Vol. 73/No. 8      March 2, 2009

News articles

• ‘Workers must fight to defend class interests’
  Socialist campaigns for L.A. mayor
• ‘Stimulus’ bill deepens protectionist trade policy
• Guadeloupe mass strikes spread to Martinique
• Ireland: factory occupation against layoffs remains firm
• S.F. union demands justice for Black victims of cops, courts
• Discussions on politics, crisis boost ‘Militant’ renewal drive
• ‘Culture is a right, not a luxury’: Havana book fair
• Socialist candidate speaks to Texas students (photo box)
• Rightists harass Florida Muslims
• Forum at N.Y. campus debates Palestine struggle
• ‘Blood money’ contributions boost long-term communist publishing program
• On the Picket Line
• Obama expands Bush’s ‘faith-based’ office
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• Swedish gov’t lifts ban on new nuclear plants
• ‘Working people need to see our self-worth’
  UK conference discusses impact of capitalist crisis, transformation of working class
• Cuba’s fight against Escambray ‘bandits’ in 1960s
• Letters