Opinion – Page 109 – People's World

Pete Seeger and the revolutionary power of song

January 29, 2014 By PW Editorial

The world is mourning the death of Pete Seeger, the lanky folksinger with a banjo, who proved in his 94 years the awesome power of song as a force for revolutionary change.

Carter Camp, warrior for Native rights, dies at 72

January 22, 2014 By Albert Bender

After decades of struggle, Camp died Dec. 27, 2013 on tribal land in White Eagle, Okla. He was 72.

Going postal: when tragedy becomes a business

January 17, 2014 By John Dick

"I was doing my usual daily routine, putting the letters into their slots so they would be in order for delivery that day; then I hear it: Pop Pop Pop!"

Amiri Baraka: 1934 – 2014

January 16, 2014 By Special to People’s World

"He did for the English syntax what Monk did with the chord. He was an original."

Snowden and our civil liberties

January 13, 2014 By PW Editorial

We add our voice to the many calling for clemency for Edward Snowden, the whistle-blower who exposed the National Security Agency's massive domestic spying program.