New Today -- 30 May 2018

Perspective

The working class must mobilize to free Julian Assange!

The demand for the freedom of Julian Assange must be connected to the developing international movement of workers against inequality, oppression and exploitation.

News & Analysis

Brazilian truck drivers reject union-government attempt to shut down strike

The government has sought to block the spread of social unrest with a ruling Tuesday that a planned strike by oil workers is illegal.

New estimates put real death toll from Hurricane Mara in Puerto Rico near 5,000

Naming of technocratic government plunges Italy into crisis of class rule

Corruption crisis prompts demand for snap elections in Spain

Amazon, Microsoft and Google compete for Pentagon Cloud warfighter project

New effort to minimize impact of lead poisoning in Flint

Construction worker killed at drill site in Phoenix, Arizona

Three thousand Canadian railway workers strike against long hours and speed-up

Oxford Union panel speaker Heather Marsh confirms debate was censored to protect CIA

Germany: Twenty-five years since the arson attack in Solingen

New Zealand nurses vote for nationwide strike

Rich list shows more Australian billionaires than ever

New Malaysian government formed amid internal and global tensions

Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship

Join the June 19 London vigil demanding freedom for Julian Assange!

History

1968: The general strike and the student revolt in France