18 June 2020
Sharp rise in new coronavirus cases in US south and west
By Bryan Dyne, 18 June 2020
The number of coronavirus cases in the United States has doubled since the federal “slow the spread” guidelines were allowed to expire.
Virginia and Maryland ease COVID-19 restrictions
Meatpacking workers oppose forced return to work through protests and mass absenteeism
UK: COVID-19 killing the working class at more than twice the rate of the wealthiest
By Simon Whelan, 18 June 2020
The pandemic is exacerbating the effects of already growing socioeconomic and urban inequalities.
UK: Johnson opens the economy and guarantees fresh COVID-19 outbreak
UK: Legal action highlights social-Darwinist policies against the disabled during COVID-19 pandemic
“For the elite, lives are expendable”
Canadian nurse denounces budget cuts, government neglect and reckless back-to-work drive
By our reporter, 18 June 2020
“There's a very high level of negligence,” Julien told the WSWS. “Some of my colleagues have been quarantined after being put in contact with positive patients without appropriate equipment.”
More on the coronavirus pandemic »
“They believe their profits are more relevant than human life”
Mexican autoworkers say General Motors is covering up COVID-19 outbreak at Silao plant
By Andrea Lobo, 18 June 2020
The coverup of COVID-19 cases by GM and hundreds of manufacturing companies across Mexico is not only sanctioned by the López Obrador government, it is part of an official policy of under-reporting cases.
Faurecia workers denounce unsafe return to work
US auto companies pushing for more production as COVID-19 cases rise in factories
More on autoworkers struggles »
Atlanta cop who killed Rayshard Brooks charged with felony murder, could face death penalty
By Matthew MacEgan, 18 June 2020
The charge is one of eleven made against Officer Garrett Rolfe and may be the first time in more than a century that a police officer in the US has been threatened with the death penalty for an active duty killing.
Atlanta police killing of Rayshard Brooks ruled a homicide as Democrats posture as reformers
Far-right US Air Force sergeant charged in slaying of federal officer and local police
By Jacob Crosse, 18 June 2020
Contrary to the claims of the Trump administration, far-right groups and state agents, not “far-left terrorists,” have been the source of homicidal violence throughout the anti-police brutality protests.
New signs of New York City police revolt, as Democratic mayor and governor announce “reforms”
By Fred Mazelis, 18 June 2020
The NYPD abruptly announced the withdrawal this week of police officers who had been assigned to the offices of the district attorneys in four New York boroughs.
UK: Marcus Rashford campaign forces Johnson government climbdown over summer free school meals
By Tania Kent and Harvey Thompson, 18 June 2020
The announcement followed a public campaign by 22-year-old Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford.
UK: Pandemic produces surge in household debt, accelerates child poverty
By Barry Mason, 16 June 2020
Tens of thousands of jobs have already gone, and job losses are expected to mount as companies take advantage of the situation to impose long-term restructuring plans.
German Navy prepares for worldwide military missions
By Tino Jacobson and Johannes Stern, 18 June 2020
The ruling elite is making no secret of the imperialist goals associated with the rearmament of the German Navy.
Fascist network uncovered in German Army’s Special Forces unit
By Gregor Link, 18 June 2020
”Right-wing extremist tendencies” are “tolerated” in the KSK and “sometimes consciously covered up,” wrote Der Spiegel based on a soldier’s letter.
Moscow court sentences ex-US Marine to 16 years for espionage
By Clara Weiss, 18 June 2020
The case of Paul Whelan, which has unfolded against the background of heightened military tensions between the US and Russia and a hysterical anti-Russia campaign in the US media, is extremely murky.
Trump rolls back prohibitions on discrimination against transgender patients
By Alex Johnson, 18 June 2020
The announcement endangers the safety of an already vulnerable demographic.
California utility pleads guilty to 84 counts of involuntary manslaughter for wildfire deaths
By Anthony del Olmo, 18 June 2020
Outdated power lines operated by the Pacific Gas & Electric company sparked dozens of deadly and destructive fires in California over the past decade.
Membership-rigging exposes Australian Labor Party’s rot
By Mike Head, 18 June 2020
The sheer size of the latest branch stacking operations points to a deep crisis in the Labor and trade union apparatus.
