New Today -- 17 October 2016

Perspective

The US-directed assault on Mosul and imperialist hypocrisy

In both Syria and Iraq, US objectives are the same: asserting its dominance over the key oil-producing region of the world.

News & Analysis

In secret Goldman Sachs speeches, Clinton explains why the rich should rule

Hillary Clinton's lavishly paid speeches to gatherings of Wall Street multi-millionaires reveal why she is the favored candidate of the corporate and financial elite.

US steps up anti-Russian rhetoric over Syria as EU foreign ministers meet

US escalating covert war in Somalia

Unifor rams through another sellout deal at Fiat-Chrysler

Nearly half of all "millennials" lack even $1 of retirement savings

Six-week-old baby girl dies in Brooklyn elevator tragedy

France creates National Guard targeting the working class

Tensions rise between Poland and France after failed arms deal

The Rosenburg Files: Germany's justice ministry was a stronghold of former Nazis

UK: Self-employed face poverty wages and financial insecurity

Thai military consolidates power as royal succession delayed

Australian government hails New Zealand's brutal welfare system

Commentary

The ISO and the New America think tank denounce opposition to the war in Syria

Fed Chair Yellen speaks in Boston: An admission of perplexity and impotence