E D I T O R I A L S

Wait for 2013: The war and the Democrats; Liberal antiwar strategy; protest matters

N E W S & R E P O R T S

The Jena 6 fight continues
Plus: UAW's historic surrender; Concessions at UPS; New report: Abortion restrictions kill; Greece: The Left and right make gains; Criminalizing protest in Oaxaca

F E A T U R E S

Inventing the next enemy
ERIC RUDER on the demonizing of Iran

Turning point in Pakistan
DAVID WHITEHOUSE analyses general Musharraf's crackdown

Blackwater's heart of Darkness
A speech by JEREMY SCAHILL, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, at Socialism 2007.

CRITICAL THINKING: Boycotts and Academic Freedom
PHIL GASPER

Hezbollah and Lebanese Politics
Interview with AMAL SAAD-GHORAYEB, author of Hezbollah: Politics and Religion

National Health Care: A dream deferred
NANCY WELCH on what it's going to take to win health coverage for all

Lenin's theory of the party
TODD CHRETIEN introduces Lenin's most important contribution to Marxism

Henryk Grossman on capitalist expansion and Imperialism
RICK KUHN looks at the work of a Polish Marxist

An outspoken critic of imperialism
Remembering antiwar Vietnam veteran Bill Davis, 1948­2007

R E V I E W S

Struggles of Black workers
SHARON SMITH reviews Eric Arneson's The Black Worker

PLUS:Big Coal; Occupation as Iraqis live it; John Pilger's Freedom Next Time; Marx and Lenin for Today; Left wing Children's books

L E T T E R S

Debate on human behavior