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Detroit bankruptcy: Revenue, not spending, the problem

December 3, 2013 By John Rummel

The ruling concerns the 23,500 retired city workers collecting pension benefits.

Today in labor history: KKK found guilty of conspiracy in death of Viola Liuzzo

December 3, 2013

Liuzzo, who came from a working-class Detroit family and had lived in the South as a child, traveled to Alabama after the Selma to Montgomery marches and the "Bloody Sunday" attack at Edmund Pettus Bridge.

Today in labor history: Abolitionist John Brown was hanged

December 2, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On Dec. 2, 1859, abolitionist John Brown was hanged in Charleston, Va., for his leadership of a plot to incite slave rebellion.

Francis does it again: Attacking the “tyranny” of unfettered capitalism

November 27, 2013 By PAI

Francis I is blasting the "tyranny" of unfettered capitalism, economic inequity and financial finagling.

Workers plan nationwide strikes against “bully” Walmart

November 22, 2013 By Blake Skylar

"Walmart is just a bully, and people across the country are starting to see the real Walmart, that's why I continue to stand up, because the time for change is now."