 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The strike by 11,000 US television and film writers is part of a general upsurge in the class struggle, a challenge to the stranglehold of the conglomerates over film and television production and a confrontation with the Democratic Party establishment that dominates Hollywood. Within hours of Fed chair Jerome Powell having declared that the takeover of First Republican Bank had drawn a line under the "stress" that began in March, the stocks of other regional banks came under heavy selling pressure. Following Wednesday's drone attack on the official residence of Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, the US media sprang into action to promote the claim that Russia staged the attacks. This article, which paints a chilling picture of state-led repression of any form of opposition to the Ukrainian government and the war against Russia, was submitted to the WSWS by Maxim Goldarb, the head of the banned Union of Left Forces (For a New Socialism) party. The charges of planning violence to disrupt the peaceful transfer of power applies even more strongly to ex-president Trump, but there is no hint of that in statements from the Department of Justice. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has signed three execution warrants so far this year, ending a more than three-year hiatus on state-sanctioned killings in the state. We spoke recently to South African-born John Comaroff, the Hugh K. Foster Professor of African and African-American Studies and of Anthropology, and Oppenheimer Research Fellow in African Studies, Harvard University. This is the second of two parts. Speaking from the picket lines, writers and their supporters spoke eloquently on the need for not only a fair contract, but to fundamentally reorganize society. Teachers are fighting against extreme understaffing, dilapidated facilities and grossly inadequate pay. The political impulse at work is to rescue the Guardian's progressive reputation while acknowledging the stain of slavery. The four-day conference held in Atlanta, Georgia, last week by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention became a superspreader event. An unknown infection or group of infections is spreading through classrooms in at least two Detroit schools and one day care facility resulting in one child dead, two in the hospital and dozens sick. Testifying before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten defended her record of forcing millions of teachers and students back into unsafe classrooms during the pandemic. New filings by the Securities and Exchange Commission reveal the massive payouts to the top executives at GM, Ford and Stellantis. Drastic falls in the numbers of doctors and health workers have led to huge workloads for the remaining workforce, who are already severely burdened with higher taxes, inflation and cuts in allowances and overtime. The racialist historical revisionism of the Times and the racialist ideology of the Ukrainian neo-Nazis share a common premise: the mythological reimagining of history as a struggle of "the nation" and "the race." While there is an element of natural disaster in the incidents, they are greatly exacerbated by the subordination of key river systems to major agribusinesses. A North Carolina Senate committee recently approved a bill that will require districts to provide for a three-year option to graduate high school and funnels over a billion dollars into private schools. The migrants are scapegoats in a show of military force that is driven by the irresolvable political and economic crises gripping both governments. The Labour Party-led government will extend the deployment of New Zealand troops to train Ukrainian soldiers in Britain, while strengthening ties with the US and Australia to prepare for war with China. Quebec Premier François Legault and his ministers have made a flurry of reactionary policy decisions and announcements targeting broad sections of the working class. In Greece workers including bus, rail and ferry workers walk out to commemorate May Day, raising demands over pay and conditions; continuing protests and strikes in Iran including by petrochemical workers and pensioners against poverty pay and cost of living crisis; Nigerian communication workers in three-day warning strike against Huawei over unpaid wages for March An April 20 tweet by Dr. Kait Clark, a cognitive neuroscientist and senior lecturer, confirmed that fully 22 institutions said they would dock 100 percent of staff pay. Another 24 universities threated to slash between 20 and 80 percent of pay. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. This speech was delivered at the International May Day Online Rally 2023. 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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