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Amiri Baraka, preeminent poet and activist, dies at age 79

January 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Amiri Baraka, one of the country's preeminent African American poets, playwrights and activists died Thursday at Newark's Beth Israel Hospital after a brief illness.

Mexico after 20 years of NAFTA: poor and getting poorer

January 6, 2014 By Emile Schepers

20 years after the North American Free Trade Agreement came into force, farmers and workers in Mexico, the U.S., and Canada suffer from corporate profiteering.

Richard Hart, Jamaican Marxist and historian, dies

January 6, 2014 By Emile Schepers

Richard Hart, a towering figure of the Jamaican and Caribbean left, died in Bristol, England, on Dec. 21, 2013, at 96 years of age.

Michigan residents fast for immigration reform

December 13, 2013 By John Rummel

Cindy Garcia delivered a heartfelt plea on behalf of her husband as she fasted during the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Dec. 12.

Floridians put Walmart on trial

December 3, 2013 By Ben Markeson

The people's verdict following the 15-minute mock trial: Guilty on all counts, including worker abuse, misuse of taxpayer funds and destroying the American economy.