history
Erwin Marquit, 89: a lifelong communist
April 9, 2015Marquit was in the audience listening at the 30th Convention of the CPUSA when John Bachtell paid tribute to Party members who had died since the previous convention.
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Today in history: The Civil War ends
April 9, 2015The death toll is estimated at perhaps as many as 750,000, out of a total U.S. population of only 30 million at the time.
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Strange convergence: Billie Holiday and Ethel Rosenberg at 100
April 7, 2015They were each born into poverty six months and a hundred miles apart.
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Today in environmental history: Bill McKibben steps it up with 350.org
April 7, 2015This is the science of climate change. It is no longer up for debate.
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Today in history: Feminist labor organizer Rose Schneiderman is born
April 6, 2015A fiery labor orator, feminist and socialist, she served as president of the Women's Trade Union League.
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