 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The Supreme Court's decision Friday upholds the Biden administration's claim of unrestricted powers to separate married US citizens from their immigrant spouses, preparing the way for a vast escalation of attacks on basic rights. Four people were killed and 144 were injured Sunday, when a US-made long-range missile fired from Ukraine released cluster bomblets over a busy beach in Sevastopol. The rise of the AfD cannot be stopped by voting for supposedly "democratic" parties. The fight against fascism is not a question of parliamentary arithmetic but the class struggle. These are important, socially committed artists, determined to take a stand against the mass murder and ethnic cleansing of the Palestinians. Questions are being raised in media and financial circles about who is going to buy the Treasury bonds being issued to finance the growing government debt. The mounting attacks on jobs are part of a broader jobs bloodbath in the industry's transition to electric vehicle production. An estimated 40 percent of autoworkers' jobs will be eliminated in the US and internationally in the transition to EV production. The Alderney Expert Review Panel places the total death toll between 641 and 1,027 victims, with a likely upper limit of 1,134. Flight attendants' right to strike is highly restricted under the Railway Labor Act, which was used by Biden and Congress to ban a strike on the railroads in 2022. Michigan teachers' unions keep mum as contracts expire and massive budget cuts threaten public education. Pablo Moyano, a co-leader of the CGT and Trucker's Union, withdrew from the June 12 demonstration after security forces warned him that a police onslaught was about to begin. Workers and young people must reject Quebec nationalism and anti-immigrant prejudice—both in the unabashedly chauvinist forms advocated by the Parti Québécois and the CAQ government, and the hypocritically "polite," ostensibly "inclusive" variant promoted by the pseudo-left Québec Solidaire. "I'm so over this business of spending my weekends volunteering. What a sad state of affairs it is when our taxes can't cover essential medical equipment for a rural town." The furore has served to further bury the reality of what is occurring in Gaza, while the Labor government that is complicit in the mass murder has presented itself as a wounded party. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has announced more New Zealand military forces will be deployed to Japan and South Korea, as part of US-led preparations for war against China. This column profiles important historical events which took place during this week, 25 years ago, 50 years ago, 75 years ago and 100 years ago. 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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