New Today -- 22 May 2017

Perspective

Washington Post and New York Times urge pullback on calls for Trump impeachment

The two newspapers have served as the main mouthpieces for opposition to Trump within the military-intelligence apparatus.

News & Analysis

Trump's speech in Riyadh signals US escalation against Iran

Riddled with hypocrisy, clichs and absurdities, Trump's speech, before an assembly of monarchs and despots in Saudi Arabia, spelled out an agenda of escalating US militarism.

Report accuses Pentagon of running multi-billion dollar slush fund for military operations

Iran's president wins reelection

UN Security Council to meet again after North Korea missile test

UK Conservative manifesto outlines stepped up austerity and militarism

Visiting Mali, French President Macron appeals for army's support

Informant Claude Hermant implicates French state in Charlie Hebdo attacks

AT&T workers call for broader fight as CWA ends weekend strike

West Virginia coal miner killed at pit run by environmental fund

Union conceals district's takeaway demands from Detroit teachers

Vulture capitalists fight over pickings from bankrupt Puerto Rico

Political tensions in Albania destabilise the Balkans

Trade splits emerge at APEC meeting

Another undercover report of super-exploitation in China's iPhone factories

Australia: Teachers explain why the AEU-government deal should be rejected

Socialist Equality Party

The class issues in the UK snap election

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

May 22-28: Global class struggle intensifies

Commentary

Haymarket Books' #Resist: The International Socialist Organization props up the Democratic Party in Chicago

Arts

Singer-musician Chris Cornell (1964-2017) dies at 52