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Join Days of Action for worker rights in Mexico

February 19, 2013 By US Labor Education in the Americas Project

Actions in the U.S. will vary from protests to delivering letters to Mexican government consulate offices.

Leaders arrested on eve of anti-Keystone XL pipeline rally

February 15, 2013 By Juan Lopez

Prominent environmental and human rights leaders were arrested Wednesday outside the White House while protesting Keystone XL pipeline construction.

Today in black history: Civil rights pioneer Claudia Jones is born

February 15, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Jones died in exile in Great Britain in 1964 at the age of 49, her health weakened from imprisonment in the U.S. because of her political activism.

Avondale shipyard story could get a happy ending

February 7, 2013 By John Wojcik

The long struggle by thousands of Avondale shipyard workers here to save their jobs appears to have been successful.

Immigration reform fight begins in earnest

February 5, 2013 By Dan Margolis

The move for reform has been spearheaded by undocumented youth themselves, but also includes Obama, sections of the Democratic Party, labor, churches and other community organizations.