New Today -- 25 January 2018

Perspective

US escalates war for annexation of Syria

In Syria, the Pentagon's declared shift from the "war on terror" to great power conflict has already been realized in bloody facts on the ground.

News & Analysis

As special counsel zeros in on Trump, political warfare in Washington heats up

The Democrats are rushing to defend the FBI against attacks by Republican opponents of Mueller's investigation and using the Russia probe to escalate the campaign for censorship.

Anti-Russia campaign: Democrats demand Facebook and Twitter release information on campaign over spying on Trump

Former Fiat Chrysler negotiator says FCA bribed the UAW to secure passage of 2009, 2015 contracts

British Armed Forces chief prepares for war with Russia

German, French parliaments prepare new alliance, 55 years after Elyse treaty

Catalan nationalists struggle to form government

Asia-Pacific trade bloc reshaped, without the US

Toys "R" Us, Kimberly-Clark add to job cuts in 2018

Detroit protest against planned deportation of Albanian immigrant

Police in Racine, Wisconsin fatally shoot 26-year-old man during traffic stop

Strike by Northern Illinois Bay Valley Foods workers enters ninth week

BlackRock's Laurence Fink urges CEOs to serve a "social purpose"

Ontario unions hold bogus "day of action" over wage clawbacks at Tim Hortons

Media frenzy over New Zealand PM's pregnancy distracts attention from inequality

Australia: Fair Work Commission bans Monday's NSW rail strike

Australian Paper workers strike over wages and conditions

Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship

Full transcript: "Organizing Resistance to Internet Censorship"

Commentary

For new elections and a socialist alternative to Germany's grand coalition

Another American mass shooting, this time in western Kentucky

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra terminates employment of Charles Dutoit over allegations of sexual misconduct