 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The measles outbreak in South Carolina exposes the social and political roots of vaccine refusal and the broader assault on public health institutions in the United States. Jewish people and their children living in Australia bear no responsibility for the ongoing slaughter by the Israeli Zionist regime in Gaza and the occupied West Bank of Palestine. A "person of interest" has been detained by police following a mass shooting in a classroom at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island on Saturday. US President Donald Trump said Friday that the United States would begin ground attacks in the Caribbean on Venezuela "pretty soon," raising the prospect of a US aerial bombardment of Venezuela. The SEP sadly announces the death of two working class comrades R. M. Gunathilake (87) and Leela Balasuriya (79). We will publish tributes in the coming days. The United Auto Workers bureaucracy has not even made a pretense of opposing the mass layoffs, which will only deepen the social crisis in Detroit, the poorest big city in America. The closures expose claims from the Teamsters that they were protecting job security in their 2024 sellout contract. From Social Democrats to fascist parties, all are pushing towards an agreement by the spring of 2026 that will spell the end of any commitment to the universalist principles proclaimed in the European Convention on Human Rights in the aftermath of the horrific crimes against humanity perpetrated by the Nazis during World War II. Construction workers, US citizens and even Rep. Ilhan Omar's son have been accosted by the immigration Gestapo. Stellantis exploits Kragujevac workers through nationality-based wage tiers and forced migration. At the time of writing, neither the postal service nor the postal unions have issued any public statement acknowledging the worker's death or explaining the circumstances surrounding it. Whatever deal may be reached, it will not be a solution to the structural crisis of Russian capitalism and the imperialist efforts to carve up the entire former Soviet Union to bring its resources under the direct control of the imperialist powers. The Left Party has launched a ferocious campaign against its own youth organisation after it explicitly described Israel's assault on Gaza as genocide. The episode exposes the party's deep integration into the German state apparatus and underlines why young people need a genuine socialist alternative rooted in internationalism and the working class. The US trade deal was Starmer's attempt to secure an advantage over Europe in the UK's dealings with America. The pharmaceuticals scandal makes clear that any favourable treatment secured by Labour was won by selling the working class down the river. It sets out the various sides in an episode where a sexual assault has been alleged with such even-handedness that drawing larger conclusions is challenging. The ATO's crackdown on working-class individuals and small businesses is occurring amid a historic cost-of-living crisis. Chinese security forces jail strike leader; Algeria expels 350,000 Moroccans; Truman declares national emergency after Korean War defeats; Russian Communist Party adopts "socialism in one country." Across the globe, severe weather due to climate change is causing thousands of deaths and widespread destruction. 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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