New Today -- 3 October 2016

Perspective

The "major and deadly" wars to come

A report by a leading geopolitical strategy think tank makes clear that the US military is engaged in intensive planning for wars involving massive casualties.

News & Analysis

Death toll mounts in US police killings

US police killed at least 19 men last week. Ranging in ages from 18 to 53, the victims were shot, tased or, in one case, beaten and asphyxiated.

Protests continue in El Cajon, California over the police killing of Alfred Olango

Pasadena police kill father of eight during help call

Russia responds to US threats with blunt warning over use of force in Syria

India and Pakistan teeter on the brink of war

UK Prime Minister announces timetable for UK exit from European Union

Spanish Socialist Party leader resigns to allow formation of right-wing government

Police state preparations in Dresden for German Unity Day

Hungary's anti-refugee referendum fails after low turnout

Philadelphia and Pittsburgh orchestra musicians on strike

US transit agency launched safety probe before fatal New Jersey train crash

Worker killed at US Steel mill in Indiana

Thousands of teachers strike in Brazil as government prepares attack on education

Brazilian teachers speak out on education cuts and social attacks

Amnesty International documents torture by Thai junta

Australia: Strike continues at Anglo American's German Creek coal mine

Commentary

The pseudo-left's role in the defeat of the British junior doctors' struggle

Book Review

Adam Hochschild's Spain in Our Hearts: A deeply felt work on the Spanish Civil War marred by its perspective

Workers Struggles

Mobilize the working class behind the Minnesota nurses strike!