New Today -- 20 September 2017

Perspective

Trump's "Mein Kampf" tirade at the United Nations

The American president publicly threatened to unleash a genocidal war, declaring that he was "ready, willing and able" to "totally destroy" North Korea and its 25 million people.

News & Analysis

St. Louis Police declare "We're in control" as crackdown on protests enters fifth day

St. Louis police officers chanted "Whose streets? Our streets!" as they arrested largely peaceful demonstrators protesting police violence.

Senate overwhelmingly approves record $700 billion military budget

CAMI autoworkers locked in fight against GM Canada over jobs and wages

Catastrophic Hurricane Mara heads for Puerto Rico

More than 140 dead and counting as a magnitude 7.1 earthquake rocks Mexico City

Senate Republicans push for another Obamacare "repair and repeal" bill

Change that he can believe in: Obama cashes in on Wall Street

Japanese PM backs US "military option" against North Korea

Top Canadian general stokes fears over North Korea to justify joining US ballistic-missile defence

Portuguese nurses strike against an 11-year pay freeze

Australian government's "media reform" boosts conglomerates

Documentary exposes the fraud of New Zealand "peacekeeping" in Afghanistan

Bus crash in New York City kills three and leaves others injured

Rural New York schools grapple with declining population, increasing poverty

Book Review

Hillary Clinton's What Happened: A conspiracy theory of the 2016 election

The Grenfell Tower Fire

Grenfell Tower fire eyewitnesses: "It's because of our classwe are the lowest socioeconomic class on the food chain"

Arts

David Lynch's Twin Peaks: The ReturnLiving inside a dream?

Workers Struggles

Oppose the NTEU sellout at University of Sydney! For a unified struggle of all university workers across Australia!