New Today -- 23 April 2018

Perspective

The CIA Democrats vs. Julian Assange

The lawsuit filed by the Democratic National Committee is an attack on the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of speech and the press.

News & Analysis

US issues ultimatums to IMF on trade

Adopting the tone of an overlord, US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin demanded that the IMF back Washington in its drive against what it claims are "unfair global trade practices."

Arizona teachers prepare for statewide strike

Geoffrey Rush defamation case: Australian judge dismisses newspaper's latest defence

Irish government calls abortion referendum

Skripal case developments further discredit British government lies

2.3 million evictions across the US in 2016

Anger mounts over police killing of unarmed man in Barstow, California

Tennessee Waffle House shooting leaves four dead and several injured

British Commonwealth summit sees line up against China and Russia

Australian banking revelations fuel political crisis

Twenty-seven protesters dead amid Sandinista government crackdown in Nicaragua

Five die after exposure to ammonia gas at Sri Lankan latex factory

Zimbabwe sacks 16,000 striking nurses, as Uganda nurses threaten strike

Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship

SEP and IYSSE hold meeting on war, the class struggle and the fight against Internet censorship

Australian workers and youth denounce persecution of Julian Assange

Arts Review

The legacy of the Gershwins and Porgy and Bess

This week in history

This week in history: April 23-29