New Today -- 25 March 2016

Perspective

The Belgium bombing: Why the dots are not connected

The extent of state intelligence foreknowledge in the Brussels attack explodes the official narrative that intelligence agencies failed to "connect the dots."

News & Analysis

Fundraising for US presidential campaign surpasses $1 billion

A huge proportion of this money has come from 108 super-wealthy donors, who have contributed more than half of all donations to Super PACs and nearly a quarter of financing for the election as a whole.

Hundreds of US Marines provide combat support as Iraqi forces advance toward Mosul

French students speak out against austerity and state of emergency

Corporate elites maintain pressure on Australian prime minister

University of California president proposes privatization of pension fund

Chinese government's phony anti-poverty plan

Canada's establishment "canonizes" former Toronto Mayor Rob Ford

Indian analyst urges US to use secret diplomacy in harnessing Delhi to anti-China "pivot"

UK dockers strike suspended by Unite union

Commentary

Australia: Socialist Alternative and the US "pivot to Asia"

Book Review

German Left Party leader's plea for nationalism and the free market economy

Arts Review

Atom Egoyan's Remember: A Nazi criminal hunted

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: Europe, Middle East & Africa