history
75 years ago: CPUSA celebrates the founding of the People’s Republic of China
October 1, 2024Just as William Z. Foster and Eugene Dennis wrote in 1949, world peace requires a relationship of equality and cooperation between the U.S. and China.
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Anne Royall, America’s first female journalist, celebrated in world premiere play
October 1, 2024I bet not one in a thousand readers of these words has ever heard of Anne Royall (1769-1854), America’s first female journalist.
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Labor and civil rights icon, Bill Lucy, dies at 90
September 30, 2024He helped assemble and lead the famous “I Am a Man” unionization drive in Memphis in 1968.
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Historic ‘Trail of Tears’ art show held for second year in Tennessee town
September 30, 2024The art show was first held in 2023 and was to commemorate the genocidal Trail of Tears of 1838 trod by Cherokees and Muscogee Creeks.
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Haiti has disturbed U.S. ruling class for two centuries; Springfield is latest flare-up
September 27, 2024Large numbers of migrants have arrived suddenly in other U.S. cities before, why is Springfield different?
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