 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. On the pretext of a "crime wave" in the city, Trump's latest "big lie," he is putting the US capital under military rule. A catastrophic explosion at the Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pennsylvania on Monday is the latest in the unending industrial slaughter of workers across the country. Trump's mass deportations target working immigrants, not criminals. Veronica and Nancy, a mother without papers and her US-born daughter, expose exploitation, fear, and the bipartisan assault on democratic rights and immigrant workers. The EU functions as a militarist cabal, desperate to prepare war with Russia over the opposition of the overwhelming majority of Europe's population. Philadelphia teachers prepare to return on August 18, with a strike authorized if no deal is reached by August 31, amid a severe school funding crisis worsened by a state budget impasse. The presence in Ecuador and Peru of Erik Prince, with his long record of assassinations and human rights violations as chief of Blackwater, is cause for alarm. UEFA's attempt to airbrush the horrific circumstances of al-Obeid's murder was shattered by the intervention of world renowned Liverpool Football Club striker Mo Salah. Bolsonaro's imprisonment, to be served under house arrest, has ignited new flames in Brazil's explosive political environment. Had the truce not been extended, there were fears that the financial market turmoil, which accompanied the major escalation of tariffs against China on April 2, would have returned. The Australian newspaper described this as the "Trump administration's strongest warning yet to Anthony Albanese." After killing at least 60,000 people and wounding 150,000 in the Gaza Strip, the Israeli army is now preparing far greater war crimes. The announcement is a cynical attempt to deflect mass opposition to the ongoing war crimes, which will not stop Israel's attempt to exterminate the Palestinians. The JVP/NPP government's plans to boost privatisation will be a deadly blow to the public free education system that is already on the brink. The breakdown in relations points to the extremely sharp geopolitical tensions in the Pacific created by the advanced US-led preparations for war against China. Teachers, health workers and transit workers in Ecuador staged a protest against government cuts, while more than 10,000 Air Canada cabin crew have voted to authorize strikes as early as August 16. The Toronto Street Needs Assessment found that 15,418 people were experiencing homelessness in October 2024 and that more than 10 per cent of them, or 1,615, were living outdoors. Billy Wilder's 1950 film Sunset Boulevard was an unflattering portrayal of the film industry that provoked the ire of its upper echelons. 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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