The Militant 1996: Vol 60 Index

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1996 Index
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A SOCIALIST NEWSWEEKLY PUBLISHED IN THE INTERESTS OF WORKING PEOPLE VOL. 60 SUPPLEMENT TO THE MILITANT
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ACQUIRED IMMUNE Austrian ultraright gains votes 4) 1/11 02 ‘A revolutionary party is key to victory’ 43 12/02 09
DEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)
Developing communist youth cadre 44 12/09 09
BALTICS
AIDS deaths may be 1.1 million 26 07/01 02 Lenin: “Workers must respond to all tyranny’ 45 12/16 09
U.S. to hold war games in Baltics 21 05/27 02
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION Marx: labor is the source of all value 46 12/23 13
BEHIND PRISON WALLS COLUMN
Attacks on affirmative action in Louisiana 05 0705 02 BRAZIL
Affirmative action is key to women’s rights 0S 0270S 806 Inmates discuss downing of planes by 12 03/25 Brazilian bank bailed out 15 04/15 02
Cuban air force
Affirmative action is main topic at 07 02/19 11 Public workers strike in Brazil 18 05/06 02
conference I defend the rights of basketball's Abdul-Rauf 1S 04/15 11
Affirmative action tour planned 1 037/18 02 Framed-up unionist receives dozens of letters 23 06/10 13 Peasants revolt in Brazil 19 05/13 02
Landless peasants press for reform in Brazil 26 07/01 03
Ruling guts affirmative action 14 0408 02 BELARUS
Strike in Brazil demands jobs, land, wages 27 07/22 12
Thousands join ‘March to Fight the Right’ 17 04/29 =O IMF reneges on Belarus loans 04/29 02 Brazil cops convicted of killings 45 12/16 02
Affirmative action battle looms 18 05/06 §=602
BELGIUM
March: defend affirmative action 26 07/01 04 BULGARIA
California protests defend affirmative action 28 os/0s («OO Strike ends at Belgium airline 08 02/26 02 Bulgarian gov't to shut plants 22 06/03 02
Protests defend affirmative action, immigrants 28 08/05 =s«O8 BLACKS, RACISM, ANTIRACIST PROTESTS
BURKINA FASO
Marchers for affirmative action join forum os/19 = «OS Blacks gunned down by racists in N. Carolina 01 01/08 15 ‘Our revolution is against imperialism’ 25 06/24
Affirmative action debated in California 35 10/07 (O07 Protests mount over racist killing by Gls 04 01/29
Affirmation action debate heats up in L.A. 36 10/14 07 Antiracist protest counters Ohio Klan rally 05 02/05 BURMA
700 protest Prop. 209 36 10/14 07 Nazi flags down at Ft. Bragg 09 03/04 02 Burma youth resist cop brutality 40 Wil 02
Affirmative action debate heats up in 1WV/1l 01 ‘If something is yours by right, fight for it’ 09 03/04 0S BURUNDI
California
‘Million Man March’ in Denver 10 03/11 02 Burundi government: no UN troops 05 02/05 02
Students protest attack on affirmative action 43 1202 = <Ol
Farrakhan ends world tour 10 03/11 02 Washington debates intervention in Burundi 29 08/19 03
AFGHANISTAN Mandela tells Farrakhan ANC principles 1] 03/18
CANADA
Reactionary regime takes power in Afganistan 37 10/21 03 ‘Three strikes’ law hits Blacks 12 03/25 02
Activists protest threat to Montreal bookstore 03 01/22
War continues in Afganistan 39 11/04 §=02 More attacks on Black rights 19 05/13 02
Workers discuss bookstore threat, Quebec 04 01/29
Afghan women fight exclusion 1/11 02 Pittsburgh actions defend desegregation 21 05/27 15
Civil war rages in Afghanistan 42 11/25 02 Scores of Black churches burned 24 06/17 02 Students in Canada set a day of protest 06 02/12
Int'l conference on Cuba to be in Montreal 06 02/12
“Stop the burning of Black churches’ 25 06/24 01
AFRICA (campaign statement) Canada generals quit as abuse exposed 07 02/19
Meningitis kills 10,000 in Africa 21 05/27 02 Arson hits 30th Black church in South 06/24 03 20,000 students rally across Canada 08 02/26
Imperial troops out of Africa! (editorial) 23 06/10 14 Send federal troops to defend Black 26 07/01 01 Ottawa objects to Helms-Burton bill i 03/18
U.S. pushes African ‘peace’ force 38 10/28 02 churches (campaign statement) Unionists discuss Cuba in Montreal 13 0401
U.S., French hands off Africa! (editorial) IW 14 High court strikes blow at voting rights 26 07/01 Cop victim dies in Montreal 21 05/27
ALBANIA Burning of Black churches continues 26 07/01 Montreal activist banned from rallies 22 06/03
Protest denounces church burnings 27 07/22 Vancouver: Communist League announces 23 06/10
Big business worries over instability 24 06/17 16
Jury orders damages in MOVE case 27 07/22 candidate
ARGENTINA Hundreds protest burnings of Black churches 28 08/05 Black activist in Toronto aquitted of frame-up 25 06/24
Argentine activists speak in Minnesota 12 03/25 03 NAACP pushes support for Clinton 28 08/05 Canada: thousands rally for women’s rights 27 07/22
Argentina: 10,000 inmates rebel 16 04/22 + 02 Stop racist church burnings 29 08/19 Canadian gov't is enemy of socialist Cuba 29 08/19
Argentina’s economy in recession 29 os/19 = 02 Texas court shifts voting districts 30 09/02 (Union Talk)
Strike paralyzes Buenos Aires 30 09/02 «(02 Racists plead guilty to arson 31
100,000 protest social cuts in Argentina 36 10/14 903 Black party charted course for workers 31 Subscribe
Farrakhan visits Cuba 33
ARMENIA as: MILITANT
Black political convention announced 34
40,000 protest Armenian election 36 10/14 02
Malcolm X: ‘It’s the ballot or the oullet’ 35
AS I SEE IT COLUMN What's behind debate of rap artist's 35
Do higher wages mean less jobs? 26 07/01 14 murder! (As I see it)
UK: who will succeed the Queen? 33 09/23 =—07 St. Louis convention urges Blacks to 36 O New Readers
What’s behind debate of rap artist's murder! 35 10/07 15 “march on ballot box’ $10 for 12 issues
Tribute to life of Black rights fighter 39 11/04
Gov’t had no right to detain pregnant woman 36 10/14 15
Robert F. Williams memorial honors life of 4| 11/18
Kids kissing is not sexual harassment 38 10/28 14
struggle
Ralph Nader: a bourgeois politician 1/11 10
Racial scandal rocks Texaco 42 11/25 Q $15 for 12 weeks RENEWAL
New Zealand gov't uses ‘domestic 42 11/25 04
Music doesn’t spark revolutionary struggle 42 11/25
violence’ to curb rights Q $27 for 6 months O) $45 for 1 year
(Discussion with readers)
AUSTRALIA BOLIVIA
Australian gov't launches anti-Muslim 04 01/29 16 General strike set in Bolivia 14 02 NAME
campaign
30,000 march in Bolivia 1S 04/15 02
Canberra steps up role in Asia 08 02/26 38602 ADDRESS
Bolivian workers defend state oil 04/22 02
Labor party loses in Australia 11 037/18 = =§=02 Peasants in Bolivia demand right to land 36 10/14 02 CITY STATE
Australia miners resist union busting 12 03/25 16
Thousands protest in Bolivia 37 10/21 02
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Aborigines protest in Australia 13 04/01 02
Bolivia workers fight pension cut 12/09 02
Miners in Australia strike for union rights 04/22 +09
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Communist candidate begins campaign 20 05/20 12 BOOK OF THE WEEK COLUMN
12,000 teachers march to state gov’t in Sydney 22 06/03 15 ‘Epoch of imperialism has explosive 30 09/02
300 commemorate those killed in mines 24 06/17 15 character’ Clip and mail to the MILITANT,
Cuban leader recounts revolutionary war os/0S =s«O8 Black party charted course for workers 31 09/09 13 410 West St., New York, NY 10014.
Aborigines die in Australia jails 08/19 = 02 Jobless workers helped win Social Security 32 09/16 13 Tel: [phone]; Fax: [phone]
Thousands of miners strike in Australia 08/19 16 Imperialism sabotaged Kurds’ struggle 33 09/23 13 Compuserve: 73311,2720
SWP presidential candidate tours Australia 09/16 04 The Russian revolution: its lessons for India 34 09/30 13 Internet:7331 [email protected]
Canberra: 20,000 march on Parliament 09/16 il Malcolm X speaks: ‘It’s the ballot or the bullet’ 35 10/07 13
Abortion battle heats up in Australia 10/21 16 Guevara: ‘Create two, three, many Vietnams’ 36 10/14 13
Canberra refuses visa to Adams 11/25 02 Chinese revolution: a momentous world event 37 10/21 13
Clinton pushes U.S. trade offensive in Asia 12709 =—s«éOO October 1917: ‘Authentic popular revolution’ 38 10/28 13 12 weekofs t he Militant outside the U.S.: Australia and the
Four miners killed in Australia cave-in 127/09 = «O88 ‘Communist theories are guide for action’ 39 11/04 Pacific,$A15 * Britain, £7* Canada,Can$12 * Caribbean and Latin
Racist campaign sparks protests in Australia ERER12S/09E IK12S KVSWBor kers have right to organize self-defense 1/1 13 America,$15 Europs, Africa, and the Middle East, £8 » Belgium,
Housing crisis is a product of capitalism 4| 11/18 13 375 BF ° France, FF80 « Iceland, Kri,300 » New Zealand, NZ$15
AUSTRIA ‘Colonialist hand is visible in the Congo’ 42 11/25 13 « Sweden, Kr75
40,000 protest in Austria 04/01 02 (Castro, Guevara)
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Editors to speak in Quebec about Cuba 10,000 in Africa protest French army Racist cop pleads no contest
British Columbia: NDP undercuts labor's gains Bangui soldiers demand payment Jail the guilty cop now! (campaign statement)
Ottawa to fund Cuban airport Soldiers mutiny in Central African Republic All-white jury to try cop who killed Black
Writers address cultural freedom in Cuba Judge declares mistrial in Gammage case
CHICANO STRUGGLE
4,000 demand Tokyo return islands to China Capitalist injustice system (editorial)
Young activists attend La Raza conference
Washington, Ottawa plan Zaire intervention Protests explode over killing by Florida cop
Chicano youth discuss fights in Houston
Young Socialists join Quebec student actions Pittsburgh rally: “Cop brutality is nationwide’
YS leaders in Canada discuss plans CHILE Protests erupt as killer cops are freed
Thousands protest Montreal summit Chilean hospital workers strike All-white jury frees Pennsylvania cop
Ottawa, Chile set up trade pact 7,000 miners strike in Chile Marchers say, ‘Bring kill~= cops to justice’
Ottawa calls for moving troops to Africa Castro attends summit in Chile Drug-dealing cop gets wrist slap
Ottawa, Chile set up trade pact Cops violate rights in Brooklyn arrests
—Canada, Labor
High school youth protest killer cops
Quebec Firestone workers on strike CHINA
Cops post up racist cartoon strip
35,000 teachers in Ontario rally against cuts Tensions rise between Beijing, Taiwan
Irving Oil workers continue fight Socialists chart course against fascism and war CRIME
Labor actions set in Ontario U.S. warships sail toward China Ruling saps ‘three strikes’ law
Unions call protests in Ontario, New On side of the Chinese people (editorial)
CUBA
Brunswick China warns U.S. Navy to stay out of
100,000 march against austerity in Ontario Taiwan Strait Introduction to ‘Episodes’
Firestone workers end strike in Quebec China-Taiwan tensions ease, for now ‘Trabajadores’ interview with Pombo
Public service workers strike in Ontario Should we defend China in Taiwan S. Africa asks for Cuban doctors
5,000 rally to defend Ontario strikers conflict? (Discussion with readers) Cuban labor federation invites U.S. workers
Paris gets $1.5 billion China deal Seventh Havana book fair opens in Cuba
Defend Ontario strikers (editorial)
Ontario strikers condemn cop attack The Chinese revolution Issue of ‘La Gaceta’ explores Cuban film
(Discussion with readers)
Ontario strikers end walkout stronger Havana fair celebrate titles by Cuban leaders
U.S. threatens sanctions against Beijing
Saskatchewan strike hangs up phone company Haitian government restores Cuba ties
Chinese revolution: a momentous world event
Kenworth strikers fight threatened closing 60,000 visit seventh Havana book fair
Beijing, Tokyo dispute islands
Ontario workers protest social cuts Political weapons for today’s fighters
U.S.-Japan military exercises aimed at
