WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. WSWS webinar on the American Revolution: The historical significance and contemporary relevance of 1776 The World Socialist Web Site's webinar marking the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution brought together leading historians to defend its revolutionary heritage at a moment of mounting authoritarianism. Read more U.S. Supreme Court strips refugees of protected status, blocks immigrants from applying for asylum The rulings will have immediate—and, in some cases, deadly—consequences for hundreds of thousands of immigrants seeking refuge in the United States from political oppression, violence and starvation in their countries of origin. Read more Crushing Prairieland sentences mark new stage in US ruling class’ war on political opposition The first "antifa terrorism" prosecution under Trump's domestic counterterrorism framework establishes a precedent for sentencing political opponents to decades in prison on the basis of association and ideology. Read more Europe burns in record 40℃ heatwave as climate funding targets missed by trillions Burning fossil fuels to fill the pockets of the rich increasingly means burning human beings to death for profit—another way the capitalist system spitting out wars, pandemics and deaths of despair is toxic to human life. Read more The June 24 national transport strike in the Netherlands: the political questions The Netherlands is one front in a strike wave now sweeping the continent, everywhere driven by the same socio-economic and political conditions: austerity at home to finance war abroad. Read more US violates ceasefire, launches strikes against Iranian sites in the Strait of Hormuz One week after President Trump signed a memorandum of understanding with Iran, US military representatives confirmed on Friday that multiple strikes were launched against missile and drone storage and coastal radar sites near a southern port in the Strait of Hormuz. Read more Hyundai autoworkers in South Korea vote to strike While workers voted overwhelmingly to stop work, the Korean Metal Workers’ Union (KMWU) is doing everything possible to prevent a strike. Read more Enough is enough: Defend every job at Germany’s Volkswagen IG Metall and the works councils are not opponents of Volkswagen’s restructuring plans, but accomplices. Workers must take the defence of jobs into their own hands through independent rank-and-file committees. Read more IYSSE meeting: World War, Imperialism and the Illusion of a Multipolar World The International Youth and Students for Social Equality in Sri Lanka is holding an online public meeting on Wednesday, July 8, at 7:00 p.m. to discuss the Trotskyist strategy to mobilise the working class against imperialist war. Read more US sends troops under cover of Venezuelan earthquake, as death toll surges Forty-eight hours after the most powerful earthquakes to strike Venezuela in 125 years, the United States has seized upon the humanitarian catastrophe to accelerate its military control over the country. Read more COB betrayal paves way for “state of exception” in Bolivia: strategic lessons of the workers’ uprising The Morenoites offer as the solution to the crisis confronting the Bolivian working class in 2026 a reedition of a betrayal that led to the most tragic defeat in its history. Read more The Great American State Fair and the war on arts and culture in the US The "Fair"'s miserable, unpopular character says more about the state of American capitalism than either Trump, the Democrats or the media would care to admit. Read more The California billionaire tax: A faction fight within the ruling class Beneath the billionaire tax campaign lies the effort of Democrats and unions to preserve capitalist rule and inequality. Read more The “Ulm 5”: How Germany is criminalising opposition to the Gaza genocide Throughout the proceedings, the defendants are being stripped of fundamental rights and subjected to the most adverse prison conditions in order to intimidate anyone who protests against the genocide in Gaza. Read more Operating theatre assistants in Leeds take two-week strike over pay The hospitals impacted are Leeds General Infirmary, St James’s University Hospital and Chapel Allerton Hospital. Read more Initial report on Bedford train collision confirms need for an independent rank-and-file inquiry The Rail Accident Investigation Branch is a state agency, funded through the Department for Transport and staffed largely by personnel drawn from the rail industry, regulatory bodies and government institutions. Its remit states that it "does not apportion blame, establish liability, enforce the law or pursue prosecutions." Read more Australia’s ASIO surveillance chief declares “unprecedented” security threats With the Albanese Labor government’s blessing, the ASIO boss has increasingly become a prominent political figure. Read more Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific India: Community Health Officers strike in Punjab over long-outstanding demands; Cambodia: AJ Textile garment workers walk out over sacking and conditions; Australia: Glencore coalminers in New South Wales vote to strike. 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