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Targeted Ukrainian Communist cites right-wing terror, democratic collapse
June 9, 2014The leader of the Ukrainian Communist Party, Petro Symonenko, was the target of a murder attempt by far-right militiamen on 16th May in Kiev.
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UAW convention elects Williams to succeed King
June 9, 2014United Auto Workers convention delegates overwhelmingly elected Secretary-Treasurer Dennis Williams to succeed retiring union President Bob King.
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Today in labor history: Joe McCarthy’s reign of terror comes to dramatic end
June 9, 2014Senator McCarthy experienced a meteoric rise to fame and power in the U.S. Senate when he charged that "hundreds" of "known communists" were in the Department of State.
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Gray wolf gets endangered species protection in California
June 6, 2014This is the first time the state has stepped into the issue over the species, which is losing protection and being killed in several states.
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Today in labor history: Lansing general strike
June 6, 2014On June 6, 1937. more than 12,000 members of the United Auto Workers, their families and supporters living in Lansing, Michigan, shut down the city.
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