 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. In an extraordinary interview broadcast Sunday on NBC's Meet the Press, Donald Trump repeatedly proclaimed that, as president of the United States, he does not have to uphold the Constitution. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced Monday that Israel's cabinet had adopted a plan to permanently occupy the Gaza Strip, internally displace its population into concentration camps and enforce a military monopoly on the distribution of food. The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by Socialist Equality Party (US) National Secretary Joseph Kishore to the International May Day 2025 Online Rally. The WSWS is posting here both the video and text of the speech by Sozialistische Gleichheitspartei (Germany) National Committee member Katja Rippert to the International May Day 2025 Online Rally. The walkout by almost 3,000 Pratt & Whitney jet engine workers comes as 900 Lockheed Martin workers in Florida and Colorado continue their strike. Newark airport crisis highlights chronic air traffic controller shortage, antiquated equipment in US The incidents have exposed how decades of understaffing and outdated equipment, exacerbated by massive federal cuts under the Trump administration, have brought the US airline industry to the brink of disaster. Although the 2026 budget will be the first to provide more than $1 trillion for the Pentagon, three prominent Senate Republicans issued statements opposing the military portion of the budget as inadequate. "Labor and the Liberals only listen to a niche group of Zionists, and the wealthy, and they only do what benefits these people. It says a lot about so-called democracy and capitalism." Trump's plan is designed to safeguard the profits of the US entertainment conglomerates and monopolize cultural production. Congratulations to the former central banker Carney were not long in coming from the leading organizations of Canada's "labour movement." Fascist candidate George Simion won the first round of the Romanian presidential election, with more than 40 percent of the vote. Striking workers at Acindar AceroMittal in Argentina have issued a call for broader action, while aircraft refuelers are set to walk out in Seattle. The CWU statement from General Secretary Dave Ward and his deputy Martin Walsh is a cringing defence of their support for Daniel Kretinsky's takeover. The University and College Union is not opposed to redundancies, provided they are sold as "voluntarily". Sheffield management has therefore said it would not carry through compulsory redundancies unless "absolutely necessary." 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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