New Today -- 13 July 2017

Perspective

Revelation of meeting with Russian lawyer intensifies political crisis in Washington

Donald Trump Jr.'s meeting with a Russian lawyer in June 2016 has acquired explosive significance in the context of the ferocious political battle being waged in Washington.

News & Analysis

Four months since the frame-up and sentencing of Maruti Suzuki workers in India

The Indian autoworkers were framed up for challenging the class strategy of the Indian ruling elite, which is seeking to create the conditions for India to supplant China as the world's principal cheap-labor hub.

US commander predicts weeks more of fighting in "liberated" Mosul

Most Grenfell survivors remain homeless a month after inferno

All-party pro-European Union group formed by UK Labour's Chuka Umunna

US threatens China over North Korean sanctions

Deported Sierra Leone immigrant raised in the US speaks out

Michigan attacks assistance for state's unemployed and vulnerable residents

Right-wing furor over Canadian government's "apology" to child Guantanamo Bay detainee Omar Khadr

German trade union, works council and Bombardier management unite to impose plant shutdown in stages

Modi visit consolidates Indo-Israeli military-strategic partnership

Violence surges in central Congo's Kasai province

Leaked reports expose Australian war crimes in Afghanistan

Pseudo-lefts promote Corbyn as model for New Zealand Labour Party

Commentary

After Hamburg protests: German Left Party backs law-and-order campaign

Arts

The Crown: Sentenced to be queen

International Amazon Workers Voice

Part One: Amazon cashes in on war crimes and mass surveillance

Workers Struggles

Nurses strike Tufts Medical Center in Boston

SEIU cuts short three-day strike of New York airport workers