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New Today -- 17 October 2017

Perspective

In latest victory for the far right, neo-fascists gain in Austrian election

The ability of far-right parties to obtain a broader hearing for anti-immigrant and racist policies is the result of the absence of any progressive outlet for social discontent within the political establishment.

News & Analysis

Iraqi seizure of oil-rich Kirkuk from Kurds risks broader war

While the US military and corporate media sought to downplay the scale of the clashes Monday, the Iraqi army's advance will have explosive consequences for the entire region.

Madrid rejects Puigdemont's call for talks in Catalan referendum crisis

Bombings kill hundreds in Somali capital

Trump appeals to fundamentalists and fascists

Afghanistan prisoner of war Bowe Bergdahl pleads guilty to desertion

CAMI strike in Canada ends

Floridians line up for food assistance in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma

New York employers, insurers seek to gut workers' compensation system

Chinese Communist Party congress meets amid gathering crises

Hurricane Ophelia's tail hits Ireland and UK

Australian bank hearing reveals growing danger of interest-only housing loans

Australia: Ipswich workers condemn hundreds of job losses

Centenary of the Russian Revolution

From the July Days to the Kornilov coup: Lenin's The State and Revolution

IYSSE

New club procedures at UC Berkeley give police effective veto power over campus events

Arts Review

The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui: Bertolt Brecht's parable play about the rise of Hitler

Workers Struggles

Workers Struggles: The Americas