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A communist in space
April 12, 202463 years ago, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. Read how our Moscow correspondent reported on the event as it happened.
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LAST CALL! Get your ad in for the People’s World May Day book
April 10, 2024Deadline extended: April 12.
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‘Paul Robeson Day’ is now an official holiday in Washington, D.C.
April 10, 2024Mayor Bowser signs proclamation recognizing contribution of Claudia Jones School and D.C. Friends of People’s World in winning holiday.
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‘Power & Light’ shows clash of genius between Thomas Edison and Nikola Tesla
April 4, 2024The play tracks more than half a century of inspiration and invention as we come to understand some of the intellectual processes that eventually took the world to the technological landscape we know today.
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‘Atlantic Pact peril’: NATO war alliance turns 75
April 4, 2024Blocking the war moves of NATO and working for the alliance’s abolition are chief tasks for the peace movement in this country today—just like they were in 1949.
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