 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The "pause" came as it was becoming apparent the entire financial system was on the verge of another crisis rivalling those of 2008 and March 2020 or possibly even greater. Following Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's meeting with US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, the Israeli military launched air strikes on Palestinians that killed as many as 35 people and maintained its program of extermination through starvation in Gaza. The International Youth and Students for Social Equality calls on students, youth and the working class to mobilize in opposition to the Trump administration's escalating campaign of terror on college campuses. This latest attack on the First Amendment and free speech was met with silence by leading Democrats. The consequences of an escalating trade war between the US and the European Union would be devastating. Trump has nominated a close business crony, billionaire Thomas Barrack, as US ambassador to Turkey. Trump is a menace to the workers of Canada and the world. But workers can't fight him by lining up with the Canadian bourgeoisie. Threats of drone strikes are part of an increasingly aggressive exercise of gunboat diplomacy to subordinate Mexico and the wider region to colonial status. Shostakovich's symphony, composed in 1937, is one of the greatest works of the 20th century. Despite the efforts of the union bureaucracy, Tempi remained very much in the air during Wednesday's general strike, with workers and youth bringing homemade placards to demand justice. A strike by 28,000 teachers in one of America's largest school districts would be a catalyst for a broader, nationwide fight against Trump's savage cuts. The Verdi leadership unreservedly supports the warmongering policy of both the outgoing and incoming federal governments. The arbitration result at BVG hardly differs from the employers' last offer, which we rejected by an overwhelming majority. It is now important to immediately initiate the agreed all-out strike in order to enforce our justified demands. The new collective agreement at the German parcel delivery company, Deutsche Post DHL, has angered and disappointed letter and parcel carriers and many other postal workers. "There's no way to pretend there isn't enough money. Everyone seems to have money for a war but not for health." As striking doctors turn out to fight the Minns Labor government, ASMOF officials are determined to keep them separated from tens of thousands of other public sector health workers while appealing for "compromise" negotiations. The urgency of the question regarding the pending closure of New York City hospital, Mount Sinai Beth Israel, has been heightened by Trump's assault on healthcare. Australian Labor government, teacher unions pitch bogus school funding promises in election campaign The bipartisan promise to "fully fund" public education is as much of a fraud as the entire official election campaign. Whichever party assumes office will deepen the decades-long assault on public schools. The day-long shutdown of Facebook reveals the extensive powers given to police under the new Counter-Terrorism Act and the threat posed to basic democratic rights. The business of suffering: Los Angeles politicians aim to turn homelessness into a source of profits The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a budget containing tens of millions in cuts to homelessness services. The group Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty said in a statement on Tanzi's execution, "It is not justice to take a physically and mentally broken man, strap him to a gurney, and commit premeditated murder. This is revenge, plain and simple." 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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