New Today -- 12 May 2018

Perspective

Amid political warfare in Washington, Trump steps up his fascistic appeal

In a series of rallies in the industrial Midwest, Trump is spreading the poison of economic nationalism and anti-immigrant racism.

News & Analysis

Ecuador hints it may hand over Julian Assange to Britain and the US

There is almost universal and reprehensible silence on the part of organisations and individuals that once claimed to defend Assange and WikiLeaks.

US steps up pressure on Iran with new round of sanctions

Israeli army kills one, wounds hundreds during latest round of Gaza protests

The Ford Flat Rock accident and the fraud of UAW-management safety oversight

Colorado Democrats slash teacher and public employee pensions

North Carolina police officer assaults man at Waffle House

The referendum at SNCF: The unions seek to strangle French rail strike

Lega and Five Star Movement prepare a joint government in Italy

Claire Kober: From Labour leader of London's Haringey Council to property developer

Quebec's "Nurses on the Move" Facebook page bans WSWS reporters for criticizing unions

Open letter to the moderators of the Facebook page "Nurses on the Move"

Costa Rican president threatens workers with renewed social attacks during inaugural address

Eruption of Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues into second week

Plymouth, New Hampshire electrical workers strike to defend pensions

New Zealand government boosts foreign aid for "Pacific Reset"

May Day 2018 International Online Rally

Anti-migrant measures and the assault on workers' jobs and living standards: Two sides of the same class policy

Lessons of the MayJune 1968 general strike in France

Commentary

The downfall of New York attorney general Eric Schneiderman

How Jacobin and the ISO assisted in the betrayal of the Arizona teachers' strike

Arts Review

Kanye West on slavery, Trump: Ignorance and the self-deluding influence of wealth

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific