 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The Trump administration's move to strip Harvard University of its ability to enroll international students is a fascistic assault on democratic rights and an attempt to place the entire university system under direct political control by a gangster regime in Washington. With the ceremonial establishment of the permanent combat brigade in Lithuania, the German government under Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has opened a new chapter in the revival of German militarism. On Sunday, May 18, 2025, The Hague witnessed the country's largest demonstration in two decades as over 100,000 people gathered—thrice the number anticipated—to protest the Israeli genocide in Gaza. In this exclusive interview with the WSWS, Dr. Daszak recounts the story of his persecution and that of other principled scientists falsely accused of bearing responsibility for the COVID-19 pandemic. Workers at the Windsor Assembly Plant spoke in favor of an independent inquiry into the April 7 death of fellow Stellantis worker in Michigan. At every point during the current long-running contract struggle, the Canadian Union of Postal Workers' leadership has made decisions designed to put workers in the worst possible position to wage their fight to defend secure jobs and public services, and exert control over the use of AI and new technologies. The millions of workers and young people who have mobilised in defence of the Palestinians must now recognise that protest marches are not enough. No appeal to the Labour government or moral pressure placed on it and other world governments will stop the genocide. Veteran musicians Neil Young and Eddie Vedder have made statements in defense of Bruce Springsteen who has publicly denounced the Trump administration's authoritarianism and was the subject of an incoherent tirade by the president. The traveling exhibition, which was last on display at the Museum Berlin-Karlshorst, is the latest building block in a campaign of historical revisionism with the aim of establishing a right-wing narrative about the Second World War against the backdrop of the escalation of war in Eastern Europe. The fascist president continued his provocations, which have been met with groveling accommodation. The FDA's new policy limits COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to older adults and high-risk groups, excluding millions from routine protection, including against Long COVID and future infection waves. The closures have left the community of 30,000 and broader Delaware County in southeast Pennsylvania without access to basic healthcare means, as well as resulted in 2,600 layoffs for healthcare workers overnight. Despite his bluster against private equity's control of healthcare, governor Josh Shapiro's top donors are all connected to finance, showing the role of the Democratic Party as the paid agents of capitalism. The dropping of the cases takes place near the anniversary of George Floyd's death. Trump's DOJ also plans to close investigations into a number of police departments around the country. The three men executed this week all died by lethal injection. As is so often the case, their lives were plagued by either mental illness, mental disability, substance abuse, or a combination of these conditions. The 11,500 workers are prepared to fight to defend their jobs, but the union has limited them to a single 24-hour strike. The current wave of oppression is the culmination of decades of bipartisan complicity in the assault on the democratic rights of the entire working class, including immigrants. Another extreme weather event on Australia's eastern coast highlights government inaction on disaster preparation and climate change. India: Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences support workers' protest over outstanding wages; Pakistan: Punjab sanitary workers protest salary delays; Philippines: Kawasaki Motors factory workers strike for pay rise; Australia: Snowy Mountains hydro-power construction workers in New South Wales strike. Defiant pickets of loaders and refuse truck drivers have continued to face a strike breaking operation involving which has involved drafting agency workers in as a substitute workforce and support from private contractors and neighbouring councils. 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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