 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. On Thursday, April 25, Bogdan Syrotiuk—a socialist opponent of the right-wing Zelensky regime and the NATO-instigated Ukraine-Russia war—was arrested by the Security Service of Ukraine, the SBU, in his hometown of Pervomaisk in southern Ukraine. In her 60s, she was strip-searched, handcuffed so tightly it caused pain, denied access to food, water and medication for several hours, and held overnight in a cold cell without adequate clothing or blankets, conditions her lawyers described as "terrible" and designed to humiliate. These calls to bomb 1.5 million defenseless civilians in Rafah expose that, by backing Israel's war on Gaza, NATO governments are supporting genocidal war crimes. In addition to the billions already allocated to Ukraine, the 2024 defence budget is expected to rise by nearly 43 percent, a war-budget that is expected to continually rise each year to reach an initial sum of €21.4 billion euros, or roughly 2 percent of the Dutch GDP by 2030. The third week of Donald Trump's New York hush money trial began on Tuesday with more details about payments made to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Having largely adopted the AfD's political programme on refugees and domestic policy, the federal government now wants to overtake it from the right in foreign policy. Five days earlier, Sanchez had suddenly threatened to resign, after far-right forces published unsubstantiated allegations of corruption targeting Sánchez' wife, Begoña Gómez. Ukraine is becoming more and more like a giant prison for its own trapped and disenfranchised population. Now, the authorities even seek to force those back inside who had managed to escape it. The measures are a show of force by the Erdoğan-led state apparatus against those marking the international day of struggle of the working class. Rank-and-file meeting discusses fight against mass job losses and reduced mail service at Royal Mail Postal workers voiced support for building rank-and-file committees in their own workplaces: "It would certainly upset the Communication Workers Union, and their collusion with Royal Mail, if they knew masses of the workforce stood against their joint campaign." The miserable tentative contract agreement at Daimler Truck has been hailed by Biden and leading Democrats as another supposed "historics" win for workers What is required is the struggle for socialism, based on a turn to the working class, the social force whose fundamental interests align with reconstructing society to address the climate crisis. Events were hosted in person on campuses at the University of Melbourne, University of Newcastle and Western Sydney University. An in-person meeting was also held in Brisbane and an online one in New Zealand. The drastic cost-cutting in the already understaffed and underfunded public health system is intensifying a crisis of patient care. As anti-genocide student protests sweep the country DeSantis is injecting anti-communist propaganda into all grades throughout the state's public schools. On Monday afternoon, organizers of the student encampment at Northwestern University (NU) in the north suburb of Chicago reached an agreement behind closed doors with the university administration and shut down the protest against the genocide in Gaza. 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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