New Today -- 2 November 2016

Perspective

New York Times promotes war hysteria over Estonia

The Times piece amounts to war propaganda, echoing the hysterical claims of the Baltic states that a Russian invasion is imminent and glorifying the legacy of Nazism.

News & Analysis

Political tensions mount in final week of US election campaign

Both the Democratic and Republican campaigns are preparing for a contested outcome of the November 8 vote.

Leaked emails reveal Clinton campaign deception over Flint

Death toll rises to 25, as India-Pakistan border clashes heighten war danger

Indonesia and Australia discuss joint naval patrols in the South China Sea

South Korea's president in crisis over corruption scandals

Popular support grows for anti-oil pipeline protesters in North Dakota

Officials threaten court action against Philadelphia transit strikers

German Left Party pushes for red-red-green coalition before federal election

Germany: UFO union calls off strikes and begs for hearing with Lufthansa bosses

The pseudo-left and Brazil's municipal elections: A trial run for mass betrayal

Australia: Police break up Sydney College of the Arts occupation

Commentary

Black Lives Matter's DeRay Mckesson endorses Hillary Clinton

Britain's pseudo-left and the party of war

Obituary

Albert Dragstedt (1933-2016)

Socialist Equality Party

SEP public meeting in Jaffna: Imperialist war, Tamil nationalism and the fight for socialism

Arts Review

Volhynia (Hatred) by Wojciech Smarzowskia gripping account of the 1943 massacre

Book Review

The political anatomy of pseudo-left war propaganda