New Today -- 6 October 2018

Perspective

Indonesia's earthquake catastrophe

The disaster has been made immeasurably worse by poverty, social inequality and the refusal of the Indonesian and international ruling elites to ensure the protection of the population.

News & Analysis

Teamsters union defies "no" vote, declares UPS contract ratified

Workers voted by 54.7 percent to reject the sellout contract backed by UPS management and the Teamsters union, as other UPS workers also rejected sellout contracts.

Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh clears crucial hurdle to confirmation

Bernie Sanders covers for Jeff Bezos as fraud of $15 pay raise at Amazon is exposed

Chicago police officer convicted of second-degree murder in 2014 killing of Laquan McDonald

Los Angeles teachers union continues to delay strike action as negotiations proceed

Federal judge issues injunction against Trump administration refugee order

Kremlin suffers defeats in regional elections

40,000 people protest in Munich, Germany against racism and police state laws

The destruction of Germany's Thyssenkrupp and the role of the IG Metall union

UK: No to Driver Only Trains in any form, mobilise against rail union sellout

Fifty years since the 1968 Tlatelolco Massacre

Australian government hands private schools another $4.6 billion

SEP 2018 Election Campaign

Socialist Equality Party candidate for Congress Niles Niemuth speaks at televised forum

Commentary

NY Times expos on Trump fortune: An empire built on tax evasion and fraud

Canada: The unions' suppression of the 199597 anti-Harris movement: Political lessons for today

Arts Review

"I am a poet who has the ability to sing his poems" Charles Aznavour (1924-2018)

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific