New Today -- 15 May 2018

Perspective

Mass murder in Gaza

The shooting dead of 55 unarmed protesters in Gaza, along with the wounding of over 2,700 more, is a war crime for which all involved bear collective and personal responsibility.

News & Analysis

Unarmed youth shot down in Detroit suburb as US police killings continue

A recent study found that victims of police shootings lost more than 100,000 years of life from their average life expectancies in 2015 and 2016, rivaling meningitis and other diseases.

Election result in Iraq portends further political and social conflict

Deals by unions to end US teacher strikes funded by regressive taxes, more budget cuts

Flint high school teachers criticize deteriorating working conditions

Two Senate Democrats assure Haspel's confirmation as CIA director

Military coup against a Corbyn Labour government discussed by Daily Telegraph

German militarization and Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal

Munich: 40,000 demonstrate against new police law

French students blockade universities in struggle against selective admissions

Rome: Busses explode due to lack of maintenance

Nashville, Tennessee construction workers experience deadliest two-year period in decades

Australian pseudo-left backs union campaign to elect a big business Labor government

New Zealand nurses mount nationwide protests

Commentary

The fraud of Mlenchon's call for a Franco-Russian alliance against war

Two voices of concern over Trump's "New World Order"

SEP 2018 Election Campaign

Stop the raids on immigrants! For a socialist policy of open borders!

Arts Review

Machines: An unflinching look at an Indian textile mill

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas