New Today -- 7 January 2019

Perspective

Mobilize the working class against the US government shutdown

The furloughs and payless paydays for 800,000 federal employees are a major attack on the American working class.

News & Analysis

Los Angeles teachers prepare for strike

More than 33,000 teachers in the nation's second largest school district are set to strike Thursday in a battle that pits educators against the Democratic Party establishment.

Austin BeutnerWall Street's Superintendent of Education in Los Angeles

US shutdown could leave millions without food stamps

China's moon landing to exacerbate tensions with US

Australian senator participates in neo-Nazi rally

Trump deploys troops to central Africa following disputed Congo election

Growing "yellow vest" protests defy French police repression

German media demand accelerated rearmament

UK Integrity Initiative heavily involved in Skripal affair

Longest-serving Chicago alderman charged with attempted extortion

Sri Lankan Central Bank governor calls for extended IMF program

Opal Tower structural flaws expose rot in Australian construction industry

Commentary

For fifth year in a row, US police kill more than one thousand

Arts Review

Min Jin Lee's Pachinko: A novel of 20th century Korea and Japan"History has failed us, but no matter"

ICFI meeting announcement

Indian Trotskyists in Kolkata to celebrate 80 years of the Fourth International

This week in history

This week in history: January 7-13