Contents Inside:

Welcome


PALESTINE AND LEBANON

New National Unity government


IRAQ/AFGHANISTAN

An era of perpetual war

Resistance grows in Afghanistan


FEATURES

Labour Aristocracy II: reformism and reaction

Five minutes to midnight: part two

British imperialism in Vietnam


CUBA VIVE

Cuban economy grows


LATIN AMERICA

US imperialism on the defensive

Colombia: Multinationals in collusion with state terror


FIGHT RACISM

Charter flights to oppression

Organising against immigration raids in the US

Solidarity with asylum seekers


NEWS

Budget for a parasitic and decaying capitalism

Ireland: Assembly elections

Labour government is bad for your health

Education notes

Fight Labour plans to cut ESOL funding

Imperialist crimes against humanity


PRISONERS FIGHTBACK

Rye Hill prison staff on trial for manslaughter
Close down women's prisons!


REVIEWS

A dangerous view: The blood never dried

Raising the debate on socialism: Democracy and revolution

Hamas: from left opposition to government


ROUND UP

FRFI Round-up

Events