 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The CDC ends its policy of the five-day isolation and lumps guidance with those for other respiratory pathogens. The fact that German generals are planning major attacks on Russian targets exposes Chancellor Scholz's assertion that Germany is "not a war party" as a mere sham. As the US-backed Israeli ethnic cleansing campaign enters its fifth month, major demonstrations drawing tens of thousands of people took place in the United States over the weekend. Abbas and the Fatah-dominated Palestinian Authority are ready to do whatever the United States and the Arab regimes demand. A group of Stellantis supplemental workers held a spirited protest Saturday outside UAW Solidarity House in Detroit to oppose the union's collusion in mass terminations. In rallies in North Carolina and Virginia, Trump embraced the fascist "Great Replacement Theory" in all but name. The prime minister's comments had such a fascistic stink that almost every political party tried to distance themselves from the naked Islamophobia and authoritarian denunciation of peaceful democratic protest by Sunak. Not so the Labour Party, whose leader Sir Keir Starmer rushed to declare his support. The company claims there is not enough work, but the reality is the railroads have cut jobs to the bone. Under conditions in which major struggles by workers increasingly take the form of a rebellion against the union apparatus, which works tirelessly to suppress the class struggle, defenders of the union bureaucracy invariably come forward to insist that this time, everything will be different. The Modi government has declared war on the farmers by mobilizing tens of thousands of police and paramilitary forces; erecting multilayer barricades with massive concrete blocks and barbed wire; disrupting internet and mobile services; and attacking them with tear gas canisters from drones. Discussions between US and Sri Lankan officials focused on expanding defense and maritime cooperation between the two countries. The contract is a sellout that gives the company free reign to close breweries and keeps wages below what they were in the late '90s. The outcome of Saturday's Dunkley by-election underscores the ongoing disintegration of support for the two main parties of rule—Labor and the Coalition—and the political establishment as a whole. This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago. With its portrayal of the young anti-fascist Hilde Coppi, Andreas Dresen's new film recalls the varied forms of resistance to Hitler pursued by young people and working-class circles—so-called ordinary Germans. 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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