Demand jobs for all, not “Canadian jobs’ Socialists back Cuba’s actions
China, Korea
(Union Talk) Revolutionary gov't responds to
Cafeteria strikers win support at GM plant CLINTON ADMINISTRATION provocations
Garment workers fight firings for organizing Jury convicts Clinton's partners Report back from Havana book fair
Catering workers strike at Vancouver airport Clinton signs attack on workers’ gains Pathfinder exhibit in Santa Clara
14,000 grocery workers locked out in Canada Clinton’s record as a war president Record of illegal flights over Cuba
Hotel strikers: ‘If we win others will’ Clinton is the ‘best president for cops’ Fearless before imperialism (editorial)
500 rally in Montreal to back garment workers Is Clinton a slightly lesser evil? Cuban doctors volunteer in South Africa
Bosses demand givebacks at Quebec plant (Discussion with readers) Unionists call for international conference
Winnepeg Boeing workers walk out Clinton signs child payment law Cuban youth publicize world festival
Hotel strikers defeat injunction Clinton is the ticket for U.S. big business Cubans celebrate Bay of Pigs victory
Montreal strikers fight for union Gore brags about U.S. plunder of Mexico Cuba, Dominica restore relations
“Summer of strikes’ extends across Winnipeg Clinton pushes U.S. trade offensive in Asia Terrorist to be executed in Cuba
Winnipeg strikers return to work Washington aims ax at Social Security U.S. socialist talks with Cubans
Toronto hotel workers defeat strike-breaking Clinton floats plan against Social Security U.S.workers should fight Cuba blockade
(see correction, issue no. 26, p. 12)
Canadian union officials target Chrysler COLOMBIA
Cuban doctors lend a hand in rural S. Africa
Ontario unionists protest austerity
Colombian president under fire
Cuba meeting debates ‘market socialism’
Chrysler workers in Canada ratify contract
Colombia president faces drug scandal
Cuban leader recounts revolutionary war
26,000 auto workers shut GM in Canada
Colombia president indicted
Auto strikers occupy GM plant in Ontario Cubans mark revolutionary anniversary
Colombia fails U.S. certification
‘Revolution is the fruit of struggle’
Unionists build ‘Days of Action’ in Toronto
Army halts peasants’ march (interview with Pombo)
Strikers show tenacity
Colombia farmers in revolt Canadian gov't is enemy of socialist Cuba
Support Ontario labor protests (editorial)
Cops attack Colombia farmers (Union Talk)
Irving Oil strike settled after 27 months
Peasant protests spread in Colombia Miami travel agency is firebombed
Flight attendants in Canada reject contract
Colombian strike halts exports Ex-guerrilla slanders Cuban revolution
GM workers end strike in Canada
BP pillage of Colombia exposed “Cuba helped revolutionary movements’
Toronto Days of Action protest austerity
Cuba demands return of hijackers
GM wins concessions in Canadian strike COMMUNIST MOVEMENT
“La Gaceta’ now offered at student rate
Ontario workers debate way forward ‘Epoch of imperialism has explosive character’
Ottawa to fund Cuban airport
Quebec: Thousands protest wage cuts “Communist theories are guide for action’
*Gaceta de Cuba’ honors filmmaker’s life
Canadian gov't attacks airline workers Developing communist youth cadre
CIA blew up Cuban airliner in 1976
Oppose Ottawa's assault on labor (editorial) Lenirty. “Workers must respond to all tyranny’
Writers discuss cultural policy in Cuba
—Canada, Quebec COPS, COP VIOLENCE Hurricane Lili hits Cuba hard
Why ‘Militant’ supports Quebec Hundreds protest cop killing of N.Y. youth Castro attends summit in Chile
independence (Discussion with readers) “What drives me is prosecuting EU governments issue attack on Cuba
Champion Quebec independence (editorial) murderous cops’ Cubans celebrate 40 years of Rebel Army
Ottawa threatens partition of Quebec NY cops force teens in lineups
—Cuba, CTC Congress
Ottawa pushes anti-Quebec campaign Cops kill Black youth in New Jersey
‘To assure the revolutionary power of the
“Yes to Quebec Independence’ Cases reversed in Philadelphia
workers’ (CTC theses)
Quebecois are an oppressed nation Cops fired for debauchery
Read and distribute CTC theses (editorial)
(Discussion with readers) Forum demands justice for Native American
‘Right to work is one of highest ideals of
Ottawa drives wedge between Quebecois, Trial on MOVE lawsuit to begin
revolutionaries’ (CTC theses)
Natives NY cops plan military operation
Cuban workers discuss agricultural
Canadian companies to blame for flooding Philadelphia cop gets 13 years for brutality cooperatives (CTC theses)
Quebec: ‘English rights’ is reactionary MOVE leaders sue Philadelphia “Workers assemblies became schools of
Quebec youth visit Cuba, see the truth Cops assault dozens of Blacks in New York politics’ (CTC theses)
Thousands in Quebec protest gov't cutbacks Jail the guilty cops! (editorial) Go to CTC congress (editorial)
Quebecois resist cuts in health, education “We have to fight this cop brutality’ Cuban workers discuss document
Was opposition to WWII ‘anti-Semitism’? Cop charged in N.Y. beating Workers in Cuba prepare for Congress
Jury orders damages in MOVE case Celebrate May Day with Cuba (editorial)
CARIBBEAN
Jury lets killer cop off the hook Millions march in Cuba to defend revolution
Caribbean hit by banana dispute
N.Y. cop indicted in killing Cuba holds ‘congress of workers in power’
CENSORSHIP Cops not liable in MOVE case Castro: workers in Cuba stand firm
Minneapolis editor demands press freedom Philadelphia settles cop scandals U.S., Cuban workers share experiences
N.Y. cop gets five-year jail term Unionists call for international conference
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
Bronx cop goes on trial for killing of youth “Workers in power are building socialism’
Paris helps crush revolt in Africa 18 Hundreds protest acquittal of killer cop (Pedro Ross)
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‘Cuban workers have taken initiative’ Build Cuba youth exchange (editorial) DEFENSE CASES
(Fidel Castro) There’s still time to build trip to Cuba Peltier abruptly moved to Oklahoma City jail
“We will defend workers’ political power’ Youth head to Cuba, plan report backs More activities set to defend Abu-Jamal
Youth in Cuba build 1997 world festival Protests halt transfer of Peltier
—Cuba, Economic Conditions
Youth on Cuba trip vow to tell truth South African student jailed on frame-up
Farm co-ops: ‘We have more control over 04/01
Labor Exchange builds trips to Cuba Demand parole for Leonard Peltier now!
production’
Cuban sugar planting emergency 06/17 Youth defend Cuba, build 1997 festival Peltier denied parole
Editors to speak in Quebec about Cuba Activists win ruling against deportation in L.A.
‘Answer to Helms-Burton is sugar harvest’ 07/22
Cuban workers win battle of sugar harvest 07/22 N.Y. youth: ‘Go see Cuba for yourself” Hundreds demand new trial for Abu-Jamal
Philadelphia area youth, students visit Cuba Witness admits perjury in Abu-Jamal case
—Cuba, Pages from Revolutionary History Quebec youth visit Cuba, see the truth Black activist in Toronto aquitted of frame-up
Excerpt from Guevara's ‘Episodes’ 02 Os Minnesota youth recount Cuba trip Biased judge to hear evidence for Abu-Jamal
‘Rebel victory is clearly in sight’ 03 01/22 Editor of ‘La Gaceta’ invited to tour U.S. Salazar wins release from death row
Interview with Cuban colonel José Quevedo 04 01/29 Cuban society impresses Philly youth
—Defense Cases, Mark Curtis
Rebel Army trained fighters with guts 05 02/05 Writers address cultural freedom in Cuba
How Rebel Army spread revolutionary war 06 02/12 Cuban editor wins visa for U.S. tour sxessCuretis ssupsportserss preesss effeortse tos wien realearse g
First woman to join Che Guevara's 07 02/19 Cuban diplomat will tour in Texas Mark Curtis supporters respond to slanders
Rebel Army Cuban editor begins U.S. tour Framed-up unionist prepares for parole
Celia Sanchez: a maker of Cuban history 08 02/26 *A great moment in Cuban literature’ osO-oa_ — Curtis Defense prepares move to Chicago
Santiago uprising: a harbinger of victory 09 03/04 (see correction, issue no 45, p. 8) Curtis remains active while awaiting parole
The Rebel Army triumph in Santa Clara 10 03/11 Johana Tablada tours Washington state Curtis must prove Illinois family ‘ties’
‘Suicide Squad’: example of revolutionary 1 03/18 (see correction, issue no. 46, p. 12) Illinois officials reject Curtis parole there
morale Norberto Codina tours New York Write to Mark Curtis now (editorial)
U.S. base at Guantanamo supplied Batista 12 03/25 Supporters campaign for Curtis’s release
Granma voyage began revolutionary war 13 04/01 —Cuba, Speeches Curtis supporters demand prison end
Rebel army marches from Santiago 14 04/08 Castro speaks truth on U.S. aggression censorship
to Havana (Fidel Castro) Cuban foreign minister presents facts at Curtis wins support at France youth
The sugar workers’ strike of 1955 15 04/15 UN (Robaina) congress
Camilo Cienfuegos as an immigrant in U.S. 16 04/22 Rebel army marches from Santiago to ‘Public pressure will win Curtis’s release’
Radio Rebelde: voice of revolutionary army 17 04/29 Havana (Fidel Castro) Curtis supporters fight Illinois parole rejection
‘They misjudged the morale of our people’ 18 05/06 What a young communist should be (Guevara) Curtis reapplies for parole
(Fidel Castro) ‘They misjudged the morale of our people’ Work continues to free Curtis
Cuban workers opened new chapter in 05/27 (Fidel Castro) Illinois state officials reject parole for Curtis
Americas “Workers in power are building socialism’ Curtis fights for parole in Illinois
(Pedro Ross)
Curtis is released from prison
—Cuba, Solidarity Castro speaks on 35th anniversary
Curtis congratulated on release
Atlanta activists: ‘Learn truth about Cuba’ of Bay of Pigs
Curtis: ‘Glad to return to class struggle’
Cuban labor federation invites U.S. workers ‘Cuban workers have taken initiative’
Network on Cuba to meet in L.A. (Fidel Castro) Mark Curtis celebrations links up fighters
Guevara: ‘Create two, three, many Vietnams’ Curtis files given to Wisconsin library
Int’] conference on Cuba to be in Montreal
*‘Colonialist hand is visible in the Congo’
Border cops attack caravan to Cuba DEMOCRATIC PARTY
(Castro, Guevara)
National Network sets actions for Cuba Protests greet Democratic convention 31 09/09
Young Socialists support Cuba’s sovereignty —Cuba, U.S. Relations, Embargo
DEMOCRATIC RIGHTS, CIVIL LIBERTIES
Workers in Miami discuss Cuba events
Cuban foreign minister blasts U.S. aggression
Protests blast U.S. aggression against Cuba No-fault divorce law debated 04 01/29
Ottawa objects to Helms-Burton bill
Pickets demand: ‘Hands off Cuba’ Washington intensifies economic war on Cuba Cleric gets life in frame-up trial 05 02/05
Youth plan for festival in Cuba Free Abdel Rahman now! (editorial) 05 02/05
Cuban foreign minister presents facts at
Unionists discuss Cuba in Montreal UN (Robaina) Socialists push back probe against political 04/08
action
Pastors for Peace call for protests Cuba rebuts lies in U.S. press
Boy must register as sex offender 04/29
Unionists prepare for Cuban convention Key provisions of ‘Helms-Burton’ Act
‘Antiterrorism’ bill is blow to rights 05/06
Dozens demand reversal of visa denials Law escalates U.S. economic assault on Cuba
Congress OKs ‘Megan’s Law’ 05/27
Campus meetings defend Cuba, build Cuba: rebel, don’t cower! (editorial)
youth exchange Repeal ‘Megan’s Law’ (editorial) 06/03
Don’t regret, rejoice (Discussion with readers)
Pastor for Peace fights goverment attacks Internet censorship halted 07/01
FAA revokes license of Cuban rightist
Puerto Rican leader defends Cuba High court strikes blow at voting rights 07/01
