 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. A central aim of Trump's tariffs is to provide revenue to the administration to pay for the handouts to the ultra-wealthy and the corporations. Steelworkers at US Steel's Clairton Coke Works have come forward to expose the long-standing and deadly safety hazards that preceded Monday's explosion, which killed Timothy Quinn and Steven Menefee and injured ten others. Four years after a preventable poisonous leak killed two workers, California Ranch Foods escapes with token fines and probation, exposing the bipartisan dismantling of workplace safety and the corporate disregard for human life. At a press conference Monday, family members of Antonio Gaston explained that the lawsuit was aimed at getting to the truth of his August 2024 death and preventing more needless tragedies. With the Ukrainian military suffering severe setbacks and transatlantic tensions mounting, the EU powers are providing additional military aid for Kiev and are moving toward the full militarisation of society and the establishment of a war economy—at the expense of the democratic and social rights of the working class. Despite the talks, there will be no lasting diplomatic resolution of the NATO-Russia conflict, which can only be ended on a progressive basis by an anti-war movement of the working class. The militarized operation in Little Tokyo is part of a drive to expand the repressive powers of the state and lay the groundwork for authoritarian rule. Boeing machinists should set up rank-and-file committees to mobilize other sections of workers behind them, their real allies in this fight, and prepare for a break with the IAM apparatus and political struggle against both big business parties. A walk out would disrupt operations at Canada's largest airline which accounts for more than half of the industry's passenger capacity, operating nearly 1,000 flights every day. Sparking disputes between states and the federal government, the Lula administration's Public Security Constitutional Amendment Proposal (PEC) is aimed at strengthening the repressive apparatus. "I do theatre, I do not do meanings"—exchange between Robert Wilson and film director Katharina Otto-Bernstein. The wildfires sweeping the entire Mediterranean rim of Europe are the product of the capitalist nation-state system's inability—as it plunges into a new world war—to confront the global climate crisis. The naked woman was kicked twice in the head, dragged along the road by her hair, punched and pepper-sprayed six times, including in the face and genitals. Australian PM Anthony Albanese and the right-wing New Zealand PM Christopher Luxon called for enhanced military interoperability while hypocritically denouncing Beijing. Little has changed since Dan Morgan wrote his groundbreaking book Merchants of Grain in 1979 describing the seven secretive families and far-flung companies that control the world's food supplies. Doctors, specialists, nurses and other health professionals in the Algarve, Portugal strike over staff shortages and poor work conditions; cost-of-living protests by pensioners continue across Iran, joined by radiologists and contract and casual workers at the Razi Petrochemical facility in Bandar Mahshahr; nurses in Migori County, Kenya walkout over pay and promotions 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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