New Today -- 27 April 2017

Perspective

No to Macron and Le Pen! For an active boycott of the French election!

The arguments put forward to try to blackmail the French people into voting for Macron, the preferred candidate of finance capital, against the neo-fascist Le Pen are a combination of sophistries and lies.

News & Analysis

Trump tax cuts: A bonanza for corporations and the wealthy

The proposal unveiled Wednesday would channel trillions of dollars into the pockets of the financial elite at the expense of social programs and working class living standards.

White House briefing signals escalating war preparations against North Korea

British ruling elite regard Macron victory in France as a "mixed blessing"

Retired GM worker speaks on three years of the Flint water crisis

Turkish warplanes hit Washington's Kurdish proxy forces in Syria

Attack on German football club allegedly motivated by greed

Scottish college lecturers walk out over pay and conditions

Discovery of mass graves highlights bloody scramble for Congo's resources

Australian Anzac Day celebrations promote militarism and war

Fiji Times publisher, editors charged with sedition

Anti-immigrant campaign intensifies in New Zealand

Featured Interview

Climate scientist Michael Mills describes the devastation of a thermonuclear detonation

Arts

Should art be judged on the basis of race and gender?

Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!

Tamil workers in northern Sri Lanka support Maruti Suzuki workers

NHS Fightback

Bournemouth health workers attend NHS FightBack meeting against redundancies and cuts