 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Biden's State of the Union remarks, consisting of a string of wild assertions, focused on one overriding priority: the escalation of war with Russia. The risks Macron, Scholz and all the other warmongers are taking are breathtaking. They are playing Russian roulette with the nuclear bomb. Britain's media has been filled with articles denouncing Scholz and Germany, both for confirming the presence of UK troops in Ukraine and for Scholz opposing sending Taurus missiles. On Tuesday, March 12, International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) at the University of Michigan (U-M) will host a lecture by David North on the political lessons of the death of Aaron Bushnell and the way forward in the struggle against the genocide in Gaza. The United States will deploy 1,000 troops off the coast of Gaza for the nominal purpose of building a floating pier for humanitarian aid, the Pentagon said Friday. The musicians have reacted to the strong connections between the festival and the US military and corporate arms makers. The attack on professor Joanna Kidman is aimed at instilling fear and obedience on the universities and more broadly, against anyone who opposes the militarisation of society. Chega's rise is due to the pro-war, anti-worker politics of the outgoing Socialist Party government and its pseudo-left allies, the Stalinist Communist Party and the Pabloite Left Bloc. Burkina Faso, a former French colony, was plunged into bloody internal fighting by French imperialism's 2013-2021 war in neighboring Mali. While cast as a response to the desperate plight of the Haitian people amid massive gang violence, the true aim of the planned Multinational Security Support intervention is to uphold US, Canadian and French imperialist interests and domination over the Caribbean. The elimination of the fuel subsidy is the beginning of a massive austerity program that would substantially reverse what little remains of the radical reforms associated with the Cuban Revolution. As a result of governmental negligence, millions of people across the United States are fighting for long-term disability benefits to which they have wrongfully been denied access. Family members and others denounced the report released on Thursday by former police detective and investigator Jesse Prado, which exonerates local law enforcement for their inaction during the Robb Elementary School mass shooting in May 2022. The bill establishes the option for cities to set up designated encampments, where the homeless population in that area could be concentrated for up to a year, supposedly to provide public services to them in an organized fashion. MASS MoCA is one of the largest centers for contemporary visual art and performing arts in the US. Xcel Energy acknowledges 'faulty equipment' likely ignited record-breaking Texas Panhandle wildfires The utility's acknowledgment of responsibility for setting off the largest inferno in Texas history once again raises significant questions about the condition and operation of the state's power grid. In recent years, Quebec's elite has promoted chauvinism in ever more virulent forms, portraying ethnic and religious minorities as an existential threat to the "Quebec nation" and scapegoating immigrants for the worsening social crisis. Working-class households in Australia are already paying a heavy price for the plunge into war globally, accompanied by rising military spending and cuts to jobs and public health, education, housing and other essential social services. India: 20,000 contract power utility workers strike in Maharashtra for pay rise; Sri Lankan public sector workers demand pay rise; Australia: NSW Ambulance emergency call centre workers impose bans Parcelforce owner drivers in Britain are often unable to earn the minimum wage after paying for van lease and fuel costs, fear taking sick leave because of loss of earnings and are forced to pay for agency staff covering their routes if they are absent. 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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