 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Striking autoworkers at the Clarios battery plant in Ohio have rejected a second UAW-backed contract by more than 75 percent. They require the support of the entire working class to carry forward the struggle. The attack is part of a dangerous new phase of the war and brings to the fore the true war aims by the imperialist powers: the break-up of the Russian Federation and the direct subjugation of the entire region. If Albanese will not even meet Assange's wife, a basic act of courtesy and respect, why would anyone think he is fighting for the WikiLeaks publisher's freedom behind closed doors? Although the United Auto Workers has not released official results, workers are receiving reports that the concessions-laden contract was defeated by 75-80 percent of the membership Monday morning. The family charges that the company stonewalled them and is seeking documents in connection to the accident. A postal worker from Newcastle writes, "The CWU have been given a bigger room at our workplace with a flat screen TV, fridge freezer and sofa. All mod cons, they are being bought!" At no point has any opposition been mounted by the reps to demand the removal of Ward, Furey and the postal executive over their co-authorship of the biggest attack on postal workers in history. The non-profit international research organization has been the target of right-wing conspiracy theories claiming that COVID-19 originated in a Chinese lab. Thousands continue to be infected each day while the government promotes the lie that the pandemic is over. The resurgence of COVID is above all due to the "Forever Covid" mass infection policy of governments at the provincial and federal levels, mirroring their counterparts internationally. The Trudeau Liberal government has spearheaded this policy. The May 20 meeting was called in the aftermath of the tragic death of the six-year-old Detroit student and the outbreak of a cluster of "flu-like illnesses" at his elementary school. The GEO leadership has sought to conceal the direct role of the Democratic Party in U-M's attack on the grad student instructors—the Democrats dominate the U-M Board of Regents and control the Michigan statehouse. Roughly 60 teachers showed up at the union's "mass membership" meeting, which pushed the sellout contract to shut down a seven-day strike. Hundreds of Atlanta residents showed up to voice their opposition to the Atlanta City Council public hearing as it prepares to grant over $30 million in public funds to building a new militarized police training facility. In the face of ongoing political and economic pressure from Washington, the government is attempting to maintain a delicate balance between the US and China. "It is a slash and burn austerity budget. It is anti-poor and anti-working class."—Melbourne food production worker. Arizona would become the only state banning the use of Spanish or Native American languages as the primary means of instruction in schools. Repeated failures and disruptions are resulting from decades of underinvestment in transport infrastructure by successive Labour and National Party governments. Teachers in Buenos Aires carried out a 48-hour strike last week to repudiate a sellout agreement by their union while workers at San Diego Metropolitan Transit System walked out for four days last week over contract issues. When the unions now announce strikes, they do so in order to maintain control over the workers in this highly tense situation. 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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