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‘Queen of the Ring’ review: Exciting journey through turbulent history of women’s wrestling
March 7, 2025An epic rollercoaster ride through the journey of sports legend Mildred Burke.
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Ford Hunger March 1932: When workers were gunned down in Detroit
March 7, 2025The Daily Worker was on the scene as 5,000 workers faced down Henry Ford’s machine guns.
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Ina Wood, the Oklahoma Communist feminist who inspired the folk anthem ‘Union Maid’
March 7, 2025Before Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger became folk legends, an Oklahoma Communist named Ina Wood pushed them to write a union song for women.
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Heinrich Mann’s ‘The Loyal Subject’: A sharp analysis of power and submission
March 6, 2025Heinrich Mann, the elder brother of Thomas Mann, and in his own right one of the most significant German writers of the 20th century, died in exile in California 75 years ago, on March 11, 1950.
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This director could make you Communist: Trumbo’s ham sandwich ethics and Marxist art
March 4, 2025The legacy of the blacklisted screenwriter Dalton Trumbo has shifted in the past decade. His work and philosophy offer guidance today.
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