Marcus Halaby examines the main content of the documents and argues that they demonstrate Western imperialism's - especially that of the United States - attempt to conceal strategically key political and military developments within Afghanistan from public view as support for the occupation in the U.S. and around the world continues to wane considerably.

On a small roundabout in the middle of Lahore, a group of workers sits on a rug. They and others have been there for over two months, keeping a constant protest outside the Punjabi government building. They are the sacked University Health Sciences workers whose sacking has created such outrage across the city.

Senators John Kerry (D, MA) and Joe Lieberman (I, CT) recently presented their bipartisan bill to the Senate addressing the future advancement of implementing clean, sustainable U.S. energy production standards. Jamie Traska examines the contents of the bill and discovers it does less to promote environmental sustainability than it does the profitability of the energy corporations and Wall St. speculators.

Jamie Traska examines the language and character of the Bill and goes on to argue that it reflects a deep-seated need on the part of the bosses to keep the working-class divided, to weaken its overall resistance to having to pay the costs of the capitalist crisis and to maintain their parasitic conditions of existence.

The strikers remain committed. Management refuses to yield any ground. A decisive battle between the two is all but inevitable, as unionists, students, and community supporters from across the city of Philadelphia rally to the side of the workers against the bosses. Crucial measures need to be taken on the part of the union rank and file and leadership in the coming days and potentially weeks if their victory over management is to be assured, writes Jeff Albertson.