New Today -- 13 July 2016

Perspective

The predictable and pathetic end of Sanders' "political revolution"

The Sanders campaign has provided a major political lesson to millions of young people and workers attracted to his call for a "political revolution" against the "billionaire class."

News & Analysis

Hague court decision sets stage for US confrontation with China

Yesterday's tribunal ruling branding China's actions in the South China Sea as "illegal" provides another pretext for the US to ramp up its military expansion in Asia.

Right-wing ruling coalition wins Japan's upper house election

Obama in Dallas: Platitudes and lies on police killings

UK Labour's governing body says Jeremy Corbyn will be on leadership ballot

Labour's Jack Straw and MI6's Sir Mark Allen shielded from prosecution over rendition to Libya

US Defense Secretary Carter announces 560 more US troops to Iraq

Officials prepare for mass repression at Republican National Convention in Cleveland

Housing crisis intensifies in Syracuse, New York

German militarism on display at NATO summit

Head-on train collision near Bari, Italy kills at least 25

Evictions of private tenants increase by over 50 percent in England and Wales

History

An interview with Victoria Bynum, historian and author of The Free State of JonesPart 2

Socialist Equality Party

The way forward after the Brexit vote