New Today -- 5 September 2018

Perspective

As social opposition mounts, Silicon Valley and Washington step up internet censorship

As executives from Facebook and Twitter prepare to testify on Capitol Hill, the social media monopolies are scrambling to demonstrate how far they have gone to implement censorship.

News & Analysis

Walkouts by Washington state educators spread

More than 2,000 teachers in Tacoma voted overwhelmingly to strike as the struggle in Washington escalates, despite union efforts to prevent a statewide walkout.

Seventy thousand attend "Rock against the right wing" in Chemnitz, Germany

Washington escalates threats over Syria as Russia bombs Al Qaeda positions

Democrats posture over Trump Supreme Court nominee

US whistleblower Chelsea Manning defies ban to speak in Australia

"Five Eyes" summit in Australia ramps up internet censorship

Injured Texas Wal-Mart worker describes how and why she switched to socialism

New York police union offers $500 bounty to vigilantes for assisting in arrests

Turkish lira crisis renews fears of Italian banking system collapse

Argentine government announces "emergency" measures to face deepening recession and growing unrest

Canada: Ex-Conservative leadership candidate to found new right-wing party

Severe drought hits large regions of Australia

Featured Commentary

The Socialist Equality Party and the anti-Corbyn coup plot: A reply to a reader

SEP 2018 Election Campaign

Socialist Equality Party candidate Niles Niemuth on ballot for Michigan's 12th Congressional District

Book Review

Olen Steinhauer's The Middleman: An American uprising, darkly imagined