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Veterans Day sonnet: “Anthem for Doomed Youth”

November 10, 2014 By Wilfred Owen

What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?

Today in labor history: Socialist denied seat in Congress

November 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

On this day in 1919 Victor Berger, the first socialist elected to the U.S. Congress was denied his seat.

Detroit bankruptcy solved – for now: What about other cities?

November 10, 2014 By April Smith

Everyone is congratulating Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and his emergency manager, Kevyn Orr, for helping to craft a bankruptcy settlement in Detroit.

Mail-in, provisional ballots upset Calif. Republican “upset”

November 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Republicans badly wanted to win this historically red district, famous as the home for many retired military.

Seismic shift seen in Florida Cuban American vote

November 10, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Despite winning the gubernatorial race in Florida last week, exit polling shows that Gov. Rick Scott lost Cuban-Americans to his Democratic opponent, 50 to 46 percent.