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May Day from the Haymarket gallows: Albert Parsons’ words of 1886
April 29, 2016As we pay tribute to Parsons and the other Haymarket martyrs, People's World wishes all our readers in the United States and internationally a Happy May Day.
Read more“Ramona”: California history at the intersection of Native, Spanish and white
April 28, 2016This outdoor pageant, a broad-based community project, has been playing here for 93 years and counting.
Read moreThis week in history: Chernobyl nuclear reactor explodes in USSR
April 26, 2016Thirty years ago, on April 26, 1986, at 1:23 a.m., an explosion occurred at the Chernobyl atomic power station at Pripyat.
Read morePlotting for Gus Hall and free speech at Blue Moon Tavern
April 26, 2016This article is an excerpt from the upcoming autobiography of former People's World editor and long-time correspondent, Tim Wheeler.
Read moreAny sandwich but socialism, please
April 21, 2016This column is the author's response to Paul Krugman's column in the April 15, 2016 edition of the New York Times.
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