New Today -- 26 September 2017

Perspective

Behind Trump's attack on the NFL football players

Trump's attacks on NFL players for "disrespecting" the national anthem are a calculated effort to whip up racism and militarism.

News & Analysis

North Korea warns that Trump's threats are a declaration of war

Washington's constant drumbeat of threats and military provocations is aimed at forcing Pyongyang to unconditionally capitulate or goad it into action that can be seized on as the casus belli for a war of annihilation.

German parties move further to the right after AfD's electoral success

US-Russian tensions flare in Syria

Trudeau government bans Chelsea Manning from entering Canada

Trump implements new indefinite travel ban

Stephen Bannon's Southern strategy and the Alabama Republican primary

ICE rounds up farmworkers applying for work in Michigan

CAMI autoworkers strike against GM Canada at the crossroads

Former football star Aaron Hernandez had advanced brain damage

Poverty, inequality on the rise in Spain as independence vote looms

Millions of European workers in precarious employment

Australian government plans anti-democratic laws on pretext of Chinese "sub-espionage"

New Zealand: Workers and youth speak on election, social crisis and war

Nova Scotia Liberals slash public sector workers' wages

Commentary

Sanders declares his allegiance to US imperialism

Arts Review

Directions, Disappearance, The Drowning Man: Realistic about harsh conditions

An interview with Stephan Komandarev, director of Directions: "The first step is to have a clear picture of what's happening. I don't see any other way."

Workers Struggles

Spectrum strike approaches half year mark

Workers Struggles: The Americas