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California prisoners’ hunger strike enters seventh week

August 21, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

As a hunger strike by California prison inmates entered its seventh week Aug. 19, authorities said some 130 inmates in six prisons are refusing meals.

Today in labor history: Denmark Vesey arrested for slave revolt

June 18, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On June 18, 1822, slave revolt leaders Denmark Vesey, Peter Poyas and others were arrested in South Carolina. Vesey was hailed as a hero by abolitionists during the Civil War, including Frederick Douglass.

Cuba, Vietnam among 38 countries that reduced hunger

June 18, 2013 By Emile Schepers

The UN's Food and Agriculture Organization announced that a total of 38 countries worldwide have already met all or part of the "Millennium Goals" for the reduction of hunger, malnutrition and poverty.

Cyclists to ride for the Cuban 5 in Italy

April 30, 2013 By Ismael Parra

On May 5, there will be a 40-mile bike ride through various towns around the Lake Como area in northern Italy as part of the worldwide movement calling for the release of "The Cuban Five."

Stumble stones are for German hearts and minds

April 12, 2013 By Victor Grossman

BERLIN - The late, late snow has finally disappeared from Berlin's streets. Visible once again, here and there, are the "stumble stones" -"stolpersteine" in German - with their brief, tragic messages.