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Fighting back against the white revolt of 2016
December 5, 2016Sanders and others have attributed Trump’s success to the fact that he played to allegedly legitimate concerns of the masses. We disagree strongly.
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Ku Klux Klan 0; Progressives 100
December 5, 2016The victory parade that the Ku Klux Klan had scheduled for December 3 to celebrate Donald Trump’s election fizzled.
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Injunction against overtime pay has real consequences for people’s lives
December 2, 2016A Texas judge’s decision to block the new overtime pay regulation is a financial blow to people who thought their lives were about to be made a little easier.
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Frank Rosen, labor leader and political activist
December 1, 2016Frank took part in many of the seminal moments in Chicago history, from fighting to defend civil liberties in the McCarthy era, to the civil rights and anti-Vietnam War movements, to electing Harold Washington as mayor,...
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Resist Trump at every turn
December 1, 2016Everything changed as of Nov. 8. With the takeover of the Republican Party by white supremacists, a new kind of right-wing and authoritarian danger has emerged.
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