Australian pseudo-left groups protect university union from revolt against pay-cutting plans
By a correspondent, 18 June 2020
University workers, in partnership with students, need to construct new rank-and-file organisations that are totally independent of the NTEU apparatus.
17 June 2020
Dozens die in India-China border clash
By Keith Jones, 17 June 2020
North Korea blows up liaison office to send message to Trump
By Peter Symonds, 17 June 2020
More than 40 percent of all US deaths from COVID-19 are in nursing homes
By Benjamin Mateus, 17 June 2020
Outbreaks of COVID-19 in Brazil’s meat processing plants and mines
By Tomas Castanheira, 17 June 2020
Fed boosts support for stock market by expanding corporate debt purchases
By Nick Beams, 17 June 2020
New Mexico protester wounded by far-right shooter
By Jacob Crosse, 17 June 2020
Voices of young protesters: Police violence, COVID-19 and the 2020 elections
By our reporters, 17 June 2019
Massachusetts educators protest layoffs and sweeping cuts to public education
By Will McCalliss and Evan Blake, 17 June 2020
UK: 600,000 workers already kicked off payrolls during COVID-19 lockdown
By Robert Stevens, 17 June 2020
Macron unleashes riot police against French health care protests
By Will Morrow, 17 June 2020
French state hands €15 billion bailout to Airbus and Air France
By Kumaran Ira, 17 June 2020
Canada’s grocery chains slash wages as pandemic continues to rage
By Roger Jordan, 17 June 2020
Australian PM outlines bipartisan austerity offensive
By Oscar Grenfell, 17 June 2020
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华尔街以死亡为宴
大卫.诺斯, 2020年5月3日
昨天，4月14日，全球因COVID-19大流行造成的死亡总数超过126,000。在美国，周二有2400多人死亡，使全国受害者总数达到26000。这些官方数字无疑大大低于因冠状病毒感染而死亡的实际人数。
伦敦工人拼死与冠毒作战 富豪纷纷撤离
Michael Barnes, 2020年5月9日
早在新冠病毒大流行之前，伦敦就已是英国丑恶的不平等的中心。如今它不可避免地成为英国疫情的震中。这座城市是整个英国社会阶级分化的集中范例。
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Правительства по всему миру реагируют на COVID-19, спасая прибыли, а не жизни
Джозеф Кишор — кандидат в президенты США от Партии Социалистического Равенства, 13 июня 2020 г.
Усилия правящей элиты по принуждению людей к возвращению на работу — и навязыванию масштабной перестройки классовых отношений, чтобы компенсировать расходы по спасению Уолл-стрит, — столкнутся с огромным сопротивлением со стороны рабочего класса.
Эта неделя в истории
100 лет назад: Красная
армия отвоевывает Киев
13 июня 2020 г.
13 июня 1920 года войска Красной армии вошли в украинскую столицу Киев и вытеснили оттуда польские и украинские националистические войска.
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Classe social, capitalismo e o assassinato de George Floyd
Niles Niemuth, 13 Junho 2020
Como aconteceu tantas vezes no passado, o establishment político e a imprensa estão promovendo uma narrativa racial para ocultar a base social e econômica da brutalidade policial e desviar a raiva popular do sistema capitalista.
O paradoxo da alta em Wall Street
Nick Beams, 13 Junho 2020
A alta no mercado de ações, ocorrendo em meio à maior crise de saúde em um século, contrasta enormemente com a economia real subjacente.
Pandemia e guerra global contra imigrantes e refugiados
Bill Van Auken, 13 Junho 2020
Assim como com os ataques à toda a classe trabalhadora e o impulso em direção à guerra, as classes dominantes capitalistas em todo o mundo responderam à pandemia intensificando o ataque brutal aos trabalhadores imigrantes.
Defensores das políticas raciais têm reação hostil a protestos multirraciais contra o assassinato policial de George Floyd
Nick Barrickman, 13 Junho 2020
Políticos do Partido Democrata e seus apoiadores defensores do nacionalismo negro denunciaram brancos como "agitadores externos".
