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At MLK conference, unionist tells how she had to duck to avoid bullets
01/11/2025

At MLK conference, unionist tells how she had to duck to avoid bullets

AUSTIN, Texas—Shae Parker once had to fall to the floor of the Waffle House she worked at in Columbia, S.C.., “to avoid a bullet” late at night. She dislocated her shoulder. The company tried to prevent her from talking about it there.

Despite Biden Labor Secretary Su's key role, ILA president credits Trump. In an example of how "go along to get along" i...
01/10/2025

Despite Biden Labor Secretary Su's key role, ILA president credits Trump. In an example of how "go along to get along" is problematic, union leaders falsely give credit for big wage increases to Trump.

NORTH BERGEN. N.J. —Despite the key role by Acting Biden Labor Secretary Julie Su, International Longshoremen’s Association leaders wrongly rewarded Republican President-Elect Donald Trump with “full credit” that led East and Gulf Coast port owners to agree to a six-year master contract cove...

Starbucks strike solidarity comes to a small town in Pennsylvania. 24-hour coffee strike hits Lancaster.
01/10/2025

Starbucks strike solidarity comes to a small town in Pennsylvania. 24-hour coffee strike hits Lancaster.

LANCASTER, Penn.—In sub-freezing weather, Mennonites pass by in horse and buggy while a sign on the local Starbucks door reads, “Don’t Iron While the Strike is Hot.

Zuckerberg ditches fact-checking and appeals to MAGA to further his tech monopoly. In other words, Facebook still doesn'...
01/10/2025

Zuckerberg ditches fact-checking and appeals to MAGA to further his tech monopoly. In other words, Facebook still doesn't care about you and is once again choosing profits over people.

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg released a video this week announcing that all of his company’s platforms (Facebook, Instagram, Threads, etc.) will do away with their fact-checking programs.

The climate crisis is worsening at an alarming rate. Extreme weather events, prolonged droughts, massive wildfires, inte...
01/10/2025

The climate crisis is worsening at an alarming rate. Extreme weather events, prolonged droughts, massive wildfires, intense hurricanes, and the rapid melting of permafrost and glaciers are all occurring more frequently.

LOS ANGELES—Apocalyptic scenes have unfolded with multiple fires scorching the greater Los Angeles County area. They have so far left thousands of acres burned and over a thousand structures destroyed—including schools, libraries, homes, shelters, and grocery stores—with at least five people d...

Sally Rooney's 'Intermezzo' marks a fictional turn toward a private comfort zone
01/10/2025

Sally Rooney's 'Intermezzo' marks a fictional turn toward a private comfort zone

In her latest, fourth novel, Intermezzo, Sally Rooney continues her exploration of intimate relationships, albeit with a shift away from the clear political critique that characterized her earlier works.

After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO. The result is a larger, more united labor movement ...
01/09/2025

After almost 20 years of division, Service Employees rejoin AFL-CIO. The result is a larger, more united labor movement before Trump takes over with his anti-union agenda.

WASHINGTON—After almost 20 years officially on the outside, the gigantic Service Employees are formally bringing their two million members back into the AFL-CIO.

N.C. Supreme Court tries stealing election to add another MAGA Republican to its ranks. Blocking Justice Allison Riggs' ...
01/09/2025

N.C. Supreme Court tries stealing election to add another MAGA Republican to its ranks. Blocking Justice Allison Riggs' re-election is latest attempt to lawlessly impose one-party rule.

The MAGA-dominated North Carolina Supreme Court Republican party has sparked a major constitutional crisis by blocking the certification of Justice Allison Riggs' Nov. 5 re-election victory in a highly contested race for a seat on the Court.

Petro government in Colombia confronts lawfare, Alvaro Uribe's return, and U.S. intervention
01/09/2025

Petro government in Colombia confronts lawfare, Alvaro Uribe's return, and U.S. intervention

President Gustavo Petro’s Historic Pact government, in power since 2022, is a first in Colombia’s history. No other party ever aspired to serve all Colombians.

Amazon Teamsters push for contract on Staten Island, New York. Among their actions was a midnight strike launched back i...
01/09/2025

Amazon Teamsters push for contract on Staten Island, New York. Among their actions was a midnight strike launched back in December.

