 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Fearing that the potential power of the emerging movement will disrupt profits or undermine its ability to wage imperialist war abroad, the Democratic Party is incapable of making any genuine appeal to the "aspirations of working people" which Obama mentioned. That the company is able to take this stance is due to the support it has from the government, which cannot allow the strike to continue at one of the largest defense contractors. The same administration begging railroads to provide sick leave banned a strike through Congress two years ago and imposed a contract, which workers had already rejected, without sick leave. The renewed Israeli offensive in Gaza, combined with systematic starvation and denial of medical access, underscores the genocidal intent of the Netanyahu government. Loffredo was arrested by the Israeli military on charges of aiding the enemy in wartime for his reporting of the impact of Iranian missiles on military and intelligence targets inside Israel. Recent appearances by both campaigns underscore that Republicans, Democrats and the capitalist system they defend, have nothing to offer humanity besides fascism and war. As casualties continue to mount and amid a deepening economic crisis, European officials pledged to spend billions on deeply unpopular plans for NATO war escalation against Russia. The SEP is intervening in this parliamentary election to build an independent political movement of the working class, based on international socialism, against war, austerity and the turn to authoritarian methods of rule. Police arbitrarily and illegally arrested ten office bearers in the newly-established union late Tuesday evening, before detaining other striking workers in a separate incident Wednesday. T The four-day Congress reaffirmed the SEP's revolutionary and socialist perspective and involved intensive discussion of the unprecedented crisis of the global capitalist system. About 60 students and academics attended a rally to oppose the violent arrest of two students who were peacefully protesting on Wednesday against the ongoing Israeli-US genocide against the Palestinian people. Anger is mounting among Detroit area Stellantis workers as it becomes ever more evident that the UAW's "Keep the Promise" campaign is a sham. The announcement by the Acero board of the closure of seven charter schools heralds future attacks on schools which must be opposed by rank-and-file teachers. Labour's proposed reform agenda was initially conducted under the slogan of "A New Deal for Working People" but has now been replaced by the more austere title, "Plan to Make Work Pay." According to Sky News, at least 40 sub-postmasters claim they were falsely accused of stealing money due to "glitches" in the Capture software. The meeting, live in Sydney, Melbourne and online, will discuss the political issues behind Labor's attack on the Construction, Forestry and Maritime Employees Union (CFMEU), and the way forward for workers. "I just feel like we have a right to protest. Genocide is genocide, you can't sugarcoat it. They're scaring people into silence and I just think it's not fair. We should be able to talk about it freely." Having assumed power through an inner-party vote, Shigeru Ishiba hopes the general election will provide a "mandate" for his government's far-right and pro-war agenda. Manager Magazine has published a list of the 500 richest Germans and calculated that their private assets and wealth in 2023 amounted to a record €1.1 trillion, an increase of €53 billion compared to the previous year. The most telling episodes of the film include the testimony of Ethan McCord who relates that witnessing the savagery of the American military on that day in Iraq had changed his life forever. Tea plantation workers block roads in India opposing government pay cuts; Pakistani teachers fight privatisation; Garment workers strike in Bangladesh against job and pay cuts. The Citizen's Budget Commission's new report is a declaration of war on transit workers and riders. 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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