U.S. gov't tightens squeeze on Cubans
Dozens sign up for youth exchange to Cuba OAS criticizes Cuba embargo Ruling saps ‘three strikes’ law 07/22
Pastors for Peace gets back seized computers Defend democratic rights! 08/19
Alarcén blasts U.S.-crafted report
(campaign statement)
Pastors for Peace records subpoenaed
Clinton, imposes sections of anti-Cuba law Gov't uses TWA crash to expand wiretaps 08/19
Atlanta activists welcome Cuban athletes
Pastors for Peace records subpoenaed Miami travel agency is firebombed 09/02
Workers in Houston discuss Cuba
U.S. gov't can’t win UN sanctions on Cuba Youth returning from Cuba detained 09/02
Toronto conference: ‘Solidarity with Cuba’
Youth returning from Cuba detained Racist city ordinance challenged 09/09
U.S. rulers try to narrow political rights
Company to continue Cuba deal
Charges dismissed against campaigners
Cuban rightists outmobilized in Florida
Miami: protest attacks on speech
Gov’t refuses to stop vilifying Atlanta man
Cuba activists condemn FBI harassment
Cuban denied right to perform in Miami (see correction, issue no. 33, p. 14)
Texas tour of Cuban diplomat stirs interest
Alarcén defends Cuba in hostile debate Minnesota mall to impose curfew
Boston professor fights gov’t harassment
Cuban gov't condemns U.S. embargo at UN California assembly approves castration bill
—Cuba, Solidarity, Tours EU governments issue attack on Cuba Cuban denied right to perform in Miami
Cuban youth leader completes tour (Iceland) CYPRUS Professor branded as terrorist for his ideas 09/30
Cuban youth leader completes tour (Sweden) ‘Marriage Act’ is antilabor (editorial) 09/30
Cyprus: Turkish troops attack protesters
Two Cuban youth leaders invited to the U.S. U.S. rulers try to narrow political rights 10/14
Foreign troops out of Cyprus! (editorial)
Cuban speaks to workers, students in lowa Abu-Jamal witness arrested 10/14
Troops stir volatile tensions in Cyprus
Cuban leaders speak on campuses Statement on the FBI and your rights 10/14
Turkish forces kill Greek Cypriot
Fight launched to get visas for Cuban youth Why workers should not talk to FBI 10/14
Dozens protest denial of visas to Cubans CZECH REPUBLIC Defend political rights! (editorial) 10/14
Protests mount against U.S. visa denials Czech group protests farm prices Fighters don’t talk to gov't agents 10/14
(editorial)
Young Socialists speak in Cuba Czech gov't loses majority
Socialists campaign protests cop harassment 10/28
Campus meetings defend Cuba, build
youth exchange DEATH PENALTY Socialists protest Defense of Marriage Act 10/28
Build youth exchange to Cuba (editorial) Surge in executions New rules allow cops to set up ‘red’ squads 11/04
Youth sign up for exchange to Cuba Teen put on death row Workers have right to organize self-defense 1Wi
*Let’s build U.S.-Cuban youth exchange’ Protest blasts Utah firing squad execution Curfew law overturned in D.C. 11/18
Dozens sign up for youth exchange to Cuba Say no to execution spree (editorial) Cops violate rights in Brooklyn arrests 12/02
Build Cuba Youth Exchange! (editorial) Baltimore rally demands end to death penalty Court weakens illegal search law 12/09
Students, workers build trip to Cuba Biased judge to hear evidence for Abu-Jamal Cuba activists condemn FBI harassment 12/09
U.S.-Cuba Youth Exchange gains momentum Salazar wins release from death row Secrecy laws violate constitution 12/16
More youth sign up for Cuba Exchange Executions stepped-up in U.S. Boston professor fights gov't harassment 12/16
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DISCUSSION WITH OUR READERS COLUMN Is Clinton a slightly lesser evil? 3,000 march in Germany to defend immigrants
Why Yugoslavia is not yet ‘former’ 03 01/22 14 Wellstone: liberal advocate of imperialism Bonn’s cuts in social wage meet resistance
Why ‘Militant’ supports Quebec 05 02/05 14 Communist Party pushes vote for ‘lesser evil’ Bonn set to deport Bosnians
independence Nader: a bourgeois politician (As I see it) 20,000 in Germany protest job cuts
Don't give NATO what it hasn't taken 07 02/19 05 Clinton set for next attack on social wage Cops assault Kurds in Germany
Quebecois are an oppressed nation 09 03/04 (see correction, issue no. 42, p. 14) Berlin: actions against social cuts
Stand with the fighting Irish 04/01 ERITREA Berlin march protest cuts
Don't regret, rejoice 04/15 Cops attack nuclear protesters
Yemen, Eritrea governments clash
Should we defend China in Taiwan conflict? 04/22 Rallies oppose pay freeze in Germany
Rebellions don’t explode politely 04/29 EUROPE 100,000 workers protest in Germany
The Chinese revolution 05/13 U.S. rivalry with Europe led to world war Germany: workers protest social cuts
Working-class approach to taxes 05/20 Hard times ahead in Europe 350,000 protest austerity in Germany
Who lost cold war? 05/27 Bonn, Paris batter UK capitialists over beef German gov't pushes cutbacks
Immigration is a right 06/03 Washington asserts domination in Europe Bonn fails to pass austerity budget
Yearn for more porous borders 06/24 EU continues British beef ban Bavaria passes anti-abortion law
What's in a name? 07/22 EU governments issue attack on Cuba 250,000 protest austerity in Germany
Is Clinton a slightly lesser evil? 09/30 FARMERS German bosses may cut sick pay
What did UK Abortion Act register? 10/21 100,000 protest German austerity moves
lowa farmers protest factory-like hog facilities
Music doesn't spark revolutionary struggle 11/25 German unions threaten strikes
Farmers oppose new farm legislation
German gov't starts deportations
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC “Hedged’ contracts squeeze farmers
Strikes make ‘hot fall’ in Germany
Dominican doctors strike
FBI, CIA, GOVERNMENT SPYING
1.5 million protest, strike in Bavaria
Cops attack protests in Dominican Republic
FBI tightens siege in Montana (see correction, issue no. 42, p. 14)
ECONOMY CIA sold drugs to L.A. Black community German business dumps U.S. soy
—Economy, Currency Crisis U.S. rulers try to narrow political rights Bosses, union negotiate sick pay in Germany
Investors in Uzbekistan worried 33 09/23 Thousands outraged at CIA drug ties Bonn postpones ‘Eurofighter’
Dow inflates to 6000 mark 39 11/04 Why workers should not talk to FBI German workers tirm on sick-pay benefits
Statement on the FBI and your rights German jobless at postwar high
—Economy, U.S. Government Austerity Moves Defend political rights! (editorial)
GREECE
Let’s upset Clinton's plans (editorial) 02/05 L.A. protdeemsantd tsru th in CIA drugc ase
Greek gov't tramples on democratic rights
White House, Congress push austerity 02/12 Socialist: ‘reject CIA conspiracy theory’
Ankara, Athens nearly go to war
Debate on gas prices 05/20
FRANCE Athens, Ankara military nearly clash
Clinton opens attack on social security 09/02
France: workers deal blow to Juppé plan Rally in Athens defends immigrant rights
The specter of revolution (editorial) 10/28
Local fights continue in France Greek gov’t calls for belt tightening
State governments start welfare cuts 1/1
Clinton, Congress prepare new social cuts 12/02 ‘Solidarity is a part of daily life in Paris’ Greek workers strike: ‘crippling’
Washington, D.C., seeks to cut workers’ pay 12/16 Post office strikers return with dignity Kurds fight intolerable conditions in Greece
Marxisi books snapped up in France Farmers blockade roads in Greece
—Economy, United States Marseille transit strikers win
GRENADA
Border town in crisis Marxist magazine finds eager audience
OAS: ‘Grenada must lift book ban’
Orange County sells bonds again Bosses, union tops face turmoil in France
Wall Street takes a tumble ‘Nouvelle’ sales hit 300 mark in France GUATEMALA
Clinton is the ticket for U.S. big business Marxist magazine, books sell well in France Guatemalans elect new president
Marseilles: 10,000 march against austerity Cease-fire called in Guatemala
—Economy, Wages
Despite strikes, Paris pushes austerity plan Guatemalan peasants occupy embassy
Do higher wages mean less jobs? (As I see it)
Sales of Marxist books brisk in France Cease-fire in Guatemala
U.S. wages likely to keep falling
Paris losing ground to competitors
HAITI
Marx: labor is the source of all value
More places in Paris will sell Pathfinder
Low turnout in Haitian elections
—Economy, World Paris proposes cuts in military
Haiti cops losing support
Paris deports workers to Zaire
Wall Street sharks get the jitters (editorial) Haitian cops fire on peasants
Killer cop convicted in France
Profit crisis for steelmakers Visit to a garment shop in Haiti
Curtis wins support at France youth congress
One billion lack full employment Haitian government restores Cuba ties
Communist youth in France hold congress
—Economy, World, Trade Conflicts Dismissed officer exposes role of U.S.
Paris gets $1.5 billion China deal
London blocks EU retaliation against U.S. Haitian paramilitary chief freed by U.S.
Immigrants protest in Paris
Congress passes sanctions on Iran, Libya Haiti gov’t pushes privatization
Family farms plummet in France
Clinton signs Iran sanctions Strike in Haiti closes City Hall
France: Reduce work week to create jobs
Tensions high between Washington, Paris UN soldiers to stay in Haiti
France: workers rally against gov't policies
U.S. German trade relations sour
Immigrants wage protests in France HEALTH CARE
Clinton pushes U.S. trade offensive in Asia
Paris pushes social cuts Infectious diseases kill 52 million
Ottawa, Chile set up trade pact
Immigrants in France win solidarity Workers’ health needs not met
Auto rivals sharpen competition
France: 15,000 rally for immigrants
HONDURAS
ECUADOR Paris stocks tumble
Cops evict peasants in Honduras
Ecuador: workers occupy plants France pilots strike over safety
Workers in Honduras protest
Undocumented workers protest in France
EDUCATION Controllers strike in Honduras
1.6 million strike in France
Public education is under attack in N.Y. France: Rightist Le Pen gains strength 10,000 Blacks rally in Honduras
Students walk out over ‘pro-family’ resolution Millions across France strike for social wage HOUSING, HOMELESS
Joblesness hits high in France Homeless man convicted of murder
EL SALVADOR
Celebrate truckers’ victory (editorial) Housing crisis is a product of capitalism
Salvador peasants protest debts
Truckers tie up France, win gains
Sao Paulo Forum meets in El Salvador ICELAND
Young activists meet in El Salvador GAY RIGHTS Cuban youth leader completes tour (Iceland) 03 01/22
Judge voids law against gays Youth in Iceland protest embargo on Cuba 42 11/25
ELECTIONS, UNITED STATES
Students fight for gay rights
Buchanan wins caucuses in Louisiana Thousands of students protest in Utah IMMIGRATION, IMMIGRANT WORKERS
Buchanan puts forward fascist agenda Anti-gay law annulled; Clinton vows new ban Deportations escalated in 1995 03 61/22
Buchanan win is based on counterfeit socialism Support civil rights for gays Record arrests of Mexicans at border 06 02/12
Socialists counter Buchanan (campaign statement) INS cops arrest 83 workers 02/12
Buchanan slips in Arizona Defend civil rights for gays (editorial) Anti-immigrant order signed 03/04
Buchanan appeals to farmers Alabama bans gay marriage Protest for immigrant rights 03/25
Youth, workers haunt Buchanan Bipartisan Senate passes antigay law Immigration bill debated 03/25
New ‘Labor Party’ won't run candidates Defend civil rights for gays (editorial) Attacks on immigrant children
Communist Party backs president Socialists protest Defense of Marriage Act Protests denounce cop beating of immigrants
Steelworkers tops push vote for Democrats Judge ends ban on gay marriage SWP: ‘Jail guilty cops, end deportations!’
