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Steelworkers’ VP connects dots between 1937 massacre and today’s challenges
May 25, 2016Steelworkers and allies convened on Chicago's Southeast side to look back at the historic 1937 "Little Steel" strike.
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New book offers inside look at Soviet Communist Party discipline
May 19, 2016Being a member of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union wasn't just an honor; it required strict discipline and moral obligations.
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Eugene O’Neill’s “The Hairy Ape”: A shocking protest against capitalist barbarism
May 19, 2016It's a product of the post-World War I Expressionist school, with exaggerated characters, writ in bold strokes, often with harsh, mordant commentary.
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This week in LGBTQ history: Supreme Court decides on Colorado’s Amendment 2
May 16, 2016Twenty years ago, on May 20, 1996, a landmark victory was won at the United States Supreme Court in Romer v. Evans.
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NYU forum explores role of communists in Civil Rights Movement
May 13, 2016A public forum was held to uncover the buried history of communists' role in the Civil Rights Movement of the '50s and '60s
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