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December 6, 2012 By Special to People’s World

African American delegates met in Washington, D.C., to form the Colored National Labor Union.

December 5, 2012 By Special to People’s World

On Dec. 5, 2008 the U.S. Department of Labor announced that the economy had shed 520,000 jobs the month before.

December 3, 2012 By Joseph Zimmermann

This all consuming experience in the Soviet psyche resulted in many films that portrayed the incredible heroism of the Soviet people.

December 3, 2012 By Special to People’s World

Today in 1946 Oakland California women led a general strike that massed some 140,000 workers.

November 30, 2012 By Joelle Fishman

On November 30, 1854, "Fighting Mary" Eliza McDowell, also known as the "Angel of the Stockyards," was born in Chicago.