New Today -- 4 October 2017

Perspective

Defenders of imperialist "human rights" hail Spanish government's crackdown in Catalonia

The United States and EU leapt to the defence of the Spanish government as it sent police to savagely beat and arrest anyone who dared to exercise their fundamental right to vote.

News & Analysis

Trump's photo-op in Puerto Rico

Trump, who is proposing the largest tax cut for corporations and the rich in history, complained that the recovery effort was costing too much.

Spanish king demands new crackdown in Catalonia

Hundreds of thousands protest Madrid's repression in Catalonia

The Las Vegas massacre the day after

"Chemical coast" residents to be tested for toxic exposures in Houston, Texas

Nobel Prize in Medicine awarded for discoveries on the circadian rhythm

US confronts critical teacher shortage

German Left Party's Lafontaine launches AfD-style tirade against refugees

German Green Party opts for coalition with conservative and neo-liberal parties

Director of British rights group Cage convicted for refusing to reveal mobile phone and laptop pass codes

New presidential election in Kenya overshadowed by political crisis

Tamil refugee dies in Australian detention on Manus Island

Australia: Ipswich workers denounce elimination of hundreds of jobs

Commentary

Unifor, the WSWS Autoworker Newsletter and the politics of the CAMI strike

Arts Review

African American playwright Lorraine Hansberry, a revolution betrayed in Portugal and other matters

International Amazon Workers Voice

Is $12 an hour a fair wage for Amazon workers?