Today on the WSWS

New Today -- 20 February 2019

Perspective

Bernie Sanders announces 2020 presidential campaign

The senator from Vermont is reprising his role as a lightning rod to contain and defuse social opposition amid an upsurge of the international class struggle and growing interest in socialism.

News & Analysis

West Virginia educators remain defiant in second day of statewide strike

The unions' attempts to declare "victory" have so far failed to convince teachers, who remember all too well similar claims after the betrayal of their statewide strike last year.

West Virginia teachers denounce attack on public education

Chicago Teachers Union shuts down strike at CICS charter schools

Mexican migrant details harrowing journey across the Sonoran desert following deportation

Forty-five-year-old migrant dies in US Border Patrol custody

US anti-Huawei campaign suffers a blow

Honda announces 3,500 job losses at Swindon, England

Irish nurses' union seeks to impose settlement after calling off strike

Alleging "Russian influence," Facebook bans left-wing pages

9/11 Victim Compensation Fund makes deep cuts to benefits

Alleged hacking of Australian parliament feeds anti-China frenzy

Striking midwives rally outside New Zealand parliament

Commentary

US media passes over in silence Trump's fascistic diatribe in Miami

Free Julian Assange!

Australian youth defend WikiLeaks and support demonstrations to free Julian Assange

Arts Review

Modern Indian art at the Asia Society Museum in New York