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Today in labor history: Power blackout saps Northeast
August 14, 2013On this day in 2003, the Northeast of the United States and Canada experienced a massive blackout, which affected 50 million people.
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Today in labor history: Seattle Post-Intelligencer strike takes place
August 13, 2013The Post-Intelligencer is owned by the Hearst Corporation, which, at the time, was notorious for anti-unionism and anti-communism.
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Berlin still hopes for an end to all war
August 12, 2013The hot, seemingly untroubled vacation days in Germany have been disturbed by two abbreviations, NSU and NSA.
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Today in labor history: Mexican leader Emilano Zapata born
August 8, 2013Zapata headed the land reform struggles of Mexican farmers and was a leader of the Mexican revolution.
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“Conduct of Saints”: conscience, crime, and Catholics in post-Nazi Rome
August 8, 2013Emanating from a small publishing house, this novel likely has no five- or six-figure advertising budget, and may escape notice. Make sure your local library gets it.
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