Philadelphia Despite broad public opposition, on Jan. 22 National Park Service (NPS) workers carried out orders from President Donald Trump to remove over a dozen display panels about the history of enslavement in the U.S. Panel at the President’s House depicts George Washington’s signing of the infamous 1793 Fugitive Slave . . .
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The following article was first posted on Feb. 22, 2017, at workers.org/2017/02/29839. W.E.B. Du Bois’ “Black Reconstruction in America: An Essay Toward a History of the Part Which Black Folk Played in the Attempt to Reconstruct Democracy in America, 1860-1880” is part of the effort that Black History Month engages . . .
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Oakland, California A few blocks away from the Martin Luther King Jr. Day events on Jan. 19 here in Oakland, California, people gathered at OakStop to hear the authors of a new book about the League of Revolutionary Black Workers (LRBW) and the Dodge Revolutionary Union Movement (DRUM), labor organizations . . .
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Nurses fight back! As the New York City nurses’ strike enters its third week, the strength and morale of the 15,000 New York State Nurses Association (NYSNA) members is high. Hospital executives have returned to the bargaining table and some progress is reported. The nurses have wide community support; notables . . .
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