 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Biden's tourist stop in Detroit is an effort to bolster an increasingly discredited UAW apparatus, lend credibility to its "stay on the job" strike, and facilitate a sellout of the workers. As the Biden administration lifts all remaining restraints on its direct involvement in the Ukraine war, Washington's claim that the US is not at war with Russia is unraveling. The Trudeau Liberal government and Canada's political establishment as a whole are in damage-control mode after Ottawa's longstanding ties to the Nazis' Ukrainian fascist collaborators and their political descendants were brought too far into the limelight. The Unifor bureaucracy suppressed the terms of the proposed contract until just before the vote, prevented workers from meeting in-person to discuss its terms, and only under rank-and-file pressure revealed that just 54 percent of voters backed the agreement, and without saying how many workers voted. Although the German media have decided to stay silent about the conflict as much as possible, workers at Ford, Mercedes, Volkswagen or Stellantis/Opel are taking a lively interest in the struggle of their American colleagues. The indictment of Senator Robert Menendez, his wife Nadine and three New Jersey businessmen with connections to the Egyptian government on bribery charges has exposed the depths of corruption existing within the political establishment. Infighting between ultra-right factions of the Republican Party is the immediate trigger for the failure to pass a budget. Considering the enormous sums of money dependent on the public's continuing to attend concerts, a pressure exists, on individual musicians and on promoters, to avoid associating such events with COVID. Turkish officials and media have been forced to acknowledge that the pandemic is on the rise, but are working to suppress calls for necessary public health measures. On September 5 last year, a firearms officer shot the unarmed Kaba in the head. The murder charge has prompted fellow firearms officers and the Conservative government to rally round in his defence. The tour reflected a groundswell of support for Assange among ordinary people, but also underscored the bankruptcy of a fight for his freedom based on backroom diplomacy and politicking. Millions of people voted yes for the 1967 referendum, believing it to be a step towards ending the decades of political and social discrimination imposed on Aboriginal people. On October 4, 75,000 Kaiser healthcare workers are set to conduct a limited three-day strike, if Kaiser executives cannot reach agreement on the terms of new contracts. The wide-ranging discussion dealt with the terrible conditions at the post office as well as critical questions of strategy and perspective. On September 30, 1973, the Chilean military death squad nicknamed "The Caravan of Death" began a two-month-long campaign of political assassinations and terror against opponents of the new dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. 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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