 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Confronted with the deterioration of Ukraine's military position and significant advances by Russian forces, the NATO powers are publicly threatening a massive escalation of the war involving the direct deployment of NATO combat troops on Ukrainian territory and attacks on Russian infrastructure and cities. The Supreme Court's decision Monday is a milestone in the decay of democratic norms in the United States, as well as in the legitimization of the fascistic far right. Upwards of 400 demonstrators gathered outside the Art Gallery of Ontario, where the event was set to take place. The Prime Minister's Office called off the reception after acknowledging that secure passage for Trudeau and Meloni into the building could not be guaranteed. Time Magazine has chosen as its cover story Professor Noah Feldman's maliciously dishonest and morally bankrupt defense of Israel's savage war against the population of Gaza. Billionaire donors, right-wing interest groups and fascistic elements in Congress are mounting an assault on academic freedom and democratic rights at Harvard University in an effort to shut down student and faculty opposition to the genocide in Gaza. Yesterday it was announced that Premier Li Qiang will not hold a press conference, the first time this has happened in 30 years. In an attempt to channel mass opposition to "Genocide Joe" back behind the Democratic Party and present illusions that Biden and the Democrats can be persuaded to stop the genocide in Gaza through a protest vote, the DSA has formally endorsed the "uncommitted" campaign in the remaining primaries. Assange's case embodies the struggle against imperialist war, the authoritarian measures used to suppress anti-war sentiment and the lies used to justify it all. The Times reported, "Ministers are to broaden the government's definition of extremism as part of a crackdown on people and groups 'undermining' Britain's institutions and values." Creator/director Christopher Storer based the film's setting on a childhood friend's restaurant, Mr. Beef, in Chicago's River North neighborhood. The bill is part of the effort by the American ruling class to turn back the clock to the time when American capitalism was built through the use of child labor and horrendous working conditions in factories, mills and mines. The struggle to defend the victimised CEB workers is a necessary part of the defence of hundreds of thousands of other workers in state-owned companies placed on the government's privatisation chopping block. Migrant exploitation, with tens of thousands brought into the country often to work as virtual slave labour, is an entrenched feature of New Zealand capitalism. Strikes by Argentine airline workers and educators are the latest job actions in response to government-imposed austerity. Some 13,000 teachers in Saskatchewan continue rotating walkouts and protests. The Norfolk Southern trains collided and derailed Saturday morning, along the Lehigh River in Eastern Pennsylvania, spilling diesel fuel and plastic pellets into the river. As of March 2024, Forbes lists 14 Mexican billionaires with a combined wealth of $184 billion, a 47 percent increase in their wealth under the current administration. The strike at Jamieson Laboratories has now entered its second month with workers set to vote Tuesday on a second tentative agreement. They have already voted down, by 76 percent, a four-year deal that was unanimously endorsed by both Unifor's national leadership and local bargaining committees. 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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