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Saga of 1930s Alabama Communists has lessons for today
August 26, 2019Activists today need to understand that they are building on a long and powerful heritage of working-class and anti-racist organization and struggle in this country.
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Canadian author Stephen Gowans’s fresh view of Korea’s struggle for freedom
August 22, 2019For those wanting to learn about modern Korean history, Stephen Gowans’s Patriots, Traitors and Empires: The Story of Korea’s Struggle for Freedom is highly recommended.
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1619 anniversary: Black freedom struggle made U.S. more democratic for all
August 21, 2019Blacks suffered under slavery for 250 years, and brutal racial apartheid for a century more. We have been legally free for just 50.
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Review: Russian revolution revered as trailblazing event in the developing world
August 20, 2019"Like a brilliant sun, the [1917] October [Bolshevik] Revolution shone over all five continents, awakening millions of oppressed and exploited people around the world."
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Ben Riskin, the Communist behind “portal-to-portal” pay
August 20, 2019He fought to win workers pay for the time it takes them to get to and from their job, but corporate-controlled Congressmen took it away.
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