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Political jailings, killings mount in Colombia

January 15, 2014 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

Already assassins had killed activist rapper Gerson Martínez, community leader Giovanny Leiton, Leiton's life partner, and unionist Ever Luis Marin Rolong.

Unions gear up for new fast track fight

January 15, 2014 By Mark Gruenberg

Unions are gearing up for yet another fight over so-called "fast track," also known as trade promotion authority.

Today in labor history: Martin Luther King, Jr. born

January 15, 2014 By Special to People’s World

In a 1965 speech, King stated, "The labor movement was the principal force that transformed misery and despair into hope and progress."

New left-wing party forms in Mexico

January 15, 2014 By Tim Pelzer

A new left-wing party led by former presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will soon appear on the ballot in Mexico.

W. Va. spill occurred after repeated lack of oversight

January 14, 2014 By Blake Skylar

This month is a bitter anniversary for Charleston: Three years ago, experts with the U.S. Chemical Safety Board urged the state to create a new program to prevent toxic chemical spills