New Today -- 6 January 2018

Perspective

Governments and corporations escalate Internet censorship and attacks on free speech

Technology companies and governments all over the world have kicked off the New Year with a massive assault on freedom of expression on the Internet.

News & Analysis

US suspends security aid to Pakistan as part of Afghan War push

The deepening of US-Pakistan tensions is bound up not just with the Afghan War, but also the growing polarization of the region between the Indo-US and Sino-Pakistani military-strategic alliances.

Tell-all book on Trump White House intensifies US political crisis

Talks between North and South Korea to proceed

Trump threatens Palestinian aid cut-off

Britain's National Health Service is being deliberately brought to the brink of collapse

Over 20 dead in Winter Storm Grayson as US cold wave continues

Gentrification fueling eviction crisis in New York City

December US jobs report reveals weaker than expected growth

Foxconn tax subsidies to build Wisconsin plant reach over $4 billion

Australia: Ex-general agitates for stepped-up war preparations

New Zealand government seeks to contain outrage over Pike River mine disaster

Commentary

The working-class unrest in Iranthe WSWS replies to an apologist of the Iranian regime

German conservatives and Social Democrats prepare formation of far-right government

Arts Review

The New York Times' reactionary sexual harassment campaign runs into opposition

Workers Struggles

Lessons of the fight against Obama's "school reform"Part 2

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific