Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Israel's genocide of the Palestinians, backed by the European and North American imperialist powers, is a crime against humanity comparable with the Nazis' "final solution" of European Jewry–the Holocaust. According to Tae Heung "Will" Kim's lawyers, the 40-year-old legal US resident was held incommunicado for over a week by Customs and Border Protection agents at San Francisco International airport before being transferred to an immigrant detention facility. Shamenia Stewart-Adams delivered powerful remarks to the public hearing on the death of her husband at the Dundee Engine Complex. Striking Butler Hospital workers, now in the longest hospital strike in Rhode Island history, have voted by a resounding 98 percent to reject the hospital's "last, best and final offer," taking a stand against the ruthless dictates of profit-driven healthcare. At least five different fund-raising operations have been launched to try to reverse the results of the Democratic primary in June. Smalls was released by the Israeli government on Thursday after a five day hunger strike against his mistreatment. The antagonistic interests of the imperialist powers and the regional powers of Israel, Turkey and the Gulf states that have backed Sharaa in their bid to control Syria has the potential to ignite further waves of bloody sectarian violence and precipitate the fragmentation of the country that itself could ignite a region-wide conflagration. The Detroit Opera, like arts organizations across Michigan and nationally, is being staggered by the elimination of federal support for the arts and cultural organizations. On Wednesday, the German government adopted the draft budget for 2026 and the financial plan through to 2029. The figures–and the accompanying campaign in politics and the media–make clear that the greatest social attacks in twenty years. The new law means virtually unlimited possibilities for restricting what remains of internet freedom in Russia. The contract worker was crushed to death while setting up a machine, which suddenly activated. The "city" of Vernon shows, in an extreme form, the domination of every aspect of society by the capitalist ruling elite. The city's 1,800 businesses employ 50 to 55,000 workers, but Vernon has only 222 residents. The criminal case against the 26 workers, who have strenuously denied the charges, will begin on September 10. If convicted, the workers could be sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment. In line with Columbia and other universities, UCLA has capitulated to Trump's fascistic demands to crush anti-genocide protests. The Labor government's cuts and pro-corporate and war economy restructuring are having a serious effect on students. Ishiba's removal will not resolve the crisis facing the Japanese ruling establishment as it faces demands from the Trump regime in Washington and developing anger in the working class over declining living conditions. The German government is increasingly adopting the policies of the AfD on migration issues. While the German government is pouring hundreds of billions of euros into rearmament and war, the jobs massacre is escalating in the auto, supplier, chemical, steel and other key industries. Menzies Aviation workers stage walkouts at airports in Portugal over pay and conditions; ongoing cost-of-living protests continue in Iran over power cuts, water shortages, exorbitant bazaar rents, corrupt management and poor pensions; doctors in Lagos, Nigeria hold three-day strike over pay deductions as nurses begin national pay and conditions strike 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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