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The difference between socialism and reformism

August 20, 2018 By Rick Nagin

“Capitalism cannot reform itself; it is doomed to self-destruction. No universal selfishness can bring good to all."

Communists need not apply

August 17, 2018 By C.J. Atkins

Rooting out employees who are members of the Communist Party was unconstitutional during the Cold War. It still is.

Aretha Franklin: Her legacy in music and social justice lives on

August 16, 2018 By Special to People’s World

Franklin’s activism went beyond the lyrics of her songs, as she used her platform to help many social justice campaigns.

This week in history: Lefties of the world, unite!

August 13, 2018 By Special to People’s World

There is still a long way to go before “right-handed chauvinism” becomes universally understood.

Nuclear abolition: Protesters confront Livermore Lab on Hiroshima anniversary

August 10, 2018 By Marilyn Bechtel

Nobuaki Hanaoka was an infant in Nagasaki in August 1945 when the U.S. dropped a nuclear bomb. He recalled how, when he was a child, "death came down with the rain.”