Worker delegates at the meeting described harrowing conditions at their workplaces, recounted the deadly and ongoing impact of COVID-19, denounced the indifference and complicity of the pro-corporate UAW bureaucracy, and spoke passionately in support of the construction of a worldwide movement of the working class.
The war in Ukraine had long been planned by American imperialism, but the pandemic heightened geopolitical tensions and set the stage for the outbreak of the war.
Last Wednesday, a delegation led by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North visited the Prinkipo Municipality in Istanbul to organize an event to commemorate Leon Trotsky's life and his stay on the island from 1929-33 while in exile.