Vol. 73/No. 7      February 23, 2009

News articles

• Labor Dept.: ‘official’ jobless rate at 7.6%
  Bosses cut 3.6 million jobs in last 13 months
• Kyrgyzstan gov’t moves to close U.S. base
• ‘Fugitive’ raids target immigrant workers
• Midwest meat packers renew their ‘Militant’ subscriptions
• Court order backing Miami school ban on Cuba book is condemned
• The fight for democracy and secularism in Israel
• Temporary workers most affected by crisis in Japan
• Librarians in Canada order Pathfinder books (photo box)
• Court orders California to reduce its prison population by 55,000
• Prime minister’s party gains in Iraqi elections
• Atlanta socialist candidate addresses city transit cuts
  Would use office to help advance workers’ fight
• On the Picket Line
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• Anti-Arab party makes gains
• Capitalist crises shatter illusions about stability
  Openings to win workers to communist program
• 1900s: Lessons on fight to organize industrial unions
• Auckland protest says ‘Stop killing Tamils’ (photo box)
• Correction
• Letters