 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The result of Germany's federal election on February 23 is the product of a deep political and social crisis that will lead to explosive class conflicts. Bongino's installation under Kash Patel at the FBI emphasizes the transformation of the reactionary police/intelligence agency into a personalist force loyal to Trump. The Purchasing Managers' Index report, issued by S&P Global, pointed to "a darkening picture of heightened uncertainty, stalling business activity and rising prices." At least six babies have frozen to death over the past two weeks in Gaza, amid a continued blockade of fuel and humanitarian aid by the illegal Israeli occupation. Amid mounting opposition from workers and young people to the fascistic policies of the Trump administration, including mass roundups of immigrants and the illegal Elon Musk-led assault on federal workers and social programs, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has launched a speaking tour aimed at diverting rising anger and militancy behind attempts to lobby moderate Republicans to oppose Trump's budget reconciliation bill, while averting a government shutdown on March 14. Billionaire Linda McMahon, a Trump loyalist and leader of the America First Policy Institute, is set to be confirmed as the next Secretary of Education, tasked with destroying public education. Neither Ford nor the UAW President Shawn Fain have any official statements on the police raids or details about the highly secretive operations of Ford's Global Security Task Force, which is directing them. Behind closed doors, the IG Metall union and company management are planning unparalleled attacks on Mercedes workers. Horror films are not, generally speaking, the first place one typically expects to find "substantive" artistic, social or psychological material. If the opposition parties have been unable to differentiate themselves from Doug Ford, the province's hard-right, Trump wannabee Tory premier, it is because the union-sponsored NDP, the Liberals and Greens stand for the same thing—upholding the interests of Canadian capital. Kathy Hochul, New York's governor, has decided to allow the unpopular New York City Mayor to remain in office despite his quid pro quo with the Trump Administration for attacking immigrants in exchange for the dismissal of a federal corruption charge against him. After the High Court ruled his own United Australia Party (UAP) could not be re-registered, Palmer, who is openly seeking to emulate Trump, has simply taken over a re-badged registered political party. Samsung workers need to take control of their struggle by forming an independent rank-and-file committee that will fight to unite permanent, contract and temporary workers and to broaden their struggle. The following statement was written by a founding member of the Costco Workers Rank-and-File Committee (CWRFC) to be read at Sunday's public meeting called by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees, "Mobilize the working class to save the US Postal Service and other federal programs!" A CWU Live online event last week hosted by Novara Media's Michael Walker, saw the union's Outdoor Assistant Secretary Tony Bouch parrot claims that the USO pilots are to improve quality of service and alleviate workloads. ONA bureaucrats responded to the rebuke by the rank and file during the last vote by doubling down on their efforts to starve nurses into submission. The strike by 55,000 UC workers must become part of a broader movement by the working class in defense of public health and democratic rights against the unprecedented attacks by the Trump administration. The Health Workers Union bureaucracy's immediate response to last week's near-unanimous vote to strike was to tell workers, "it is VERY important that members take no actions without HWU's approval." This latest death, like the countless others before, is an indictment of the entire capitalist system. Years of systematic underfunding have led to crippling staff and bed shortages, collapsing infrastructure and massive backlogs. 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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