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Scab worker causes NYC’s Malbone subway disaster 100 years ago today
November 1, 2018One hundred years ago, on November 1, 1918, the worst subway accident in the history of New York City took place: the Malbone Street Wreck.
Read moreHow Frankenstein and Dracula created a union
October 31, 2018And Karloff wasn’t the only one who saw the worth of having a union in the workplace. Dracula star Bela Lugosi was also pro-union, and the two both actively organized actors and actresses on the sets...
Read moreJackie Robinson integrates baseball 73 years ago—Daily Worker archive
October 30, 2018Fall 1945: the “people’s war against fascism” was victorious. And creeping closer also was victory for Daily Worker's 10-year campaign to end Jim Crow baseball.
Read moreKalb, Rather: Trump endangers democracy as well as free press
October 24, 2018Trump “is a pickup of the McCarthy period. If you were suspected of being in the left wing, you'd lose your job."
Read moreThe Republican record on Social Security: Getting worse all the time
October 22, 2018One way to fight their plans is to make McConnell and the GOP pay a price at the polls for trying to cut Social Security to pay for their GOP tax scam.
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