New Today -- 22 June 2017

Perspective

Amazon's purchase of Whole Foods and the case for public ownership

The expansion of the Amazon corporate behemoth is an expression of the unprecedented concentration of economic power among a handful of corporations that dominate the world capitalist economy.

News & Analysis

NATO warplane buzzes jet carrying Russian defense minister over Baltic Sea

Any one of the virtually daily NATO-Russian encounters in the air could result in a fire-fight or collision, whether by intention or accident, which could quickly ignite a full-scale war between nuclear powers.

US demands "much greater" Chinese pressure on North Korea, or else

Democrats lose special House elections in Georgia, South Carolina

Weakened May government sets out plans for hard UK exit from the European Union

Grenfell Tower fire victims and survivors treated with contempt by UK authorities

Over 8,000 VW autoworkers launch unlimited strike in Slovakia

Milwaukee cop found not guilty of August 2016 killing that sparked protests

Video released of Philando Castile's girlfriend and her 4-year-old daughter in patrol car

Supreme Court clears Bush officials for illegal detention of Muslims

Australian intelligence agency demands sweeping powers to suppress Chinese "interference"

South Korean president tries to smooth disagreements with Washington

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

Speech on a personal note at an evening session of the First All-Russian Congress of Soviets