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GM strike: The power of UAW solidarity is displayed across generations

November 7, 2019 By Al Neal

“We’re making history here, I suppose…if not, it’ll still be a good story to tell the grandchildren.”

Artist Ben Shahn was moved by the Tom Mooney case

July 25, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Ben Shahn was moved in the early 1930s to paint a series of works based on the infamous Tom Mooney case. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) currently has a display of these works...

Bring back May Day

April 30, 2018 By Saurav Sarkar

American politicians backed by billionaires don’t recognize May Day, but the Poor People's Campaign is bringing it back with a week of events around the country.

An apple for Hannah: A Christmas story from the coal fields

December 28, 2017 By Tim Wheeler

Pulling the coal out of the mine, she struggled to catch her breath.

This week in history: Labor pledges no strikes during WW II

December 12, 2016 By Special to People’s World

Philip Murray, president of the CIO, said members “were ready and eager to do their utmost to defend our country against the aggression of Japanese imperialism, and to secure the final defeat of the forces of...