 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The unprecedented assembly of hundreds of general and admirals to a conference next week is linked to Trump's plans for dictatorship at home and war abroad. Tens of thousands of workers could be not just furloughed, but permanently laid off, if a spending agreement is not reached by September 30. The Stalinist counter-revolution during the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) crushed one of the twentieth century's greatest revolutionary uprisings, when millions of workers and peasants fought to overthrow capitalism and fascism. Their silence is an indication that both US Steel and the United Steelworkers are working to cover up the explosion, and the record of the company of putting profits before the safety of the workers. The ruling sets an October 31 deadline for the government to provide its explanation for rejecting Lehman's claims about the anti-democratic character of the UAW elections, more than a year after it was first instructed to do so. More than 100 US workers are killed on the job each week under conditions where the Trump administration is seeking to dismantle workplace safety protections. Workers at the facility were forced to continue laboring as their dead worker remained in an open trailer for hours. The Israeli military continues to fire on European citizens and parliamentarians in the Mediterranean, including within the sovereign waters of European countries, with impunity. On Sunday, September 21, Shadi Charara, a car dealer, was driving his family home after a lunch at his father-in-law's house in the southern Lebanese town of Bint Jbeil when their vehicle was destroyed by an Israeli drone strike. To Vorenberg, the answer to the question of when the war ended, as a political matter, appears to lie in the passage of the Reconstruction Act in March 1867, which specified that states would remain under military rule unless and until they ratified the 14th Amendment, provided freed Black males the right to vote, and barred insurrectionists from obtaining public office. Streeting's "reform" rhetoric is code for the worst attack on the NHS and its workforce since it was founded 77 years ago as the jewel in the crown of the post-war welfare state. The announced Argentine peso swap and other giveaways by the US Treasury constitute a brazen act of election meddling to prop up a regime whose popular support is collapsing ahead of October's legislative elections. While it promises anti-corruption measures, there are serious doubts about President Dina Boluarte and the right-wing parties that support her in Congress fulfilling the agreement. Through imposing billions in cuts through a so-called "social contract," IG Metall and its works council have made the steel industry ripe for takeover. Now they are supporting the billionaire takeover bid Jindal International Steel because it promises to safeguard their well-paid posts and privileges. By trying to suppress all forms of resistance in the working class, they hope to carve out spaces for themselves under a new regime. A recent report comparing rental prices over the past ten years shows that housing costs are not only outpacing wages, but increasing at a ever faster rate. After a resident spoke powerfully about the devastating consequences of the planned demolition, teachers passed a resolution opposing the state Labor government's attack on public housing. Bus drivers strike in Oviedo city in Spain for better conditions at work; Iranian aluminium workers call off hunger strike as national protests over pay and conditions continue; workers at Egypt's aluminium company in Qena walk out 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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