Vol. 72/No. 23      June 9, 2008

News articles

• 297 Iowa meat packers are railroaded to jail
  Convicted on ‘identity theft’ charges
• Carpenters in S.F. unite against racist attacks by company
• McCain and Obama spar over who will be best war president
• Students learn about Cuba at book event on California campus
• ‘Militant’ Fund concludes with $108,600 in donations
• Join effort to free Cuban Five!
• Chicago students protest anti-immigrant Minutemen
• El Salvador solidarity group rejects registering as ‘foreign agent’
• Toronto action will oppose roundup of 45 immigrants at warehouse
• U.S. diplomat in Cuba funneled money to counterrevolutionaries
• UK: Hundreds protest bill to limit abortion (photo box)
• Young socialists campaign to win release of Cuban 5
• San Diego students protest immigration raids (photo box)
• U.S. socialist candidate tours New Zealand (photo box)
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• California man shot in the back by cops
• N.Y. police say killer cops ‘violated internal guidelines’
• Impact of soaring food prices theme of summit in Nicaragua
• The FBI campaign against socialist leader DeBerry
• UK elections: 40-year low for Labour Party
• Letters