New Today -- 1 May 2017

Perspective

May Day 2017: Lessons of history and the fight for socialism

This speech was delivered by WSWS International Editorial Board Chairman David North to open the 2017 International May Day Online Rally, held on April 30.

News & Analysis

Trump again warns North Korea against nuclear testing

Washington is, in effect, blackmailing Beijing, warning that if China does not bring North Korea to heel, the US will do so through military means.

French right splits as sections back neo-fascist Le Pen

European Union issues hard-line Brexit negotiating strategy

People's Climate March protests Trump attacks on environment

Floods, tornados kill 13 across US South as Trump plans major cuts to disaster relief

Health care for 22,600 retired coal miners extended for one week

Each day 150 workers die in the US due to hazardous work conditions

Poverty among Michigan children greater in 2015 than during "Great Recession"

Massive enrolment decline at Illinois public colleges and universities due to state budget impasse

Washington, D.C. public transit authority proposes major offensive against workers

Nationalists storm Macedonia's parliament

What the Australian Education Union is suppressing

Amnesty report highlights companies profiting from Australia's refugee camps

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

May 1-7: April Crisis breaks out in Petrograd

Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!

Sri Lanka: Jaffna picket demands release of framed-up Maruti Suzuki workers

Arts

New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art considers mandatory admission charge for out-of-state visitors

Science

Researchers claim evidence that humans were in the Americas 130,000 years ago

NHS Fightback

Health workers and residents in Bournemouth speak out against health service cuts