New Today -- 6 June 2018

Perspective

The assassination of Robert F. Kennedy and the end of American liberalism

The events of 1968 marked the effective end of any prospect for liberal reforms under American capitalism.

News & Analysis

Amnesty International report finds US guilty of war crimes in Syria

The report documents the deaths of hundreds of civilians in the US siege of Raqqa last year, including the massacre of entire families.

Military-style raids sweep up 114 immigrant workers in Ohio

Trump expands claims of autocratic power

UPS workers vote to authorize strike as anger grows over company concession demands

Germany: AfD leader Gauland and the hypocritical response to Nazi rehabilitation

Extreme-right Italian government takes shape

Merkel calls for EU militarism, financial austerity in reply to Macron

Canadian authorities prepare mass repression of anti-G7 protests

Video of Chelsea Manning "wellness check" highlights threat posed by police to mentally ill in US

Trump rescinds Philadelphia Eagles' White House invitation in latest provocation against NFL players

UK: Students protest cuts to mental health services and increase in youth suicide rate

Sri Lanka SEP files fundamental rights case against Colombo Municipal Council

Fear of working-class unrest triggers Australian minimum pay increase

Defend Julian Assange!

Ten weeks incommunicado: Conspiracy builds to force Assange out of Ecuadorian embassy

Free Julian Assange! Support the June 19 vigil in London

Journalist Antony Loewenstein: "Heavy pressure" needed to win freedom and justice for Assange

US activist Kevin Zeese calls for demonstrations against the persecution of Julian Assange

History

1968: The general strike and the student revolt in France