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“Death Blow to Jim Crow” comes highly recommended

July 15, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

At its peak, the National Negro Congress (NNC) included over 3,000 civic, religious, fraternal, labor and community organizations representing millions people.

Reflections on the Communist Party convention

July 10, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

Recently the CPUSA held its 30th National Convention in Chicago. It was an impressive event showcasing the party's depth of work throughout the movements for justice.

Every day, somebody new is raising hell

July 8, 2014 By Sam Webb

"One day it's the Dreamers, the next day it's Walmart moms and fast food workers, and then the Moral Monday movement the day after that."

Today in labor history: Organizer Ella Reeve “Mother” Bloor born

July 8, 2014 By Special to People’s World

Bloor investigated child labor in glass factories and mines, and worked undercover in meat packing plants to verify for federal investigators the nightmarish working conditions

A largely forgotten tale: Communist Party’s role in the South

June 24, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky

The Unemployed People's Movement: Leftists, Liberals, and Labor in Georgia, 1929-1941 challenges the notion that Southern white workers were incapable of action with African Americans.