New Today -- 4 May 2017

Perspective

Neo-Nazi network in German army exposed

The arrest of a German army officer suspected of plotting the assassination of leftist politicians and high-ranking state officials has exposed the operations of neo-Nazi forces at the highest levels of the German military.

News & Analysis

French election debate: Macron, Le Pen promote militarism, attacks on immigrants

Over the course of 150 minutes, the fascist Le Pen and the ex-banker Macron alternated between insulting each other and braying for militarism and state repression.

French warship joins US-UK-Japanese fleet threatening North Korea

Paris youth speak to WSWS: "I don't want to vote for the right just because I'm afraid of Le Pen"

Prime Minister May accuses EU of meddling in UK election

FBI director threatens WikiLeaks and Assange

US and Russia discuss "safe zones" in Syria

At least 23 dead, dozens trapped in Iranian coal mine disaster

Trump Justice Department: No charges in police murder of Alton Sterling

New study details correlation between tornado deaths and social inequality

Faculty strike at University of Illinois-Springfield

German state election in North-Rhine Westphalia: The devastating balance sheet of the SPD-Green government

UK: Behind the release of former soldier and war criminal Alexander Blackman

Australian Fairfax journalists strike for a week over job destruction

Australia: Victorian teachers speak out against agreement after union delegate meeting

Commentary

Trump on Jackson and the Civil War: Historical ignorance and the decline of the American presidency

Australia: Anzac Day and the official silence about anti-war opposition in WWI

Free the Maruti Suzuki workers!

A conversation with Professor Immanuel Ness on the Maruti Suzuki workers

International Committee of the Fourth International

Why Emmanuel Macron is no lesser evil compared to Marine Le Pen

The Growth of German Militarism and the Rewriting of History

The Crisis of the European Union

Militarism, social reaction, and authoritarianism in the United States

SEP Sri Lankan May Day meeting discusses threat of world war and lessons of Russian Revolution

Arts

War (The Stopover), scientific progress (Marie Curie), the police (The Force) and other issues