New Today -- 17 April 2019

Perspective

The burning of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris

The inferno was caused by a horrific breakdown of fire safety in restoration work, for which the French government and ruling elite bear the responsibility.

News & Analysis

Polish government vows to fight wage rises as teachers' strike enters second week

Both the Polish government and the ZNP union are trying to isolate the national teachers' strike and keep it from sparking a broader movement of the working class.

Strike of 31,000 New England Stop & Shop workers in sixth day

Unsealed affidavit demonstrates US seeking to prosecute Assange for his journalism

Pentagon ordered to draft military plans to counter Russia and China in Venezuela

Thin layer of the UK population earn more than 150,000 per year

Over half of councils in England lose all government funding

New Zealand bus worker dies of stroke after corporate restructure

Meeting Report

Over 140 attend lecture by Christoph Vandreier in Michigan on "The Threat of Fascism and How to Fight It"

Free Assange and Manning

The media's role in persecuting Julian Assange

SEP and IYSSE in Sri Lanka rally to defend Assange and Manning

Commentary

Lessons of the Matamoros workers' rebellion: Part five

Trump, the Fed and the New York Times

Arts Review

Glimpses of social life: The Feeling of Being Watched, Miles Davis: Birth of the Cool and Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts, among others