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Senate curbs filibusters in blow against GOP “pirates”

November 22, 2013 By John Case

On Thursday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., and Senate Democrats, fed up with endless Republican obstructionism, voted to end filibusters on nearly all presidential nominees.

Sudan Communists call for push against Al Bashir

November 22, 2013 By Emile Schepers

Grassroots protests against the despotic regime of Sudanese President Omar Hassan al Bashir continue, and the government is feeling its hold slipping.

Today in history: President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

November 19, 2013 By Special to People’s World

One of the best-known speeches in American history, it was delivered by Lincoln in the midst of the Civil War, four and a half months after the Union armies defeated those of the Confederacy at the...

Dem lawmakers: Slow down on Pacific trade bill

November 14, 2013 By PAI

The lawmakers said the two pacts, especially the TPP, cover far more than trade.

Austerity debate remains unresolved after shutdown drama

November 12, 2013 By John Case

There was one victory the neo-Confederate Republicans can claim that even the old Confederacy could not: the ability to shutdown the federal government, a symbol of their supreme distaste for both union and democracy.