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We publish a newspaper every two weeks titled The Spark.
Issue no. 778 — July 10 - 24, 2006
Editorial
Editorial: Growing medical care crisis – and there’s no good reason for it
Pages 2-3
Merger talks: GM, Nissan and Renault prepare to attack their workers again
Billionaire charities: Like a vampire donating blood
In the supposed good times, hunger increases
Supreme Court gives drug giants okay to delay production of generics
A billion and-a-half dollars a year – for doing what?
Detroit: Taxing the poor to pay for the rich
Pages 4-5
U.N. report: Pervasive brutality by U.S. of detainees both abroad and home
Israel in Gaza: A people that oppresses another can never be free
Election standoff in Mexico: A dispute over who will serve the rich
Pages 6-7
Judge gives Northwest right to impose terms on flight attendants
L.A.: A slap on the wrist for a strike-breaking company
“Legacy costs”: Secrets and lies
Page 8
Lt. Ehren Watada refuses the war in Iraq
Movie review: An Inconvenient Truth raises the question, but doesn’t answer it
Rape and murder in Iraq: The brutality of war and occupation