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The Spark Newspaper

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Issue no. 817 — March 3 - 17, 2008

Editorial

Editorial: Can’t afford the basics? Blame Wall Street and the Fed

Pages 2-3

FEMA officials finally nailed for providing deadly trailers

Fed bailout: Making workers and taxpayers pay for banks’ criminality

“Mad Cow” risk to kids covered up

Pages 4-5

France: Municipal elections allow us to show opposition to the administration's policy

Cuba: What will happen after Castro?

Lutte Ouvrière (Workers Struggle) in the municipal elections

Ford workers in France fight plans to close factory

Riot among African deportees

Pages 6-7

The strike at American Axle

Page 8

Barack Obama’s reactionary appeal

We’ll swap our night shifts for hers!

John McCain: Super-hawk

Overtime kills

 
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