New Today -- 12 March 2018

Perspective

West Virginia, the class struggle and the fight against Internet censorship

The widespread use of social media by the West Virginia teachers and the growth of the class struggle internationally make clear why the US government and Silicon Valley tech giants want to censor the Internet.

News & Analysis

Demands for teacher strike action expand across the US

Educators in Oklahoma, Kentucky and Arizona are organizing protests and strikes on social media to oppose years of concessions and budget cuts.

California: 18,000 Kaiser Permanente nurses authorize strike

Trump, Democrats race to the right

Trump calls for execution of drug dealers at Pennsylvania rally

Unifor shuts down ZF-TRW auto parts strike in Windsor, Canada

Connecticut jury acquits Yale student in campus sexual assault case

France's fascist National Front congress sets out "to take power"

Trump Administration approves punitive work requirements for Arkansas Medicaid program

Cluster of 125 people infected with HIV and syphilis discovered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Nissan layoffs impact 550 workers at Cuernavaca, Mexico assembly plant

Confusion over US tariff exemptions

Trade disputes further erode Turkish-US-relations

Increase in social deprivation hits tens of thousands of children in UK

UK motorists sue Volkswagen over diesel emissions fraud

Kenyan universities petition court to declare lecturers strike illegal

New Zealand's "Pacific reset" aims to reassert imperialist dominance

Rising anger over aid delays in Papua New Guinea's catastrophic quake disaster

Australia: Rail authorities, unions push sellout deal in NSW train dispute

Arts Review

Craig Gillespie's I, Tonya: Confessions of a media pariah

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

An Open letter from the International Youth and Students for Social Equality to the editors of German daily Tageszeitung

This week in history

This week in history: March 12-18