New Today -- 12 December 2018

Perspective

Political warfare in Washington escalates to crisis of capitalist rule

Trump's embrace of murder, his defense of fascists, his racist attacks on immigrants are blowing up an ideological pillar of US imperialist foreign policythe pretense that the United States is a bulwark of human rights and democracy.

News & Analysis

General Motors could shut more plants in US, threatening more than 6,000 jobs

According to a Detroit Free Press article, four assembly plants in Michigan, Kentucky and Kansas, currently employing 6,238 hourly workers, could be targeted for closure.

Mass layoffs threatened at European GM and Ford plants

Hyundai, Kia workers strike in South Korea in opposition to attacks on wages

High school students protest in Paris against French government's education reforms

UK: May faces possible leadership contest after seeking concessions from EU on Brexit

Canada subjects Huawei executive to onerous bail terms pending outcome of US extradition case

US-Russia tensions mount over warplanes in Venezuela

World leaders converge on Poland for climate summit

Trump threatens to use military to fund border wall

Four years after Eric Garner's death, killer cop faces NYPD disciplinary hearing

UK unions call off strikes against redundancies at Cammell Laird shipyard

Witch hunt in Australia against Chinese-born parliamentarian

The fight against mass layoffs at GM

No to GM plant closings! Mobilize the working class to stop layoffs and concessions!