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Today in labor history: Operation PUSH founded

December 18, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Eventually the organization was able to expand into areas of social and political development for blacks in Chicago and across the nation.

Today in labor history: Wright brothers make first flight

December 17, 2013 By Special to People’s World

At 10:35 a.m. on this day in 1903, Orville Wright flew the Flyer over 120 feet of ground for 12 seconds.

“1913 Massacre”: Great movie about Michigan tragedy

December 16, 2013 By Bill Meyer

1913 Massacre is a touching documentary that revisits the tragic events that took place in the copper mining town of Calumet in the northern tip of Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913.

Today in labor history: Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison born

December 12, 2013 By Special to People’s World

William Lloyd Garrison, one of the nation's most outstanding abolitionist leaders, was born Dec. 12, 1805, in Newburyport, Mass.

Nelson Mandela – a memory

December 6, 2013 By Conn Hallinan

With the news that Mandela's breath finally failed him-his lungs were savaged by the tuberculosis he acquired during his 27 years of imprisonment in South Africa-two memories came to mind.