Vol. 72/No. 30      July 28, 2008

News articles

• U.S. escalates war in Afghanistan, Pakistan
  Obama, McCain call for more troops
• Crane falls in Houston killing four workers
• Texas protest opposes building of border wall
• New York Socialist Workers ballot drive picks up steam
• House votes to bail out mortgage firms
• Conference prepares for new class battles
  Socialist Educational and Active Workers Conference draws 380 participants
• UK municipal workers strike for higher wages
• 250 protest racist vandalism at Louisiana home (photo box)
• ‘Militant’ announces staff changes
• North Korea to dismantle reactor by end of October
• Fidel Castro speaks out on Colombia hostages, lessons of the Cuban Revolution
• Bipartisan vote expands U.S. gov’t spying
• SWP vice presidential candidate participates in NOW convention
• California students continue protests against deportations of Vietnamese
• Meeting in New Zealand celebrates party-building work of Mervyl Morrison
• 25, 50 and 75 years ago
• U. of California workers strike over pay increase
• New Zealand Maori protest marina (photo box)
• Why Washington fears Cuba’s revolutionary example
• Capital Fund gets a boost at conference
• Panel of workers, youth describes union struggles in the Upper Midwest
• Socialist conference sends greetings to Cuban Five
• Letters