 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida's visit to the US this week marks a major step in Washington's consolidation of alliances throughout the Indo-Pacific and its accelerating preparations for war with China. Israeli Foreign Minister Israel Katz threatened Thursday, "If Iran attacks from its territory, Israel will respond and attack in Iran." Fain's attendance expressed the fact that the union bureacuracy is joining hands with imperialism for World War III. Following the layoff of 1,400 at the Ford Rouge complex, the UAW is holding a cynical "Going Away Party" for the terminated workers. The new mobilization law comes amidst a staggering loss of life and hints by Zelensky that NATO's proxy forces in Ukraine are planning another "counteroffensive." The decision reflects both the Finnish ruling elite's determination with US/NATO backing to ratchet up tensions with Russia and to clamp down on immigrants and refugees. While the result represents a rebuke to the administration of President Yoon Suk-yeol, the opposition Democrats have no fundamental differences with the pro-war and anti-working class agenda of the ruling PPP. The meeting unanimously passed a resolution condemning the US-led vendetta and demanding Assange's immediate and unconditional freedom. The University of Texas at Austin student and his companion were reportedly assaulted by three men after leaving a mosque and proceeding on foot to the campus approximately a half-mile away. More and more writers have severed their connections to PEN America, the largest writers' advocacy organization in the US, over its persistent support for the Israeli military's genocide in Gaza. The Postal Workers Rank-and-File Committee (UK) has called an online meeting to discuss a fightback against Royal Mail's assault on postal workers being facilitated by the CWU bureaucracy. The company's finances are almost as much of a mess as the waters it has been relentlessly polluting for years. Since 2020, the company has pumped at least 72 billion litres of sewage into the River Thames that runs through London, equating to 29,000 Olympic swimming pools. After the federal and state governments lifted all coronavirus protection measures and allowed the virus to run free, proclaiming the myth of the "end of the pandemic," they are now moving to criminalise the protective measures taken in the past. The company placed blame on the US International Trade Commission (ITC) for failing to impose trade war measures against its foreign rivals. Dock workers at Saint-Nazaire, France paralyse port in week-long stoppage over job security; ongoing protests continue across Iran by pensioners, medical staff and truck drivers as living standards continue to plummet; doctors' national strike in Kenya over pay and conditions continues in face of victimisations with 100 sacked 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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