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We publish a newspaper every two weeks titled The Spark.
Issue no. 789 — January 8 - 22, 2007
Editorial
Editorial: Make 2007 the year workers refuse to give in to another attack
Pages 2-3
Railroad uses Patriot Act to terrorize workers
Ohio: Scalded worker denied workers’ comp
L.A. “school reform”: A push for charter schools – by Big Business and the mayor
Detroit school closings: A transfer to private hands
Pages 4-5
Nixon, Ford and Watergate: Dumping the man to save the system
Chile: Even in death, Pinochet brags about his crimes
Somalia: An endless civil war, the legacy of imperialist ambitions
Ethiopia, the U.S.’s fireman, sets a new fire in Somalia
What’s wrong with this picture? Everything!
More hot air from the Democrats
Mergers and Acquisitions: The harmful game of finance
Once again the financiers have reason to believe in Santa Claus
Pages 6-7
Goodyear strike – not a big victory – but not a big defeat
Page 8
Iraq troop surge: 20,000 + 20,000 + 20,000 ... = Vietnam
The execution of Saddam Hussein