 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The continued existence of the death penalty in the United States is yet another confirmation of the criminality and violence of the capitalist political and economic system, which oozes filth out of every pore. Top Israeli military officials threatened a ground invasion as the war against Lebanon intensified on Wednesday, with more than 280 air strikes across the country that killed at least 81 people. Amid ongoing high-level meetings between NATO leaders and Ukrainian officials at the United Nations over plans to allow Ukraine to strike Russian cities with NATO weapons, Russian President Vladimir Putin outlined Wednesday a proposed update to Russia's nuclear policy document that would expand the conditions under which Russia would use nuclear weapons. IAM negotiators, Boeing and the federal mediator will be meeting this Friday, no doubt seeking to avoid a situation in which Boeing machinists and East Coast dockworkers, which might strike as early as next Tuesday, are out at the same time. Dockworkers have immense power, but the question is how to use it. Establishing lines of communication with workers in other strategic industries, they must build their struggle into a broad counteroffensive by the working class against worsening conditions and automation-driven layoffs. While professing to defend the "middle class," Harris, like Donald Trump, is a defender of corporate America and the dictatorship of Wall Street over working people. Resolving to continue working within, and for, the Democratic Party, in a statement issued last week, leaders of the group urged followers to "block Trump" and "avoid third-party candidates." While the union presents itself as staying neutral, the decision is a de facto endorsement of Trump. A real fight against fascism requires an independent movement of the working class against both parties and the pro-corporate bureaucracy. Dissanayake wants to establish a "stable" government with a clear parliamentary majority in order to carry out the harsh austerity measures dictated by the IMF. During the election campaign, the Democrats auditioned as a more stable alternative for the Japanese bourgeoisie, in contrast to the scandal-ridden ruling LDP. The campaign has revealed a growing constituency of workers and young people seeking a genuine political alternative to the capitalist programs of Labor, Liberal, and the Greens. The right-wing evolution of Labour into such a naked party of big business and imperialist war was not reversed by Corbyn's leadership and cannot be answered by the formation of what would essentially be a Labour Party Mark II. The concern of Australia's defence chiefs and imperialist leaders is not the welfare of soldiers and veterans, but a deepening recruitment and retention crisis in the military. Economic analysts welcomed the measures but insisted there had to be action by the government on the fiscal front. With the unions suppressing the class struggle, the Parti Québécois has gained political traction by whipping up chauvinist hostility to immigrants. The chorus consists primarily of unpaid volunteers. Out of over 150 members, only 32 are paid for their work. Friday's nationwide protest against the Gaza genocide must become the point of departure for a struggle by workers and youth, independent of Podemos and the union bureaucracies, to .stop the arming of Israel and the genocide in Gaza. According to opinion polls, the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ) could emerge as the strongest party in this Sunday's elections to the National Council, Austria's parliament. Chipmaker Intel has put the construction of its €30 billion factory in the southwest of Magdeburg on hold and postponed the start of construction by two years. Forest fires have consumed tens of millions of hectares in the Amazon basin this year, due to global warming, an extreme two-year drought, and illegal burning of forests and pastures. The results were announced on the same day Reeves delivered her high-profile speech to the Labour Party conference claiming to be "proud to stand here as the first Chancellor in 14 years to have delivered a meaningful, real pay rise to millions of public sector workers." The strike was suspended by the UCU because Hallam's University Executive Board made a renewed offer the union will put to the membership. No details have been released about the renewed offer. 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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