New Today -- 19 December 2017

Perspective

Far-right party enters Austrian government

Politicians with close ties to the neo-Nazi scene and ultra-right circles now wield power in Austria.

News & Analysis

Trump unveils "America First" national security strategy

Behind the hackneyed campaign-style speech delivered by Trump Monday, the US military and intelligence apparatus is preparing for world war.

Puerto Rico governor orders review of official hurricane death toll

Political warfare escalates over Mueller investigation into Trump-Russia claims

At least three dead as Amtrak train derails over Interstate 5 in Washington

Few facts in horrific death of Canton, Ohio meat packing worker Samuel Martinez

Verdict looms in first round of trials for 194 charged in anti-Trump inauguration day protests

House fire in Brooklyn kills four

MSF survey provides clear evidence of the Burmese military's mass murder

Washington and Honduras seek to crush opposition to fraudulent re-election

Hepatitis A outbreaks hit Southeast Michigan and San Diego

Record numbers of Detroit children chronically absent from school

Australian government returns refugees to Sri Lanka

Australian by-election underscores ongoing political instability

Socialist Equality Party

On the 30th anniversary of the death of Comrade Keerthi Balasuriya

Commentary

Why is Canada's Liberal government endorsing the #MeToo witch-hunt?

Arts Review

Star Wars: The Last JediThe further business of the Disney franchise

The Falsification of David King's workRed Star Over Russia: A Revolution in Visual Culture 1905-55 at the Tate Modern in London

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas