New Today -- 7 May 2018

Perspective

Trotskyism is the Marxism of the 21st Century

The ICFI's fifth annual May Day Online Rally demonstrated that the continuity of Marxism is embodied in the history of the Fourth International.

News & Analysis

US issues trade ultimatum to China

The list of measures is not intended as the basis for negotiations but to escalate economic conflict and military tensions.

Facebook censors Arizona educators' rank-and-file committee group

After union betrayal in Arizona, teacher militancy continues to build across US

The hypocritical, cowardly expulsion of Roman Polanski from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences

US relaunches Second Fleet in war preparations against Russia

US seizes on missile allegations to ramp up threats against China

Report shows NSA tripled its domestic surveillance operations in 2017

Sunday Times Insight team: Propagandists for Internet censorship and war

UK: Labour-controlled Leeds City Council censors conference questioning official Syria narrative

So Paulo's high-rise fire collapse tied to city's homeless crisis

Mexican ruling class working out response to Lpez Obrador's lead in election polls

With complicity of UAW, Honeywell announces plans to eliminate healthcare coverage for 4,700 US retirees

53,000 workers begin three-day strike at California universities and hospitals

Australia: Melbourne university staff strike to defend academic freedom

May Day 2018

The Maruti Suzuki workers and the re-emergence of class struggle across South Asia

Arts Review

Tully, A Quiet Place, You Were Never Really Here: Every poor film is poor in its own way

This week in history

This week in history: May 7-13