New Today -- 3 December 2016

Perspective

Vote no on the Italian constitutional referendum!

The referendum would give the prime minister virtually unchecked powers to impose his party's agenda, in a major step towards authoritarian forms of rule.

News & Analysis

Trump declares support for Dakota Access Pipeline ahead of evacuation order against protesters

Under the watchful eye of the Obama administration, protesters have been subjected to brutal violence from the police and National Guard.

Canadian elite applauds Liberals' pipeline approval, demands Trudeau show more "steel"

Canada's Resources Minister threatens to use army against pipeline protests

CEOs, Wall Street to drive Trump economic policy

Trump backers sue to block recounts

November jobs report highlights impact of Obama's eight-year assault on the working class

Obama administration defends indefinite detention of immigrants before Supreme Court

Gatlinburg, Tennessee fire death toll rises to 13

Dramatic rise in New York City home foreclosures

A new round of UN and US sanctions on North Korea

US Pacific commander visits Sri Lanka, praising new regime

Millions of Australians living in recession

UK by-election deepens divisions in ruling class over Brexit

UK: Veolia sacks binmen for helping elderly man

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

NYU's corporate leadership bars socialist student group from campus

History

Fifty years since the Aboriginal stockmen's strike

Arts

The Eagle Huntress is about real peopleRules Don't Apply and Nocturnal Animals are about something else

Workers Struggles

San Diego nurses work without contract after union blocks Sharp Healthcare strike

Socialist Equality Party

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