 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The international pickets held in Istanbul, Paris, London, Berlin, Washington D.C., Toronto, Canberra and Sydney marked an important step forward in the building of an international working class campaign demanding Bogdan's freedom and an end to imperialist war. The agenda of the two-day gathering is dominated by plans for a dramatic escalation of the US-NATO war on Russia, and will include discussions on the further integration of the European far right into established bourgeois politics. The push for the tariff increases has been led by Spain and France with the claim that state subsidies to Chinese manufactures had created unfair competition in the European market, but also has led to opposition from Germany. The fascistic former president accepted fawning tributes from House and Senate Republicans, who recognized him as the all-but-certain presidential nominee and discussed a range of ultra-right policies to be enacted in 2025. Under the guise of combating antisemitism, on Monday, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hosted an online discussion with two Zionist lobbyists, who slandered left-leaning workers and youth as "antisemitic" for opposing Zionism. The tragic and unnecessary death occurred when the cart the young worker was using tipped over and crushed him. Some 200 people gathered outside San Francisco's Contemporary Jewish Museum on June 6 to protest the genocide being carried out by the Israeli government and military in Gaza. The investigation of University of Sydney sociology professor Sujatha Fernandes is another witch hunt that threatens free speech and other basic democratic rights, including academic freedom. Scientist and infectious disease experts warn that the ongoing spread and adaptation by the bird flu virus poses as an existential threat to human populations. According to current figures 670 people died in the catastrophic landslide but the final toll remains unclear and will never be fully known. "People end up sitting in emergency departments for hours on end until they get frustrated and leave." Pay strike by Norway's civil servants banned by Labour government on "national security" grounds; South African steelworkers' protected strike at SA Steel Mills continues, demanding reinstatement of165 workers sacked for striking; general strike in the West Bank cities of Ramallah and Berea to protest Israeli Defence Force murder of four Palestinians during 50-vehicle assault, many injured 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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