US debt at $40 trillion as financial crisis deepens

Dear reader, Here are the latest articles published today on the World Socialist Web Site. US debt at $40 trillion as financial crisis deepens The most revealing feature of the debt mountain is not just its size, significant as that is, but the speed with which it has grown. Read more Israel builds execution chamber for Palestinian prisoners as Ben-Gvir threatens assassinations in Gaza The Israeli government is building an execution facility to hang Palestinian prisoners, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir announced Tuesday in a statement from his office. In video released from the site—a prison in central Israel that his office did not name—Ben-Gvir walks through the wing being built for condemned prisoners and says “gallows will be erected” there. Read more Ahead of parliamentary elections, Kremlin intensifies crackdown on domestic dissent As is always the case in Western coverage of Russia and the war, the history of both the war and the political tendencies in question is completely ignored. Read more Right-wing witch-hunt drives black professor Jason Arday to suicide Arday’s appointment put a target on the back of a clearly quite vulnerable man, out of his depth and in no position to answer his critics and political opponents. Read more Ukraine war-hawk defeated in Florida Democratic primary Alexander Vindman became a celebrity among pro-war Democrats for his testimony against Trump during his 2019 impeachment over withholding military aid to Ukraine. Read more Miners in Ankara demanding what they are owed defy police repression The theft of workers' wages and other entitlements at the mines and enterprises is part of a systematic policy. Read more Florida executes William Silvia as the US death machine accelerates Silvia’s execution came five days after the first triple execution day in the United States since 2010. Ten more executions are scheduled before the end of the year: two in Florida, five in Texas, two in Tennessee and one in Alabama. Read more Directors Guild and IATSE more than happy to hand Hollywood over to the oligarchs The Hollywood merger exposes the union bureaucracy’s collaboration with oligarchs, threatening jobs, democratic rights and artistic freedom on a global scale. Read more New Zealand Greens candidate fought in SAS during Afghanistan war In a recent interview, Greens candidate Josh Jacobsen defended the NZ military’s role in the criminal imperialist war. Read more Meeting attendees denounce Australian government’s assault on the disabled “The cuts will hit clients, support workers, teachers, and healthcare staff alike. It is clear this is an international offensive against the working class.” – Maureen, a former aged-care nurse. 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.