 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. From his first day in office, Trump has worked methodically to establish a presidential dictatorship, following a blueprint drawn up by his fascist advisors. A US airstrike killed 68 people Monday in Yemen's Sa'ada province, in one of the greatest massacres of civilians to date in the Trump administration's war on Yemen. Subway networks, hospitals, airports, traffic lights, ATMs and telecommunications systems were crippled in scenes that brought a 21st-century population back to 19th-century conditions. The Finnish government is set to leave the Ottawa Land Mine Treaty and has struck a deal to sell icebreakers to the US in support of Trump's military build-up against Russia and China in the Arctic. Funded by various billionaires and multi-millionaires, far-right formations are bombarding the population with Trump-like advertisements, slogans and text messages. Socialist Equality Party candidates Max Boddy and Warwick Dove found a strong response in the working-class suburb of Liverpool. The event exposed the Morenoites' reactionary nationalist pro-militarist policy, giving a platform to military personnel and figures who defend the bloody 1964-85 dictatorship. Police repression of anti-Genocide students and other protesters continues in New York with the full support of campus administration and the Democratic Party The nominations from the CDU and CSU show that the shift to the right that is taking place in the US under Donald Trump is not exceptional. To effectively counter police violence, the following is needed: the development of a movement in the working class that unites workers of all backgrounds, skin colours and nationalities. Over a more than hour-long Zoom meeting, union officials offered no concrete plan to halt the outsourcing of porters, housekeeping, catering, and estates staff into a SubCo, in a transparent privatisation operation. Illusions promoted by the education unions that a Labour government would end more than a decade of austerity in Britain under the Tories, have rapidly dispersed. A Texas bankruptcy ruling led to the planned shutdown of two hospitals, employing 2,651 people and serving 75,000 patients in suburban Philadelphia. The Chicago metropolitan Regional Transportation Authority warns of Severe Cuts Without State and Federal Funding. The 63-year-old skilled tradesman was crushed to death by an automated crane at the Dundee Engine Complex in southeast Michigan on April 7. It is impossible to have safe working conditions as long as Amazon and other workplaces are under the thumb of Wall Street oligarchs. Workers showed the alternative through their own practice when they forced management to shut operations after Salcedo-Chevalier's death for two shifts. In Bolivia, thousands of miners and supporters presented demands to the Arce administration relating to fuel shortages and high prices. Hundreds of healthcare workers across Saskatchewan, Canada rallied to demand an improved contract. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass unveiled a proposed budget that slashes 1,647 city jobs. This requires rank-and-file action committees to prepare coordinated actions, not waiting for permission from above by Democrats and union officials who are acting as Trump's enablers. Actors and museum workers strike; mass movement for socialism in Portugal; South Africa workers protest; Chinese communists found mass trade union center. 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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