 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. India and Pakistan, South Asia's rival nuclear powers, are on the brink of all-out war. Such a conflict would be catastrophic, not only for the region's 2 billion people, but for the entire world. From Massachusetts to Hawaii, lawless ICE agents are raiding homes and businesses, snatching up workers, and separating families without due process or a shred of humanity. The notion of "sanctuary" cities and states—promoted by Democratic officials such as California Governor Gavin Newsom—has proven to be a lie. Over 3,000 jet engine workers at Pratt & Whitney's East Hartford and Middletown, Connecticut plants remain on strike after rejecting the company's contract offer on May 4. Social media posts reveal abusive conditions at the Stellantis-Samsung SDI joint venture plant in Kokomo where the UAW gained a foothold earlier this year. This speech on the political situation in Sri Lanka and South Asia was given at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3. This speech was given by Socialist Equality Party (Australia) assistant national secretary Max Boddy at the International May Day 2025 Online Rally, held Saturday, May 3. This protest came amid intensifying atrocities in Gaza, where the Israeli government has launched what it calls the "concluding moves" of its military campaign. On May 3 the United Nations Special Rapporteur for human rights in Palestinian territories, Francesca Albanese, called for the prosecution of leading European Union officials for complicity in the war crimes committed by Israel. The stage-managed "megapicket" provided an opportunity for union leaders to pose before the cameras with their hollow declarations of solidarity, while surrender terms are plotted behind closed doors at ACAS. There are suspicions of police complicity in the massacre, which is bound up with the struggle for control of lucrative gold mining operations. The establishment of a permanent US naval base in Argentina's southernmost port, Ushuaia, would be a major departure from Argentina's supposed neutrality. The collapse of support for the Liberals is part and parcel of a far broader crisis of the two-party system on which the ruling class has relied since the end of World War II. In order to save billions of dollars, the government has cancelled negotiations for 33 pay equity claims covering teachers and other workers who are alleging underpayment due to gender-based discrimination. The aim of the proposed restructure is to ensure that union officials at every level, from the branch leadership down to site delegates, are committed to carrying out the dictates of the administrator—that is, of the ruling elite. videogames, pc games, Xbox, Playstation, Nintendo, Tariffs, tabletop games, layoffs, development studio closures After NJ Transit engineers rejected a grossly inadequate tentative agreement, the Federal government is attempting to prevent a strike that could cripple transit service in the state. A massive firework explosion in the Netherlands killed 23 people; 41 US Marines killed in SS Mayaguez incident; American Communist Party leader jailed defying HUAC; Virgina Woolf's novel Mrs. Dalloway published. On May 5, 25 students in California launched a hunger strike to oppose mass starvation as part of the genocide in Gaza. General Muhoozi Kainerugaba, son of Uganda's long-time ruler Yoweri Museveni, has admitted to torturing an opposition aide in his private residence. 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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