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This week in history: IWW members tried in 1918 for “obstructing the war”
March 19, 2018The resistance to U.S. militarism and capitalism by the Wobblies should be a lesson for those resisting today.
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Newman-Lipinski race highlights divide in Chicago Democratic ranks
March 16, 2018In Tuesday's 3rd District primary, it's Democrat vs. Democrat and union vs. union.
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Murder of Black politician Marielle Franco produces uproar in Brazil
March 16, 2018The murder of Marielle Franco takes place in the context of a titanic political struggle.
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Cuba elects new legislature, prepares for post-Castro future
March 16, 2018Presaging a generational change of leadership, Cuban voters elected a slate of legislators who will choose the country's next president.
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Trump Ed Secretary DeVos trashes her own workers’ union, imposes “contract”
March 16, 2018Not content with trashing teachers’ unions in Michigan, DeVos is now “trying to kill the union” for her own agency’s 3,900 member-workers.
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