New Today -- 3 May 2019

Perspective

Media lies in service of war for regime change in Venezuela

As top Trump administration officials make increasingly explicit military threats, the corporate media acts as a propaganda service for imperialist intervention.

News & Analysis

Protesters oppose US extradition proceedings against Julian Assange

The British government and the judiciary are doing everything possible to facilitate the US capture of the journalist who has been found guilty of nothing more than a bail offence.

French Yellow Vests join Assange extradition protest in London

Call to free Julian Assange raised in Taiwan on Labor Day

German government backs attempted right-wing coup in Venezuela

After Spanish elections, Podemos pushes for pro-austerity PSOE government

Guatemalan boy detained by US Border Patrol dies after succumbing to illness

Another school shooting claims two lives at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte

The manufactured case of Long Beach "terrorist" Marc Steven Domingo

UK rail union calls off strikes against driver-only-operated trains

Austrian government ties welfare payments to German language skills

Brazilian unions defend reactionary pension "reform" at May Day rally

International Online May Day Rally 2019

SEP (Sri Lanka) holds successful May Day meeting in Colombo, despite government efforts to bar celebrations

SEP (Sri Lanka) May Day meeting demands freedom for Assange and Manning

SEP (Australia) Election Campaign

The Labor Party tries to "save capitalism"

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa, Tunisia,