New Today -- 7 March 2019

Perspective

The shutdown of GM's Lordstown plant

The closing of the iconic factory, the site of a series of wildcat strikes and other militant struggles in the early 1970s, is the tragic outcome of a half century of betrayals by the United Auto Workers union.

News & Analysis

Teachers strike wave spreads across five continents

From Bamako to Buenos Aires and Sacramento to So Paulo, the teachers' strike movement shows the international character of the class struggle.

Kentucky teachers' sickout closes state's largest district

Oakland students oppose sellout of teachers strike, plan to continue fight to defend public education

Demand the unconditional reinstatement of Sri Lankan plantation worker S. Balasubramaniyam!

Record US deficit in traded goods

Trump Homeland Security chief defends family separation and caging children

Report reveals that armed troops were mobilized to force through US aid provocation on Venezuelan border

UK Labour Party members rebel against suspension of Chris Williamson MP for bogus claims of anti-Semitism

De Blasio accepts federal monitor to oversee New York City Housing Authority

WSWS Archives

From Lordstown to Vietnam and Back

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

The betrayal of the Oakland teacher strike and the way forward for students

Arts Review

Andr Previn, versatile composer, conductor and pianist, dies at 89