Today on the WSWS

New Today -- 28 December 2018

Perspective

Trump's visit to Iraq and Washington's never-ending war in the Middle East

Trump's buffoonish performance in Iraq carried one serious message: With or without troops in Syria, the decades-long US war for hegemony in the Middle East goes on.

News & Analysis

Protests erupt in Tunisia after self-immolation of journalist Abderrazak Zorgui

In a video on social media, Zorgui said he hoped his act would cause a new revolution, eight years after the toppling of Tunisian President Zine El Abedine Ben Ali.

Federal agents release more than 1,000 immigrants in El Paso, Texas

UAW, Democrats seek to block struggle by workers against GM plant shutdowns

Teamsters union releases new sellout contracts for 15,000 Midwest UPS workers

Right-wing rampage in Michigan, Wisconsin lame duck sessions

Australian Greens riven by factional conflicts as MP resigns

Social crisis worsens under New Zealand Labour Party-led government

Arts Review

Actor Kevin Spacey releases defiant video: "It's never that simple, not in politics and not in life"

International Committee of the Fourth International

The RCL/SEP's struggle against the anti-Tamil civil war

History

Remembering the Kindertransport: 80 years since 10,000 mainly Jewish children were allowed in to Britain

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa