New Today -- 20 January 2018

Perspective

One year of Democratic sabotage of opposition to Trump

The Democratic Party has spent the past year suppressing and diverting popular resistance to the Trump administration.

News & Analysis

US budget charade causes government shutdown

Whatever the immediate outcome of the ongoing budget negotiations, the result will shift the political landscape even further to the right.

Pentagon unveils strategy for military confrontation with Russia and China

UK, France boost military, intelligence ties at Sandhurst summit

Extension of warrantless NSA spying, with bipartisan support, heads to Trump for signature

Immigration agents destroy humanitarian water supplies along US-Mexico border

Federal agency promotes religious "exceptions" to health care

US house fires kill 320 since Christmas, up 50 percent from last year

DC Metro train derails, passengers stranded for 90 minutes

Australia: Union officials desperately trying to prevent NSW rail strike

Australian power workers vote for industrial action

Students and staff to bear brunt of latest Australian university funding cut

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

IYSSE secures re-election to student parliament at Berlin's Humboldt University

Mehring Books

The Heritage We Defend and other important books by David North and the ICFI published in Turkish

Commentary

UK: Office for Students spearheads privatisation and policing of universities

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific