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Burns and Novick’s PBS series “The Vietnam War”: Cautionary viewing advised

October 2, 2017 By Tony Long

As a human story, it’s hard not to have sympathy for the majority of the people in this documentary, regardless of ideology.

This week in history: Little Rock Central High School integrated

September 25, 2017 By Special to People’s World

A group of nine African-American students, enrolled in Little Rock Central High School in 1957. Their enrollment was initially prevented by Arkansas Gov. Orval Faubus. Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower intervened with federal troops to accompany the...

“Trail of Tears Walk” commemorates Native Americans’ forced removal

September 21, 2017 By Albert Bender

It is estimated over 60,000 Native people were driven from their homes and the lands they had occupied for thousands of years. It was ethnic cleansing at its worst.

Lessons not learned: The Vietnamese experience in the Vietnam War

September 19, 2017 By Ben Sears

American authors have primarily viewed the war as part of the Cold War chess game, largely neglecting the experience of the Vietnamese people.

“Ossies,” former East Germans, compare socialist youth with life under capitalism

September 18, 2017 By John Wojcik

"We had an imperfect socialism but I believe we can do it better next time.”