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Harry Potter and the tide of history

July 26, 2011 By Dan Margolis

Viewing the story only as a well-written parable of becoming an adult misses a lot - humanity itself came of age in the 20th century.

1,000 demand “Good Jobs Now” at Progressive Caucus speakout

July 23, 2011 By Tim Wheeler

SEATTLE - People lined up at microphones at a July 23 "speak out" here to demand that Congress stop kowtowing to the corporations and do what voters elected them to do: create good jobs at a...

Fight against privatization roils a Maryland county

July 22, 2011 By Vivian Weinstein

Hundreds of Frederick County workers packed the county hearing room to speak to the five county commissioners two days in a row this week.

Celebration marks 32nd anniversary of Nicaragua’s Sandinista revolution

July 20, 2011 By Luis Rivas

Thirty-two years ago, a Marxist-led national liberation movement forever changed the history and political dynamics of Nicaragua.

Unionists tell NLRB of election delays, management intimidation

July 19, 2011 By Mark Gruenberg

Unionists joined a parade of witnesses in the first of two days of NLRB hearings on its proposed rules to streamline union elections. Most of the witnesses were lawyers, including from several notorious union-busting firms.