UGT union bureaucracy attempted to impose on them to call off strikes. One-day national strike across sectors in Belgium over wages and cuts to welfare and pensions; walkouts by metalworkers across Italy and in Cadiz and Murcia regions, Spain, over collective agreements; public sector workers' stoppage in Umhlathuze Local Municipality, South Africa, continues over pay and conditions 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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