New Today -- 5 March 2019

Perspective

The political lessons of the March 3 Free Assange rally

The demonstration in Sydney won broad support on the basis of mobilising the working class to defend democratic rights and class war prisoners such as Julian Assange.

News & Analysis

The shutdown of the GM Lordstown plant: A corporate crime

Tuesday, March 5, is the last day of production at the GM Lordstown plant, long an economic mainstay of northeast Ohio and the scene of militant struggles in the early 1970s.

House Democrats issue wide-ranging subpoenas in Trump investigation

Tornado outbreak kills 23 in Alabama, wreaks havoc across southeastern US

Guaid returns to Venezuela for next stage of US regime-change operation

Algerian protests continue after Bouteflika launches presidential bid

US-China trade deal reported to be in the making

Oakland, California school board passes devastating budget cut following union sellout

Denver schools ax jobs in wake of contract pushed through by union

Bernie Sanders adapts to racial politics at Chicago campaign rally

Sanders rally attendees speak on socialism, Democratic Party

Severe winter weather delays plague train travel in America and Canada

Canada's Liberal government on ropes after third high-profile resignation

The Fight Against Fascism

Christoph Vandreier, German Trotskyist and prominent opponent of fascism, to speak in US

Free Julian Assange!

Hundreds defy slanders, lies and media censorship to demand freedom for Julian Assange

Media Serve the Governors, Not the Governed

Workers and youth speak out at Free Assange rally in Sydney

Commentary

The fallacies and evasions of the Green New Deal

German Left Party congress backs imperialist campaign against Venezuela

Arts Review

Brecht: A new film about the famed left-wing German dramatist

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

Oppose Eastern Michigan University's privatization schemes!

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas