New Today -- 7 July 2016

Perspective

The Chilcot verdict on Iraq: A war crime by British and US imperialism

The Chilcot report provides conclusive proof that those responsible for the war have the blood of hundreds of thousands, if not millions, on their hands.

News & Analysis

Protests erupt following brutal police shooting in Baton Rouge, Louisiana

The grisly execution-style murder is only the latest in an epidemic of police killings which have become a regular feature of American life.

Obama halts drawdown of US troops in Afghanistan

Signs of post-Brexit financial crisis mount

Australian election crisis fuels rifts in governing Coalition

Australia: Brewery maintenance workers rally to defend jobs, wages

US planners prepare air war on China

India and Iran approve Chabahar corridor, amid heightening tensions in South and Central Asia

UK junior doctors vote to reject contract

Hillary Clinton uses Atlantic City casino strikers as campaign props

Chelsea Manning hospitalized, then returned to prison

Wisconsin Department of Corrections force-feeds hunger strikers

Brazil's interim president vows to carry through "unpopular" austerity measures

Canada Post moves to lock out 50,000 workers

Social Democrats, Left Party and Greens preparing coalition in Germany

Arts Review

Michael Cimino, director of The Deer Hunter and Heaven's Gate, dead at 77

The 2016 Australian Federal Elections

Australian voters speak on Brexit and the political issues facing the working class

Obituary

Former UAW official Marc Stepp dies