 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The role of the bureaucracy in the plans for war are to discipline the working class on the "home front," to ensure the continued production and deployment of military equipment and to prevent opposition from workers both to the war itself and the demands for their "sacrifice," which will inevitably accompany it. On Friday afternoon, Berlin witnessed scenes reminiscent of the era of the Nazi regime. Hundreds of police officers terrorised a Palestine Congress, which was directed against the Israeli genocide in Gaza, eventually banning it altogether. Biden's "ironclad" guarantee amounts to a blank cheque to the Israeli regime to carry out illegal acts of aggression anywhere in the Middle East, including on Iran. The pro-Israeli campaign of lies and intimidation has its limits, as evidenced by the principled and courageous statements of world-renowned actors Hugo Weaving and Miriam Margolyes. This proposal on Palestinian statehood is an empty gesture with no practical implications, as the Israeli genocide in Gaza can only be stopped by opposing NATO's backing for Israel. The laid-off workers sequenced parts for Stellantis assembly plants in Detroit. The 43 members of the newly formed Greater Detroit Association of Emergency Physicians union are contracted by Ascension St. John Hospital but employed by a private equity-funded staffing company called TeamHealth. A bipartisan 2-1 majority of the House of Representatives passed a bill on Friday reauthorizing and strengthening the power of the intelligence state to spy on the public contained in Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Starmer's class war agenda would exceed by far that waged by his hero, Thatcher. It would be shock-therapy imposed on a victim already tortured half to death. The RCMP report expresses alarm over the erosion of the control the ruling class has long exercised through its traditional parties and institutions, including the media and the trade unions. As well as massive cuts in social programmes, the president of the Kiel Institute for the World Economy is proposing an annual special fund of €150 billion for the military, financed through credit. Just as under the Nazis, such massive credits can only be repaid through the booty of imperialist wars of conquest. New Zealand's foreign and defence ministers visited Washington this week to reinforce their support for the US military build-up against China and the US-NATO war against Russia. A four-hour strike by 800 airport firefighters has been called off by the United Firefighters Union of Australia, on the basis of an "in-principle agreement" that will impose further cuts to real wages. The newest film by Woody Allen had to be made in France because the US movie industry has essentially excluded the veteran writer-director. The selection of Melina Abdullah as running mate signals a decision by West to emphasize racial divisions rather than class conflict. The Ann Arbor School Board voted 4-3 to impose cuts in the face of heated opposition from an overflow crowd at the meeting. Air India contract technicians to strike for pay parity; Telangana pharmaceutical workers demand compensation after deadly explosion; Australia: Child protection employees strike in New South Wales over staffing crisis; Adelaide rail workers walk out to demand higher pay 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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