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International Women’s Day Event: Black Women’s Struggle for Democracy and Socialism

March 3, 2023 By Special to People’s World

Join us on International Women's Day, March 8th. Details inside.

Etta Furlow’s struggle for democracy, justice, and socialism

February 28, 2023 By Rebecca Pera

Known in her Minneapolis community as “Queen Mother,” this fighting Black leader was a warrior for women and the working class.

Dr. Martin Luther King on the legacy of W.E.B. Du Bois

February 24, 2023 By Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

An MLK speech the ruling class wants everyone to forget.

Charlene Mitchell remembers Henry Winston, Communist and Black Liberation leader

February 22, 2023 By Charlene Mitchell

I count myself as among the lucky ones who had the privilege of working with Winnie.

Claudia Jones: The Communist Black woman feared by the FBI

February 17, 2023 By Clara West

Black History Month: By 1947, the FBI labeled Jones a “top functionary” of the Communist Party and demanded “continuous, active, and vigorous investigation” of her.