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This week in history: My Lai massacre 50 years ago

March 12, 2018 By Special to People’s World

American soldiers brutally slaughtered more than 500 unarmed civilians at My Lai, one of a cluster of small villages located near the northern coast of South Vietnam.

Thousands march against Canada oil pipeline expansion

March 12, 2018 By Morning Star

Justin Trudeau claims, nonsensically, that expanding the pipeline is part of his plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Maine campaign against war and corporate rule nears climax

March 12, 2018 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Maine legislators have a hot potato in their hands, but they don’t seem to be feeling any pain.

Senate panel Oks corporate attorney for vacant NLRB seat

March 9, 2018 By Mark Gruenberg

Eager to break a partisan 2-2 tie on the NLRB, the Senate panel handling labor issues approved Morgan Lewis management-side partner John Ring for the board’s vacant fifth seat.

Labor in China: “Harmonious Society” or class struggle?

March 9, 2018 By Bennett Guillaume

Communist Party leaders do not want to respond to worker discontent with an iron fist, but they do want labor peace. So the tension between class harmony and labor struggle goes on.