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Wall Street short-sellers get what they deserve in GameStop squeeze

January 29, 2021 By Special to People’s World

Only organized political struggle by the working class and democratic movements has the potential to upend the power of finance capital for good.

Trumka praises Biden’s ‘Buy American’ executive order; GOP silent

January 29, 2021 By PAI

The legal commands order agencies to buy U.S.-made goods unless they can show a reason why they cannot do so.

Stall ball: Senate GOP schemes to cripple Biden’s economic stimulus plan

January 22, 2021 By Mark Gruenberg

Up to his old tricks, now Minority Leader McConnell is trying to delay and deny passage of Biden’s $1.9 trillion economic and coronavirus package.

Jobless workers urge lawmakers to act on big economic aid measure

December 10, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

They demand help, not attempts to overturn a free, fair election, from their lawmakers.

U.S. companies sold more than 60% of all arms in the international market in 2019

December 9, 2020 By Peoples Dispatch

U.S. sanctions against Russia and China have helped maintain its hegemony in the global arms trade with 12 of its companies featuring in the world’s top 25 arms producing and military service providers.