New in French
Führer en herbe, Trump intensifie son complot pour un coup d'État
Patrick Martin, 13 juin 2020
Le président cherche à fabriquer un prétexte pour la répression violente et l’établissement d’un régime autoritaire en Amérique.
Selon Le Figaro, Macron envisagerait de démissionner
Alexandre Lantier, 13 juin 2020
La pandémie du COVID-19 et les manifestations internationales contre les meurtres policiers de George Floyd et d’Adama Traoré ont profondément déstabilisé l’exécutif.
Washington intensifie ses vols de bombardiers stratégiques menaçant la Russie et la Chine
Alex Lantier, 13 juin 2020
Alors que la colère sociale monte en réponse à la violence policière et à la pandémie de COVID-19, il y a aussi un plus grand danger que l’élite dirigeante essaye d’étouffer les conflits de classe en lançant des guerres à l’étranger.
Anticapitalistas quitte le gouvernement espagnol du Parti socialiste et de Podemos
Alejandro López et Alex Lantier, 13 juin 2020
Anticapitalistas quitte Podemos pour servir d’agence politique de l'État, intervenant dans les manifestations et les grèves qui éclatent contre Podemos afin de les étrangler.
New in Spanish
La Casa Blanca exige finalizar pago de emergencia por desempleo de $600 por semana
Por Andre Damon, 17 junio 2020
El plan del Gobierno de Trump de recortar la asistencia por desempleo en julio es una confabulación abierta para obligar a que los trabajadores regresen a fábricas que son focos de contagio del COVID-19.
Los estudios sobre la respuesta de anticuerpos COVID-19 socavan la política de "inmunidad colectiva" de los EE. UU.
Por Benjamin Matteus, 17 junio 2020
La respuesta de los anticuerpos al coronavirus no es muy robusta, lo que socava las afirmaciones de que si un número suficiente de personas se infectan, la pandemia se quemará a sí misma.
Informe de la OCDE apunta a un impacto de largo plazo de la pandemia
Por Nick Beams, 17 junio 2020
El informe califica el panorama económico de "excepcionalmente incierto". Advierte que cualquier recuperación será "vacilante" y estará sujeta a la interrupción por otro brote de la pandemia.
Macron anuncia quiebras masivas y despidos al terminar las restricciones del coronavirus
Por Alex Lantier, 17 junio 2020
Con el breve discurso televisado de Macron, la clase dominante está declarando una guerra de clases internacional contra los trabajadores.
New in German
Möchtegern-Führer Trump intensiviert Putschversuche
Patrick Martin, 13. Juni 2020
Der US-Präsident versucht, einen Vorwand für gewaltsame Unterdrückung und die Errichtung eines autoritären Regimes in Amerika zu fabrizieren.
Washington verschärft Drohkulisse gegen Russland und China mit vermehrten Flügen strategischer Bomber
Alex Lantier, 13. Juni 2020
Mit der sozialen Wut über Polizeigewalt und die Corona-Pandemie verschärft sich auch die Gefahr, dass die herrschende Elite versucht, den Klassenkampf durch externe Kriege zu unterdrücken.
Bildungsministerium sabotiert finanziell schwache Studierende
Christopher Lehmann und Noah Windstein, 13. Juni 2020
Karliczeks Paket bietet den Studierenden keine rasche Hilfe, es ist in jeder Hinsicht gegen sie gerichtet.
New in Turkish
Trump, muhalefeti terörizmle damgalama kampanyasını yoğunlaştırıyor
Patrick Martin, 6 Haziran 2020
Polis şiddetine karşı kitlesel protestolarda yer alan milyonlarca işçi ve genç, Trump yönetiminin gangster yöntemlerine karşı siyasi talepler yükseltmeye başlamalı ve Trump’ın, Pence’in ve diğer komplocuların görevden alınmasını istemelidir.
New in Norwegian
Etabler grunnplankomitéer på fabrikker og arbeidsplasser for å forhindre overføring av Covid-19-virus og redde liv!
Uttalelse fra Socialist Equality Party (USA), 22. mai 2020
Regjeringen og selskapene krever gjenopptakelse av arbeid midt under en pandemi, som hver uke krever flere tusen liv. Deres pådriv for profitter prioriterer ikke arbeideres og deres familiers helse og sikkerhet.
