Today on the WSWS

New Today -- 11 January 2018

Perspective

Freedom for Julian Assange!

The "untenable" conditions under which the WikiLeaks founder remains confined are the product of an unrelenting drive by the US and British governments to punish him for exposing the crimes of imperialism.

News & Analysis

160,000 industrial workers strike in Germany

With widespread anger over social inequality and corporate job-cutting, there is a growing determination to fight for improvements in wages and working conditions.

Democrats call for immigration deal with Trump as judge halts DACA rescission

El Salvador's government bows to Washington over threat to deport 262,000

Death toll in Southern California mudslides rises to 17

UK: Cabinet reshuffle leaves May's government impotent and divided

Upturn in global economy will not last, says World Bank

US Supreme Court refuses to hear challenge to Mississippi's discriminatory "religious freedom" law

Rental costs rising beyond reach in Nashville

Australian minister lashes out at China over Pacific aid

Prolonged fall in average Australian living standards

Commentary

France's Socialist Party attacks Catherine Deneuve for opposing #MeToo witch-hunt

"Sexual misconduct" witch-hunt targets conductor Charles Dutoit, director Max Stafford-Clarke and actor Ed Westwick

Arts Review

Metropolitan Museum of Art implements mandatory admission charge for non-New Yorkers

Book Review

The crisis of dental care under American capitalism

The tragic and needless death of Deamonte Driver, a victim of dental disease