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Vietnam appeals to public for help on China conflict

June 20, 2014 By Teresa Albano

China sent a deep-water oil rig into Vietnamese marine territory, along with 80 ships, including military vessels, infuriating Vietnam, which has been trying to resolve the crisis diplomatically.

Time for a 21st century U.S. foreign policy

March 25, 2014 By Alice Slater

With 16,000 of the world's 17,000 nuclear bombs in the U.S. and Russia, the U.S. should certainly not be fanning the fires for a new cold war after the distressing events in Crimea and the Ukraine.

Nuclear disarmament policy a mixed bag, at best

March 11, 2014 By Peter Weiss

The ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the negotiation of a Fissile Materials Treaty, both of which the Obama administration favors, have been held up, one by the U.S. Senate, the other by another...

U.S. unionists back domestic worker from India

February 6, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

A group of U.S. unionists made it quite clear to India's ambassador to the U.S. that his nation's diplomats should stop treating their own domestic workers as serfs.

Today in labor history: The International Labor Organization founded

January 30, 2014 By Special to People’s World

After the devastation of WWI, a commission was established to pursue a vision based on the premise that universal, lasting peace can be established only if it is based on social justice, and the ILO was...