Vol. 73/No. 31      August 17, 2009

News articles

• U.S. commanders: more troops to Afghanistan
  Imperialist war rages after nearly 8 years
• Washington presses for compromise from Kurds
• L.A. workers win delay in ‘no match’ mass firings
• New Zealand meetings discuss Chinese in Cuban Revolution
• South Africa: workers protest conditions of capitalist crisis
• Deflation looms in deepening capitalist crisis
• Frame-up case against Cuban 5: A travesty of justice
  Prosecution based on secret evidence, searches; Miami trial marked by biased atmosphere, intimidation
• White House builds on domestic spy program
• N.Y.: city gov’t pays for homeless to leave town
• Latvia crisis: farmers face lack of payment, low prices
• U.S. troops leave Ecuador, expand bases in Colombia
• Record of racist war against Chinese in the United States
• Meat packers in Utah plant win contract
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• Anti-Semitism cannot be abolished under capitalism
• New Zealand students discuss abortion rights
• Army spied on group in Washington State
• Correction
• Letters