New Today -- 29 October 2018

Perspective

Anti-Semitic violence erupts in America

To understand the significance of the homicidal violence in Pittsburgh that has left 11 people dead, it is necessary to place the event in its international and historical context.

News & Analysis

Far-right candidate Bolsonaro elected as Brazil's president

Bolsonaro's election expresses the breakdown of Brazil's democratic order and the opening of a new stage of class struggle in Latin America's largest country.

Thousands attend memorial for victims of mass shooting at Pittsburgh synagogue

Sri Lankan president's cynical justifications for his political coup

Under US pressure, Maldives president accepts election defeat

Indian state government arrests at least 14 union leaders

Lear Portage autoworker denounces UAW collusion with management

UAW building luxury "cottage" for ex-president Dennis Williams

Tens of thousands of teachers demonstrate in Glasgow for better pay

Canada upholds $15 billion Saudi arms deal after Khashoggi murder

Spy and police chiefs demand passage of Australian encryption access law

Arts Review

Two short films: The Overcoat, based on the Nikolai Gogol story, and Detainment, about the Jamie Bulger murder case

This week in history

This week in history: October 29-November 4