Big-business parties shift image GERMANY 6,000 blast cop beating of Mexicans
Clinton is the ‘best president for cops’ Fewer jobs as German economy slips Clinton escalates assault on immigrants
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Tear down Clinton's wall! (editorial) U.S. to pay kin of Iranians killed Video shows Israeli cop brutality
300 slain at Mexican border in 1995 Clinton pushes Iran oil sanctions 06/10
ITALY
Senate passes bill limiting rights U.S. gov't seeks Iran sanctions 07/01
Socialist candidates: No to immigration bill House passes sanctions on Iran Italian airline faces bankruptcy 1S
(campaign statement) Clinton signs Iran sanctions SRD SS8S8E8x- CP-led bloc wins in Italy 21
Italian airline to cut 3,000 jobs
Asian-Americans protest racist comments
Immigration is a right IRAQ Rightists, labor wage separate rallies 43
(Discussion with readers) UN sanctions remain on Iraq
JAMAICA
INS raid sparks anger 01 U.S. sanctions on Iraq are cruel RRS Jamaican gov't expands cops 43 &8 S8ES
Anti-immigrant patrol halied Iraq squeezed to discuss oil sales with UN
Immigration cops step up raids 01 UN barred from sites in Iraq 8S&s8s JAPAN
Socialists say, ‘Equal rights for BBPRRBSE SV ’ 01 Protests say, stop the bombing Okinawa governor says U.S. forces out
immigrants!’ (campaign statement) U.S. hanodff sIr aq now! (campaign statement) Japanese troops sent to Syria
Yearn for more porous borders g Clinton bombs Iraq with bipartisan support Seoul, Tokyo dispute islands 888
(Discussion with readers) Sell, read ‘New International’ (editorial) Okinawan activists demand U.S. troops out
Cops chase immigrants ida n Stop bombing of Iraq! (editorial) Gls convicted in Japan rape case
Janifitghto forr rsai se, no abuse of immigrants Clinton orders new attack on Iraq Okinawa governor fights bases
California protests defend affirmative action
Protests against bombing of Iraq continue U.S. renews leases in Okinawa
Protests defend affirmative action, immigrants Clinton continues military build-up in Gulf U.S. to vacate a base in Okinawa
Young activists attend La Raza conference U.S. troops out of the Mideast! (editorial) Apology for ‘comfort women’
Activists prepare for immigrant rights march Kurdish factions battle in Iraq Okinawans forced to lease to U.S. military
Immigrants in France win solidarity U.S. jets bomb Iraq Prime minister dissolves parliament
Help build October 12 march (editorial)
IRELAND Beijing, Tokyo dispute islands
U.S.: new record of deportations
Ruling party gains in Japan
N. Ireland: 10,000 march against British rule
Immigrant workers protest against raids U.S.-Japan military exercises aimed at
(see correction, issue no.33, p. 14) London unable to kill Ireland talks China, Korea
INS raids Maryland plants, deports 29 All-party talks on Ireland now (editorial) 02/26 Washington signs Okinawa pact 12/23
California halts services to immigrants Irish fighters force Major to concede talks 03/11
Activists build Oct. 12 march UK government “won't just hand us freedom’ 03/25 JEWS/ANTI-SEMITISM
Activists build immigrant rights march Stand with the fighting Irish 04/01 Was Quebecois opposition to WWII ‘anti- 45 12/16 S8& S8SBSSBSBSSESBEG
(Discussion with readers) Semitism’?
House passes anti-immigrant legislation
Lessoonf sth e 1916 Easter rebellion in Ireland 04/22
Undocumented workers protest in France JORDAN
Irish nationalists discuss strategy
Immigrant rights march gains support U.S. war jets to use Jordan base
Irish marchers challenge British rule 05/13
Equal rights for immigrants! (editorial) Jordanians protest bread prices 31
Sinn Fein prepares for elections, all-party talks 06/10
March on Washington: ‘No human is illegal’ Jordanian gov't to try protesters 33
German gov't starts deportations Sinn Fein gains in N. Ireland vote Jordan: war looms in Mideast 38 S8ss
Sinn Fein protests exclusion from talks 06/24
Immigrants are a special target for bosses
700 rally for immigrant rights in San Francisco CIarteelrapnidl lparro -idnivveosrtcs e inv oNt.e Isrtealnadnsd 0077//0011 KKeEnNyaYn Ac ops attack strikers 28 08/05 8
Chicano youth discuss fights in Houston
British troops out of Ireland 07/01 KOREA, NORTH
INDIA (Communist League statement)
N. Korea floods cause food shortages Ol
Rightist to form gov't in India 06/03 London tries to justify excluding Sinn Fein 26 07/01
Food used against N. Korea 03
India rulers scramble together gov't ‘Objective is to end British rule in Ireland’ 26 07/01
N. Korea calls for aid,c ondemns war moves 15
Postal, phone workers strike in India Wil Irish fighters stand up to right-wing assaults 28 08/05
N. Korean gov't rebuts Washington, Seoul 17
Plane crash over India kills 351 12/02 Socialists: UK troops out of Ireland! 28 08/05
“We stand with Korean people’
India completes nuke research 12/23 (campaign statement)
Washington, Tokyo reject aid for N. Korea 22
U.S. orders extradition of Irish activist 08/05
INDONESIA Protesters block rightists in N. Ireland 08/19 U.S. probes against North Korea 25
3,000 people rebel in Indonesia 04/01 Irish fighters push back loyalists 09/02 ‘Celebrate victory of Korean toilers’
Thousands demand rights in West Papua 22 06/03 Residents fight rightists, cops in N. Ireland 09/02 Korean people press unification 33
Political unrest in Indonesia 27 07/22 Irish nationalists advance freedom struggle 09/16 Seoul, Washington threaten north Korea
Thousands riot against Indonesia gov't 09/02 Nationalists take the initiative in N. Ireland 09/30 U.S. jet fighters fly over Korea
U.S.-Japan military exercises aimed at a
British barracks bombed in N. Ireland 10/21
INDUSTRIAL China, Korea
CATASTROPHIES, SAFETY
—Ireland, Solidarity KOREA, SOUTH
Textile mill: ‘A time bomb was waiting’ 01 01/08 Sinn Fein leader gets warm welcome in N.Y. 03/25 03
S. Korean president took bribes 01/29
Textile blast: pure boss greed (editorial) 01 01/08 Protests defend Irish struggle 06/03 13
Could NJ train crash have been prevented? 08 02/26 Chun Doo Hwan indicted 02/12
(Union Talk) U.S. protesters say UK out of Ireland 08/19 Seoul, Tokyo dispute islands 03/04
11 die in head-on collision in Maryland 03/04 U.S. immigration stops Sinn Fein leader 09/09 07 S. Korean generals arrested 03/11 88s8
Hundreds protest Irish activist’s deportation 09/09 07
Train plows into Minnesota rail yard 03/04 Ex-presidents on trial in Korea 0401 02
Train derails, explodes in California 03/04 ISRAEL (see also Palestine) Seoul students protest cop attack 04/22
Only labor will fight for safety (editorial) SSS0s3/ 04 Tel Aviv frees 800 prisoners 01/29 S. Korean police attack students 06/10
Rail wrecks pile up 12 03/25 Ethiopian Jews protest in Jerusalem S. Korean workers win strikes Nea07s/22s SRE
Bosses’ profit drive led to ValuJet disaster 21 05/27 The racism of the Zionist state (editorial) 02/12 Korea youth demand reunification 31 09/09
(see correction, issue 22, p.3) Israeli warplanes bomb Lebanon 03/11 S. Koreans protest at U.S. base 34 09/30
Facts seep out on fatal plane crash 21 05/27 01 Tel Aviv slaps on ‘collective punishment’ 03/18 Seoul claims ‘infiltration’ 35 10/07
More facts revealed about Valujet catastrophe 22 06/03 03 Israel: no justice, no peace (editorial) 03/18 S. Korean protesters face charges 38 10/28 SSs8ass8
Texas chemical strikers demand safety 22 06/03 il The terrorists’ summit (editorial) 04/01 KURDISTAN
Valujet forced to close over safety 26 07/01 I ‘Antiterror’ summit props up Zionism 04/01 Imperialism sabotaged Kurds’ struggle 33 09/23
Oil truckers press demands for safety 08/05 Tel Aviv launches terror campaign in Lebanon
Gov’t uses TWA crash to expand wiretaps 01 Israeli warplanes bomb Lebanon 04/29 LABOR
TWA bomb fraud fizzles; safety is issue 09/02 01 Zionism versus the Palestinians 05/06 Detroit newspaper strikers determined 02 O1/15
Bosses blame engineers for train wreck 2-s809B/0 9 I Tel Aviv blockades Palestinians 06/10 Government workers demand pay 03 01/22
Union protests ValuJet flights 33 09/23 02 Elections show instability of Zionist regime AT&T to lay off 40,000 03 01/22
CSX rail is responsible for train disasters 33 09/23 I Arab League meets in Cairo 07/22 Federal workers say ‘back off!’ (editorial) 03 01/22
TWA crash was no bomb 34 09/30 01 Half million strike in Israel 08/19 Janitorial workers strike in New York City 03 01/22
Gov’t okays ValuJet over union complaints 34 09/30 11 Israeli gov't OK’s settlements 09/02 New York strikers fight concessions 04 01/29
TWA bomb theory is blown apart by facts 35 10/07 01 Palestinians, Zionist troops wage gun battles 10/07 New York strikers say, ‘Help us win!’ 0S 02/05
Working-class fight for safety (editorial) 4| 11/18 14 Tel Aviv expands settlements 10/07 NYC building strikers put up fight 06 02/12
Safety cuts cause more airline crashes 4| 11/18 Protests condemn Israeli attack 10/14 NY strikers end walkout 07 02/19
Boeing admits 737 has ‘engineering problem’ 42 11/25 1S Cuban foreign minister condemns Tel Aviv 10/14 Managers guilty in mine blast 08 02/26
Aged equipment behind rail accident 46 12/23 11 Israeli settlers grab Arab land 11/04 Paperworkers return to work under new terms 08 02/26
Tel Aviv seals West Bank, Gaza 1/1 Oakland teachers strike to win better contract 1 03/18
‘INTERNATIONAL SOCIALIST REVIEW’
Israeli gov't expands settlements 11/18 ‘Slave’ garment workers get $1 million 12 03/25
Introduction to ‘Episodes’ 01 01/08 05 Israeli settler charged in killing 11/18 Support grows for Detroit news strikers 16 04/22
IRAN
Israeli army bombs Lebanon 11/25 Arab-Americans boycott Detroit newspaper 20 05/20
U.S. government steps up anti-Iran drive 06 02/12 03 Israeli court says torture is OK 12/02 6,500 truckers rally in Los Angeles 20 05/20
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Massachusetts gas workers fight lockout Auto giants sense weakness in UAW tops 33 09/23 12 Mexican troops attack protesters
Striking truckers discuss fight at forum UAW strikes Alcca in Cleveland 33 09/23 12 300 slain at Mexican border in 1995
Los Angeles truckers fight for union UAW, Ford reach tentative contract deal 34 09/30 10 Social tensions sharpen in Mexico
New ‘Labor Party’ won't run candidates Ford pact is no ‘breakthrough’ for labor 37 10/21 11 Big May Day march in Mexico
Janitors fight for raise, no abuse of immigrants Support striking GM workers (editorial) 10/21 14 Mexican cops attack striking teachers
Detroit strikers mark a year of struggle Aerospace strikers march in Birmingham 38 10/28 1S Mexico gas blast kills 17
NY hospital workers strike over takebacks GM workers strike two plants as talks continue 40 1/11 01 Mexico: guerrilla actions spotlight unrest
Postal workers fight privatization in Seattle GM gains concessions from UAW ood 11/25 07 Rebels in Mexico gain popularity
Sit-in at warehouse demands job protection GM workers discuss outcome of contract 44 12/09 11 Gore brags about U.S. plunder of Mexico
NASSCO strikers rally (Union Talk) Mexican peso hits 1996 low
Poultry workers strike in N. Carolina Instability looms in Mexico
—Labor, United Food and
Toledo glass strikers demand right to safety Mexican sugar workers win fight
Commercial Workers (UFCW)
N.Y. hospital workers push back concessions
lowa packinghouse closes, laying off 1,300 MIDEAST
Seafarers call for safe conditions
14,000 grocery workers locked out in Canada U.S. troops out of the Mideast! (editorial)
Sunbeam will halve the workforce
Immigrants are a special target for bosses
‘MILITANT’ CIRCULATION
—Labor, Farm Workers Illinois meatpackers walk out at IBP plant
Let's sell more books, more ‘Militant’ subs
Mushroom workers win one
—Labor, United Mine Workers Sell the books workers of the world need
Farm workers picket Prime mushrooms
of America (UMWA) ‘Militant’ supporters kick off sub drive
Growers demolish housing for farm workers
Coal miners hit by job cuts Sub drive will aid recruitment
Strawberry pickers demand contract
Women miners plan conference Socialists sell 200 subs at immigrant rally
—Labor, Garment and Textile (see correction, issue no. 25, p. 10) Socialist campaigners sell books
Workers, UNITE Women miners plan fight for jobs Sales at picket lines, on job
Use socialist press to build conferences
Textile mill: ‘A time bomb was waiting’ —Labor, United Steelworkers
Sales yield new recruits to YS
Textile blast: pure boss greed (editorial) of America (USWA)
YS recruitment can propel subscription drive
Support grows for Kmart workers’ fight
Labor board: Firestone firings were illegal 12 03/25
Two-week blitz to build socialist conferences
Textile workers squeezed hard Steelworkers march for Bridgestone boycott 18 05/06
Nearly 300 new readers won in final week
500 rally in Montreal to back garment workers Dairy workers strike in Pennsylvania 31 09/09
Kmart workers ratify first contract Steelworkers tops push vote for Democrats 32 09/16 ‘MILITANT’ STAFF
—Labor, International Association Steelworkers strike at Wheeling-Pitt 36 10/14 ‘Militant’ announces staff changes
of Machinists (IAM) Wheeling-Pitt strikers fight concessions 37 10/21 ‘Militant’ announces new staff member
Steel strike is firm at Wheeling-Pitt 40 1/11 New ‘Militant’ business manager
Facts seep out on fatal plane crash
Copper workers in Utah hold two-day strike 40 1W/il Garza leaves staff to build Houston SWP
6,700 walk out at McDonnell Douglas
St.Louis strikers prepare for long battle Steelworkers protest pension cuts 43 12/02 ‘MILITANT’, EDITORIAL POLICIES
USWA signs deal with Bridgestone 43 12/02
Support striking Machinists (editorial) What’s in a name? 27
Steel strikers protest halt on jobless pay da 12/09
Strikers protest McDonnell plans to hire scabs (Discussion with readers)
Valujet forced to close over safety Workers have no interest in steel bosses’ 46 12/23 Get the facts right (editorial) 39
profits (Union Talk)
Hundreds rally for McDonnell strike
MILITARY, U.S.
McDonnell Douglas hires strikebreakers —Labor, United Transportation Union (UTU)
Socialists discuss war drive with Gls
TWA bomb fraud fizzles; safety is issue Socialist rail workers discuss war drive 04 01/29
U.S. to hold war games in Baltics
McDonnell Douglas strikers get solidarity Could NJ train crash have been prevented? 08 02/26
VMI forced to go co-ed
Machinists end strike at McDonnell Douglas (Union Talk)
Pentagon trained officers for bribery, torture
Union protests ValuJet flights Rail workers vote down contract proposal 17 04/29
Troops not told of drugs used in Gulf War
TWA crash was no bomb Rail unions approve contracts 29 08/19
U.S. officers charged with rapes
Gov't okays ValuJet over union complaints Bosses blame engineers for train wreck 31 09/09
Sex abuse by army officers is widespread
TWA bomb theory is blown apart by facts CSX rail is responsible for train disasters 33 09/23
U.S. brass fosters sex abuse (editorial)
Machinist officials back Clinton, merger Railroads merge, lay off workers 40 1/1
U.S.-Japan military exercises aimed at
Working-class fight for safety (editorial) Aged equipment behind rail accident 46 12/23
China, Korea
Safety cuts cause more airline crashes
LATIN AMERICA Woman wins settlement from U.S. army
Boeing admits 737 has ‘engineering problem’
Sao Paulo Forum meets in El Salvador
MOROCCO
—Labor, Oil, Chemical Young activists meet in El Salvador
Workers in Morocco hold sit-in
and Atomic Workers (OCAW)
LEBANON
Oil workers rally, demand pay raise 06 NATIVE AMERICANS
Israeli warplanes bomb Lebanon
Oil workers strike against union busting 07 Forum demands justice for Native American
Lebanon: gov’t and labor face off
Texas chemical strikers demand safety 22 Native Canadians fight for land rights
Israeli soldier killed in Lebanon
Pickets protest firing of refinery operators 24 The FBI’s war on Native Americans
Tel Aviv launches terror campaign in Lebanon
Oil truckers press demands for safety 28 (see correction issue no. 36, p.4)
Israeli warplanes bomb Lebanon
Oil workers in Pennsylvania fight concessions 34
Thousands demand: ‘Hands off Lebanon’ ‘NEW INTERNATIONAL’
Uno-Ven oil workers fight lockout in Illinois 39
Tel Aviv fails to crush Lebanese fighters “Campaign against imperialism and war’
Workers in Utah strike against company cuts 43
Protest Tel Aviv’s terrorism (editorial) Interest in Marxist magazine in Paris
—Labor, Rail Industry (See also UTU) Lebanese resistance undefeated by Tel Aviv Marxist magazine finds audience in France
11 die in head-on collision in Maryland 09 Israeli troops out of Lebanon! (editorial) ‘Nouvelle’ sales hit 300 mark in France
Train derails, explodes in California 09 Tel Aviv cited for bombing camp in Lebanon Sell ‘Opening Guns of WWII’ (editorial)
Train plows into Minnesota rail yard 09 Israeli copters blast S. Lebanon “New International’ tops conference sales
Israeli army bombs Lebanon Sell, read ‘New International’ (editorial)
Only labor will fight for safety (editorial)
Imperialism sabotaged Kurds’ national struggle
Rail wrecks pile up 12 LIBERIA
Quick reprint of ‘Opening Guns of WWIII’
U.S. intervenes in Liberia
—Labor, Teamsters Union “New International’ popular at Sweden fair
U.S. hands off Liberia (editorial)
Teamsters in New Jersey battle union busting 05
UN official proposes Liberian takeover NEW ZEALAND
—tLabor, United Auto Workers (UAW) UN extends Liberia intervention Maori workers occupy plant to defend land
Liberian refugees denied port New Zealand unionists picket Sheraton
Caterpillar workers say: “The war’s not over’ 02
Caterpillar workers face attacks on union 06 Liberian refugee ship returns Maori meatpackers end protest
3,000 strike GM in Ohio 12 LIBYA Maoris celebrate land seizure
New Zealand teachers strike
GM workers resist job cuts by auto giant 13 U.S. steps up threats on Libya
“We can stay out long with solidarity’ 13 Libya responds to U.S. threats Rightist campaign hits immigrants
Support UAW strikers (editorial) 13 Turkey’s Erbakan visits Libya 500 rally to defend immigrant rights
UAW conciudes 17-day strike against GM 14 Bosses press austerity in Pacific island nation
Wildcat strike shuts down Ohio GM plant 17 MALAYSIA Immigration is a right
(Discussion with readers)
Caterpillar refuses safety checks 20 U.S. threatens Malaysia with sanctions
UAW faces battle from auto giants 25 MEXICO Public workers protest cutbacks
NZ meat workers fight worsening conditions
Aerospace workers strike in Birmingham 29 Guadalajara: interest in socialist books
Airport workers fight for contract
Auto bosses seek concessions from UAW 3i Oil wells blocked in Mexico
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200 protest killing of Maori Bougainville rebels fight for independence Socialists hit the streets with campaign
by New Zealand police Bougainville independence fight heats up Sell the books workers of the world need
Seafoods workers fight for contract Armed with books—all out!
PARAGUAY
Protesters defend health care in N. Zealand ‘La Gaceta’ now offered at student rate
Meat workers fight concessions 50,000 peasants protest in Paraguay Sell the books workers of the world need
Pathfinder makes gains in New Zealand Paraguay general pushed back Pathfinder opens new bookstore in New Jersey
3,000 workers hold strike in Paraguay
Instability marks New Zealand vote Pathfinder makes gains in New Zealand
No clear winner in New Zealand vote PATHFINDER BOOKSTORES Books snapped up at Puerto Rico festival
New Zealand gov't uses ‘domestic Arsonists attack Pathfinder bookstore in lowa Books on class struggle hit presses
violence’ to curb rights (As I see it)
Activists protest lowa bookstore burning Socialist campaigners sell books
NICARAGUA Pathfinder supporters launch store in Greece Volunteers needed for ‘pick and pack’
Nicaragua: students protest education cuts Little shop of socialists Socialists sell 2,000 books in November
Nicaraguan students storm office “We are confident of big class struggles’
PERU
Nicaragua gov't deploys troops Bookstore blazes a trail for the unconventional
Peruvian government protests jet sale
Sandinistas change anthem PATHFINDER FUND Oil workers strike in Peru
Rightist wins Nicaragua election
Pathfinder sets $125,000 ten-week fund Peruvian workers protest
Nicaragua: rightist wins presidency
Pathfinder Fund will help keep titles in print
PHILIPPINES
NIGERIA Ten-week Pathfinder Fund begins
Strike cripples Philippine ports
Sanctions against Nigeria? No (editorial) Fund puts ‘Opening Guns’ back on press
Philippine airline workers strike
Protests persist against Nigeria dictators Fund events link revolutionary history
Clinton pushes U.S. trade offensive in Asia
Nigerian opposition seeks aid Fund makes reprint program viable
Workers protest summit in Philippines
Shell admits arming Nigeria cops Miami fund leads the pack
Shell ignored pollution of Nigeria Pledges up, collection needed POLAND
Professors strike in Nigeria Looking forward to Pathfinder reprints Miners strike in Poland
Fund supporters organize to meet goal Poland: shipyard workers strike
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY
ORGANIZATION (NATO) Two weeks left to raise $57,000 for Pathfinder EU demands Poland ‘reform’
All-out effort needed to meet fund goal Abortion rights victory in Poland
Washington asserts domination in Europe
Pathfinder Fund at 97 percent Abortion rights signed in Poland
The disintegration of NATO (editorial) FERRRERKRRRERSS
Pathfinder Fund drive over the top!
PORTUGAL
NORWAY
PATHFINDER MURAL Rail strikers win in Portugal
Strikes cripple hotels in Norway
Pathfinder plans major repairs for wall
Oil workers strike in Norway PRISONS, PRISONERS
Mural born from international struggles
37,000 machinists strike in Norway Shackles for pregnant inmates
Mural won support amidst controversy
Interviews with inmates banned
NUCLEAR POWER Workers fund $100,000 repairs for Pathfinder
Women chain gangs in Phoenix
Nuclear waste factory opened ‘Patmurhal sftoodi asn a bdeacoen orf ho pe’
Alabama forced to end use of chain gangs
Shut down all Chernobyls (editorial) ‘Times’ reporting on Pathfinder Mural
Inmates take over jail in protest
Radiation lawsuits dismissed
PATHFINDER PRESS
PUERTO RICO
NUCLEAR WEAPONS, —Pathfinder Press, New Titles, Reprints
CHEMICAL WEAPONS Electric workers strike in Puerto Rico
Introduction to ‘Episodes’ 01
Telephone workers protest in Puerto Rico
Gov’t must pay victims of nuke experiments
Workers had ‘nothing to gain’ in WWI 22
Military raids in Puerto Rico
India completes nuke research
French edition of ‘Action Program’ due 27
Thousands rally for Puerto Rican rights
OBITUARIES, MEMORIALS ‘Epoch of imperialism has explosive character’ 30 Activists say ‘free Puerto Rican fighters’
Meeting celebrates life of Ed Shaw Sales of ‘Action Program’ in French take off 35 Marchers in Puerto Rico: ‘We are a nation’
Hundreds celebrate life of Ed Shaw —Pathfinder Press, Sales, Promotion Independence for Puerto Rico!
May Stark: 56 years of communist work (campaign statement)
Marxist books snapped up in France
May Stark: a communist for half a century Socialist defends Puerto Rico independence
Guadalajara: interest in socialist books
Tribute to life of Black rights fighter UN hears debate on Puerto Rico struggle
Marxist magazine, books sell well in France
Robert F. Williams memorial Puerto Rico school workers demand raise
Auto workers step up sales of socialist books
Activists celebrate life of Lois Remple Puerto Rico activists call for independence
Sales of Marxist books brisk in France
Puerto Rico: hurricane was social disaster
PAKISTAN Socialists set goals to sell ‘Episodes’
Economic, political crisis shakes Pakistan Winning new readers after increasing hours REPUBLICAN PARTY
Workers buy books, sign for readers club Thousands protest at GOP convention
PALESTINE
Workers buy books, sign up for readers club
Palestine elections in January REVIEWS OF BOOKS,
Che’s ‘Episodes’ leads to talk on revolution PAMPHLETS, MOVIES
Gaza: 100,000 Palestinians protest murder
Havana fair celebrate titles by Cuban leaders
Palestinians elect self-rule council Revealing reading on the Yugoslav revolution
Socialists discuss ‘Episodes’ with co-workers
The terrorists’ summit (editorial) Issue of ‘La Gaceta’ explores Cuban film
More locations in Paris will sell Pathfinder
‘Antiterror’ summit props up Zionism Lessons from Chicano liberation struggle
Political weapons for today’s fighters
Rebellions don’t explode politely Eugene Debs: “The sun of socialism is rising’
Socialists raise goals to sell ‘Episodes’
(Discussion with readers) Black party charted course for workers
Report back from Havana book fair
Zionism versus the Palestinians ‘Episodes,’ good addition to literature on
Tel Aviv blockades Palestinians Socialists campaign to defend Cuba Cuban revolution
Palestinian youth fight Israeli occupation Pathfinder exhibit in Santa Clara The Russian revolution: its lessons for India
Tel Aviv shuts West Bank again Sell the books workers of the world need The FBI's war on Native Americans
Socialists campaign to raise sales of Pathfinder SXr~SssSSRSRS(RseSe cIorSrecLtiSon LisRsuRe nRo. A36E, Ep.4E) S
Israeli gov’t OK’s settlements
Socialists campaign to sell book by Che Chinese revolution: a momentous event
Israeli gov’t reopens talks with PLO
Campaign to sell ‘Episodes’ is extended
Palestinians, Zionist troops wage gun battles RIGHT WING
Socialists workers step up sales of book
Tel Aviv expands settlements An ‘antiwar’ rally with an anti-Islamic edge
on revolution
Palestinian resistance sparks crisis in Tel Aviv Buchanan wins caucuses in Louisiana
Selling books nets recruits
Cuban foreign minister condemns Tel Aviv Buchanan puts forward fascist agenda
Sell the books workers of the world need
Protests condemn Israeli attack Socialists chart course against fascism and war
Join campaign to sell Pathfinder books
Support Palestinian patriots (editorial) Buchanan win is based on fake socialism
Steady work leads to sales
Tensions still high in West Bank, Gaza Socialists counter Buchanan
Help sell Pathfinder books (editorial)
Jordan: war looms in Mideast Fight Buchananism (editorial)
Sell the books workers of the world need
Israeli settlers grab Arab land Buchanan slips in Arizona
Sell the books workers of the world need
Tel Aviv seals West Bank, Gaza Buchanan appeals to farmers
Pathfinder a big seller at Tehran fair
Israeli settler charged in killing Youth, workers haunt Buchanan
Oil workers plan to sell more books on job
Israeli gov't expands settlements “March to fight the right’ on April 14
Sell the books workers of the world need
Israeli court says torture is OK Perot party makes ballot in Ohio
Sell the books workers of the world need
Video shows Israeli cop brutality Baseball owner defends Hitler
Sell the books workers of the world need
Palestinians protest Tel Aviv’s settlements Racist baseball owner forced to retire
Greece: dozens at meetings on
PAPUA NEW GUINEA ‘To See the Dawn’ Rightist group surrenders to FBI
Bougainville rebels fight despite blockade Sell the books workers of the world need Buchanan concedes campaign setback 09/02
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Thousands protest at GOP convention 30 09/02 07 Socialists hit the road to build conferences 42 11/25 01 Garza campaigns in Birmingham 23 06/10 04
Miami travei agency is firebombed 30 09/02 11 Organizing capitalism's gravediggers 42 11/25 08 Socialists say, ‘Equal rights for 24 06/17 ol
Capitalists’ safety valve 31 09/09 10 ‘A revolutionary party is key to victory’ 43 12/02 09 immigrants!’ (campaign statement)
Pathfinder in Montreal is vandalized 32 09/16 0S Conferences discuss proletarian party 46 12/23 08 Garza blasts tightening of Cuba embargo 24 06/17 01
Increase effort to build fund 24 06/17 04
ROMANIA
SOUTH AFRICA U.S. socialist talks with Cubans 24 06/17 07
Romanian gov't plans ‘reforms’ 45 12/16 02 S. Africa asks for Cuban doctors 03 01/22 “We are for a workers and farmers gov't 24 06/17
RUSSIA Battle is on against legacy of apartheid 08 02/26 *Trabajadores’ interviews socialist candidate 24 06/17
Miners in Russia demand pay 02 Mandela bans public weapons 09 «03/04 Socialists: ‘Defend, extend abortion rights’ 25 06/24
S. Africans enter all-white school 10 03/11 (campaign statement)
Miners’ strike shows deep crisis in Russia 03
Cuban doctors volunteer in South Africa 1 03/18 “Stop the burning of Black churches’ 25
Yeltsin seeks reelection 02
Mandela tells Farrakhan about ANC principles |! 03/18 (campaign statement) Uy
Gorbachev eyes presidency 02
Racist S. African officials fired 13 04/01 Rallies, picnics raise money 25 :
Yeltsin's woes worry big business
ANC presses to end violence 17 04/29 On the road petitioning for socialism 25
Metal workers strike in Russia 02
National strike called in S. Africa 19 05/13 Socialists campaign in Atlanta, Newark 25
Elections in Russia reveal instability 01
Millions hold walkout in S. Africa 20 05/20 Harris attends meeting of McDonnell strikers 26
Loan delay for Russia 02
South Africans gain new constitution 21 05/27 “No to INS raids!’ says Garza at packinghouse 26
Yeltsin's ailments worry investors 03
S. African toilers register gains (editorial) 21 05/27 UAW workers give boost to fund 26
16,000 workers strike in Russia 02
S. African workers rally to defend jobs 24 +=:0 6/17 Campaigning against capitalism 26
Kremlin: Yeltsin is “well enough’ 02
Cuban doctors lend a hand in rural S. Africa 25 06/24 Socialists campaign for immigrant rights 26
Russian army in disarray 02 Fight for abortion rights advances in S. Africa 27 07/22 U.S. out of Middle East now! 27 SKRREKEEEE
Coal miners halt strike in Russia 02
(campaign statement)
Workers win strikes in S. Africa 30 09/02
October 1917: ‘Authentic popular revolution’ Garza joins fight against cop brutality 27
De Klerk claims ‘rogue cops’ led apartheid 31 09/09
Yeltsin ousts Lebed, tensions rise in Russia 01 “Woanrd fakrmeres nered sto fi ght for power’ 27
South African textile workers win strike 32 09/16
Russians strike for back wages 02 South Africa court delays new constitution 33 09/23 ‘Ask everyone to contribute’ 27
400,000 miners go on strike in Russia 01 SWP candidate gets good response 27
“Transformation of S. Africa has barely begun’ 33 09/23
Lenin: “Workers must respond to all tyranny’ Socialists: UK troops out of Ireland! 28
Workers in South Africa make progress 33 09/23
(campaign statement)
—Russia, National Conflicts, Chechnya S. African miners win pay raises 34 =: 09/30
Fund helps to take campaign to fighters 28
Chechen fighters resist pounding by Moscow 04 01/29 Apartheid killer turns on masters 35 10/07
Notes from the SWP election campaign 28
On the side of the Chechens (editorial) 04 01/29 Commission to subpoena ex-apartheid minister 37 10/21
Socialists petition for candidates
Chechen fighters humiliate Russian army 05 02/05 S. Africa court acquits apartheid general 38 10/28 SSeSRkREREEEE
Independence for Puerto Rico!
Rebels retake part of Chechnya 12 03/25 Commission exposes apartheid 40 1/11
(campaign statement)
Yeltsin halts anti-Chechnya push 16 04/22 Mandela rejects call for death penalty 41 11/18 Defend democratic rights! 08/19 S
Chechen leader killed by rocket 19 05/13 S. African parliameni legalizes abortion 41 11/18 (campaign statement)
Chechnya cease-fire signed 23 06/10 Taiwan gov't cuts S. African ties 46 12/23 Garza, St. Louis strikers discuss immigration 08/19
Chechnya cease-fire threatened 24 06/17 SPAIN SWP on ballot in Washington state 08/19
Cease-fire ends in Chechnya 28 08/05 Gonzalez loses Spain elections I 03/18 02 Socialist defends Puerto Rico independence 08/19
Chechens ruin Yeltsin inaugural 30 09/02 Petitioning builds socialist campaign
Chechnya war escalates turmoil for Moscow 31 09/09 SRI LANKA Help put the SWP on the ballot! (editorial)
POWs choose living in Chechnya 36 10/14 800,000 strike in Sri Lanka 19 05/13 02 Socialist campaign files petitions in N.Y.
