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Perspectives on Pfc. Bradley Manning from an anti-war veteran
June 25, 2013This new generation of young war resisters has said 'no' to being a part of the U.S. military machine. They're risking a lot to speak the truth from their 'inside' perspective.
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Huge crowd pledges to fight for MLK’s ‘Dream’
June 25, 2013Fifty years after Dr. King first gave his "I Have a Dream Speech" to 100,000 in this city, a diverse sea of people again flooded a two-mile stretch of Woodward Ave, Detroit's main thoroughfare.
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Legendary Hollywood activists mark Rosenberg executions’ 60th anniversary
June 24, 2013June 19th was the 60th anniversary of the executions of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, seen by many as a grave injustice in our nation's history.
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Today in labor history: American Railway Union founded
June 20, 2013On this day in 1893, the American Railway Union - one of the first industrial unions in the United States - was founded.
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End of slavery celebrated on June 19
June 18, 2013Texans, and an increasing number of people across America, celebrate the end of slavery on June 19 because on that day in 1865 Gen. Gordon Granger announced that slavery was ended for good.
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