 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Trump returns to the White House as the tenth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic once again inundates hospitals, while the last vestiges of public health are set for destruction. On Friday, the Supreme Court delivered a sweeping broadside against the First Amendment of the Constitution just days ahead of the coming to power of President-elect Donald Trump, who has pledged to rule as "dictator on day one." Similar to the victims of previous climate change-fueled disasters, victims of the Palisades and Eaton fires have largely been left to fend for themselves. Republican Governor Kristi Noem's ignoring of flood victims, opting instead to deploy resources and troops to the Texas border demonstrates the fraudulence of the "pro-worker" demagogy espoused by corporate shills like Noem. The Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Socialist Equality Party, SGP) is contesting the federal elections to oppose the all-party coalition advocating war and austerity. The move marks yet another step in the systematic military encircling of Russia by the US-led military alliance, which continues to back the far-right Ukrainian regime in a war aimed at inflicting a strategic defeat on Moscow and subjugating its territory to semi-colonial status. Payal Kapadia's class-conscious film skilfully combines documentary and fictional narrative techniques to dramatise the lives of individuals rarely shown in contemporary Indian cinema. Only the inquiry team and representatives from the Ministry of Defence have been allowed to attend the closed hearings, preventing the lawyers for the bereaved families, the general public, and the press from observing the proceedings. The US ruling class is approaching a consensus on the use of further economic devastation and potentially military force to oust Maduro and secure control over the world's largest oil reserves. Both this visit and his subsequent trip to Poland were held very much under the shadow of the incoming Trump administration, with Britain and the NATO powers unsure how fully Trump will commit to the Ukraine war and how much more he will demand the European powers contribute. As of its 2023-24 annual report, the Department for Education now flags possible school building collapse as one of its six key risks, describing it as "critical – very likely." Across Russia, hundreds of cabbies, if not more, have parked their vehicles and refused to take calls during rush hour this week. There are increasing doubts about government statistics with many estimates that the growth rate is around half the official level. Wild weather is expected to continue through the weekend, with ongoing thunderstorms on the east coast and a tropical cyclone developing just off the coast of Western Australia. As Donald Trump's inauguration approaches, concern is growing in Germany that the new US president will realise his "Make America Great Again" agenda at the expense of Europe. India: Karnataka accredited social health workers betrayed; Victimised Maruti Suzuki contract workers demand reinstatement; Pakistan: Balochistan doctors and paramedics strike over arrests; Australia: Smit Lamnalco tug workers begin industrial action at Gladstone; NSW ambulance control centre workers maintain work bans 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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