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Union leader says politics behind attack on public workers
February 19, 2013Attacks have no basis in financial fact, President Harold Schaitberger says. They're part of a larger Wall Street scheme to get its hands on workers' pension money nationwide, he believes.
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Today in black history: First protest against slavery
February 18, 2013On this day in 1688 Pennsylvania Quakers organzied the first protest against slavery, the "Germantown Protest." It was the first of its kind in the English colonies. The protest took the form of a petition based...
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INTERVIEW: Prof. Jamie Wilson, the Black Power Movement and lessons for today’s activists
February 17, 2013Prof. Jamie Wilson is giving a special People's World Black History Month teleconference presentation on Tues, Feb 19. This interview is a preview of the themes of his presentation.
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Chicago protestors: Cut the Pentagon, not our health
February 15, 2013Don't break our hearts, stop in the name of love; we can't have cuts to programs we depend upon.
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Valentine’s Day protest demands halt to sexual harassment
February 15, 2013Union, community, immigrant rights, and faith group members gathered on Valentine's Day in front of Mi Pueblo Foods, in the heart of the heavily Latino Fruitvale district.
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