New Today -- 31 January 2018

Perspective

Hundreds of thousands of industrial workers strike in Germany

Germany's biggest strike wave in 15 years is another sign that 2018 will see an intensification of class struggle internationally.

News & Analysis

Trump's State of the Union address: A spectacle of reaction and militarism

The foul character of the speech, the media coverage, and the ceremony as a whole testifies to the exclusion of any opposition within the political establishment to the agenda of corporate America.

Investigators now claim Hawaii employee who sent false alert thought attack was real

Corporate giants announce partnership to cut employer health care costs

Fiat Chrysler workers file class action against UAW demanding return of union dues

Harley-Davidson to close Kansas City plant, lay off 800

Puerto Rican Governor calls for the closing of a quarter of the island's public schools

Currency conflicts deepen between US and Europe

A series of attacks at Russian schools

Indian-Pakistani clashes in Kashmir put South Asia on knife's edge

Australian government unveils draconian "foreign interference" bills

Over 100 feared dead in Kiribati ferry disaster

Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship

In letter to congress, social media companies outline plans for mass censorship

Commentary

"Scoundrel Time" returns: The neo-Puritan #MeToo censors and their predecessors

London Conference on Intelligence exposes link between academic promotion of eugenics and Conservative right

History

Fifty years since the Tet Offensive