250 years since the Declaration of Independence

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. 250 years since the Declaration of Independence The 250th anniversary of the founding document of the American Revolution is being marked by the staggering crisis and decay of those original democratic principles. Read more US courts sentence 15 Prairieland defendants to 556 years in Trump’s fascist campaign against left-wing opposition The savage sentences mark the first major prison terms in the Trump administration’s campaign to brand left-wing opposition to ICE, fascism and capitalism as terrorism. Read more Latest jobs report shows labor force participation dropped by 720,000 workers in June The unemployment rate went down by one tenth of a point—from 4.3 to 4.2 percent—in June due to 720,000 people leaving the labor force and the creation of just 57,000 new jobs was far below expectations. Read more July 4th and America’s revolutionary influence on Britain The American Revolution not only freed its citizens from the domination of the British Empire; it was an inspiration to all progressive struggles in British society, from the anti-slavery movement to the radical movement for democratic reform. Read more Workers on the job amid deadly US heat wave exposes government and corporate indifference Reuters reported Friday that heat indexes could reach as high as 115 degrees Fahrenheit in parts of the US. Trump's so-called "Great American State Fair" event in Washington D.C.’s National Mall was temporarily closed after temperatures reached 101 degrees. Philadelphia canceled its Salute to Independence Parade after tying a temperature record set in 1901. Read more “We are being sold out.” German VW workers blast union betrayal as auto plants are sacrificed to rearmament drive While the government and corporations pour billions into rearmament and war, wages in the auto industry are to be cut and entire workforces laid off. Read more Sahra Wagenknecht offers to cooperate with far-right Alternative for Germany It has long been evident that there are similarities in the political programmes of the Sahra Wagenknecht Alliance (BSW) and the Alternative for Germany (AfD). But now the BSW is going a step further and offering the far-right party political cooperation. Read more Burnham told to make welfare and pension cuts to pay for UK rearmament and prepare war with Russia The Times editorial Wednesday put Burnham on his marching orders. The need to vastly increase the arms budget and the funding deficit “should spur him to take radical action on pensions and welfare.” Read more Australia: Karl Stefanovic’s turn from breakfast compere to the far-right Stefanovic’s trajectory is part of a broader lurch to the right by the political and media establishment. Read more New Zealand: Labour’s hollow promises in lead up to November election Labour’s record demonstrates that it is a party of big business that shares the National Party-led government’s agenda of militarism and austerity. Read more Australia: Union rams through sellout endorsement in small meeting at Western Sydney University The meeting showed developing concern among educators over the role of the NTEU and other trade unions in enforcing the dictates of the corporate elite and its governments. Read more Turkish teachers suspend Ankara protest ahead of NATO summit For teachers, the way forward lies in a struggle that mobilizes the collective strength of all educators and of the other sections of the working class. Read more "Let them eat wedding cake": the Swift-Kelce spectacle at Madison Square Garden The preoccupation with fame and wealth and wall-to-wall media coverage of the Swift-Kelce wedding on Friday evening—overlapping with the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence—is one way the ruling oligarchy is seeking to divert the attention of the public away from the terminal crisis of capitalism. Read more The political significance of the Colombian and Peruvian elections Rather than a turn to the right by the working class or the broad mass of the population, the elections express disgust with the entire political establishment. Read more Canada to host new multilateral bank to fund imperialist war The Liberal government, led by former central bank governor Mark Carney, has played the leading role in the development of this new multilateral bank, as part of its effort to drastically increase Canada’s military spending and cultivate military ties with powers other than its historic military-strategic ally south of the border. Read more USPS rural carrier kidnapped and murdered in North Carolina Customers on Reynolds’ route described her as kind, caring, hardworking and attentive to the people she served. “It was always a joy to see her,” one resident wrote. Read more Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific South Korea: Kakao platform workers strike again for higher wage and bonus; India: Rajasthan sanitation workers strike for job security; Australia: Campbell’s Soups workers continue walkouts over pay; Peabody extends Wambo mine lockout of washery workers. 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