 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The day after the US carried out an illegal military attack on Venezuela and kidnapped its president, the Trump administration unleashed a torrent of threats against countries around the world. The only way to oppose imperialist wars of plunder is to mobilize the working class, independently of the union bureaucracies and pseudo-left parties in or allied to the Spanish government. Everything that is known so far about the cause of the fire confirms that the disaster was not a tragic accident, but consciously accepted manslaughter by the dozen. The exodus of artists from the Kennedy Center began in February 2025, when Trump named himself chairman of the board of trustees. Even though fascist Nick Shirley's reporting targeting alleged fraud by Somali-run child care centers is complete bunk, the Trump administration is using the video to cut federal funding for child, health and food programs. Eighty-five years after Helsinki welcomed Nazi troops to the country, the Finnish ruling class is once again attempting to mobilize the population as cannon fodder in an imperialist war of plunder to the East. The conviction of a 19-year-old former pupil in Freiburg for satirical criticism of the Bundeswehr exposes the growing repression directed at young people opposing militarism, conscription and the militarisation of education. The closure of bank accounts of left-wing organisations is part of an authoritarian shift that is taking place not only in the US, but in Germany and throughout Europe. Any critical voice against armament, war, social cuts and layoffs is to be intimidated and silenced. Large protests against mounting economic distress have occurred in many parts of Iran over the past week, and have continued in the face of increasing state repression. The demands from powerful sections of the ruling class are not aimed at exposing the role of the state in the Bondi terrorist atrocity, but at attacking mass opposition to the Gaza genocide. The scientist quit the CDC in protest after Trump-appointed Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. removed every member of the Advisory Community on Immunization Practices. Drawing a balance sheet of post-colonial rule is indispensable. Clarifying which leaderships and programmes failed, why they failed, and whose class interests they ultimately served is the starting point for meeting the challenges of the new period of revolutionary struggle. It is Abd El-Fattah's pro-democracy campaigning which angers his persecutors, especially his defence of the rights of the Palestinians against the fascistic Israeli state and its genocide. The analysis of dental remains from Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia has important implications regarding the balance and connection between biology and culture in human evolution. Some regions across northern Queensland have received a year's worth of rain in just a few days. The nurses' determined stand is the first major act in what will promise to be a major year of the class struggle in the US, as workers fight against mass layoffs and other accelerating attacks. But the New York State Nurses Association union bureaucrats are preparing a repeat of their 2023 betrayal. Amid a surge in people sleeping rough, the government will strengthen police powers to "move on" homeless people from city streets. Congress certifies Bush theft of 2000 election; Seymour Hersh exposes CIA funding of Italian parties; South Korean forces massacre hundreds in Ganghwa; Appeal heard for Sacco and Vanzetti. South Korea: Seoul city bus union announces January strike; India: Thousands of gig workers strike on New Year's eve; Australia: Crown Melbourne casino workers strike over pay cut; New Zealand Woolworths workers walkout. 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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