 Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. While Yoon sits in jail for his actions, Trump has faced no opposition from ruling circles for his own attempts to overthrow the US constitution. The aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford, the largest warship ever built, transited the Strait of Gibraltar on Friday and entered the Mediterranean, placing the United States within days of having the military force in position for a massive illegal assault on Iran. From Pennsylvania to Virginia, Oklahoma and Texas, authorities are suspending and criminalizing youth protesting immigration enforcement. According to his attorney, Caceres was driving his work truck when he was pulled over by a Border Patrol agent despite having no traffic violations. The long period of constitutional monarchy that began in the aftermath of Cromwell's Protectorate, with the restoration of Charles II and then the installation of William of Orange in the "Glorious Revolution", is finally unravelling. The Chamber of Deputies' approval of fascist President Javier Milei's "Labor Modernization Law" clears the way for a ruthless regime of mass layoffs, wage cuts and workplace abuse. After exposing alleged forgeries on dozens of employee files and management pressure on injured workers not to go to the hospital, a part-time UPS supervisor says she was targeted for retaliation. The new tentative agreement differs little from the previous deal which workers overwhelmingly rejected a week ago. Dozens of workers stopped to speak with campaigners, voicing frustration with unbearable workloads, forced overtime, harassment, and indifference from UAW reps who "side with management." Under conditions in which the Canadian ruling class has responded with foul Canadian nationalism to the would-be fascist dictator Trump's threats to annex the country and launching of a trade war, workers north of the border have reacted with enthusiasm to Lehman's call for international working class unity. This movie uses the technique of "propulsive filmmaking," while viewing the experience of Jews in America through the lens of identity politics. The IMF said China's trade surplus, more than $1 trillion last year, was giving rise to "international spillovers and pressures," an implicit warning of trade war measures. The engineers' walkout expands the Kaiser Permanente strike, intensifying the nationwide confrontation between the healthcare workers and the industry and signaling the growing unity among technical and clinical workers. The US Department of Labor's annual report on worker deaths for 2024 reveals 5,070 preventable workplace fatalities, a figure that will surely rise as safety protections are eviscerated. For the working class the generals' statement must be seen as a declaration of the class war that must be conducted if imperialist war is to be waged—one emanating from the highest echelons of the military. In the German metal and electrical industries, 10,000 to 15,000 jobs are being destroyed every month, but there is a gold rush atmosphere in the arms industry. Arms companies like Rheinmetall are turning struggling factories into weapons production plants. Wages grew by just 3.4 percent over the past year, well below the annual inflation rate of 3.8 percent, amid warnings of deepening real pay cuts for at least the next two years. Immediately after announcing the tentative agreement, the union shut down the strike. Superintendent Maria Su warned of impending layoffs and budget cuts. Taiwan: TaiDoc medical devices plant employees fight exploitation of migrant workers; Bangladeshi hotel and restaurant workers oppose job cuts and demand minimum wage; Sri Lanka: Government doctors' protest enters fourth week; Victoria: 10,000 health workers strike for higher wages; Queensland health professionals continue industrial action. 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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