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Today in labor history: School children strike in Wales

September 5, 2013 By Special to People’s World

During August and September of 1911 there were strikes by schoolchildren in at least 62 towns and cities, showing the huge impact the rail strike had within working-class communities.

Public opposition could be key in Congress Syria vote

September 5, 2013 By Susan Webb

Polls show substantial public opposition to a military strike on Syria, even "limited" strikes to deter chemical weapons use.

End of prisoners’ hunger strike marks new phase in struggle

September 5, 2013 By Marilyn Bechtel

In a dramatic announcement Sept. 5, leaders of the nine-week-long hunger strike by California prison inmates said they are suspending their strike.

Fight for 15 marchers rally in “right-to-work” Texas

September 5, 2013 By Texas Media Collective And Kelly Sinclair

AUSTIN, Texas - Despite temperatures pushing the century mark, striking fast-food workers and their supporters rallied for fair wages in the capital of this so-called "right-to-work" state on Aug. 29.

March on Washington’s powerful lessons for the environmental movement

September 4, 2013 By Marc Brodine

Like the civil rights movement of the 1950s and '60s, the environmental movement has both moral and practical aspects. It needs a strategy that unites both inside and outside struggles and goals.