SAUDI ARABIA Tamil rebels attack Sri Lanka officials 28 08/05 02 Ballot drive successful in 9 states so far
Tamil rebels overrun cop station 32 09/16 02 Illinois launches socialist campaign 09/09
London to deport Saudi activist 03 01/22 02
U.S. base bombed in Saudi Arabia 27 07/22 ol SUDAN Harris, Garza meet many on the road
U.S. out of Middle East now! 27 07/22 Ol Washington targets Sudan 08 02/26 02 U.S. hands off Iraq! (campaign statement) 09/16
(campaign statement) Socialists make progress in ballot status 09/16
SWAZILAND SWP presidential candidate tours Australia 09/16
SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL WAGE ELLKLSREKLKERGER
General strike hits Swaziland 06 02/12 02 Charges dismissed against campaigners 09/16
Government workers demand pay 03 01/22 Ol
Strikes mark end for Swazi king 08 02/26 02 Garza joins Northern Ireland protests 09/16
Resist attacks on social wage (editorial) 04 01/29 oa
Socialist blasts U.S. war drive 09/23
Clinton, Dole to chop social programs 0S 02/05 01 SWEDEN Ballot drive in Vermont boosts campaign 09/23
Clinton to cut Social Security 15 04/15 02 Cuban youth leader completes tour (Sweden) 03 01/22
Harris tours Washington state 09/23
Clinton opens attack on social security 30 09/02 01 Hundreds protest deportations in Sweden 05 02/05
Rhode Island tries to bar socialists ballot slot 09/30
Clinton signs attack on workers’ gains 31 01 Swedish rulers seek larger role in Europe 28 08/05
Socialists win ballot status in Alabama 09/30
Jobless workers helped win Social Security 09/16 13 Sweden: protests push back rightists 32 09/16
Garza’s Iceland, Sweden tour draws media 09/30
Social Security shorts thousands 11/04 02 YS in Sweden participates in protests, classes 38 10/28
Great response to campaign in Utah 09/30
Clinton to continue assault on social gains 1/tl 0l Thousands protest Sweden austerity 40 1/11 Socialist protest Rhode Island ballot exclusion 10/07
Fight assault on entitlements (editorial) 1/11 ‘New International’ popular at Sweden fair 43 12/02
‘Farmers have a lot in common with labor’ 10/07
Clinton set for next attack on social wage 11/18 Ol
(see correction, issue no. 42, p. 14) SWP, ELECTION CAMPAIGNS Socialism is ‘worldwide venture’ 10/07
Harris, Garza campaign in Detroit and D.C. 10/14
Clinton, Congress prepare new social cuts 12/02 01 Join the socialist campaign in 1996! 14 04/08 ol
Washington aims ax at Social Security 12/16 01 Harris, Garza are working-class fighters 14 04/08 07 Garza campaigns at North Carolina mills 10/21
Socialist candidates in Illinois protest Klan 10/21
Defend Social Security! (editorial) 12/16 SWP: ‘Jail guilty cops, end deportations!’ 15 04/15 01
L.A. socialist candidate condemns CIA 10/21
Clinton floats plan to privatize Social Security 46 12/23 01 Socialist candidates seek ‘active support’ 16 04/22 07
Marx: labor is the source of all value 12/23 13 Israel out of Lebanon! Stop the Bombing 17 +=04/29 01 Harris in VIBE magazine 10/21
Protest attack on Social Security (editorial) 46 12/23 14 SocNiaolwi!s ts( ccaammppaaiiggnn sitna tNeemewn tJ)e rsey 17 04/29 03 JSaoicli atlhies tgsu icltaym pcaoipg nn opwr!o te(sctasm pcaoipg nh arsatsatsemmeenntt ) 1100//2218 FEREKLKEKRKKEKKKKKSEERE
SOCIALIST WORKERS PARTY (SWP) “We want to sign up young workers’ 17 04/29 03 C-Span report spurs interest in socialist slate 10/28
Socialist conferences attract hundreds 02 O1/15 04 Socialist campaigners join protests 18 05/06 01 Wellstone: liberal advocate of imperialism 10/28
‘Stop NATO war drive, emulate Cuban road’ 03 01/22 0l to defend Lebanon Socialist speaks to meeting of rail workers 11/04
Socialist rail workers discuss war drive 04 01/29 05 Contribute to $90,000 fund 18 05/06 03 ‘I urge you to struggle’ 11/04 FERRE
Socialists campaign against NATO war drive 05 02/05 04 $90,000 campaign fund gets under way 19 05/13 03 SWP candidates in November 5 election 11/04
Socialists set goals to sell ‘Episodes’ 06 02/12 07 “We salute those who fought the Israeli army’ 19 05/13 03 Vote Socialist Workers (editorial) 11/04
Socialists chart course against fascism and war 08 02/26 04 Campaign needs funds now 20 05/20 04 Harris: ‘break with parties of the rich’ 1/11
Socialists discuss ‘Episodes’ with co-workers 08 02/26 07 Socialists announce candidates in Minnesota 20 05/20 Garza meets with meatpackers in lowa H/il
Socialists back Cuba’s actions, call for protests 10 03/11 01 Youth join in socialist campaign 20 05/20 04 Harris, Garza on the ballot in 10 states Wil
Socialists campaign to defend Cuba 10 03/11 07 Bosses’ profit drive led to ValuJet disaster 21 05/27 ol SWP wins separate ballot line 1W/tl
Socialists reach hundreds about Cuba I 03/18 07 (campaign statement) (see correction, issue 22, p.3) *My campaign is a tribune for workers’ 1/1
Socialists campaign to sell book 13 04/01 01 “No trade sanctions on China,’ says socialist 21 05/27 01 Minnesota socialist urges youth to struggle 11/18
by Che Guevara Need to shift gears in fund drive 21 05/27 New Jersey socialist debates opponents 11/18
Oil workers plan to sell more books on job 24 06/17 01 “Lift embargo on Iraq,’ say SWP 22 =:0 6/03 01 Harris takes stand for education 11/18 RSEKRELERKSS
‘All out to build socialist conference’ 26 07/01 01 candidates (campaign statement)
TAHITI
Conference marks turning point 28 08/05 ‘Drought relief now! No foreclosures!’ 22 06/03 01
“New International’ tops conference sales 28 08/05 07 “We are alternative to capitalist politics’ 22 06/03 Tahiti unionists fight arrests after protests 03 01/22
Feature talks at conference 30 09/02 08 Socialist candidate tours Illinois 22 06/03
TAIWAN
Socialist garment, textile workers meet 35 10/07 08 Youth join campaign trail 22 06/03
Socialists build regional conferences 4l 11/18 01 Socialists appeal to workers for funds 23 06/10 SEes Tensions rise between Beijing, Taiwan 08 02/26
U.S. warships sail toward China 12 03/25
Build socialist conferences (editorial) 4i 11/18 14 Harris, Garza visit pickets, plant gates 23 06/10 04
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China warns U.S. Navy to stay out of 13 Strikes erupt in Venezuela 32 09/16 Young Socialists launch recruitment drive
Taiwan Strait Venezuela cops incinerate inmates 39 11/04 Ol Young Socialists organize classes 31
China-Taiwan tensions ease, for now 14 04/08 12 Venezuelan prisoners launch hunger strike 4! 118s 02 YS makes progress in building chapters 32 09/16
Taiwan to get warplanes, tanks 18 05/06 02 Venezuela public workers strike 12/09 02 Young Socialists urge youth to join protests 32 09/16
Taiwan gov't calls for UN status 24 06/17 02 Venezuela workers fight for pay 45 12/16 02 Young Socialists build chapter in Sweden 33 09/23
Taiwan gov't cuts S. African ties 12/23 02 YS wins in members in Australia, 33 09/23
VIETNAM
TAJIKISTAN New Zealand
Chrysler balks at Vietnam plant 05/06 02
YS launches fund drive, ups recruitment 09/30
Rebellion simmers in Tajikistan 07 02/19 02 Guevara: ‘Create two, three, many Vietnams’ 10/14 13
Socialist campaign aids building YS chapters 10/07
TAXES WELFARE YS builds chapters, demonstrations 10/14
Working-class approach to taxes 20 05/20 Assault on welfare marches on 04/15 02 YS sets course to meet recruitment drive 10/21
(Discussion with readers) Clinton endorses plan to abolish welfare 24 06/17 02 YS in Sweden participates in protests, classes 10/28
THAILAND Stop Clinton's welfare attack! (editorial) 29 08/19 14 Georgia students join Young Socialists 11/04
GM to build plant in Thailand 24 06/17 02 Clinton opens attack on social security 09/02 01 Socialists build regional conferences Wis
N.Y. gov't proposes welfare cuts 43 12/02 02 YS steps up recruitment in Canada 11/18
TURKEY Build socialist conferences (editorial) 11/18
Turkey: elections signal instability 02 O1/15 WOMEN Socialists hit the road to build conferences 11/25
On the side of the Turkish workers (editorial) 03 01/22 14 Affirmative action is key to women’s rights 05 02/05 Young Socialists join Quebec student actions 11/25
Ankara, Athens nearly go to war 07 02/19 02 Affirmative action is main topic at conference 02/19 Youth in Iceland protest embargo on Cuba 11/25
Athens, Ankara military nearly clash 08 02/26 Employers reinforce sex discrimination I 03/18 YS visit GM strikers in Janesville 11/25
Turkish parties agree to form coalition gov't 11 03/18 02 ‘Join April 14 women’s rights march’ 12 03/25 YS leaders in Canada discuss plans 11/25
Cops in Turkey kill two marchers 05/20 02 “March to fight the right’ on April 14 15 see=Or ganizing capitalism's gravediggers 11/25
Coalition gov't collapses in Turkey 26 07/01 03 Thousands join ‘March to Fight the Right’ 04/29 ol YS drives to make recruitment, fund goals 12/02
Turkish gov't squeaks into office 28 08/05 02 NOW meeting discusses affirmative action 28 08/05 YS recruits in Texas following Cuban tour 12/09
Prisoners win demands in Turkey 08/19 Citadel admits women 32 09/16 02 Young Socialists call convention in Atlanta 12/23
Turkey's Erbakan visits Libya 37 10/21 02 Gov't had no right to detain pregnant 10/14 1S ‘It's a good time to get serious, join YS’ 12/23 SSKLKSRSRRSERFSRRRRESE
Turkish premier is in hot water 38 10/28 02 woman (As I see it)
YOUTH
UKRAINE —Women, Abortion Rights Youth plan for festival in Cuba 03/25
Chernoby! nuclear disaster still haunts region. 05/13 Rally for abortion rights called for Boston Ol 13 Chicano students back protest actions 05/06 03
Marchers in Boston say, ‘keep abortion safe’ 02 01 Students walk out over ‘pro-family’ resolution 10/28 02
UNION TALK COLUMN
Antiabortion thug on trial for murder High school youth protest kiiler cops 12/09 o1
Could NJ train crash have been prevented? 02/26 13 Abortion clinic eviction halted 02 Developing protelarian communist youth cadre FERS12a/098
Demand jobs for all, not ‘Canadian jobs’ 05/13 11 House bans abortion method 02
Canadian gov’t is enemy of socialist Cuba 08/19 Socialists: ‘Defend, extend abortion rights’ 25 01 YUGOSLAVIA
GM workers discuss outcome of contract 12/09 Il (campaign statement) NATO escalates war drive against Yugoslavia 01 01/08 01
Workers have no interest in steel bosses’ 12/23 iS Virginia governor bans abortion insurance 25 06/24 An ‘antiwar’ rally with an anti-Islamic edge 01 01/08 02
profits Gov’t okays abortion exclusion 34 09/30 02 Bipartisan consensus growing for war drive 02 O15 ol
UNITED KINGDOM House upholds bar on abortion procedure 35 10/07 08 Fight NATO's war drive! (editorial) 02 O15
London to deport Saudi activist 01/22 Veto on abortion ban sticks 36 10/14 02 NATO troops open fire in Yugoslavia 03 01/22 Ol
What did UK Abortion Act register? 37 10/21 “Stop NATO war drive, emulate Cuban road’ 03 01/22 ol
Racist Dutch executive denounced 02/12
Major oil spill near Wales 03/11 (Discussion with readers) Socialists discuss war drive with Gls 03 01/22
Uproar over British beef 04/08 —Women, Sexual Harassment Why Yugoslavia is not yet ‘former’ 03 01/22 14
(Discussion with readers)
UK capitalists have a cow (editorial) 04/15 Sex harassment at Mitsubishi 05/06
NATO troops begin foot patrois in Yugoslavia 04 01/29 ol
UK beef crisis humiliates London 04/15 Sexual harassment suit sparks controversy 22
NATO pushes war drive in Yugoslavia 05 02/05 01
Bonn, Paris batter UK capitialists over beef 04/22 Child suspended for sex abuse 37 10/21
Socialists campaign against war drive 05 02/05
London contests beef ban 05/06 Kids kissing is not harassment (As I see it) 38 10/28
