New Today -- 11 May 2019

Perspective

The Uber IPO: Billions for investors, increased exploitation for workers

The global strikes and protests by Uber and Lyft drivers amid an orgy of stockholder enrichment underscore the need for workers to adopt an international socialist strategy.

News & Analysis

With B-52s, carrier battle group in place, US war against Iran on a hair trigger

The threatening deployments come in the midst of a new round of bellicose statements from Washington.

Iran conflict intensifies transatlantic tensions

No agreement at US-China trade talks as positions harden

As protests grow, Algerian army arrests Workers Party leader

US indicts whistleblower who exposed Obama's drone assassination program

Washington uses terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka to strengthen ties with Colombo

French public sector workers strike against Macron government attacks

Spain: No "red lines" in talks for a Socialist Party-Podemos coalition government

Two former Australian prime ministers tout Labor's pro-business record

New York City public housing fire kills six

Low-paid South Carolina teachers recruited for factory work

International Online May Day Rally 2019

The ICFI's program intersects with a new wave of working-class struggle

Commentary

German Young Socialist leader unleashes storm of debate about socialism

Eugenics advocate Noah Carl dismissed from Cambridge University fellowship

Free Assange and Manning

Free Assange NZ denounces hypocrisy at World Press Freedom Day event

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific