The US bond market crisis and the coming eruption of class struggle

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. The US bond market crisis and the coming eruption of class struggle The financial oligarchy can defend the immense mass of fictitious wealth only by continuously driving down the living standards of the working class at home and seizing foreign markets, resources and supply chains abroad. Read more Students and workers in Sri Lanka denounce Ukrainian court’s imprisonment of socialist Bogdan Syrotiuk “The Ukrainian government is committing a great crime by imprisoning Bogdan for 15 years because he spoke and wrote against the war.” Read more Ukrainian parliament approves new SBU-linked defense minister   The appointment of the SBU-linked Khmara signals a profound crisis of the Zelensky regime and the entire NATO war against Russia. Read more ABC/Disney goes to court to stop FCC early review of broadcast licenses The FCC action, effectively ordered by President Donald Trump and implemented by his fascistic operative FCC Chairman Brendan Carr, is a frontal attack on the First Amendment’s guarantee of freedom of speech and the press. Read more Social crime in the Calumet region: Blackouts in Gary, Indiana, extend into second week The collapse of infrastructure in Gary and the broader Calumet region is the result of decades of policies through which the financial elite has drained resources from essential physical assets and funneled them into speculation. Read more H5N1 avian flu spreads among Australian bird population Three mass mortality events, involving a total of more than 1,000 greater crested terns, were detected in South Australia on Wednesday, with H5N1 the presumed cause. Read more Billionaire CEO of Canada’s Shopify demands abolition of right to vote for broad sections of the population Lütke declared that voting rights should be stripped from those whom he termed “dependents”—based on their payment of income tax. This would disenfranchise wide swathes of workers on low wages, elderly pensioners, the unemployed, students and the infirm. Read more Australian government’s phony posturing over Israeli murder of aid worker While bemoaning the IDF’s exoneration of itself, Labor leaders repeated the fraudulent Israeli narrative that the bombardment of a clearly marked aid convoy was an error. Read more Australia: ABC program exposes cruelty of Labor’s aged care schemes Hundreds of thousands of retired workers and their families are being denied adequate support packages or left waiting interminably for basic services. Read more Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific India: Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh protests over wages, pensions and labour-code provisions; Mumbai public transport workers begin indefinite action; Bangladesh: Ettadee Jeans workers demand unpaid wages; Sri Lanka: Wildlife veterinarians maintain work-to-rule action; Australia: Public sector doctors strike in Victoria. 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.