New Today -- 14 July 2017

Perspective

Climate change and the struggle against capitalism

The main obstacles to a rational climate policy are capitalist private ownership of the means of production and the division of the world into rival nation-states.

News & Analysis

Macron invites Trump for Bastille Day parade in Paris

The French president sent a clear message to Berlin that Paris could align itself with Washington in a more openly anti-German policy.

US Senate Republicans' revised health bill maintains draconian Medicaid cuts

Water pressure reductions reportedly contributed to Grenfell Tower inferno

Ex-Workers Party President Lula sentenced to jail amid Brazil's spiraling political crisis

Australian prime minister's London speech highlights political turmoil

Tenfold increase in cholera cases in Yemen since April

Trump administration signs law stripping job protections from Department of Veterans Affairs employees

Mounting tensions between India and its nuclear-armed neighbors, China and Pakistan

GM Korea autoworkers vote to strike

Police kill young worker in northern Sri Lanka

British Columbia wildfires force 14,000 to evacuate their homes

German conglomerate ThyssenKrupp slashes 2,500 jobs as it prepares to sell off steel division

Commentary

Jeff Bezos's Washington Post delivers a hypocritical sermon on American values

International Amazon Workers Voice

Part Two: Amazon, war propaganda, and the suppression of free speech

Workers Struggles

Tufts Medical Center in Boston locks out 1,200 nurses after one-day strike

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa