New Today -- 14 March 2018

Perspective

The Skripal poisoning: What lies behind UK-US ultimatums against Russia?

As London and NATO concoct a case for war against Russia based on allegations that Moscow poisoned Sergei Skripal, certain elementary questions must be asked.

News & Analysis

Trump's firing of Tillerson signals further shift toward global war

Tillerson's replacement by CIA Director Mike Pompeo is bound up with a turn toward upending the nuclear agreement with Iran and a more aggressive militarist policy.

Trump taps torturer to head CIA

UK university lecturers revolt against union sell-out agreement

Students and lecturers at the University of Aberdeen speak about the issues in the strike

Union betrays graduate workers' strike at University of Illinois

UK seeks international support for anti-Russia measures

Russia threatens counter-strikes on US forces in Syria

China's NPC formally approves Xi's indefinite rule

Great power politics, militarism, increased deportations: The right-wing programme of Germany's grand coalition

Trump visits border wall prototypes in California to "pick the right one"

Grenfell fire: Joe Delaney answers right-wing media witch-hunt

Canada touts military-strategic alliance with Washington to win exemption from Trump's tariffs

Falling wages point to economic and social reality in Australia

Odebrecht-related bribe revelations threaten to wipe out Peruvian political establishment

Commentary

Editorial in Yale paper says Saifullah Kahn is "not not guilty'" following acquittal on sexual assault

"If only there were more female billionaires!" New York Times

The social and political roots of mass shootings in America

Arts Review

The 2018 Berlinale and the #MeToo campaign

International Youth and Students for Social Equality

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