Trump-administrasjonen gjør Taiwan til sin seneste front i antiKina-kampanjen
Peter Symonds, 22. mai 2020
USA har provoserende hyllet gjenvalget av den taiwanske presidenten Tsai Ing-wen og presset på for Taiwans sak under det årlige ministermøtet for Verdens helseorganisasjon (WHO).
USA forbereder antiRussland-krigsspill midt under pandemien
Andrea Peters, 22. mai 2020
Om litt mer enn to uker vil 6 000 amerikanske og polske tropper simulere bakke og luftbårne angrep ca. 56 kilometer fra det russiske territoriet Kaliningrad.
Covid-19-pandemien avslører Frankrikes Nytt Antikapitalistisk Parti
Alex Lantier, 22. mai 2020
Pandemien setter arbeidere i alle land opp i en uforsonlig konflikt med de pro-imperialistiske middelklassepartiene som styringsklassen lenge har fremstilt som venstresiden.
New in Italian
La classe lavoratrice, il socialismo e la lotta contro la pandemia
David North, 1 aprile 2020
Gli scioperi e le proteste dei lavoratori di Instacart, Amazon e Whole Foods sono in risposta alla criminale subordinazione della sicurezza dei lavoratori ai profitti aziendali.
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Perspective
The India-China border clash and the inflammable state of world geopolitics
18 June 2020
The Indo-China border dispute is only one of numerous global flashpoints where US aggression has incited or aggravated inter-state conflicts and transformed them into potential catalysts of a global conflagration.
Commentary
Police violence and class rule
By Niles Niemuth and Joseph Kishore, 17 June 2020
The protests against police murder: The way forward
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (US), 15 June 2020
Washington Post op-ed calls for news media to censor videos of police brutality
Social class, capitalism and the murder of George Floyd
New York Times editor James Bennet resigns over fascist op-ed
A call to the working class! Stop Trump’s coup d’état!
More on the police murder of George Floyd »
Aboriginal professor awarded an “Order of Australia” promotion
By Mike Head, 17 June 2020
An interview with Dr. Mona Masood, founder of the Physician Support Line
By Kate Randall, 17 June 2020
White House demands end to $600 per week emergency unemployment pay
By Andre Damon, 16 June 2020
As pandemic surges, White House presses ahead with back-to-work campaign
By Kate Randall and Andre Damon, 13 June 2020
Arts Review
Abel Ferrara’s Tommaso: The only clouds on the horizon are personal ones
By Erik Schreiber, 18 June 2020
Ferrara’s latest semiautobiographical film focuses on certain of the director’s fixations with hardly any reference to the larger, convulsive world.
The BBC’s Sitting in Limbo: Compelling dramatization of the anti-migrant Windrush scandal
By Margot Miller, 17 June 2020
Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich reviews life, crimes and death of financier
By Kevin Reed, 16 June 2020
Classical musicians face unprecedented challenges amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Fred Mazelis, 15 June 2020
Homecoming, Season 2: The menacing “giant” that is the US military-industrial complex
By David Walsh, 12 June 2020
SEP US presidential election campaign
SEP launches petition to appear on the presidential ballot in Illinois
17 June 2020
Supporters of the SEP are fighting to gather 5,000 electronic signatures to place Joseph Kishore and Norissa Santa Cruz on the ballot for the general election in November.
Andreja Pejić interviews Joseph Kishore on Instagram
The Socialist Equality Party US presidential candidate spoke about the multiracial protests against police violence, identity politics, and the way forward for the international working class.
- The murder of George Floyd and the fight against police violence in the US
- Oppose the Trump administration’s deportation of 1,000 immigrant children!
- No to the anti-China campaign! For international solidarity against the pandemic and capitalism!
