New Today -- 11 October 2018

Perspective

Murder in Istanbul

The apparent brutal assassination of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Istanbul exposes the criminality not only of the Saudi regime, but also its principal patron, US imperialism.

News & Analysis

Pentagon report points to US preparations for total war

Amid an intensification of military tensions with Russia and China, the Pentagon has produced a document proposing to "retool" US society for "great power conflict."

Leaked Google document: Tech firms have shifted away from "free speech and towards censorship"

US government may put separated immigrant children up for adoption

Hurricane Michael makes landfall in Florida as category four storm

Major fall on Wall Street as interest rates rise

IMF revises down global growth projection

Musicians at Chicago's Lyric Opera strike for the first time in 50 years

Tamil Nadu police arrest hundreds of striking Indian autoworkers

Britain's pseudo-left oppose worker rebellion against Royal College of Nurses leadership

Calls grow in Madrid to ban Catalan nationalist parties

British royals spend millions on palace improvements

New Zealand government bans "foreigners" from buying houses

Featured Commentary

The New York Times laments the exit of Nikki Haley

IYSSE

Students denounce CIA partnership with University of Illinois Chicago

NYU's Washington DC campus: Academia aligns with the Department of Defense

Arts Review

Mack the KnifeBrecht's Threepenny Film: The famed "play with music," and the controversies surrounding it, brought to life

Commentary

How the NY Times shielded Trump and the Manhattan real estate mafia

International Amazon Workers Voice

Injured US Amazon workers face "workers compensation" regime rigged in favor of employers