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Union pushes Trump, CEOs to fulfill working class tax promise

November 28, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

100 CEOs were asked who would use extra money their firms get from the tax cut to hire more workers or raise pay. Fewer than five raised their hands.

Left-center opposition looks headed for victory in Honduras

November 28, 2017 By Emile Schepers

But the vote counting has been halted, and there are fears the right-wing party of the oligarchs is scheming to steal the election.

This week in history: UN approves Jewish and Arab states in Palestine

November 27, 2017 By Special to People’s World

Seventy years ago, on November 29, 1947, the United Nations General Assembly passed Resolution 181, remembered as the UN Partition Plan.

Middle East peace elusive as U.S.-Saudi alliance targets Iran

November 27, 2017 By Jane Green

It seems increasingly probable that a U.S. proxy—such as Israel or Saudi Arabia—could be the conduit for orchestrating a regional crisis involving Iran.

Unions band together to protect migrants from Trump deportation

November 27, 2017 By Mark Gruenberg

Five unions are banding together in a $1 million campaign to protect a group of black and brown migrants - refugees - whom Trump wants to kick out.