- David North and Joseph Kishore address international online audience in Socialist Equality Party town hall election meeting
June 7 Online Meeting
Workers Struggles
Argentine rubber workers; Mexican health workers strike over COVID-19 response
Workers Struggles: The Americas
16 June 2020
Coronavirus pandemic in Poland: Silesian miners sacrificed for profit
By Bartosz Wyspianski and Martin Nowak, 16 June 2020
Indian cruise ship crew stage second protest in three days
By Tom Casey, 16 June 2020
Free Julian Assange
Journalists expose CIA spying on Assange and demand his freedom
By Oscar Grenfell, 15 June 2020
Julian Assange unable to attend court hearing due to illness as legal travesty continues
By Thomas Scripps, 2 June 2020
Assange extradition hearing rescheduled for September
Assange extradition hearing delayed following defence appeal
Application for delay in Assange extradition hearing as COVID-19 sweeps through UK prisons
Declassified Mueller investigation transcripts confirm no evidence WikiLeaks colluded with Russia
By Thomas Scripps, 15 May 2020
Socialist Equality Party (Australia)
Reject Australian universities-NTEU job and pay cuts!
By the Committee for Public Education and the International Youth and Students for Social Equality, 15 June 2020
SEP (Australia) June 16 online lecture
The founding of the Fourth International
11 June 2020
The lecture will outline the immense contemporary relevance of Leon Trotsky’s establishment of the world party of socialist revolution in 1938.
Socialist Equality Party (Australia) to hold online lectures on history of Trotskyism
This week in history: June 15-21
25 years ago: Chechen rebels release hostages
On June 20, 1995, Chechen rebel gunmen released the last of more than 1,000 people held hostage for five days in the Russian city of Budyonnovsk and returned to Chechnya under an agreement negotiated with Russian Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin.
50 years ago: Soviet scientist released from imprisonment
Zhores Medvedev, a leading Soviet geneticist, was freed from his confinement in the Kaluga psychiatric hospital on June 17, 1970. He had been held in the asylum for drawing attention to serious problems in the development of scientific research in the Soviet Union.
75 years ago: Japan on the brink of defeat in World War Two
This week in June 1945, the Japanese imperial government and the country’s emperor acknowledged that they were all but defeated in the Second World War.
100 years ago: Rioting between nationalists and loyalists in Northern Ireland
On June 20, 1920, five people were killed in the northern Irish city of Derry and dozens seriously wounded during riots between nationalists, who opposed British legislation to separate the six counties of northern Ireland from the 26 counties in the south, and unionists who supported it.
History
Book Review
Every Drop of Blood: The Momentous Second Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
By Shannon Jones, 11 June 2020
The History Channel’s Grant
By Tom Mackaman, 1 June 2020
Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka)
Sri Lankan president establishes military taskforce: Another step toward dictatorship
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 9 June 2020
The coronavirus pandemic
The Malthusian underpinnings of Boris Johnson’s “herd immunity” strategy
By Thomas Scripps, 8 June 2020
Build rank-and-file factory and workplace committees to prevent transmission of the COVID-19 virus and save lives!
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (US), 21 May 2020
Brazilian Trotskyists issue call for working-class action against pandemic
What will be the cost of implementing this program? Who will pay for it?
Statement of the Brazilian Socialist Equality Group (In Solidarity with the International Committee of the Fourth International), 2 June 2020
Turkish Trotskyists call for independent working-class action against the pandemic
By Sosyalist Eşitlik (in solidarity with the International Committee of the Fourth International), 5 June 2020
British Trotskyists issue call for working class action against pandemic
Statement of the Socialist Equality Party (UK), 27 May 2020
SEP (Sri Lanka) calls for action committees to counter COVID-19 and defend jobs
By the Socialist Equality Party (Sri Lanka), 2 June 2020
Oppose the premature lifting of COVID-19 safety restrictions!
By the Socialist Equality Party (Australia), 3 June 2020
London bus drivers face COVID-19 disaster: Build rank-and-file safety committees!
By Laura Tiernan, 5 June 2020
More on the coronavirus pandemic »
Science
Thirty years of the Hubble Space Telescope
By Bryan Dyne, 2 May 2020
Science vs. Trump: The dangerous promotion of hydroxychloroquine in treating COVID-19
By Benjamin Mateus, 13 April 2020
International May Day Online Rally
Governments worldwide respond to COVID-19 by saving profits, not lives
By Joseph Kishore—SEP candidate for US president, 12 May 2020
The ruling elite’s efforts to enforce a return to work—and impose a massive restructuring of class relations to pay for the bailout of Wall Street—will encounter enormous opposition from the working class.
