Labor
Sit down! The CPUSA, the CIO, and the great industrial union drive
June 3, 2019In the second half of the 1930s, Communists took on the task of organizing America's industrial workforce and fighting fascism in Spain.
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Post office thrills kids; in the future, they may have to save it
May 23, 2019This is our annual “School Trip to the Post Office,” and I am lucky enough to be the tour guide again this year.
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Working-class internationalism: Italian dock workers block Saudi weapons ship
May 21, 2019Genoa has a long history of solidarity. It was the first to block U.S. ships headed to Vietnam, and dock workers here refused to allow war equipment to disembark for the 1973 Chile coup.
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Strike wave 1919: The radical forerunners of the CPUSA
May 17, 2019The Bolshevik Revolution inspired workers all over the world, including the United States.
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Top Labor Board staffers deal two blows to workers’ rights
May 15, 2019Key board staffers dealt two more blows to workers’ rights since the start of May.
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