New Today -- 9 November 2016

Perspective

Trump's victory and the debacle of American democracy

Such is the level of political crisis in the United States that it has elevated an obscene charlatan and billionaire demagogue to the highest office in the land.

News & Analysis

Trump wins US presidential election

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump defeated his Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton, in a stunning upset and debacle for the Democratic Party.

Chicago police fatally shoot 25-year-old man

Strikers at Momentive plants vote down union-backed sellout deal

Bedford riot highlights appalling conditions in UK prisons

Right-wing extremists acquitted following armed standoff in Oregon

German media calls for massive rearmament after US elections

Egypt plunges into economic and social nightmare

Sandinista President Ortega gains third term in Nicaragua

Brazil's high school students continue occupations in face of repression

Australia: Unions back cuts in working conditions at state broadcaster

Papua New Guinea budget further undermines living standards

SEP 2016 US Election Campaign

SEP candidates speak with voters at the polls in Michigan

November 5 Antiwar Conference

The global crisis and the danger of world war

Commentary

The idiot speaks: Slavoj iek endorses Donald Trump

Arts Review

National Bird: "I don't know how many people I've killed," says US drone pilot

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas