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Reflections on the Communist Party convention
July 10, 2014Recently the CPUSA held its 30th National Convention in Chicago. It was an impressive event showcasing the party's depth of work throughout the movements for justice.
Read moreEvery day, somebody new is raising hell
July 8, 2014"One day it's the Dreamers, the next day it's Walmart moms and fast food workers, and then the Moral Monday movement the day after that."
Read moreToday in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve “Mother” Bloor born
July 8, 2014Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions
Read moreA largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South
June 24, 2014The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.
Read moreMother Courage of Clallam County remembered
June 23, 2014She stood her ground. She never left Daddy's side. She did not flinch. She was Mother Courage.
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