New Today -- 25 August 2018

Perspective

US-backed Saudi regime set to behead female activist and four others

The barbaric beheadings, like the slaughter of the civilian population in Yemen, are carried out with the blessings of a US government that routinely pursues its predatory policies under the phony banner of human rights.

News & Analysis

Trump cancels secretary of state's trip to North Korea one day after its announcement

The US president has directly linked its pressure on North Korea with the trade war with China, exposing the fraudulent nature of the "peace talks" with Pyongyang.

UPS workers respond to Teamsters campaign of blackmail

Teachers across Washington state prepare to strike over wages and conditions

Google shuts down YouTube channels in expansion of state-directed online censorship

German government and police unite with far-right to clamp down on press freedom in Dresden

UK foreign secretary uses US visit to support Boris Johnson replacing Theresa May as prime minister

Nearly 90,000 retail jobs lost in UK in 12 months

New Trump coal regulations will kill as many as 1,400 Americans annually by 2030

Verizon throttled emergency data during California wildfires

US service workers who rely on tips more susceptible to depression

Manila moves toward major arms purchase from Russia

New Zealand transport workers' jobs and conditions under attack

SEP 2018 Election Campaign

Socialist Equality Party candidate Niles Niemuth speaks at election meeting in Brownstown, Michigan

Arts Review

The centenary of Leonard BernsteinPart 2

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific