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Victor Grossman, powerful voice for a better world, dead at 97
December 22, 2025U.S. Communist famed for his defection to East Germany was a long-time correspondent in Berlin for People’s World.
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There but for fortune: Sketches from the life of Phil Ochs
December 19, 2025The folksinger and songwriter was born 85 years ago, on Dec. 19, 1940.
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Path towards world peace: Gorbachev comforts a grieving mother
December 17, 2025People’s World correspondent reflects on the ever-present danger of imperialism, and a historic moment in the Soviet Union in 1988.
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Still burning: Mira Larkin and the living legacy of the Hollywood blacklist
December 16, 2025The blacklist era should not be forgotten but reflected upon. Mira Larkin, Albert Maltz's granddaughter, tells her story of the generational effects of the Red Scare.
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Shivaun O’Casey’s intimate portrait of family, art, and communism
December 9, 2025The memoir explores Sean O’Casey as a relevant revolutionary artist, whose battles against clerical repression and capitalist theatre echo sharply today.
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