New Today -- 19 October 2018

Perspective

The Harvard case on racial preferences and the antidemocratic character of affirmative action

Affirmative action policies seek to conceal the class division in society while permitting the political right to pose as defenders of equal protection.

News & Analysis

Trump threatens to deploy military to close US-Mexico border

Trump, with the complicity of the Democrats, has invoked the phony "threat" of the immigrant caravan to whip up xenophobia before the midterm elections.

Trump scrambles to cover for Saudi regime as crisis over Khashoggi murder mounts

Wall Street volatile as global economy becomes "fragile"

CIA Democrat Max Rose faces off against Trump Republican in Staten Island

Anti-Kissinger protest at New York University

New York City teachers union attempts to rush though sellout contract

Layoffs at Fiat Chrysler's Kokomo transmission operations heighten concerns over outsourcing

Brexit impasse at European Union summit

Italian Interior Minister Salvini orders removal of migrants from Riace

Australian government backs far-right "OK to be white" motion in Senate

New Zealand rail union promotes sellout at Wellington meeting

Featured Commentary

One year of the #MeToo movement

The raid on Unsubmissive France and the global rise of state repression

History of the Fourth International

Meetings in Australia and New Zealand to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Fourth International

SEP 2018 Election Campaign

Genuine socialism vs. the Democratic Party politics of Bernie Sanders

Commentary

Trump administration accelerates war drive against China

Mehring Books

New title from Mehring Books explains resurgence of fascism in Germany

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa