 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The World Socialist Web Site unequivocally denounces Israel's illegal and unprovoked assault on Iran as a naked act of imperialist aggression. The unprecedented mobilization of Marines in Los Angeles and threats from a Florida law enforcement official to kill protesters took place on the eve of mass demonstrations across the country against the attempt by Donald Trump to establish a military dictatorship in the US. At least two high school students in New York City have been detained by ICE in the past several weeks, part of an intensification of attacks on immigrants across New York and all over the country. At a time when workers can only defend their right to workplace safety by building an international movement to take control over working conditions from transnational corporations and nationalist unions and governments, the expressions of solidarity and appeals from workers south of the US-Mexico border takes on crucial importance. Robert Gardner was killed while working in Nacogdoches, Texas, the same day that a Union Pacific train derailed in downtown Waxahachie. Bill Atkinson, the computer engineer at Apple who played a critical role in the development of the Macintosh operating system in 1984 and the ubiquity of the desktop metaphor of files and folders in personal computing, died on June 5 at the age of 74. The undemocratic, behind-closed-doors manner in which the strike was called off speaks volumes about the SAG-AFTRA bureaucracy and every other union leadership. The SPD manifesto is aimed at defusing the growing outrage over the party's militaristic course, which resulted in its worst-ever election result in February. A balance sheet must be drawn of the Corbyn/McDonnell experience and the necessary conclusion formed that neither can be trusted to fight for the working class. The Guardian report documented that a systematic campaign was pursued that involved trailing pro-Palestinian student protesters on and off campus, furtively recording their activities and conversations, eavesdropping in cafes and bars, and engaging in verbal harassment and intimidation. China sets six-month limit on the easing of export controls on vital rare earth minerals and magnets necessary for key sections of US industry. Whatever the official cause of the deadly Air India plane crash, both the Modi government and Boeing are more focused on safeguarding corporate interests than upholding passenger safety. The announcement puts the Australian Labor government under great pressure to make major concessions to the US as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese flies to Canada for the G-7 summit and a possible meeting with Trump. After a week in political limbo, voters in the state are now headed for an election on July 19, the fourth in just seven years, with polls indicating that another minority government is the most likely result. While public concern is rising over the worsening situation, the Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna/National People's Power (JVP/NPP) government is concealing the true extent of the spread of this and other highly infectious diseases. India: Over 10,000 power department workers strike indefinitely in Jammu and Kashmir; Tamil Nadu sanitary workers fight for unpaid salary increase; Australia: Virtus Health IVF nurses in Queensland demand pay rise; Epworth Medical Imaging nurses in Victoria strike for better wages. Speaking to the Disability News Service, Jodey's mother Joy backed calls for a public inquiry into the hundreds, and probably thousands, of deaths linked to the Department for Work and Pensions' actions and failings, and said she hoped to carry on campaigning for other disabled people. 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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