New Today -- 29 April 2017

Perspective

Obama's $400,000 speeches: Unabashed. Shameless. Provocative.

The two speaking fees alone put the former candidate of "change" into the top one percent of income earners in the USin fact, one of them would almost have done the trick.

News & Analysis

Mlenchon refuses to take a position in French presidential runoff

Jean-Luc Mlenchon's declaration that he will participate in the May 7 vote but keep secret for whom he votes is an admission that he has no independent political line.

US warns of "catastrophic consequences" if North Korea is not brought to heel

Canada planning for war with North Korea

A new stage in the repudiation of international law

US economic growth slumps to slowest pace in three years

War rhetoric dominates UK snap general election

Ahead of EU Brexit summit, Merkel takes tough stance on UK

Police arrest five, carry out arbitrary searches at UC Berkeley

Inquest continues into death of mentally ill Milwaukee County Jail inmate denied water for seven days

Trump's FCC chairman issues plan to overturn 2015 "net neutrality" rules

New Zealand: Anzac Day glorifies imperialist war

Australia: Growing opposition to sell-out agreement among Victorian teachers and support staff

IYSSE

Humboldt University Student Parliament condemns right-wing Professor Jrg Baberowski

Workers Struggles

Striking college lecturers protest outside of Scottish parliament

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific

Arts

MuhiGenerally Temporary, or, a real concern for human suffering