New Today -- 24 April 2019

Perspective

US imperialism resurrects the Monroe Doctrine

The repeated invocation of the nearly two-century-old canon of US imperialist policy constitutes a warning that Washington is preparing for intensified military intervention in the region.

News & Analysis

Julian Assange denied access to lawyers, visitors in Britain's Belmarsh prison

The denial of the WikiLeaks founder's right to consult his legal counsel makes a mockery of due process.

Severe police-state measures come into force in Sri Lanka

Unions scramble to contain Polish teachers' strike as 40,000 social workers prepare to stop work

Industry publication floats idea of UAW calling a "targeted" strike

India: BJP makes indicted Hindu supremacist terrorist a "star" election candidate

CIA Democrats enter the race: Seth Moulton announces bid for presidential nomination

Scotland: Union suppresses teachers strike as lecturers fight on

Turkey's political crisis escalates after mob attack on CHP leader

Mali government falls amid protests against Franco-German occupation

Commentary

George Galloway declares for Nigel Farage's Brexit Party

The Enlightenment, the American Revolution and the ban on cruel and unusual punishment

Arts Review

How Did Lubitsch Do It?: Joseph McBride's engaging study of filmmaker Ernst Lubitsch

An interview with film historian and biographer Joseph McBride, author of How Did Lubitsch Do It?