News – Page 2017 – People's World

Postal Workers launch campaign against anticipated Trump privatization scheme

August 21, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

The APWU launched a mass campaign to derail Trump’s scheme even before the pro-corporate president unveils it.

Philadelphia educator Rosita Johnson recognized by South African government

August 21, 2018 By Special to People’s World

In a career spanning decades, Rosita Johnson has distinguished herself as an advocate for quality public education on two continents.

China builds an ‘Ecological Civilization’ while the world burns

August 21, 2018 By John Bachtell

Chinese efforts to curb harmful emissions have been recognized around the world including by leaders of groups like the Environmental Defense Fund here in the U.S..

Colombia and U.S. implicated in plot to kill Venezuelan president

August 21, 2018 By Emile Schepers

From Bogota to Miami, more names are popping up in the list of accomplices in the Maduro assassination attempt.

This week in history: The Oslo Accord, 1993

August 20, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Negotiations concerning the agreement were conducted secretly in Oslo, Norway, and completed 25 years ago, on August 20, 1993.