New Today -- 16 September 2017

Perspective

CIA vetoes Chelsea Manning's Harvard fellowship

After a quarter century of war, there is hardly a decision made in any of the official institutions of bourgeois power where the military and intelligence agencies do not have the final say.

News & Analysis

Police crackdown on hundreds protesting acquittal of killer cop in St. Louis

Riot police in St. Louis, Missouri arrested 13 people in protests that erupted after the acquittal of the police officer, Jason Stockley, who fatally shot Anthony Lamar Smith in December 2011.

Bomb attack on London Underground sets stage for further state repression

Trump threatens North Korea with "effective and overwhelming" military force

India: Unions suspend Tamil Nadu government workers' strike

Truckers announce strike against attack on Labour Code in France

German conservative newspaper threatens Poland with territorial demands

Two million in Florida still without power nearly a week after Hurricane Irma

Pittsburgh Boilermakers Union official admits theft of funds

New York governor postures at bridge dedication while transportation infrastructure crumbles

Germany: Trial of neo-Nazi terror group whitewashes role of intelligence services

Water contamination widespread across regional Australia

Science

The legacy of the Cassini spacecraft

Commentary

The "People's Convergence": The pseudo-left entreats Bernie Sanders to lead "People's Party"

Why is Canada's pseudo-left rallying behind NDP leadership candidate Niki Ashton?

The Grenfell Tower Fire

Lakanal House: Prelude to the Grenfell Tower infernoPart 1

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Asia, Australia and the Pacific