New Today -- 2 March 2019

Perspective

India and Pakistan tobogganing toward a catastrophic war

India and Pakistan are teetering on the brink of what would be the first-ever war between nuclear-armed states.

News & Analysis

US, Canadian and Mexican workers denounce mass firings of Matamoros strikers

Mexican auto parts and other "maquiladora" corporations are firing workers in retaliation for launching a wave of wildcat strikes that brought the Mexican border town of Matamoros to a standstill.

Mass protests erupt in Algeria against Bouteflika's bid for fifth term

Strike wave shakes North Africa

Trump White House leads fascistic attack on socialism at Conservative Political Action Conference

Union pushes contract in effort to shutdown Oakland teachers' strike

US Federal Court subpoenas whistleblower Chelsea Manning

Canada gives go-ahead for Huawei executive's extradition to US

Deportations from Germany to Maghreb states rise sharply

British retail sector continues shedding thousands of jobs

Near-record low turnout in first round of Chicago municipal election

US Senate hearings on drug prices provide "friendly warning" to pharmaceuticals

Australia: Sydney residents protest downgrading of Mona Vale Hospital

Free Julian Assange!

Video: SEP national secretary James Cogan urges maximum participation in Free Julian Assange rallies

Joe Lauria, editor-in-chief of Consortium News, endorses Free Assange demonstrations

Greetings from the Sri Lankan Abbotsleigh Estate Workers Action Committee to the Assange defence rallies in Australia

Commentary

Bernie Sanders at CNN Town Hall: My purpose is to promote the Democratic Party

Oppose the Blairites' bogus claims of "left anti-Semitism"!

France's New Anti-capitalist Party sabotages fight against Ford Blanquefort plant closure

Arts Review

On the Basis of Sex and Ruth Bader Ginsburg: The manufacturing of a "living legend"

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific