New Today -- 18 June 2018

Perspective

The Sydney rally to defend Julian Assange: An important step forward

The international socialist movement and the working class are the decisive force in the fight for Assange's freedom and the defense of all democratic rights.

News & Analysis

Five die fleeing US immigration police as children spend Father's Day in jail

The five immigrants died in a car crash in south Texas, while seven others were wounded in what police called "good police work."

Video shows Border Patrol vehicle fleeing after striking Native American man

Conflict escalates over FBI role in 2016 elections

Rural school closings devastate Wisconsin communities

Phoenix police shootings on track to double in 2018

NATO, Germany build up for war against Russia

Clashing with Rome, Paris persecutes refugees at Italian border

Grenfell Fire Forum endorses vigils to demand freedom for Julian Assange

Russian authorities ordered destruction of documents on Stalin's terror

Union-management partnership at Australia's Macquarie University will create "two-tier" workforce

Defend Julian Assange!

Watch: Rally to Free Julian Assange held in Sydney

Workers and young people speak out after Sydney rally to defend Julian Assange

Arts Review

The late American novelist Philip Roth attacked as a "misogynist"

Socialist Equality Party

SEP (UK) meetings on war and censorship: "War preparations are powered by lies"

This week in history

This week in history, June 18-24