New Today -- 1 November 2017

Perspective

The Trump campaign indictments and the political crisis in America

The claim of Russian meddling has taken on the character of a neo-McCarthyite witch hunt, in which social and political opposition to the policies of the ruling class is attributed to the malign intervention of the Kremlin.

News & Analysis

Former FBI agent says tech companies must "silence" sources of "rebellion"

Advocating stepped-up censorship of the Internet, Clint Watts, a former US Army officer and FBI agent, declared, "Civil wars don't start with gunshots, they start with words."

Catalan premier appeals to EU as opposition mounts to Madrid's crackdown

Truck attack kills eight in New York City

Pentagon halts release of information on Afghanistan war

Bernie Sanders tries to quell anger in Puerto Rico

Congressional Republicans open investigation into Clinton role in Russian acquisition of US uranium mines

Toddler hospitalised after Atlanta hospital denies father's kidney transplant for son

Severe US nursing shortage accelerates rural hospital closures

Five years after Superstorm Sandy, millions remain vulnerable to future catastrophes

Twenty-nine arrested at pipeline protests in Pennsylvania

Austria: Conservatives discuss coalition with the extreme right

Indonesia: At least 47 dead in Jakarta factory fire

Refugees on Manus Island face catastrophe at hands of Australian detention regime

Commentary

May a word be spoken on behalf of Kevin Spacey?

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

The Art of Insurrection

Auto Workers Struggles

Death of Jacoby Hennings highlights UAW collusion with auto companies