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Today in labor history: IWW’s “Little Red Songbook” published
August 19, 2013The book included famous pro-worker songs like "The Internationale" and "Solidarity Forever."
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Today in labor history: Paul Robeson loses passport appeal
August 16, 2013On August 16, 1955, internationally known actor, singer and activist Paul Robeson lost his court appeal to force the U.S. State Department to grant him a passport.
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Egyptian unions in throes of democracy fight
August 16, 2013The Egyptian army arrested and temporarily detained two Egyptian steel union leaders in Suez, Egypt, two days before its violent crackdown on supporters of ousted Islamist President Mohammed Morsi, seven Egyptian unions and a human rights...
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Gulf of Mexico dead zones are part of climate disaster web
August 16, 2013An oxygen-devouring algae bloom that is causing a 5,840 square-mile dead zone - and growing - in the Gulf of Mexico is part of the tightly woven web of climate change disasters.
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Petition: Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr, please quit!
August 16, 2013An online petition, supported by the Detroit branch of the NAACP, is calling on Kevyn Orr to resign for "vile and callous"comments.
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