New Today -- 27 February 2019

Perspective

Socialism and the case for expropriation

A growing movement of the working class confronts the entrenched power of a financial oligarchy intent on expanding its wealth and domination over society.

News & Analysis

India bombs Pakistan, Islamabad vows military retaliation

Washington gave the green light for Tuesday's attack, although it could trigger tit-for-tat retaliatory action that quickly cascades into all-out war.

UK Labour leader Corbyn endorses Blairite call for second Brexit referendum

Oakland teachers form rank-and-file strike committee as union keeps educators in the dark

Fremont, California teachers stage sick-out

Ford production crippled by Mexican workers' strike

Oppose the attacks by company thugs against Mexican worker Luis Daniel Prieto!

Fiat Chrysler announces elimination of shift at Illinois plant, axing nearly 1,400 jobs

Three children dead, four others injured in Imlay City, Michigan mobile home fire

Flint water crisis claims its youngest Legionnaires' victim to date

New Cuban constitution recognizes private property

US House rejects Trump's national emergency

Rise in drug abuse among women and heterosexual men diagnosed with syphilis

Sri Lankan plantation companies reap huge profits while attacking workers' wages and conditions

The Fight Against Fascism

Police announce "investigation closed" into desecration of Marx's grave

Free Julian Assange!

Australian media union complicit in the persecution of Julian Assange