New Today -- 27 October 2018

Perspective

Defend immigrant workers against Trump's military crackdown

American workers must come to the defense of immigrants and refugees as the Trump administration threatens to close the border and turn armed troops against working class men, women and children.

News & Analysis

Arrest of bomb scare suspect heightens political warfare in Washington

The media hysteria over the mail bombs, despite their having been intercepted and having failed to detonate, showed no signs of abating on Friday.

Saudi airstrike kills 21 civilians in Yemen

Thousands of youth demonstrate in Sri Lanka to support plantation workers' wage struggle

Union shuts down three-day strike by California healthcare and service workers

Hundreds of bodies and other remains hidden in Detroit funeral homes

Voter suppression looms large in 2018 US elections

Pakistan caught up in intensifying US-China rivalry

Argentine workers and students march against "hunger budget"

Tamil family fight UK plans to deport their seriously ill father

The struggle at UPS

Funeral to be held today for UPS worker Andy Schanding, killed on the job in Lexington, Kentucky

Workers Struggles

Strikes in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan