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Edward Elkind, lifelong peace activist, dies

December 1, 2011 By Special to People’s World

Edward H. Elkind, 81, a Marxist activist and teacher who also worked as a computer programmer and advocated such causes as D.C. home rule, rent control, public housing and public health clinics, died Oct. 8.

Act now to stop Senate approved bill allowing indefinite detention of citizens

December 1, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate approved wording in the National Defense Authorization Bill, which should anger all Americans.

Occupy victory in Illinois

November 30, 2011 By PW Editorial Board

Hooray for the Occupy movement and the general uprising against corporate greed! It's having an impact.

Go see “Hugo,” “Descendants,” skip “Melancholia”

November 30, 2011

"Hugo" and "The Decendants" get two thumbs up. "Melancholia" on the other hand gets two thumbs down.

Politics isn’t a morality play

November 30, 2011 By Sam Webb

In times like these some might ask: does a strategic focus on defeating right-wing extremism continue to make sense? I think so, and here's why.