Far-right Reform UK benefits from the electoral collapse of Britain’s Labour Party—what way forward for the working class?

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Far-right Reform UK benefits from the electoral collapse of Britain’s Labour Party—what way forward for the working class? Labour has been haemorrhaging support since Tony Blair, but what has really given Reform UK its head is the repeated sabotage of the striving by workers for a left-wing alternative. Read more Trump dismisses hantavirus threat as outbreak spreads The deepening hantavirus outbreak and the Trump administration’s response to it expose the catastrophic dismantling of US public health and scientific infrastructure six years after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more US attacks two Iranian-flagged tankers as Trump escalates war ahead of China summit US Navy aircraft attacked two Iranian-flagged oil tankers in the Gulf of Oman on Friday as part of the US naval blockade of Iran, in a major escalation of the war. Read more No cannon fodder for war plans of the German ruling class! Eighty-one years after the end of World War II in Europe, the spectres of war and fascism are back. The IYSSE calls for building an international, socialist anti-war movement against conscription and militarism. Read more Canada’s universities and colleges to serve as cogs in war machine under Liberal government’s Defence Industrial Strategy The government’s Defence Industrial Strategy pulls no punches when it comes to laying out the purpose of its strengthened collaboration with post-secondary institutions—waging war. Read more Brazil’s Lula comes to White House, whitewashing Trump’s imperialist crimes The Brazilian president’s posturing as a “left-wing” opponent of war collapsed with a single phone call from Trump—who reportedly signed off with “I love you.” Read more “Hondurasgate” exposes living legacy of Operation Condor across the Americas The recordings involve discussions about imprisoning or assassinating opponents, and coordinating a continental offensive against the “cancer of the left.” Read more Royal Mail workers at Mount Pleasant speak on CWU-Royal Mail “negotiators agreement” Pointing to the company headquarters where CWU officials are in constant discussion with management, a worker from Mt Pleasant said: “Them lot upstairs are not interested in us, it's how much profit they can make.” Read more United flight attendants vote on second contract, as Spirit collapse signals industry-wide crisis Workers rejected the first tentative agreement last July by 71 percent on a 92 percent turnout. Read more Mass opposition among Nexteer workers to second sellout tentative agreement Nexteer workers in Saginaw, Michigan, are determined to vote down a second pro-company tentative agreement handed to them by the UAW Local 699 leadership just five weeks after they rejected an initial TA by 96.2 percent on April 2. Read more Nearly half of California teachers may quit within a decade, survey finds Bipartisan austerity, union betrayals and deepening inequality are devastating public education in California and across the United States. Read more Turkish independent union leader Mehmet Türkmen placed in solitary confinement Mehmet Türkmen, an independent union leader who has been in prison since mid-March, was placed in solitary confinement for drawing attention to the dire conditions of a fellow inmate. Read more Nobel prize winner J. M. Coetzee decries Israel’s “genocidal campaign in Gaza” while declining to attend Jerusalem literature festival "For the past two years the state of Israel has been conducting a genocidal campaign in Gaza." Read more Iran war wreaks havoc in Africa The closure of the Strait of Hormuz has driven fuel prices in Africa up by as much as 80 percent. Inflation is rising, and food production is in jeopardy, with governments scrambling to avert agricultural collapse. Read more Ukraine’s Defense Minister implicated in corruption scandal As Ukrainian soldiers continue to perish in the NATO-backed proxy war, new revelations make clear that the Ukrainian ruling class is enriching itself to obscene levels in Europe’s poorest country. Read more Sri Lanka: Government May Day rallies promote lies, austerity and autocratic rule President Dissanayake’s claims to head “a workers’ government” are absurd. The JVP/NPP presides over a capitalist government carrying out sweeping attacks on workers and the poor, including higher taxes, higher prices and wholesale privatization. Read more US construction of a second southern border wall disturbs important archaeological sites Ignoring protests from archaeologists and local Native Americans, a border wall construction crew knowingly cut a wide swath through a pre-Columbian geoglyph site. This is just one of many such impacts to archaeological sites by this project. Read more Record low western US snowpack threatens water supplies for millions The heat wave in March led to a record collapse in snowpack across much of the American west, threatening already overstressed water supplies for millions Read more Australia: Earthquake near Newmont’s Cadia Valley mine trapped workers underground for 10 hours Residents of nearby Orange have raised concerns mining activity contributed to the most powerful seismic event ever recorded in the region. Read more Australia: Coal mine company handed small fine for “alarming” death of worker A judge fined the company just $7 million for industrial manslaughter over the preventable death of an underground coal worker in Queensland. Read more Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific India: Karnal municipal sanitation workers strike; Bangladesh: Garment workers at Chattogram demand unpaid wages and benefits; Australia: Workers at eight Melbourne metropolitan councils walk out; Queensland Rail workers escalate industrial action. Read more 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. We’re powered by the support of our readers and workers. Make a contribution today to the World Socialist Web Site. 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