C.J. Atkins
LATEST ARTICLES BY C.J. Atkins
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Opinion
Remembering Gary Dotterman: Anti-racist Oklahoman, Vietnam vet for peace, and irrepressible gay Communist
June 22, 2023These were just a few of the many lives lived by Gary Wayne Dotterman (1944-2023).
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Politics
No red in the rainbow? Cold War law blocks Oklahoma Communists from Pride
June 13, 2023Directors of Oklahoma City’s LGBTQ Pride festival cite unconstitutional 1955 statute to reject Communist Party’s application.
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Politics
Trump indictment: Pentagon upset over stolen plans for war against Iran
June 12, 2023World War I-era “Espionage Act” targeted anti-war activists; now it’s being used against one of the ruling class’s own.
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Culture
Arkansas bans children’s books on LGBTQ topics and racism; librarians and booksellers sue
June 2, 2023Censorship law could see librarians and booksellers jailed.
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Opinion
60 years after death, Elizabeth Gurley Flynn still scares the right
May 17, 2023Anti-communism wins in N.H. as Republicans destroy historical marker commemorating life of “The Rebel Girl.”
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Culture
‘Until Tomorrow, Comrades’ completes Manuel Tiago translation project: An interview with the translator
April 21, 2023The eighth and final entry in the International Publishers project of issuing all of Manuel Tiago’s fiction in English is hot off the press. Tiago was the pen name for longtime Portuguese Communist Party leader Álvaro...
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Labor
The People’s World fund drive is in trouble
March 31, 2023You might have noticed the fundraising thermometer at the top of the homepage hasn’t budged much in weeks. That’s not a technical error. And it’s not a case of our staff just forgetting to update it.
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En español
El colapso de Silicon Valley Bank revela el peligro de una crisis financiera más amplia
March 14, 2023Advierte que SVB “podría ser la primera cucaracha en el sótano”.
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