New Today -- 16 April 2019

Perspective

An assembly of political bankrupts: Historical Materialism and Jacobin host "Socialism in Our Time" conference

A more accurate title for the event would have been, "Democratic Party Politics in Our Time," or, perhaps, "Socialism not now, not ever."

News & Analysis

US Tax Day 2019: Sixty giant corporations pay zero income tax

As a consequence of Trump's 2017 tax cut for the wealthy, the number of Fortune 500 companies paying no federal income taxes has doubled.

Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris devastated by fire

US workers demand the release of Julian Assange

Ecuador arrests Swedish associate of Assange amid threat of crackdown

Australian political establishment rejects calls for defence of Julian Assange

Prominent WikiLeaks supporter Somerset Bean speaks out in defence of Assange

Youth at climate rally in Leeds, England speak out to defend Julian Assange

India's election descends into the mire

Widodo predicted to be re-elected as Indonesian president

Largest UK department store chain, Debenhams, goes into administration

Free Assange and Manning

SEP (Sri Lanka) calls urgent picket to defend Assange and Manning

Socialist Equality Party

Support the Socialist Equality Party in the 2019 Australian Federal Election

The Socialist Equality Party candidates in the 2019 Australian election

Powerful start to German Socialist Equality Party campaign in European elections

Workers Struggles

The political lessons of the University of Illinois graduate student strike

Workers Struggles: The Americas