 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The principal mouthpieces of US imperialism, the New York Times and the Washington Post, have initiated a campaign to deny the all but obvious involvement of the US and Ukraine in this attack. The Biden administration's meaningless expressions of concern are simply window-dressing for behind-the-scenes talks that will focus on how, not if, the Israeli war in Gaza is going to reach a bloody climax in Rafah. According to reports, Israel's Supreme Court has temporarily suspended the transfer, but the government plan is another expression of the Zionist regime's brutal oppression of the Palestinians. Over 70 percent of the funding allocated in the spending package is earmarked for military expenditures around the globe. In response to the hemorrhaging of support for Joe Biden due to his blatant role in facilitating Israel's genocide of the Palestinians, the Democrats are seeking to suppress all political parties outside the framework of the corporate-controlled two-party system. The IG Metall union, which has already given its blessing to the mass sackings, organised the protest in order to blunt the growing opposition on the factory floor. The state government in Berlin intends to strengthen the Higher Education Act in order to reintroduce "the possibility of exmatriculation of students," i.e., expelling them from the university. The recent Berlinale presented a series of German films from the postwar period as part of its annual Retrospective with the title: "An Alternate Cinema—From the Archives of the German Cinematheque." School districts across the US face an unprecedented fiscal cliff for the approaching 2024-2025 school year. Anger erupted at a local school board meeting last week when teachers, school bus drivers and other educational staff challenged the board's plans to slash jobs and impose deep budget cuts. The decision followed a provocative, unannounced meeting by US officials to the Nigerien capital, Niamey, to demand that they cut off ties with Russia and Iran. Spanish officials took their distances with Macron's call to send European ground troops to Ukraine, but only to state that NATO powers should use less provocative language to promote the war policy. The Labor governments in NSW and Victoria are going on a rampage in a bid to stamp out mass opposition to the Gaza genocide and the federal government's complicity in the Israeli onslaught. In a staggering rebuff, the Tasmanian Liberal government lost a quarter of its primary votes, yet Labor remained on a near record low of about 29 percent, leaving both far short of forming a majority government. Julia, a single mother of two and recently laid-off worker, spoke to the WSWS about her time working at UPS, the layoffs, the Teamsters union, as well as the immense hardship and injustice facing her and other sections of the working class. If approved by the NLRB, this would be the first unionization vote at a nonunion auto factory since the UAW launched its widely publicized organizing campaign last fall. 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. Grady's pay increase was only revealed to the membership by the UCU after the close of the vote to elect the new leadership. 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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