 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Following the announcement at last week's G7 meeting by the United States that it would send F-16 fighter aircraft to Ukraine the US and its Ukrainian proxy forces, have carried out a series of massively provocative actions aimed at further escalating the conflict. The courageous stand by the auto battery workers has struck a powerful chord among GM, Ford and Stellantis workers who see the nearly three-week strike as the opening shot in their contract battle. WSWS reporters spoke with workers at the Clarios factory in Hanover, Germany, who expressed their support for the courageous strike being carried out by their American colleagues in Toledo, Ohio. The candidacy of the Florida governor is another step in the shift of the Republican Party towards outright fascist authoritarianism. While the sentences are two of the longest handed down so far in the January 6 cases, both judgments were well under the prosecutors' request and recommended minimum sentencing guidelines. The Trudeau government's Special Rapporteur has endorsed the reactionary, pro-war narrative of a Chinese threat to Canadian "democracy." But because he rejected and qualified some of the claims made in illegal intelligence leaks and opposes a public inquiry, he is being pilloried. The Kurdish-nationalist HDP is backing Kılıçdaroğlu's right-wing campaign even after he pledged to attack the democratic rights of Kurds and refugees. The party receiving the most votes was the fascistic Republicans, led by José Antonio Kast, the son of a Nazi German officer and admirer of US president Donald Trump. Colombo continues to cover up the growing danger of a new wave of the deadly COVID-19, while maintaining its criminal "let it rip" policies which place profits before human lives. Writers spoke with the WSWS and discussed the wider context of the strike and the need to unite all workers in a common struggle against the increasingly difficult situation they face. The one-hour walk-out highlights the dire conditions facing news writers, and the need to unite their struggle with ongoing strikes in Hollywood and New York. It has finally been revealed that the six-year-old died of Waterhouse-Friderichsen Syndrome after being infected by Haemophilus influenzae beta in an outbreak at Marcus Garvey Academy in April. As chief financial officer, Vanessa Hudson presided over a $1 billion cost-cutting plan during the pandemic, which included the destruction of "at least 6,000" jobs. While increasing its lowest-cost mobile phone plans by 20 percent, Telstra is slashing hundreds of jobs and imposing real wage cuts. Lawyer Stephen Kenny warned: "If we don't have people telling us the truth like Chelsea Manning and Julian Assange, then we are going to be ignorant. Our democracy is at stake." Europe is seeing a wave of teachers' strikes over pay, funding and workload in Germany, Romania, Hungary, Northern Cyprus, and Finland. It was clear to many in the area that only minutes before their deaths, the boys were pursued by a police van while riding an e-bike. This sparked hours of riots. 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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