Vol. 71/No. 8      February 26, 2007

News articles

• U.S. forces in Iraq to ‘strike relentlessly’
  Petraeus takes command of U.S. troops
  Iraqi gov’t closes borders with Iran, Syria
• Washington claims Iranian-made explosives are used in Iraq
• Mass book festival opens in Havana
  Marked by discussion on cultural policy of Cuban Revolution
• Black Farmers Association meets to demand end to racist discrimination
• London uses ‘antiterror’ arrests to undermine democratic rights
• Meat packers renew ‘Militant’ subscriptions
• ‘Let the people vote on war’
  How workers movement has fought against imperialist war
• Students in Canada rally for lower tuition fees
• Boston event features Iran’s UN ambassador
• U.S. judge halts deportation of two of Los Angeles 8
• Houston event at Texas Southern University promotes campaign to free the Cuban Five (photo box)
• Immigrant rights caravan along U.S. frontier with Mexico demands: ‘No to Militarization of Border’ (photo box)
• On the Picket Line
• The Great Society
• Iowa campus exhibits works by Cuban women artists
• Palestinian Americans score legal victory in ‘racketeering’ case
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• ‘First and Second Declarations of Havana’ presented at Havana International Book Fair (photo box)
• Russia's president condemns Washington over NATO expansion, 'missile defense'
• Washington to establish new Africa Command
• Bank in Pittsburgh fails, first in United States since 2004
• Donate to cover costs of 'Militant' reporting team to Cuba
• Socialist revolution and fight against colonialism
• Letters