New Today -- 4 April 2017

Perspective

Trump threatens China with war on North Korea

The Trump administration has threatened to launch a war that will not only be catastrophic for the people of the Korean peninsula but could drag in other major powers, including China, Russia and Japan.

News & Analysis

Egyptian dictator el-Sisi welcomed to the White House

White House meetings with el-Sisi and Jordan's King Abdullah revolve around increasing US pressure on these regimes to join the escalating wars in Iraq and Syria.

UK Prime Minister May silent on war threats against Spain over Gibraltar

Explosion in St. Petersburg kills at least 10

Germany clashes with US over NATO funding

Colombian government ignores warnings, mudslide kills hundreds

After Park's ouster, South Korean pseudo-left orients to pro-US opposition

French Guiana strikers reject PS government's offer

Thousands protest police murder of Liu Shaoyo in Paris

Three dead, four injured in boiler explosion at St. Louis factory

Alberta's NDP government freezes wages, gambles on oil price rise in budget

Maldives opposition intensifies campaign to destabilise government

Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!

Portrait of the Suzuki corporation, a ruthless transnational employer

Commentary

Black Lives Matter cashes in on black capitalism

Workers Struggles

Anti-austerity protests hit Argentina, Brazil and Puerto Rico