Vol. 72/No. 25      June 23, 2008

News articles

• Protests answer denial of appeal for Cuban 5
  Judges say three should have sentences reduced
• Four coal miners killed on the job in one week
• Truckers in Spain strike over soaring fuel costs
• Puerto Rican independence fighters denounce colonial rule
• Teachers strike against budget cuts in California
• South Africans protest attacks on immigrants
• Socialist candidate defends Puerto Rican independence struggle
• Young socialists launch summer school classes
• Chicago protesters: charge cop who killed 2 (photo box)
• Pentagon reactivates Fourth Fleet for Latin America operations
• Campaign fights defamation lawsuit by mining giant against author, publisher in Canada
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• Picket lines back call to release Cuban 5
• ‘New International’ No. 14: powerful tool for fighters
• Latino immigrants are workers most likely to be killed on the job
• Myanmar: How British imperialism undermined economic development
• Leon Trotsky on fight for communist continuity
• Correction
• Letters