New Today -- 6 April 2019

Perspective

America the Barbaric

If the conditions that exist in US prisons were exposed in Russia or China, there would be a hue and cry in the press and the halls of Congress for economic sanctions and "humanitarian" military intervention.

News & Analysis

UN Special Rapporteur: US extradition of Assange would be violation of international law

The Ecuadorian regime, and its co-conspirators in the British and US governments, are engaged in a sordid and illegal conspiracy to terminate the political asylum of the WikiLeaks founder.

Supporters oppose eviction of Julian Assange outside London's Ecuadorian embassy

Defend Julian Assange!

Boeing CEO praised "streamlined" oversight of 737 plane that crashed in Indonesia and Ethiopia

Mass protests in Algeria follow Bouteflika's resignation

US-China trade deal pushed back

Office workers killed in building fires in Bangladesh

Netanyahu embraces Brazil's Bolsonaro during Israel visit

Fascists mount pogrom against Roma population in Italy

Surrounding land left highly toxic after Grenfell Tower inferno

Chicago symphony musicians host sold-out concerts as strike reaches turning point

Another steelworker killed at ArcelorMittal in Indiana

Thousands of Ontario students walk out to protest school cuts

Ontario workers need an international socialist program to defend public education and fight austerity

Australia: Tasmanian teachers take strike action

Mexico's Lpez Obrador attacks teachers through right-wing education reform

Featured Commentary

Replying to Woody Allen suit, Amazon acknowledges McCarthyite character of #MeToo campaign

Arts Review

Jordan Peele's horror film, Us: "Us" and them