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CPUSA chair responds to Trump State of the Union speech
February 6, 2019John Bachtell, the national chair of the Communist Party USA, offered his party’s response to President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address in a live video presentation on Feb. 5, 2019.
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CPUSA labor group praises workers for shutting down the shutdown
February 6, 2019Communist Party Chair John Bachtell says the mass movement that defeated GOP President Donald Trump’s lockout/shutdown of parts of the federal government – ending the saga of leaving 800,000 workers unpaid for 35 days – was...
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Grave of Karl Marx attacked by “fascist vandal”
February 6, 2019“The ideas of Marx—like his plinth at Highgate—are powerful enough to outlast any damage done by a fascist vandal."
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Puerto Rico debt deal: Bondholders get paid, future of public services uncertain
February 5, 2019A federal bankruptcy judge approved a major debt restructuring plan for Puerto Rico on Monday in the first deal of its kind for the U.S. territory since the island’s government declared nearly four years ago that...
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Raise the Wage Act would hike salaries for 40 million
February 5, 2019Backed by a wide range of unions and women’s groups, veteran lawmakers, Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., have reintroduced the Paycheck Fairness Act -- a measure designed to put enforcement “teeth” into...
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