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Peace grannies rejected for duty in Iraq

Arrested while insisting to recruiters, ‘Take us, not our grandkids’PHILADELPHIA — As other grannies and their supporters sang peace songs, spoke out against the war and displayed their colorful banners and signs outside a U.S. Armed...

CPUSA condemns Israeli assault on Gaza Strip

The following statement was released by the national board of the Communist Party USA on July 5. The Communist Party USA strongly condemns the latest acts of aggression by the Israeli government against the Palestinian people....

On the Fourth, Read the Declaration of Impeachment

Veterans for Peace has drafted a Declaration of Impeachment using nothing but excerpts from the Declaration of Independence (plus a few words in parentheses). It reads as follows, and should be read at picnics and protests...

MEMORIALS

Black History reprint: Working-class roots of Bill Withers

You might be a Bill Withers fan without realizing it. If you ever grooved to Will Smith’s “Just the Two of Us,” sang along with “Lean On Me” or thought to yourself, “Ain’t No Sunshine” when...