 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Emboldened by the complicit Democrats, Trump, with the Republican Party behind his back, is mounting a fascist campaign aimed at suppressing the vote on the way to a presidential dictatorship. The victims of Grenfell Tower died as the result of an act of social murder whose architects were companies aiming to cut costs in their refurbishment of the 24-storey building. Their accomplices were successive Conservative and Labour governments. We are publishing here the report to the Eighth Congress of the Socialist Equality Party (US) given by Evan Blake. The congress was held from August 4 to August 9, 2024. In an unmistakeable sign that a full-scale invasion of the West Bank is in preparation, Defence Minister Gallant declared yesterday that eventually the military will need to "pull out the roots" of Palestinian resistance. Britain is responsible for a tiny fraction of the arms received by Israel, overwhelmingly provided by the United States. In any case, the government's decision affects just 30 of 350 arms contracts between the UK and Israel, and excludes parts for F-35 fighter jets killing Palestinian men, women and children day after day. Two students and two teachers were shot dead on Wednesday morning by 14-year-old Colt Gray at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, 45 miles east of Atlanta. Hiding behind rules set by the bourgeois National Labor Relations Board, rules which Boeing no doubt had a say in creating, the IAM has not released any details of the discussions between itself and the company, not even on the most critical demands of wages and pensions. More than 270 workers went on strike Wednesday morning to demand substantial wage increases and an end to exhausting work schedules that threaten the health and safety of workers and the surrounding working-class community in southwest Detroit. According to one report, the school is "now reevaluating its course offerings, contemplating layoffs, and even considering a potential merger with another school to ensure its survival." The social catastrophe roiling Haiti, the Western hemisphere's poorest country, is rooted in well over a century of US imperialist predations—including repeated colonial-style occupations and "made in USA" regime changes. Prime Minister Trudeau announced the imposition of punitive tariffs on electric vehicles at a cabinet retreat which was attended by President Joe Biden's National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, making clear Canada's ever-deeper involvement in the US war drive against China. The economy grew by just 0.2 percent in the June quarter following a 0.1 percent rise in the three months to the end of March, while output per head was down 0.4 percent, its sixth consecutive quarterly decline. Anheuser-Busch announced it would close distribution facilities in Ohio and Massachusetts, destroying upwards of 150 jobs. The death of Shannon Barnes comes as Postal workers across the US face brutal exploitation. 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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