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PWW event: The Better World Awards

September 24, 2008 By New York State Communist Party

The Better World Awards -- the annual People's Weekly World-sponsored event in New York City -- was held on June 14, 2008.

Miners plan work stoppage over anti-Obama film

September 24, 2008

CHARLESTON, W.Va. – (AP)Union leaders say a National Rifle Association film crew tried to coerce West Virginia miners into bad-mouthing presidential hopeful Barack Obama on camera, and that the union plans a brief work stoppage in...

Protect your vote

September 24, 2008

This year’s historic election may come down to two major factors: how many people turn out to the polls, and how many of their votes are counted. Voter turnout increased more than 120 percent during the...

OPINION: Barney Smith, not Smith Barney

September 24, 2008 By Joelle Fishman

The shockwaves from the financial crisis have left working class families in every part of the country in a state of great worry and fear. Over $100 billion of public money has been spent to bail...

Letters: Sept. 20, 2008

September 20, 2008

Heavy toll on Afghan children More reports coming out of Afghanistan indicate more dead children (“Protests grow over civilian deaths,” PWW 9/6-12). Civilian casualties are a perpetual reality in Afghanistan. In July, 47 were killed in...