Les Bayless
LATEST ARTICLES BY Les Bayless
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Culture
Carry On: A poem for Jim Baldridge
January 26, 2018Like everyone else, activists too come to the end of our time on Earth. Those who are left to mourn seek comfort where they can find it, perhaps most of all in acknowledging lasting influences, enduring...
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Letters to the Editor
North Korea war danger: Déjà vu all over again
August 14, 2017The war drums are beating. Yesterday it was Iraq, today North Korea.
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Labor
Baltimore unions back Fight for $15
April 20, 2015"The same forces that want to privatize the postal system and oppose voting rights want to keep the federal sub-minimum wage just like it is."
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U.S.
Maryland abolishes death penalty
May 9, 2013One fallacy of the death penalty, opponents say, is the chance for fatal error.
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Opinion
Activist Caroli Mullen dies in Baltimore
March 19, 2013Caroli Mullen, a life-long activist for peace and civil rights, died March 8 in Baltimore after a two-year bout with cancer.
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U.S.
Black history exhibit features Maryland protests of 1940s-50s
February 27, 2013Struggles against segregation and for militant trade unionism in Maryland were the subject of a Feb. 23 Black History Month program sponsored by the Baltimore Marxist Labor Forum.
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U.S.
Editor Tim Wheeler saluted by family, friends and fans
September 11, 2012They came from Connecticut and Illinois - and just down the street: Family, neighbors and activists honored veteran political and labor journalist Tim Wheeler with a special tribute dinner.
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U.S.
People’s World editor Tim Wheeler to be honored
August 15, 2012On September 9, family and friends plan to honor Baltimore's "Renaissance Man" - veteran Peoplesworld.org journalist Tim Wheeler.
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