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The limits of charity

December 11, 2014 By Rev. Jim Conn

I believe in charity, but it is no substitute for government resources and policies. That's why I urge people to support change agents.

Today in labor history: Army attacks protesting veterans in D.C.

July 28, 2014 By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

On July 28, 1932, General Douglas MacArthur led troops in burning to the ground a shantytown built near the U.S. Capitol by unemployed veterans demanding a promised bonus.

A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South

June 24, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.

Today in labor history: Jack London, writer, socialist, dies at 40

November 22, 2013 By Special to PeoplesWorld.org

Best known to U.S. readers as the author of Call of the Wild, London also wrote several powerful works dealing with workers, capitalism and socialism - including his famous dystopian novel The Iron Heel.

Movies you might have missed: “On the Bowery”

March 25, 2013 By Joseph Zimmermann

"On the Bowery," a unique film from 1956 uses a creative technique to get the viewer behind the scenes of what was then a notorious skid row in America's largest city.