New Today -- 6 March 2018

Perspective

The West Virginia teachers strike and the rebellion against the trade unions

Every major social conflict reveals in the movement of masses of people essential political relations, testing out and evaluating the validity of political conceptions.

News & Analysis

Historic defeat for social democrats in Italian election

Amid growing popular disaffection with the centre-left parties and their pseudo-left apologists, Sunday's parliamentary election resulted in a victory for the right-wing and extreme-right forces.

Thousands converge on state capitol to show support for West Virginia teachers strike

West Virginia teachers demand the right to affordable healthcare

Chicago Ford workers speak out in support of West Virginia teachers

Parasitism and "tax reform": Trump's corporate tax cuts fuel stock buybacks, not investment

China's National People's Congress to install Xi as political strongman

Putin's state of the nation speech highlights crisis of Russian oligarchy

UK government lies exposed over civilian casualties in Iraq and Syria

Belgian military plans to quintuple spending on weapons systems

Impoverished California parents arrested, charged with raising children in substandard conditions

Mexico: The most dangerous country for journalists outside of war zones

Sri Lanka university workers maintain indefinite strike as union backtracks

Deep social crisis ignored in South Australian election campaign

Featured Commentary

Foreign "meddling" in electionsYankee imperialist style

Arts Review

90th Academy Awards: Banal, conformist and 10,000 miles from reality

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

German Green Party-aligned newspaper defends far-right Professor Baberowski

Workers Struggles

Unifor scuttles Windsor auto parts strikes

Workers Struggles: The Americas