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Today in labor history: Anarchist attacks steel magnate
July 23, 2013On July 23, 1892, an anarchist named Alexander Berkman decided to avenge the Homestead massacre where nine strikers were killed.
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Residents say poverty wages will not resurrect Detroit
July 23, 2013Only blocks from city hall, a Friday afternoon picket line at the Crowne Plaza Hotel symbolizes the fight taking place in this city.
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Court strikes down anti-immigrant housing law in Texas
July 23, 2013Beginning in 2006, the city of Farmers Branch, Texas, passed a series of housing ordinances designed to prevent undocumented immigrants from being able to rent apartments or homes.
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St. Paul laundry workers picket for fair contract
July 23, 2013About 240 Health Systems Cooperative employees, members of Workers United Local 150, have been working without a contract since March 31. A temporary extension of the previous contract expired July 14.
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Egyptian Communists: Morsi ouster reflects popular will
July 22, 2013July 6 interview with Salah Adli, the General Secretary of the Egyptian Communist Party.
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