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Confederate statues are monuments to the ‘Lost Cause’ cult of white supremacy

July 23, 2020 By Judith Ezekiel

Confederate monuments are not memorials to fallen soldiers or to victims of war: They are intentional instruments in revisionist U.S. history pushing a sympathetic view of the Confederacy.

Angy Lebowitz, lifelong activist in the ‘good fight,’ to celebrate 100th birthday

July 20, 2020 By Special to People’s World

To commemorate the 100th birthday of lifelong People's World supporter Angy Lebowitz, we share interviews with her that first appeared in our pages in 1995 and 2006.

A personal remembrance of two civil rights giants

July 20, 2020 By Tim Wheeler

Two giants of the struggle for equality and human rights died this weekend, Rep. John Lewis and the Rev. C.T. Vivian, both lifelong fighters for voting rights.

Tributes pour in for civil rights icon John Lewis

July 20, 2020 By Mark Gruenberg

“We want our freedom and we want it now,” the young John Lewis said at the Great Civil Rights March in 1963.

Can romance transcend class? Hochschild’s ‘Rebel Cinderella’ in review

July 15, 2020 By Michael James

The personal story celebrates Rose Pastor Stokes, a young communist woman who could not be corrupted by wealth. The political story documents a reactionary America, belligerent with anti-communist hysteria.