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“Ossies,” former East Germans, compare socialist youth with life under capitalism
September 18, 2017"We had an imperfect socialism but I believe we can do it better next time.”
Read moreThis week in history: Feds raid IWW offices and union halls
September 6, 2017On September 5, 1917, federal officials conducted a coordinated nationwide raid on offices and union halls affiliated with the anarcho-syndicalist IWW.
Read moreBook review: Rich depiction of Pacific NW and its people
September 5, 2017Many stories are from Tim’s youth on the family dairy farm in the Dungeness River Valley.
Read moreThe founding of the Communist Party in America
September 1, 2017War. Revolution. Mass strikes. Lynch terror. It was under these circumstances that the Communist Party was born.
Read moreThis week in history: Emma M. Nutt Day honors telephone operators
August 31, 2017Emma Mills Nutt, born in 1851, became the first woman telephone operator in America on September 1, 1878.
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