New Today -- 8 July 2016

Perspective

The police killings in Louisiana and Minnesota: The class issues

Millions of people around the world have reacted with shock, outrage and revulsion at the latest videos and images of police murder in the United States.

News & Analysis

NATO convenes summit in Warsaw to make war preparations against Russia

The measures to be decided on by the western military alliance in the Polish capital will further escalate the threat of war in Europe.

German arms exports almost doubled in 2015

UK: Labour's Jeremy Corbyn refuses to call Tony Blair a war criminal

Protests erupt throughout the US against string of police killings

FBI director defends decision not to prosecute Hillary Clinton

Obama administration issued over 1,000 offshore fracking permits in Gulf of Mexico

Financial markets intervene in Australia's political turmoil

French parliamentary report on terror attacks calls for new police powers

Protests against utility hikes in Kiev

Chinese Walmart workers engage in wildcat strikes

Deepening social inequality in New Zealand

Commentary

The New York Times on the Chilcot report on Iraq war: "Nothing new here"

IMF chief points to war danger

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa