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Tiananmen Square 1989: People’s World on the scene
June 3, 2019People's World correspondent Carl Bloice wrote in 1989: "For the authorities, it was never a case of handling a revolt, for there was none."
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‘Fire on the Mountain’: John Brown’s story lies a-mouldering on the page
May 31, 2019John Brown is one of American history’s most fascinating characters.
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Salt of the Earth: The revolutionary life of Anita Torrez
May 30, 2019“When did you join the Communist Party USA?” I asked. “I can’t quite remember…we just kept going to meeting after meeting, and before I knew it, we had joined,” she replied, laughing.
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Declassified Cold War nuclear plans: U.S. would have blown up half the world
May 30, 2019The Soviet Union, China, and Eastern Europe would have been wiped from the map, with the rest of the world trapped in nuclear winter.
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Real history: Memorial Day was born in struggle against the Klan
May 24, 2019The day people place flowers on the graves of fallen veterans was founded by the enemies of the Ku Klux Klan.
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