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The marvelous life of Marvel Cooke, pioneer Black woman journalist

March 8, 2021 By Marilyn Bechtel

At the intersection of African American History and Women’s History months is a long list of Black women who have made history in many fields. Prominent among them is Marvel Cooke.

Book preview: Gus Hall and the Communist campus tour of 1962

November 13, 2020 By Special to People’s World

After over a decade of political repression, Communists seemed poised to make a comeback.

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre

May 22, 2020 By Fred Gaboury

By day’s end, an army of gun-toting, stick wielding Chicago cops had shot ten dead, leaving hundreds of others beaten and gassed.

Archives 1974: Communist leader Gus Hall on the Nixon impeachment and resignation

December 19, 2019 By Gus Hall

Hall called Nixon’s exit a “positive step,” but warned that the forces behind his conspiracy” were still in power. They still are today.

Let Them Tremble: Author Tony Pecinovsky discusses new book on CPUSA

November 26, 2019 By C.J. Atkins

Mainstream historians concluded the CPUSA died a long time ago, but a new collection of biographies is challenging that narrative.