European governments demand military-style crackdown on “hybrid threats,” after at least 72 migrants die trying to reach Spain

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. European governments demand military-style crackdown on “hybrid threats,” after at least 72 migrants die trying to reach Spain There is nothing accidental about the dozens of deaths, as over 60,000 people sought to enter the Spanish exclave of Ceuta. Europe’s governments have effectively abolished refugee rights and built external borders that Trump would be proud of. Europe’s leaders prefer mass death than allowing immigrants to reach the continent. Read more Joint US–Saudi attack on Iraq widens front of the imperialist war in Middle East What Washington called “precision strikes” were an open extension of the war into Iraq, carried out with the participation of Saudi Arabia that can no longer be concealed behind the fiction of “defensive measures”. Read more Moscow terrorist attack kills 3, injures 21 Ever since the beginning of the NATO-provoked invasion of Ukraine by Russia in February 2022, terrorist attacks on Russian soil have formed a critical part of the NATO-Ukraine war strategy. Read more Trump revives push to create slush fund for fascist rioters The infighting within the Republican Party and the Trump administration is a sign of the deepening political crisis within the US ruling elite. Read more Congo Ebola outbreak becomes second largest ever recorded Last week, the Ebola outbreak in the DRC became the second largest, surpassing the 2018-2020 outbreak that occurred in eastern DRC as well. Health authorities have noted the current outbreak is the fastest, outpacing all other previous outbreaks. There remain no treatment or vaccine against the Bundibugyo strain to date. Read more Over 4,000 WestJet flight attendants on strike across Canada against unpaid labour Summing up the sentiments of the rank-and-file against a system that robs them on average of $1,100 per month and particularly penalizes low-paid, low-seniority flight attendants, the strikers’ picket signs declare: “Unpaid labour won’t fly.” Read more Veteran autoworker James Brasher killed in industrial accident at Stellantis MOPAR facility in Detroit suburbs The family and coworkers of James Brasher received empty promises of a full investigation from the UAW and management, who are covering up details of the tragedy. Read more Hedge fund collapse a “cautionary tale” for AI boom The demise of Situational Awareness could have set off a fire sale of assets possibly sending the rout in the market for chipmaking stocks out of control. Read more East Midlands Railway workers strike over safety following Bedford crash The RMT organised pickets at several stations, including Sheffield, Derby, Nottingham and London St Pancras. The stoppage forced EMR to run a skeleton service between Sheffield and Nottingham, with only one train an hour to London St Pancras and services ending at 7p.m. Read more Columbia University graduate student union drops demand for divestment from pro-genocide companies Under pressure from the UAW bureaucracy, the leadership of Student Workers of Columbia, the UAW-affiliate, dropped its demand the university administration divest from companies and institutions tied to the Israeli genocide in Gaza. Read more Peru’s newly elected President Keiko Fujimori exploits killing of Shining Path commander as pretext for military rule The VRAEM operation was carried out for maximum political impact, while international delegations were still on Peruvian soil for the inauguration. Read more NZ foreign minister tells Chinese-born MP: “Go back to your own country” NZ First Party leader Winston Peters’ racist tirade against Green Party MP Lawrence Xu-Nan demonises Chinese people in order to divide workers and further align New Zealand with US-led war preparations. Read more Australia: Miner killed at Peak Downs in central Queensland In the latest mining industry fatality, a worker was killed and another seriously injured in a collision between two vehicles at BMA’s open-cut coal mine. Read more South Australian nurses reject union-Labor sellout The vote shows that South Australian nurses and midwives are not only up against a Labor government that wants to slash their pay and conditions, but a union bureaucracy that is complicit in the attack. Read more Farewell to Herma Huber, a fighter for Trotskyism Herma’s willingness to help others was almost boundless, but she was also a fighter for justice and equality and, above all, against war and fascism.” Read more This week in history: August 3-9 Bush restricts federal funding for embryonic stem cell research; striking ILWU worker Norman Ray Lewis murdered on a California picket line; US breaks off Korean War armistice talks; first commercial "talkie" film premieres in New York. 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. 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