Culture
May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons’ words of 1886
April 29, 2016As we pay tribute to Parsons and the other Haymarket martyrs, People's World wishes all our readers in the United States and internationally a Happy May Day.
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What is Hanukkah really all about?
December 16, 2014Solstice? revolution? religious miracle? military might? Like most things, this holiday can be viewed from multiple perspectives.
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A lament for Eric Garner
December 16, 2014A poetic response, one among many from around the country, is based on Biblical passages and other religious and philosophical texts.
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Today in labor history: Beethoven’s music belongs to all of us
December 16, 2013He was a brilliant pianist and one of the most famous and influential of all composers.
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Poem of the week: Pat Mora’s “Legal Alien”
October 25, 2010This poem, "Legal Alien," captures an important quality of our evolving and emerging multi-national, multi racial and multi-ethnic culture.
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