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Today in labor history: Muhammad Ali indicted
May 8, 2014On May 8, 1967, A federal grand jury indicted Muhammad Ali for refusing to be inducted into the armed forces.
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Fight to stop vote suppression back in North Carolina courts
May 8, 2014"The North Carolina legislature passed the most sweeping, discriminatory voter suppression bill in the country, then sought to hide their hands and skirt the scrutiny of the law."
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Today in labor history: end of the “Vietnam era”
May 7, 2014On May 7, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford formally declared an end to the "Vietnam era."
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Today in labor history: Steinbeck wins Pulitzer for “The Grapes of Wrath”
May 6, 2014The book combines simple, plainspoken language and compelling plot with rich description, one of Steinbeck's most effective works of social commentary.
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Alabama to pay $580,000 because of unconstitutional anti-immigrant law
May 6, 2014"This lawsuit put a swift end to a cruel, discriminatory, and unlawful effort to drive immigrant families out of their homes."
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Today in labor history: Nazis destroy unions
May 2, 2014On May 2, 1933, Adolf Hitler's storm troopers occupied all trade union headquarters across Germany, and union leaders were arrested and put in prison or concentration camps.
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#ImagineSocialism: Join the May 1 Google Hangout
April 30, 2014The CPUSA will host a Google Hangout with Jacobin magazine founding editor Bhaskar Sunkara and Imagine: Living in a Socialist USA co-editor Michael Steven Smith.
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Today in eco-history: Death and destruction in Bangladesh
April 29, 2014On this day in 1991, a powerful cyclone with winds over 150 mph hit Bangladesh. At least 138,000 people were killed and most food crops were washed away or destroyed.
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