Peace
Today in people’s history: Nelson Mandela released from prison
February 11, 2015Today marks exactly 25 years since the day in 1990 when anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was released from prison to become a free man in South Africa.
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Today in labor history: Martin Luther King Jr. awarded Nobel Peace Prize
October 14, 2014On Oct. 14, 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was named winner of the Nobel Peace Prize.
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“Go Figure,” a poem about war and peace
October 6, 2014"Gotta operate to heal, incarcerate the bastille, make it schools to jobs, not the iron heal. Gotta make it real."
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Losing the plot: Israel’s premier to face new Gaza reality
September 26, 2014Netanyahu's war-turned-genocide in Gaza has backfired badly - his strategy has helped resurrect Hamas, the very movement he tried desperately to crush.
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Iran and U.S. cooperating on ISIS fight? Not as far-fetched as it seems
September 26, 2014Iraqi President Fuad Masum was asked whether it was U.S. airstrikes, with Iraqi fighters and Iranian militiamen, that helped liberate the town of Amerli. He confirmed that it was.
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