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This week in history: The Milwaukee 14 destroy 10,000 draft files

September 24, 2018 By Special to People’s World

50 years ago today, the "Milwaukee 14" stole the draft files of some 10,000 young men soon to be sent to Vietnam.

‘While there is a lower class, I am in it’: Eugene Debs sedition centennial

September 21, 2018 By Eugene V. Debs

100 years have passed since Eugene Debs laid out the socialist vision of peace and justice before the courts.

Postal Workers extend bargaining, plan mass action Oct. 8

September 21, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

The union “hopes Congress progresses with sensible postal reform” to improve Postal Service “finances instead of resorting to hack-and-burn privatization policies.”

Anti-Trump movement can’t take seniors’ vote for granted

September 21, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Policy doesn't change unless there’s a mass movement to change it. Seniors are standing strong in that mass movement.

Illinois AFL-CIO gets candidates to back “contract with the middle class”

September 21, 2018 By Carl Green

The Illinois State AFL-CIO has drafted a “Contract with the Middle Class,” pledging support for specific workers’ rights issues.