STATEN ISLAND, New York— The Amazon Labor Union Teamsters of ALU-IBT Local 1 launched a midnight strike at the JFK8 warehouse on Staten Island back on December 21. It was one of many parts of a first-ever nationwide strike on U.S.

At International Human Rights Day event, activists expose U.S. hypocrisy
01/09/2025

At International Human Rights Day event, activists expose U.S. hypocrisy

WASHINGTON—The United Nations General Assembly in 1950 established Dec. 10 as Human Rights Day. On that date two years earlier, in 1948, the General Assembly had adopted and proclaimed the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

Firefighters battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires as winds calm somewhat
01/09/2025

Firefighters battle devastating Los Angeles wildfires as winds calm somewhat

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Firefighters began to make progress battling the deadly and devastating fires in the Los Angeles area early Thursday, especially because the ferocious winds that have been driving the fast-moving flames are expected to slow down.

The Dark Ages are here again
01/09/2025

The Dark Ages are here again

“We got married in a fever, hotter than a pepper sprout.” That sentiment from a Lee Hazelwood/Nancy Sinatra song sums up how I wrote the latest Harry Palmer L.A.

Teaching in the Trump era: The classroom as a site of struggle. With a second Trump term looming, teachers from around t...
01/08/2025

Teaching in the Trump era: The classroom as a site of struggle. With a second Trump term looming, teachers from around the country discuss their major concerns.

“Education either functions as an instrument which is used to facilitate integration of the younger generation into the logic of the present system and bring about conformity, or it becomes the practice of freedom, the means by which men and women deal critically and creatively with reality and di...

For college sports players, it's first the cash and now the union. After winning a big money settlement, they want to ta...
01/08/2025

For college sports players, it's first the cash and now the union. After winning a big money settlement, they want to take things further by organizing a union.

SAN FRANCISCO—College athletes shorted for years by their universities and the NCAA are taking the next step beyond the $2.78 billion settlement they won in federal court in San Francisco this past October. Now, they’re considering unionizing.

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an anti-imperialist thinker for all time. There's still a goldmine of bounty left in Mark Twa...
01/08/2025

Mark Twain (1835-1910) was an anti-imperialist thinker for all time. There's still a goldmine of bounty left in Mark Twain's collective work to educate, entertain, and embolden readers for untold centuries to come.

Well, we just missed his birthday, but what the hell. Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens on November 30, 1835, Mark Twain is a universal genius both for the value of his literary work and for his articles and thoughts, in which his humor and combat are unsurpassed.

MUSIC HISTORY: Purists booed 'Electric' Bob Dylan, but Mike Gold loved him in People's World
01/08/2025

MUSIC HISTORY: Purists booed 'Electric' Bob Dylan, but Mike Gold loved him in People's World

I am not a music expert, but I’m kind of an expert on Mike Gold, so I got a kick out of the new Bob Dylan biopic, A Complete Unknown. The film opens in 1961 with a (fictional) historical hand-off involving Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and Dylan in Guthrie’s room at Greystone Park Hospital.

Federal circuit court tosses added payments to illegally fired Starbucks workers
01/08/2025

Federal circuit court tosses added payments to illegally fired Starbucks workers

PHILADELPHIA —In a setback for the National Labor Relations Board, particularly for making illegally fired workers whole, the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals tossed out added payments the board OK'd for Starbucks workers financially harmed by company labor law-breaking.

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People's World in conversation with Layana Khoury of Al-Ittihad
People's World in conversation with Layana Khoury of Al-Ittihad

Join us as we sit down with Layana Khoury, an editor from Al-Ittihad (the Union), the Communist Party of Israel's Arabic-language newspaper - the most widely read Arabic language Marxist daily in the world - to discuss resisting genocide & occupation from inside Israel. Along with its sister publication, the Hebrew-language Zo Haderekh (This is the Way), Al-Ittihad is operating under the most difficult and repressive conditions. They face constant political attacks from the Netanyahu government and the military censorship of the IDF as they attempt to report from the frontlines of the war in Gaza, build resistance to the occupation, and shine a spotlight on the peace movement inside Israel. ------------------------------------------------- People's World takes sides. Yours. SUPPORT OUR WORKING CLASS PRESS ○ Like ○ Subscribe ○ Share ○ »» peoplesworld.org/donate ««

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Join us as we celebrate 100 years of People's World taking your side at the 32nd CPUSA National Convention.

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