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We publish a newspaper every two weeks titled The Spark.
Issue no. 721 — February 16 - March 1, 2004
Editorial
Editorial: Class warfare – cuts in services plus higher taxes on working people
Pages 2-3
California: After protests, courts stay the execution of Kevin Cooper – but for how long?
Abortion subpoenas: Playing politics with women's lives
Kerry: Another politician who can read the polls
400 per cent price rise in anti-AIDS drug
Pages 4-5
Iraq: No end to blackouts in sight
Four copper workers shot dead in Iran!
General strike in the Dominican Republic
U.S. approved "weapons of mass destruction" in Pakistan
The rich don't go to their wars. They "work it out."
Pages 6-7
UAW and state offer the farm to Electrolux – which closes its factory anyway
Pushing unemployed workers out on a limb – then chopping it off
The mad cow killer says: U.S. beef may be dangerous
Page 8
Supermarket attack on workers: Same in Chicago as in California