New Today -- 19 August 2017

Perspective

Trump's firing of Bannon: The military asserts control

While Democratic politicians hailed the removal of Bannon, his departure in no way signifies a shift away from the Trump administration's program of war, social reaction and political repression.

News & Analysis

Amid India-China war crisis, Washington boosts strategic ties with New Delhi

Washington's intervention in the conflict heightens the danger that an Indo-China border clash could draw in the US and other powers, with catastrophic consequences.

Indian students speak out against imperialist war drive

Rajoy threatens to deploy army inside Spain after Barcelona attack

Trump administration stakes out hardline trade position as NAFTA talks begin

Trump signs order cutting environmental regulation of infrastructure projects

Ford settles claims over sexual and racial harassment at Chicago auto plants for $10 million

Ohio police beat man during a traffic stop

Number of refugees fleeing violence in South Sudan reaches a new high of four million

Refugees: EU strikes deadly deal with Libyan coast guard on refugees

Worsening child poverty in the UK

Right-wing Australian senator stages anti-Muslim "stunt" in federal parliament

Australia's refugee detention regime claims its fifth victim on Manus Island

Socialist Equality Party

SEP meeting in Jaffna: Reject Tamil bourgeois nationalism. Build the Socialist Equality Party!

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific