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Celebrating the life of James Connolly in Troy, New York
May 2, 2016Irish Republican and revolutionary socialist James Connolly will be celebrated on May 14.
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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.
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“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.
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This 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.
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Plotting 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.
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