Headlines at the World Socialist Web Site today:
1. The far-right danger in the UK and the soporifics of the SWP and RCP
A real fight for socialism is necessarily the most conscious of political movements, rigorously analyzing events, thoroughly exposing political misleaders and establishing the independence of the working class.
2. Trump’s $1.776 billion slush fund includes side deal blocking tax probes into president and family
While Trump officials refuse to rule out payouts to violent January 6 fascists, the Justice Department addendum seeks to foreclose claims against Trump and his related entities.
3. Jewish Voice for a Just Peace wins partial success in its case against the German Secret Service
The anti-Zionist organization Jewish Voice for a Just Peace in the Middle East has achieved a court ruling that means, for now, it can no longer be listed as "extremist" by the Secret Service.
4. ICE operations continue in Michigan as local cops play key role
ICE has shifted toward local police partnerships while aggressive arrests continue in Michigan and Democratic officials offer token objections.
5. Trump tightens grip on Republican Party as his poll numbers plunge
While his hand-picked candidates defeated several Republican incumbents, both Trump and his policies are deeply unpopular.
6. Rubio blames WHO for Ebola delay, as US aid cuts cripple public health in Africa
The Trump administration, having withdrawn from the WHO and cancelled more than 80 percent of US foreign aid, now faults the agency for responding too slowly to an Ebola epidemic its own cuts helped unleash.
7. The US indictment of Raúl Castro and the record of CIA terror against Cuba
The indictment of Raúl Castro is an abominable act of hypocrisy and imperialist propaganda to justify military aggression against an impoverished nation of less than 10 million people.
8. Australian budget further cuts public school funding
Behind the headlines, last week’s federal budget slashes social spending, including on public schools.
9. Australia: Bondi Royal Commission hearings used to attack anti-genocide movement
The hearings featured ludicrous testimony, of Zionists bemoaning news reportage of Israel’s war crimes and even pro-Palestinian bake sales at university campuses as a threat to their safety.
10. First They Came for My College: Right-wing “human dust” mount takeover of New College of Florida
Bresnan’s film sets out the sordid details of this far-right maneuver in all its repulsive transparency.
11. Socialist Equality Group and IYSSE hold successful meeting in New Zealand against Iran war
Speakers at the Wellington meeting explained the real causes of the US-Israeli imperialist war and the need for a socialist anti-war movement based on the working class, independent and opposed to Labour, the Greens and all capitalist parties.
Martaz Crutchfield ran as part of Will Lehman’s Insurgent Slate, calling for the transfer of power to the rank-and-file and the abolition of the UAW bureaucracy.
Workers at the local union hall Wednesday expressed overwhelming support for a strike and denounced union officials for collaborating with management to intimidate workers and probe for divisions among the membership.
14. London Underground workers must organise to resume RMT-cancelled strike
The Rail, Maritime and Transport union’s ability to maintain a militant posture has been greatly undermined by its role in defusing a struggle against the Starmer government—through repeated closed-door meetings with TfL and strike cancellations. Dempsey’s tub-thumping has given way to demands for “industrial peace”.
The Metropolitan Police’s latest statement is part of an orchestrated state cover-up that has continued under four Conservative and Labour governments, led by four different prime ministers.
16. Free Ukrainian socialist and anti-war activist, Bogdan Syrotiuk!
"Peace for the world! Down with war!"
