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Ed Sadlowski – Remembrance of a life even bigger than the man

August 7, 2018 By Paul S. Kaczocha

Ed Sadlowski was a different leader, ahead in his time - opposing the war in Vietnam, tariffs and favoring a more democratic union.

This week in history: Nixon secures 1968 nomination, riot breaks out

August 6, 2018 By Special to People’s World

During the last two days of the convention, Black Americans protested militantly in nearby Liberty City.

August 1, 1917: The murder of Frank Little

August 1, 2018 By Gene Lantz

Within a month of Frank Little’s 1917 lynching at the hands of the copper bosses of Montana, the U.S. government launched the fiercest attack against the working class in our history.

Activist and Black Panther co-founder, Elbert ‘Big Man’ Howard, dies at 80

July 26, 2018 By Special to People’s World

He, along with Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton, was one of six people who founded the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense in Oakland in October 1966.

Artist Ben Shahn was moved by the Tom Mooney case

July 25, 2018 By Eric A. Gordon

Ben Shahn was moved in the early 1930s to paint a series of works based on the infamous Tom Mooney case. The Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) currently has a display of these works...