New Today -- 9 October 2017

Perspective

Trump's threats against North Korea signify real danger of war

Trump's reference to the "calm before the storm" must be taken to mean that war is imminent.

News & Analysis

Trump administration threatens widespread ICE raids in California

The threat came in response to the state of California's enactment of a "sanctuary" law that limits cooperation between state and local police and the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

Court testimony exposes governor's lies about Flint water crisis

WSWS reader describes ongoing human catastrophe in Puerto Rico

Unifor operative assaults WSWS reporter at CAMI strike rally

US railroad union coalition agrees to contract with health givebacks

Trump administration expels two-thirds of Cuban embassy staff from US

UK Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson reveals predatory agenda of NATO's war on Libya

London's Garden Bridge project abandoned at massive cost

Disinformation campaign scandal shakes Austrian Social Democrats

Washington, DC holds worker in jail for months after charges dropped

Japan's new Party of Hope releases right-wing populist election platform

New Zealand First pushes anti-China witch-hunt in coalition negotiations

Australia: Questions emerge over another Aboriginal death in custody

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

October 9 - 15: Lenin steps up campaign for insurrection

Arts Review

Rapper Cardi B ("Bodak Yellow") celebrated as a feminist icon