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From the People’s World archives: W.E.B. DuBois joins the Communist Party
February 23, 2021Editor’s Note: Dr. William E. Burghardt DuBois was born Feb. 23, 1868. Near the end of his life, in 1961, he applied for membership in the Communist Party USA. His letter, and the response from Gus...
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‘Faith in the Masses’: Communist Party history gives something to believe in
February 17, 2021This book of essays celebrating the CPUSA's 100 years is heartfelt, reverent at times, hyper-romantic at others, and decidedly not uncritical.
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‘Agent Sonya,’ a biography of intrepid antifa spy Ursula Kuczynski
February 16, 2021For a couple of decades in the 1930s and 1940s, she was among the USSR’s most important windows to the outside world.
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Black History Month is American History Month
February 12, 2021Black History Month is American History Month. It's too long for a hashtag. But what better way to honor the legacies of founding African American historians?
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On big lies and insurgencies: Comparing Capitol attacks
February 12, 2021TV and other media keep comparing the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to the British attack during the War of 1812, but there is an historical event that bears a better comparison.
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