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“Here, nobody surrenders”: 56 years since the Cuban Revolution

January 7, 2015 By Emile Schepers

The Cubans greeted the victory of the Revolution with rejoicing and a burst of energy as they put their shoulders to the wheel of building a new society on socialist principles.

The right’s working class philosopher

December 15, 2014 By Peter Cole

Nicknamed the "longshoreman philosopher," Eric Hoffer was the best-known working-class author and intellectual in postwar America.

The CIA backstory needs to be remembered

December 12, 2014 By Emile Schepers

As the debate on the Feinstein Committee's torture report continues, we need to remember the "backstory."

Twenty-five years later, the Cold War still blows hot

December 3, 2014 By PW Editorial

In Washington, hostility toward socialism and even socialist orientations remain the order of the day.

Remembering Volodya and the Soviet war dead

December 3, 2014 By Tim Wheeler

"I am looking at my treasured coin and wondering about Volodya."