New Today -- 24 January 2018

Perspective

Political lessons from the sham US government shutdown

The spineless character of the Democrats' supposed defense of immigrant youth stands in stark contrast to the party's furious efforts to prosecute the anti-Russia campaign.

News & Analysis

World Economic Forum meets in Davos under shadow of crisis and war

The gathering of the world's oligarchs is taking place amid the breakdown of the postwar capitalist order and the eruption of great power conflict.

Bodies of five workers recovered at site of Oklahoma gas well blast

IMF upgrades global growth forecast amid warnings of "fracture points"

Ankara cracks down on opposition to Turkish invasion of Syria

Volunteer arrested for giving food and water to immigrants along US-Mexico border

Fifty-nine defendants await trial for protesting against Trump's inauguration

Continuing crisis used to justify sell-off of Puerto Rico's electrical grid

Australia: Workers reject union-government attempts to cancel NSW rail strike

Indian factory fire kills 17 workers

Germany: IG Metall seeks to impose new contract

Hundreds more jobs being cut at Vauxhall's Ellesmere Port plant in UK

"Fake news" hysteria set to take center stage in Brazil's October elections

Arts Review

The 2018 Academy Award Nominations: A few worthy films, and others to fill quotas

Commentary

Facebook details plans to censor news feeds and manipulate public opinion