history
Against fascism and war: The Communist Party USA’s third decade
August 19, 2019Was there truth to the allegation that Communists—both in the Soviet Union and around the world—had helped Hitler start World War II?
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IWO: Book traces workers’ efforts to insure themselves against capitalism’s failures
August 19, 2019The International Workers Order was an insurance company like none ever seen - a Communist-led mutual aid society to shield its members from capitalist evils.
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Poetry selections for the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre
August 16, 2019Percy Bysshe Shelley’s lifetime was defined by the French Revolution, the Napoleonic Wars, and severe political repression in England and elsewhere in Europe.
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Memories of a Jewish American red diaper baby
August 14, 2019Memories are powerful. Certainly they inform who we are, but they can be tricksters.
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Hong Kong protesters have their flags backward
August 14, 2019Whitewashing the crimes of colonial powers, to say nothing of waving their flag, demonstrates a profound ignorance of history.
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