New Today -- 1 February 2018

Perspective

Trump's State of Delusion

The degeneration of the State of the Union as an institution is connected to the mounting crisis of American capitalism.

News & Analysis

Tens of thousands of German industrial workers on strike

Up to 500,000 workers are participating in one-day strikes in Germany's automotive and electrical industries, the largest strikes in the sector for 15 years.

Anger mounts as UAW VP for Fiat Chrysler Jewell implicated in corruption scandal

America is unprepared for the next deadly influenza outbreak

Funerals begin for five Oklahoma workers killed in gas well explosion

Unifor disaffiliates from Canadian Labour Congress in spat over "raiding"

CIA director brands China "as big a threat to the US" as Russia

Australian government unveils sweeping anti-democratic "foreign interference" bills

Australian Labor leader sounds alarm about popular hostility to political establishment

Growing opposition to Israeli government's plans to deport African refugees

UK: Conservative government backs efforts to overturn parole of rapist John Worboys

Bolivia's Evo Morales marks 12 years in power amid mounting social struggles

Commentary

US Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg endorses #MeToo

Arts Review

Marshall and MeToo: A 77-year-old civil rights fight exposes the reactionary character of the sexual misconduct witch-hunt