New Today -- 21 September 2018

Perspective

New York Times' fraudulent "election plot" dossier escalates anti-Russia hysteria

The Times regurgitates unsubstantiated claims that Russia "hijacked" the 2016 election and carried out a "stealth cyberage Pearl Harbor" to further an agenda of criminalizing domestic dissent and censoring the internet.

News & Analysis

UAW corruption scandal widens as US workers press for wage increases

As autoworkers in Kokomo, Indiana and elsewhere come into struggle, the biggest obstacle they face is the corporatist and anti-working class United Auto Workers.

Department of Health and Human Services lost track of another 1,500 immigrant children

Promotion of German secret service chief evokes the tradition of the Gestapo

In Germany's Hambacher Forest: The state shows its ugly face

Another homeless grandmother details nightmarish aftermath of Amazon workplace injury

Four dead in workplace shooting in Maryland, the third mass shooting in the US in 24 hours

Questions emerge following shutoff of water to Detroit schools

Iran responds to economic crisis and US destabilisation with repression of working class

UK government attempt to gag teachers as cuts deepen

Ontario Appeals Court backs provincial government against Toronto Council

Australian government planning to reopen strategic Papua New Guinea naval base

New Zealand government extends troop deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan

Featured Commentary

The CIA Democrats: A balance sheet of the primaries

Arts Review

Fahrenheit 11/9Filmmaker Michael Moore clings to the Democratic Party

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa