New Today -- 27 February 2017

Perspective

The assault on immigrants and the specter of a US police state

Boasting of having "taken the shackles off" of ICE and Border Patrol agents for a crackdown against immigrants, the Trump administration is preparing police state measures against the working class as a whole.

News & Analysis

Democrats, media step up right-wing campaign on alleged Trump-Russia ties

There is mounting pressure for the appointment of a special prosecutor to investigate alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.

Private prison companies to reap massive profits from mass immigrant detention

Democratic National Committee chooses a chairman from the party establishment

US: Republican governors call for dramatic changes to Medicaid

Hostility to immigrants dominates major parties in Dutch election

Spanish port workers prepare national strike against EU reforms

Border issues and Brexit dominate Northern Ireland elections

Israel: Azaria manslaughter sentence presages stepped up repression of Palestinians

Dockworkers' union threatens one-day strike on US East Coast

CWA forces 21,000 AT&T Mobility workers to stay on job as contract expires

US Congress proposes governance changes for dysfunctional DC Metro system

Netanyahu receives effusive official welcome in Australia

Australian youth pushed into unpaid "work experience"

New Zealand Labour Party feud over candidate selection

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

February 27-March 5: American imperialism prepares for world war

Commentary

Juan Cole promotes Washington's lies at University of Michigan talk on Syria

Arts

Why is the Flaming Lips' Oczy Mlody so disappointing?