Vol. 71/No. 26      July 2, 2007

News articles

• U.S. troops in Iraq launch brutal assault
  With blessing from U.S. Congress, Pentagon completes military escalation
• Day laborers in N.Y. town win hiring hall in Black church
• Protesters condemn ‘la migra’ raid in Oregon
• Interest wide in U.S. Social Forum in Atlanta
• Atlanta rally: ‘End cruel, unusual punishment of young Black man’
  Georgia Attorney General appeals judge’s release order
• SWP National Committee honors life of Cuban communist leader Vilma Espín
• Build U.S. Social Forum!
• ‘Honeymoon is over,’ many liberals say about Democrats
• Minneapolis event honors Ernesto Che Guevara (photo box)
• Moscow offers olive branch to U.S. gov’t on missile shield
• Closing of TV station by Venezuelan gov’t sparks polarized mobilizations
• Connecticut rally demands halt to ‘la migra’ raids (photo box)
• On the Picket Line
• Australian gov’t steps up intervention in Philippines
• Three Iowa Swift workers get jail terms, face deportation
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• UN committee backs Puerto Rico’s right to self-determination
• ‘Puerto Rico’s independence in interest of U.S. toilers’
• Communist League in U.K. holds special congress
  Changes in working class under impact of immigration at center of discussion
• Public forums in London surround CL congress (photo box)
• Natives in Canada call National Day of Action
• Marxism, science, and women’s fight for equality
• Correction
• Letters