The Militant - August 17, 2009 -- Letters

Vol. 73/No. 31 August 17, 2009

Letters

Free the Cuban 5!
The article, How U.S. government framed Cuban revolutionary: Facts of Cuba’s 1996 downing of rightist planes, was not only very well done but urgently needed. It should be part of the truth kit that every defender of the Cuban 5 uses.

It would be great if this article were available at the Web sites that are most used by people seeking more information and updates on what they can do to join the defense efforts.

Rachele Fruit
Atlanta, Georgia

World capitalist crisis
The editorial in the August 3 Militant states: “The only thing the employers can do to turn around their declining rates of profit is to lower the standard of living for working people.”

I was thinking that you could add: but this won’t resolve the deepening capitalist economic crisis… .

Add to that the increase in the savings rate, stemming from the fear of poverty, and the increased difficulties of getting a consumer loan or a home loan—it all points in the same direction.

Jim Miller
Seattle, Washington

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