Opening report to Online International May Day Rally
The COVID-19 pandemic: A trigger event in world history
By David North, 4 May 2020
We are publishing here the text of the opening report to the 2020 International Online May Day Rally delivered by David North.
On May 2, the International Committee of the Fourth International held its annual International May Day Online Rally, with speakers and participants from throughout the world. Readers can listen to the entire rally here.
History
Russian court keeps historian of Stalinist massacres jailed amid COVID-19 outbreak
By Clara Weiss, 12 May 2020
The vendetta against Dmitriev is part of the campaign by Russia’s state and ruling oligarchy to suppress all efforts to uncover the truth about the crimes of Stalinism.
One Hundred and Fifty Years Since the Birth of Lenin
By David North, 22 April 2020
Today marks the 150th anniversary of the birth of Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov in the Russian city of Simbirsk on April 22, 1870. Known in history under the name of Lenin, he was the founder of the Bolshevik Party, leader of the 1917 October Revolution and, undoubtedly, a towering figure in the political and intellectual history of the twentieth century.
Fifty years since the massacre of students at Kent State
By Patrick Martin, 4 May 2020
The New York Times' 1619 Project
The Times’ 1619 Project is damned with faint praise
Hannah-Jones receives Pulitzer Prize for personal commentary, not historical writing
By Tom Mackaman and David North, 9 May 2020
The Pulitzer awards took no notice of the New York Times’ pretentious claims that the 1619 Project is an important contribution to the understanding of American history. It granted Hannah-Jones an award for “Commentary.”
- American Historical Review publishes letter on 1619 Project by Tom Mackaman and David North
- New York Times Magazine editor Jake Silverstein attempts to slither away from central 1619 Project fabrication
- New York Times ignored objections raised by 1619 Project fact-checker
- A reply to the American Historical Review’s defense of the 1619 Project
Obituary
Former UAW President Owen Bieber dead at 90
By Jerry White, 27 February 2020
From 1983 to 1995, Bieber presided over the final demise of the UAW as an organization that conducted a limited defense of the day-to-day interests of autoworkers and its transformation into what it is today: a direct arm of corporate management.
Hosni Mubarak, US-backed dictator of Egypt for 30 years, dead at 91
By Bill Van Auken, 26 February 2020
Book Review
Brendan McGeever’s Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution: Distorting history in the service of identity politics
Part one
By Clara Weiss, 11 April 2020
Brendan McGeever’s Antisemitism and the Russian Revolution: Distorting history in the service of identity politics
Part two
By Clara Weiss, 13 April 2020
Mehring Books
Mehring Yayıncılık publishes Turkish-language edition of The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Ulaş Ateşçi, 30 March 2020
First published by the WSWS in February 2018, The Struggle against Imperialism and for Workers’ Power in Iran—A Reply to a Proponent of “Iranian Islamic Socialism” advances a socialist strategy for the working class in a country that has been the target of US imperialist aggression for decades.
Preface to the Turkish edition of The struggle against imperialism and for workers’ power in Iran
By Keith Jones, 30 March 2020
A viable strategy to defeat imperialism can only be founded on the working class, and requires its independent political mobilization against all factions of the Iranian bourgeoisie.
Amazon
South Carolina Amazon worker speaks on loss of his health, benefits and job
By Ed Hightower and Michael Walters, 21 March 2020
Donald Thrift Jr was left jobless with $27,000 in medical debt after contracting double pneumonia while working in an Amazon fulfillment center in Spartanburg, South Carolina.
As more workers test positive for COVID-19, Amazon ignores demands to close warehouses
By Tom Carter, 25 March 2020
At least three Amazon workers in Shepherdsville, Kentucky tested positive for the coronavirus on Monday, following the discovery of COVID-19 cases in New York, Florida and Michigan warehouses.
Amazon workers in New York City shut down warehouse after worker tests positive for coronavirus
By Shuvu Batta, 21 March 2020
The discovery that an Amazon worker in Queens had tested positive for coronavirus sparked work stoppages which shut the processing facility Thursday night.
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