New Today -- 27 July 2018

Perspective

UAW corruption scandal reaches the top

The revelation that the just-retired UAW president authorized the illegal use of money from company-funded joint training centers demonstrates that the organization is engaged in a criminal conspiracy against auto workers.

News & Analysis

Hundreds of immigrant children remain separated from parents as court deadline passes

The forcible separation of parents and children by the Trump administration is an act of mass kidnapping and a crime against humanity.

Political warfare in Washington escalates with subpoena of Trump organization CFO

Ecuador refuses to give assurance of Julian Assange's political asylum rights

Qualcomm deal scuttled: China hits back at US in trade war

Right-wing Islamic populist Imran Khan claims victory in Pakistan elections

India truck protest enters its eighth day

Worker sets himself on fire in Gaza amid strike against mass layoffs

Democrats visit Flint: Hypocrisy, lies and cover-up

Ontario government passes draconian law to end five-month York University strike

Australian by-elections threaten to deepen political instability

Japan passes phony "work-style reform" bills

Arts Review

The anniversary of Grenfell Tower: Some musical reappraisals

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa