 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. These findings reaffirm the undeniable fact that the systematic massacre of the people of Gaza by the Israel Defense Forces, supported and assisted by the US and other imperialist powers, is one of the most significant genocides of the 21st century. As public resources to contain fires and rebuild are rationed, the wealthy are hiring their own private fire fighting forces to protect their properties. The northern hemisphere is facing not only a surge of COVID infections, but flu, RSV, and norovirus cases are skyrocketing. Veteran Palestinian filmmaker Rashid Masharawi has produced an unforgettable film from extraordinary circumstances during the genocidal war against the Palestinians of Gaza. The Kokomo Rank-and-File Committee has issued a call to build and expand committees at Stellantis and across the Big Three to oppose job cuts. The operation, dubbed "Return to Sender," was carried out by the Democrat Biden administration in its waning days. The ban is aimed at whipping up anti-Chinese hatred in preparation for a US war, and stepping up state and media censorship of socialist and anti-war views. The IYSSE warns: The attack on free speech by Peradeniya University authorities, if not answered and fought, will be extended to other universities, institutions of higher studies and schools. Canada's political leaders have responded to Trump's threats to use "economic force" to transform Canada into the US's 51st state with doubled-down pledges of fealty to the Canada-US military-strategic partnership, trade war threats of their own, and bellicose nationalism. While pitching themselves to the ruling elite as best placed to work with the fascist Donald Trump and to support the Israeli genocide in Gaza, Labor and the Coalition are presenting the population with banal slogans and the vaguest of promises. With the class struggle suppressed and Labour in power, opportunity has been given to the far-right to scapegoat migrants for the deep social grievances of the working class. In the course of the SGP election campaign, it has become clear that there is deep unrest among workers, young people and sections of the middle class, and that a social explosion is looming. Driven by internal crises and faced with the rapidly declining position of US and European imperialism on the world scale, the African continent and its rich resources are increasingly seen as a necessary means for their other war fronts. The move comes as the rail unions are attempting to push through another round of sellout contracts which are even worse than the deal imposed by Congress in 2022. The strike comes on the eve of Trump's inauguration and the impending escalation of attacks on public health, medical workers and the working class as a whole. While the government aims to crush workers' opposition, the union bureaucracy is promoting illusions that decent pay and conditions can be achieved through backroom negotiations and legal manoeuvres. The pressure on the Lula government to deepen its austerity measures will intensify this year amid an escalation of multiple global crises and Trump's return to the US presidency. Santiago teachers struck January 8 over layoffs and other cuts, while 1,800 strawberry pickers in the San Quintin Valley held a three-day strike against El Milagro de Baja agribusiness. As the government imposes drastic austerity measures and diverts more funds to the military, it has announced plans to dock workers' pay for partial strikes and work-to-rule industrial action. The AHA passed a resolution condemning the ongoing genocide in Gaza and calling the destruction of education in Gaza "scholasticide." 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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