Issue 663

|  February 22, 2008

  • More and more workers are left...

    For a growing number of workers, being unemployed means being unemployed for a very long time--and a desperate struggle to get by.

National

International

  • Afghanistan was hit by the worst suicide bombing since 2001, offering further evidence that the "other" U.S. occupation continues to falter.

Opinion

  • Over the coming couple months, Socialist Worker has some major changes planned for our paper and our Internet editions.

  • Suddenly, the two Democrats vying for the party's presidential nomination are talking like hardened class warriors.

History and Traditions

Labor

  • Five defiant United Auto Workers members are fighting to win back their jobs after being unjustly terminated by Freightliner nearly a year ago.

  • The labor movement in Los Angeles, in cooperation with immigrant advocacy groups, has stepped up the effort to defend the undocumented.

  • The labor movement in Los Angeles, in cooperation with immigrant advocacy groups, has stepped up the effort to defend the undocumented.

  • An ongoing battle within the Service Employees International Union reached a new pitch when a top official resigned from the executive committee.

Activist News

  • Justice for Jason Vassell | Chicago police victims deserve new trials | Week of antiwar action at Fort Lewis | Protesting "Justice" John Roberts | NYC protest for Palestinian rights | D.C. Social Forum organizing

  • Busloads of Baltimore City youth and supporters staged a mock die-in at the Maryland statehouse to protest cuts in education funding.

Readers' Views

  • From the perspective of living in Arizona, there is only one conclusion you can draw about the Ron Paul campaign and the people he is attracting.

  • An uproar at our clinic exposed the injustice in the health care system and the readiness of administrators to let patients die for the sake of profit.

  • What can the left achieve today? | The experience of abortion

Books and Entertainment