 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. In the aftermath of the failure of the Ukrainian counter-offensive, the United States and NATO are moving toward open intervention in combat against Russian forces. In a video statement posted Monday night, UAW President Shawn Fain said the union was setting a "new deadline" of Friday at noon for the auto companies to "work with us to make progress in negotiations" or the UAW would call more locals out on strike. The UAW held a rally in downtown Detroit on Friday that featured Democratic Party politicians and was aimed at suppressing the growing opposition of autoworkers to the behind-the-scenes collaboration of union President Shawn Fain with the auto companies and the Biden White House. Recent remarks by Biden calling for a "win-win" contract for the companies and autoworkers raise fundamental questions about the distribution of wealth in the United States. An average of 7,000 people continue to die each day above the pre-pandemic baseline, with the overwhelming majority either directly from COVID-19 or due to the myriad negative long-term health impacts caused by the virus. Dr. van Assendelft, a retired pulmonologist, was repeatedly rebuffed by medical authorities, governments and the media when he tried to alert the public to the central role of airborne transmission in the spread of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. IYSSE members spoke to students and passers-by about the "Russian War Crimes" exhibition, which was displayed in the foyer of the university's main building for two weeks. The future for young people is dominated by a series of crises, including: the escalation of the NATO-Russia war in Ukraine, another surge of COVID-19 infections, the deadly consequences of climate change, and the rise of the far-right across Europe and attacks on democratic rights. The TUC's war vote is also an indictment of the purported anti-war position of the British pseudo-left. For over two weeks, the world's richest fascist has repeated some of the oldest and most vile antisemitic conspiracy tropes in repeated attacks against Jewish people and the Anti-Defamation League on Twitter/X. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was acquitted on all charges in his impeachment trial by the Texas state senate in largely party-line votes. Amidst massive working class opposition to French Imperialism throughout the Sahel, Revolution Permanente presents the Gabon coup as a purely national conflict within the Gabonese bourgeoisie. The Greens have stepped in to help prop up the Labor government, under conditions in which it is in a deepening political crisis. Like the Voice plan, the 1999 republican referendum was a big business-backed project to strengthen the anti-democratic Constitution while presenting a false progressive image for Australian capitalism. One-half million government workers in Panama mobilized last week over poor pay and terrible conditions while 4,000 Loblaw grocery workers in Manitoba and British Columbia have authorized a strike. This was the 15th workplace death in Western Australia since July 2022, and one of at least 110 worker fatalities recorded across the country since the start of the year. The EU parliament, which is playing a leading role in coordinating European participation in the NATO war with Russia in Ukraine, has now joined in the campaign against Rubiales. On September 15, the city of Hopewell, Virginia issued a shelter-in-place warning after chemical manufacturer AdvanSix reported a leak of oleum at its massive 200-acre facility. Postal workers spoke to reporting teams from the World Socialist Web Site (WSWS) in response to the PWRFC statement "Reinstate all victimised reps and postal workers! End the CWU-Lord Falconer conspiracy at Royal Mail!" and the WSWS article "Postal workers in Scotland and London vote for action as CWU-Royal Mail partnership ushers in savage attacks". 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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