Vol. 70/No. 39      October 16, 2006

News articles

• ‘No more dying for Mittal’ say Kazakhstan miners
  24,000 coal miners strike over safety, pay
• Caracas Chinese community marks anniversary of Chinese Revolution
• U.S. Congress okays ‘enemy combatant’ military trials
• Protesters in Connecticut: ‘Don’t deport day laborers!’
• Iraqi parliament debates autonomy for Kurdish areas
• ‘Militant’ subs sell well at work sites, campuses
• Congress approves Voter ID bill, border fence
• Cubans mobilize to fight new dengue outbreak
• Protesters in California counter rightist Minutemen
• ‘Militant’ supporters reach out for funds
• On the Picket Line
• Hurricane Katrina evacuees threatened with losing aid
• In face of Washington’s restrictions on Cubans, U.S. academic conference to move to Montreal
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• How labor misleaders led ‘Yellow Peril’ campaign
• N.Y. officials ask for pacifist group’s minutes
• Navajos protest killer cops
• Coup by army generals ousts Thailand gov’t
• Pathfinder books, ‘New International’ sell well at book fair in Gothenburg, Sweden (photo box)
• Social Democrats defeated in Sweden election
• Why 1925-27 Chinese revolution was defeated