New Today -- 23 August 2017

Perspective

Trump's speech on Afghanistan: The military in command

Trump's speech on Afghan policy was a declaration of war on the world that revealed an unprecedented level of military control over the American government.

News & Analysis

US air strike slaughters over 40 civilians in Syria

Increased US-led air strikes on the city of Raqqa over the past week have resulted in 167 civilian casualties, including 59 children.

US hits China, Russia with punitive sanctions over North Korea

German general demands military build-up after federal election

The German army's Nazi heritage

The myth of "left-wing" violence at the G20 summit in Hamburg, Germany

Missouri governor issues last-minute stay of execution for Marcellus Williams

Chicago Public Schools lays off nearly 1,000 as budget impasse threatens more

South Asian floods kill more than 800 and affect over 24 million people

Peruvian teachers strike as Kuczynski's government plunges into crisis

Ten percent of Mexican families own two thirds of country's wealth

Commentary

Pseudo-lefts lament United Auto Workers defeat in Nissan vote

The Grenfell Fire

The political implications of the Grenfell Tower fire

Arts

Jerry Lewis, comic and filmmaker, dead at 91

History

Australia's 1967 referendum, fifty years on