NATO expands war drive in Yugoslavia 02/12 01
Divisions sharpen in UK Tory party 06/03 U.S. officers charged with rapes 42 11/25
NATO troops step up show of force 07 02/19 ol
London flails at European Union 06/10 Sex abuse by army officers is widespread 43 12/02
Don’t give NATO what it hasn’t taken 07 02/19 0S
British beef ban eased 06/24 U.S. brass fosters sex abuse (editorial) 43 12/02
(Discussion with readers)
‘Support Kurdish hunger strikers’ 07/01 Woman wins settlement from U.S. army 45 12/16 NATO uses ‘war crimes’ to extend role 02/26 01
UK: who will succeed the Queen? (As I see it) 33 09/23 WORKERS STATES NATO flexes military muscle in Yugoslavia 03/04 01
UK gov’t clashes with rest of EU 43 12/62 Who lost cold war? (Discussion with readers) 21 05/27 Chauvinist Serb general indicted 03/18 02
Irish activists protest killer cops a4 12/09 U.S. plane crashes in Croatia 04/22 02
UK gov’t stalls, fearing Ireland talks 46 12/23 WORLD WAR II Rail strikers win in Slovenia 02
Profit drive causes Eurotunnel disaster 46 12/23 U.S. rivalry with Europe led to world war 03 01/22 07 NATO extends pullout deadline 05/13
—United Kingdom, Cop Brutality, Racist Attacks YEMEN Serbs strike over unpaid wages 05/27 02
British cops attack peaceful protest 04 01/29 04 Yemen, Eritrea governments clash 01/29 02 NATO debates ousting Karadzic 06/03 02
UN threatens sanctions against Belgrade 06/24 02
UK marchers condemn cop beatings 18 05/06 12
YOUNG SOCIALISTS Karadzic for president 07/22
London cops execute Irish man in cold blood 35 10/07 Ol
‘No to U.S.-NATO occupation of Bosnia’ 02 NATO probes deeper intervention 08/05 01
—United Kingdom, Democratic Rights ‘Solidarity is a part of daily life in Paris’ Yugoslavs remain unbroken in face of war 09/09 03
London attacks immigrant rights 03 01/22 Fund drive off to running start in NYC 03 Bosnia elections won't solve any problems 09/30 03
Britain: abortion foes make little headway 33 09/23 07 Joining the fight against war and for socialism 08 Bosnia vote takes place under NATO boot 10/07 03
What did UK Abortion Act register? 37 10/21 14 Young Socialists join anti-Klan rally il NATO out of Yugoslavia now! (editorial) 10/07
(Discussion with readers) Miami YS sponsors campus forum 5,000 U.S. Gls going to Bosnia 10/21
Socialists protest cops’ attack on sales table 40 1WV/tl YS: Join fight against Buchananism! 01 Clinton says troops will stay in Yugoslavia 12/09 Ol
British rulers debate ban on weapons 42 11/25 03 Principles of the Young Socialists 0S U.S. troops out of Yugoslavia! (editorial) 12/09
YS leaders: ‘To the streets to defend Cuba’ 05 Protests shake regime in Belgrade 12/16 01
—United Kingdom, Labor
YS supports Cuba’s sovereignty 05
Liverpool dock workers fight for jobs 03 01/22 Salt Lake students protest ban on clubs 03 ZAIRE
British miners win court battle 0S 02/05 YS protests Buchanan in Massachusetts 03 Zaire gov't to expel refugees 39 11/04
Liverpool dockers win international solidarity 12 03/25 Young Socialists build convention 01 Washington, Paris ready intervention in Zaire 4| 1/18 ol
Liverpool dockers reach out for more support 22 06/03 Build Young Socialists convention! (editorial) 14 Washington, Ottawa plan Zaire intervention 42 11/25 01
Thousands of postal workers strike 27 07/22 Young Socialists protest Buchanan 01 ‘Colonialist hand is visible in the Congo’ 42 11/25 13
London train drivers hold one-day strike 28 08/05 (Castro, Guevara)
“Come to Young Socialists Convention’ 01
Union escalates postal dispute in UK 09/02 Join fight to defend immigrants 0! Imperialist hands off Zaire (editorial) 42 11/25 14
Strikes in UK hit six-year high 31 09/09 Young Socialists hold first convention ol Imperialists ‘reassess’ Zaire intervention 43 12/02 01
UK unions debate minimum pay 34 09/30 “We want to sign up young workers’ 03 Fight the imperialist vultures (editorial) 43 12/02
Police attack mass picket of Liverpool dockers 39 11/04 Rebels seize more cities in Zaire 12/23 02
Young Socialists launch speaking tour in Cuba
UZBEKISTAN Protests against death penalty, deportations 13 ZIMBABWE
Investors in Uzbekistan worried 33 09/23 02 Young Socialists form chapter in Vancouver 6,000 workers rally in Zimbabwe 03/11 02
Uzbekistan plans privatization 36 10/14 02 High school students protest racist attacks Zimbabwe strikers make gains 32 09/16 02
‘People who want to make revolution’ Zimbabwe strikers are victorious 33 09/23 02
VENEZUELA Campaign is the tool to recruit to YS today
SREREE
Students protest in Venezuela Young activists meet in El Salvador
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ACEVEDO, ROGELIO Venezuela cops incinerate inmates 39 11/04 01 Antiabortion thug on trial for murder 09 8 03/04 10
An example of revolutionary morale Tensions high between Washington, Paris a) 1/11 03
‘BOHEMIA’ INTERVIEW
Use socialist press to build conferences 40 1/11 05
ADAMS, GERRY How Rebel Army spread revolutionary war
U.S. gov't, Paris ready Zaire intervention 4l 11/18 01
‘Objective is to end British rule in Ireland’ First woman to join Che Guevara's army
U.S. gov't, Ottawa plan Zaire intervention 42 11/25 01
ADAMS, PAM Imperialists ‘reassess’ Zaire intervention 43 12/02 01 BOOHER, DANNY
Little shop of socialists EU governments issue attack on Cuba 46 12/23 03 St.Louis strikers prepare for long battle
Strikers protest McDonnell plans to hire scabs
AIKEN, BOB ARTH, BILL
McDonnell Douglas strikers get solidarity
Miners in Australia strike for union rights Rail workers vote down contract proposal
Machinists end strike at McDonnel! Douglas
Cuban leader recounts revolutionary war Rail unions approve contracts
Bougainville rebels fight for independence BOWMAN, BARBARA
ASCANO, ELSA BLAQUIER
Thousands of miners strike in Australia lowa packinghouse closes, laying off 1,300
‘Trabajadores’ interview with Pombo
Bougainville independence fight heats up
BOYASKO, NANCY
Racist campaign sparks protests in Australia BAEZ, LUIS
Women miners plan fight for jobs
ALLEN, BOB Interview with Cuban colonel José Quevedo Petitioning builds socialist campaign
Ontario workers protest social cuts BANATHY, JENNIFER
BOYERS, MARTIN
Rally for abortion rights called for Boston
ALTENBERG, JIM Arson hits 30th Black church in South
Thousands ‘March to Fight the Right’ BARNES, JACK Protest denounces church burnings
Garza joins fight against cop brutality “Campaign against imperialism and war’
BRACEY, DEREK
California assembly approves castration bil) Affirmative action is key to women’s rights
Alabama forced to end use of chain gangs
Affirmative action debate heats up Socialists back Cuba’s actions
‘It’s a good time to get serious, join YS’ “We stand with Korean people’ BREEN, SCOTT
Korean people press unification Boeing admits 737 has “engineering problem’
ALTER, TOM
Imperialism sabotaged Kurds’ struggle
Young Socialists join anti-Klan rally BRITTON, JOEL
Tribute to life of Black rights fighter
Young Socialists hold first convention Illinois state officials reject parole for Curtis
‘A revolutionary party is key to victory’
Protests greet Democratic convention
BROWN, JUSTIN
YS launches fund drive, ups recruitment BAUMANN, MICHAEL
‘Times’ reporting on Pathfinder Mural
YS sets course to meet recruitment drive More locations in Paris will sell Pathfinder
‘I urge you to struggle’ OAS: ‘Grenada must lift book ban’ BUCHANAN, ANDY
Georgia students join Young Socialists Sell the books workers of the world need Socialists counter Buchanan
YS fights for recruitment, fund goals Ex-guerrilla slanders Cuban revolution Ballot drive successful in 9 states so far
Young Socialists call convention in Atlanta Armed with books—all out! Socialists make progress in ballot status
‘Farmers have a lot in common with labor’
ALVARADO, CARLOS BELLAMY, CAROLINE
Socialist protest ballot exclusion
Chicano youth discuss fights in Houston Irish activists protest killer cops
CALERO, ROGER
UK gov’t stalls, fearing Ireland talks
AMEL, JUAN DUFFLAR
Seventh Havana book fair opens in Cuba
“Trabajadores’ interviews socialist candidate BENGU, CAROLINE
Pathfinder exhibit in Santa Clara
YS builds chapters, demonstrations
ANDERSON, LAURA Lessons from Chicano liberation struggle
Protests against bombing of Iraq continue BENTON, JENNY Young Socialists speak in Cuba
Argentine activists speak in Minnesota Cubans celebrate Bay of Pigs victory
ANDERSON, MARTY
Nicaragua: rightist wins presidency
Issue of ‘La Gaceta’ explores Cuban film BERG, SIMONE
“La Gaceta’ now offered at student rate Campaign needs funds now CANNON, JAMES P.
Youth join campaign trail Jobless workers helped win Social Security
ANDREWS, ROGER
‘Communist theories are guide for action’
BERMAN, ELLEN
Native Canadians fight for land rights
Workers have right to organize self-defense
‘Join April 14 women’s rights march’
ANNIS, ROGER *March to fight the right’ on April 14 CANTRICK, BOB
Ottawa threatens partition of Quebec NOW meeting discusses affirmative action Winnepeg Boeing workers walk out
100,000 march against austerity in Ontario
BERMAN, SUSAN CAPPE, AL
ARAVENA, JOSE
Why ‘Militant’ supports Quebecois 5,000 rally to defend Ontario strikers
Young Socialists protest Buchanan (Discussion with readers) Ontario strikers condemn cop attack
Youth join in socialist campaign Ontario strikers end walkout stronger
BERNARDO, BEVERLY
ARENSON, REBECCA Ottawa pushes anti-Quebec campaign CARON, CAROLE
Philadelphia area youth, students visit Cuba 4,000 demand Tokyo return islands to China Int’] conference on Cuba to be in Montreal
Editors to speak in Quebec about Cuba
BIVINS, OLLIE
ARNEY, MEGAN
Young Socialists build convention 12 Thousands outraged at CIA drug ties CARROLL, JOSHUA
Meetings defend Cuba, build exchange
Communist youth meet in France 12 BLADES, WALTER
Chinese revolution (Discussion with readers) 19 Socialists campaign against war drive On the road petitioning for socialism
“Let’s build U.S.-Cuban youth exchange’ 21 Socialist campaign aids building YS
BLAKE, ANDREW
U.S. threatens sanctions against Beijing 21 CASTRO, FIDEL
3,000 workers hold strike in Paraguay 22 ‘It’s a good time to get serious, join YS’ Castro speaks truth on U.S. aggression
Socialists appeal to workers for funds 23 BLETON, CLAUDE Rebel army marches from Santiago
Sell the books workers of the world need 23 Undocumented workers protest in France ‘They misjudged morale of our people’
Mural won support amidst controversy 24 Truckers tie up France, win gains Castro speaks on Bay of Pigs anniversary
Yearn for more porous borders 25 ‘Cuban workers have taken initiative’
BLOODWORTH, STEPHEN
(Discussion with readers)
*‘Colonialist hand is visible in the Congo’
‘Pathfinder mural stood as a beacon of hope’ 27 Socialist candidate tours Illinois
CASTRO, RAUL
‘People who want to make revolution’ 28 Illinois launches socialist campaign
Washington debates intervention in Burundi 29 BLUE, GUY How Rebel Army spread revolutionary war
Thousands protest at GOP convention 30 U.S., Cuban workers share experiences CHARBIN, GABRIEL
Yeltsin’s ailments worry investors 33 YS steps up recruitment in Canada
Is Clinton lesser evil? (Discussion with readers) 34 BOCKMAN, MARY NELL
100,000 protest social cuts in Argentina 36 Rally for abortion rights called for Boston CHARBIN, SYLVIE
Reactionary regime in Afganistan 37 Marchers in Boston say, ‘keep abortion safe’ Black activist in Toronto aquitted
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