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Lessons not learned: The Vietnamese experience in the Vietnam War

September 19, 2017 By Ben Sears

American authors have primarily viewed the war as part of the Cold War chess game, largely neglecting the experience of the Vietnamese people.

“Ossies,” former East Germans, compare socialist youth with life under capitalism

September 18, 2017 By John Wojcik

"We had an imperfect socialism but I believe we can do it better next time.”

This week in history: Feds raid IWW offices and union halls

September 6, 2017 By Special to People’s World

On September 5, 1917, federal officials conducted a coordinated nationwide raid on offices and union halls affiliated with the anarcho-syndicalist IWW.

Book review: Rich depiction of Pacific NW and its people

September 5, 2017 By John Bachtell

Many stories are from Tim’s youth on the family dairy farm in the Dungeness River Valley.

The founding of the Communist Party in America

September 1, 2017 By Philip Bart And William Weinstone

War. Revolution. Mass strikes. Lynch terror. It was under these circumstances that the Communist Party was born.