Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund”: The fusion of the gangster-oligarchy and the state

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. Trump’s “Anti-Weaponization Fund”: The fusion of the gangster-oligarchy and the state Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund would reward those who sought to overturn the 2020 elections, including those who attacked the Capitol on January 6, 2021. Read more Rank-and-file candidate for UAW president to Nexteer workers: “Don’t accept any more delays. The time for your strike is now.” Will Lehman, a Mack Trucks worker who is running for UAW president, issue the following statement after the overwhelming strike vote by Nexteer workers Read more Long Island Rail Road Workers: Vote “No” on the contract! Unite with NYC subway and bus workers to fight for inflation-busting wage increases! Workers should form rank-and-file committees, independent of the union apparatus, to finish what you started in your three-day strike Read more Emperor penguins, Antarctic fur seals now on endangered species Red List The listing underlines the impact of climate change on Antarctica, which is posing an existential threat to wildlife with rising sea levels and atmospheric temperatures. Read more London Underground workers must organise to resume RMT-cancelled strike The Rail, Maritime and Transport union’s ability to maintain a militant posture has been greatly undermined by its role in defusing a struggle against the Starmer government—through repeated closed-door meetings with TfL and strike cancellations. Dempsey’s tub-thumping has given way to demands for “industrial peace”. Read more Nine years after Grenfell inferno, New Scotland Yard declares there is “no presumption” that charges will be brought The Metropolitan Police’s latest statement is part of an orchestrated state cover-up that has continued under four Conservative and Labour governments, led by four different prime ministers. Read more With contracts for over 250,000 Ontario education workers set to expire in August: Unions prepare another betrayal of teachers and support staff In 2022, the unions saved the government from a direct political confrontation with the working class and are determined to do so again under conditions of a much deeper social and economic crisis, and greater popular hostility to the ruling class’ agenda of austerity and war. Read more Socialism AI answers the New York Times: Not yes or no to AI, but who controls it he New York Times welcomes the backlash against AI while channeling it toward a more responsible capitalism that leaves the oligarchy’s ownership of the technology untouched. Read more JVP/NPP government in Sri Lanka preparing further attacks on workers amid growing crisis Sri Lanka’s worsening balance of payments crisis, soaring oil bill and rupee depreciation are driving the JVP/NPP government into a deepening crisis. Read more Australian budget further squeezes university funding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government particularly targeted the universities and their staff and students in last week’s budget. Read more Stop militarisation and cuts at Germany’s universities! No to genocide and world war! The International Youth and Students for Social Equality (IYSSE) are standing in the student parliament elections at Humboldt University in Berlin. We are publishing their election statement here. 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. This email was sent to alitealbum.wsws@blogger.com. If you want to, you can unsubscribe. We rely on your financial support and your participation. Copyright © 2024, World Socialist Web Site, wsws.org. All rights reserved.