New Today -- 7 July 2017

Perspective

Bitter conflicts dominate G20 summit in Germany

The G20 summit convenes today in Hamburg, Germany in an atmosphere of global crisis and multisided conflicts that point to the emergence of a new prewar period.

News & Analysis

Police rampage against G20 protestors in Hamburg

The police actions appear to have been a test of their riot tactics, ahead of possible attacks on larger demonstrations.

Trump speech in Poland fans conflict with Germany, Russia

Trade conflicts hang over G20 summit

Tensions mount in India-China Sikkim border standoff

London resident on Grenfell fire: "I'm looking at a graveyard with people's relatives inside"

Democratic pundits demand harsh immigration crackdown

Life after deportation: An interview with a Mexican immigrant raised in the US

Republican Senator Pat Toomey defends health care cuts in phony Town Hall event

Coworkers denounce false report of suicide after Detroit electrician falls to his death

Zambian President Edgar Lungu seizes emergency powers

Japan's ruling party trounced in Tokyo regional election

Australian Labor and union leaders seek to head off workers' discontent

Arts

Sofia Coppola's The Beguiled: Historical drama with hardly any history

Workers Struggles

British Airways crew members defy strikebreaking operation

Bombardier Hennigsdorf workers express anger at the IG Metall union

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa