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Crucial Communist Teaching Act ushers in a new McCarthy era
December 20, 2024Incoming Trump administration preparing to launch stepped up attacks on labor and its allies, using anti-communism as an entry-way into its efforts.
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With health insurer greed in spotlight, Michael Moore brings back ‘Sicko’ movie
December 20, 2024The killing of United Healthcare’s CEO has sparked renewed discussion about America’s broken health insurance system.
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The death of the Soviet Union: Our Moscow correspondent reports in 1991
December 20, 2024On Dec. 25, 1991, Mikhail Gorbachev resigned as president of the Soviet Union, and the red hammer-and-sickle flag was lowered over the Kremlin in Moscow for the last time. The next day, Dec. 26, the USSR...
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Right-wingers in Europe use Trump to justify higher military spending
December 20, 2024Former Maoist and Portuguese Prime Minister José Barroso is one of the key figures working to put Europe on a war footing.
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General Motors’ 1991 Christmas Massacre: 21 plants, 74,000 jobs gone
December 19, 2024At Christmastime in 1991, GM boss Robert Stempel became the new Ebenezer Scrooge.
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