1. Israel begins massacre in Rafah
2. The deeper issues bedeviling the Democratic Party
3. Informed critique of James P. Cannon biography
4. After 100 years: Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue
6. Tens of thousands of US healthcare workers let go
7. Why did Canada coddle Nazis after WWII?
9. Fascist demagogue: Trump in South Carolina
10. Dangerous NBFIs: the shadow banks
There is more news and analysis today at the World Socialist Web Site including: growing alliance of Chinese and Russian governments, elections in Pakistan and Indonesia, the French government’s turn toward fascism, new discoveries about COVID’s dangers.