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Three historic TV features on radical composer Marc Blitzstein now available for viewing

December 13, 2019 By Kurt Weill Foundation

All three videos have been posted complete on YouTube, free and available to all.

Sinatra’s birthday today: We remember when “Old Blue Eyes” was red

December 12, 2019 By Gerald Meyer

He did what few celebrity progressives did in that period: He publicly confronted racism, prejudice, and red baiting.

Union leader Marvin Miller, Simmons elected to Hall of Fame

December 9, 2019 By Ronald Blum

Marvin Miller was the union leader who revolutionized baseball by empowering players to negotiate multi-million dollar contracts and to play for teams of their own choosing.

First Irish working-class poetry anthology published

December 9, 2019 By Special to People’s World

Dr. Jenny Farrell talks with People's World about her new edited volume.

The short story of Fred Hampton, assassinated Black Panther leader

December 4, 2019 By Ted Pearson

A short political biography of Fred Hampton, from the People's World archives.