Vol. 73/No. 2      January 19, 2009

News articles

• Hundreds in Gaza killed in assault
• For a democratic, secular Palestine!
• Worldwide production slides, jobs slashed
• War college: need troops in U.S. for ‘civil unrest’
• New Jersey unionist released from jail, fights deportation
• Five immigrants convicted in Fort Dix frame-up trial
• Communist leadership and revolutionary strategy today

New book by Fidel Castro contrasts course of ‘prolonged guerrilla warfare’ to Cuban example of taking political power
• Workers at Petro-Canada win long contract battle
• Iran: oil prices fall, gov’t to cut energy subsidies
• Texas socialist campaign office vandalized
(photo box)
• Gaza invasion sparks international protests
• NY: 50 years of Cuban Revolution celebrated
• Revolution’s 50th anniversary celebrated in Cuba
(photo box)
• Chicago socialist hails workers’ sit-in victory
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• Eartha Kitt: opposed Vietnam War
• Letters