New Today -- 12 April 2019

Perspective

Free Julian Assange!

The World Socialist Web Site emphatically condemns the forcible seizure and arrest of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.

News & Analysis

Worldwide outrage over arrest of WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange

After nearly seven years of confinement to the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Assange now faces the possibility of a year in a UK prison and extradition to the United States.

Former UK ambassador Craig Murray denounces arrest and conviction of Julian Assange

Amid corruption scandals and deals with IMF and Washington, Ecuador's government betrays Assange

Australian actor Geoffrey Rush wins defamation lawsuit against Murdoch media

Arbitrary wage cuts imposed on Sri Lankan estate workers

National strike by Polish teachers enters fifth day

Pre-emptive military coup ousts Bashir to protect Sudan's elite

Six-month Brexit extension resolves nothing for UK

Defying US threats, Turkey vows to deploy Russian air-defence system

Australian police dismissed death threat by Christchurch terrorist

Arrest made in connection with church burnings in Louisiana

Sacramento, California teachers conduct one day strike

West Virginia college axes liberal arts; Pennsylvania Historical Society slashes workforce

Quebec premier backs ABI in extorting massive concessions from locked-out workers

Two giant German banks plan merger

Commentary

College admissions scandal in the US: An inevitable product of malignant levels of social inequality

Which way forward for the struggle against Algeria's military dictatorship?

Arts Review

Emilio Estevez'sThe Public: The homeless refuse to freeze to death

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa