New Today -- 8 December 2018

Perspective

The kidnapping of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou

Meng's arrest and confinementwithout bail and on tendentious and opaque charges potentially carrying a sentence of 60 yearsamount to little more than a kidnapping.

News & Analysis

French government threatens bloody crackdown on "yellow vest" protest

Amid rising popular support for demonstrations against austerity and inequality, French officials are warning they will stop at nothing to halt the protests.

GM Oshawa workers speak out against plant closure

Students across the United States speak out in defense of autoworkers

Sri Lankan plantation strike: Abbotsleigh workers march to demand action committees and socialist policies

Teachers strike in South Australia and Tasmania

Wall Street Journal warns of stock "stampede"

Mueller lauds former Trump lawyer Cohen for providing "useful and relevant" information

Sudden closure of for-profit Education Corporation of America leaves 20,000 students without an education

New York University faculty defends academic freedom against NYU's ties to UAE

Still no justice as phase one of Grenfell Tower fire inquiry closes

UK: University and College Union seeks to demobilise pay dispute

International Committee of the Fourth International

80th anniversary of the Fourth International celebrated in Melbourne with public lecture

Commentary

Jacobin urges readers to "log off" social media

Obituary

Debra Ann Washington MillerA Fighter for the Working Class

Arts Review

Maria by Callas: A documentary on the life of the famed opera singer

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific