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Women’s artistic narratives in times of war
March 8, 2024From its outset, International Women's Day was characterized by the fight for peace, against militarism and war. Countless women artists have also addressed the issue of war.
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Lucy Parsons: Tribute to a heroine of labor
March 8, 2024One of the CPUSA’s foremost leaders remembers her close friend Lucy, who died on International Women’s Day 1942.
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International Unemployment Day: The 1930 revolt against capitalist crisis
March 6, 2024On March 6, 1930, Communists organized workers around the world to demand jobs in the middle of the Great Depression. The U.S. was no exception.
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‘THREE’: Chekhov’s ‘Three Sisters’ reimagined in four contemporary American scenes
March 6, 2024THREE is an imaginative tour de force whose particular vision is to take a torrid character study and invite Americans to consider its significance in an intelligent and freshly illuminating staging.
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Woolworth’s Sit-Down Strike: When women shut down the world’s biggest retailer
March 5, 2024From the archives: Learning from the UAW’s Flint Sit-Down Strike, young women workers set an example for how to organize and win in the low-wage retail sector in 1937.
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