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“Club Red”: Vacation, Soviet-style

December 19, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky

Koenker also paints a vivid, detailed picture of a government sincerely attempting to live up to its promise of "the good life" for its citizens.

Today in labor history: The human cost of mining

December 19, 2013 By Special to People’s World

On December 19, 1907, 239 workers died in a coal mine explosion. This same day in 1984, 27 workers at Wilberg Mine died in Orangeville, Utah.

Today in labor history: Operation PUSH founded

December 18, 2013 By Special to People’s World

Eventually the organization was able to expand into areas of social and political development for blacks in Chicago and across the nation.

Today in labor history: Wright brothers make first flight

December 17, 2013 By Special to People’s World

At 10:35 a.m. on this day in 1903, Orville Wright flew the Flyer over 120 feet of ground for 12 seconds.

“1913 Massacre”: Great movie about Michigan tragedy

December 16, 2013 By Bill Meyer

1913 Massacre is a touching documentary that revisits the tragic events that took place in the copper mining town of Calumet in the northern tip of Michigan on Christmas Eve 1913.