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June 2, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Turning point: Trump threatens military rule, turns country toward fascism

Turning point: Trump threatens military rule, turns country toward fascism By C.J. Atkins Was he declaring martial law, or was he not? The vagueness of Trump’s “law and order” speech Monday night was calculated to give the appearance of getting toug…
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June 2, 2020 at 3:02 AM

Nationwide uprising against racist police violence

Nationwide uprising against racist police violence By People's World Editorial Board Up to 50 million jobless and 100,000 people dead—those are the backdrops to what has become a national uprising against police violence targeting Black people in Am…
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May 30, 2020 at 11:01 AM

'When the looting starts, the shooting starts': Trump revives segregationist war cry

‘When the looting starts, the shooting starts’: Trump revives segregationist war cry By C.J. Atkins On the day following George Floyd’s lynching by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, President Donald Trump announced an FBI investigation …
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May 29, 2020 at 11:07 PM

Dem lawmakers join Biden slamming Trump for not protecting workers

Dem lawmakers join Biden slamming Trump for not protecting workers By: Mark Gruenberg Everyone from Joe Biden to Democratic lawmakers to unions are condemning OSHA for failing to enforce worker safety rules. Read…
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May 28, 2020 at 10:29 PM

Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage?

Trump declares COVID-19 vaccine war, but can he hold the world hostage? By: Prabir Purkayastha Donald Trump launched a new vaccine war last week, but not against the virus. It was against the world. Read More » …
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May 28, 2020 at 12:00 AM

'I can't breathe!': Minneapolis erupts in protest after murder of George Floyd

‘I can’t breathe!’: Minneapolis erupts in protest after murder of George Floyd By: Chauncey K. Robinson Civil unrest and outrage have overtaken the city of Minneapolis as a community seeks retribution for the death…
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May 27, 2020 at 11:01 PM

100,000 dead – The cost of Trump's failed COVID response

100,000 dead – The cost of Trump’s failed COVID response By People's World Editorial Board If the total number of COVID-19 deaths in the United States has not yet surpassed 100,000 when you are reading this, tragically, it soon will. In the space of…
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May 26, 2020 at 10:50 PM

Neoliberal solutions won't save us from this pandemic

Neoliberal solutions won’t save us from this pandemic By Joe Sims A lot of hope—and rightly so—is being placed in what a post-Trump country and world might look like. And yes, almost anything would be better. (As a popular lawn sign reads, “2020: An…
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May 26, 2020 at 11:01 AM

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre By Fred Gaboury South Chicago, Memorial Day 1937: Mollie West was there with a group of high school seniors. Curtis Strong was there for the hell of it. Aaron Cohen was there because of…
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May 23, 2020 at 11:02 AM

'Save the News' – Local journalists resist media monopolies

‘Save the News’ – Local journalists resist media monopolies By Al Neal “Extra, extra! Read all about it!” This iconic, almost timeless callout was typically accompanied by the sight of a ramshackle newsstand providing, sometimes but not always, the …
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May 22, 2020 at 12:56 AM

Using 'economic recovery' excuse, Trump trashes all federal rules and regulations

Using ‘economic recovery’ excuse, Trump trashes all federal rules and regulations By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Catering to corporate chieftains and right-wing ideologues, GOP President Donald Trump ordered all federal departments and agencies, large…
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May 20, 2020 at 10:30 PM

'Anti-lockdown protesters' are nothing but strikebreakers

‘Anti-lockdown protesters’ are nothing but strikebreakers By Bruce Bostick In the middle of this deadly COVID-19 pandemic, which has already cost our nation over 90,000 lives, we’ve seen the spectacle of crowds of heavily armed racist white men dema…
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May 20, 2020 at 8:49 PM

Bending PPE rules spells death for health care workers and families

Bending PPE rules spells death for health care workers and families By Roberta Wood CHICAGO—If he could have worn a fresh N95 mask for every procedure as mandated by the Centers for Disease Control, would surgical technologist Juan Martínez be alive…
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May 19, 2020 at 8:13 PM

Trump deportation frenzy threatens the lives of thousands

Trump deportation frenzy threatens the lives of thousands By Emile Schepers The hostility of President Donald Trump and his entourage toward immigrants from the poorer countries of Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean has long been notorio…
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May 18, 2020 at 8:03 PM

Biden, Sanders form task force to unite party on progressive agenda

Biden, Sanders form task force to unite party on progressive agenda By John Wojcik Former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders have established a task force to unite the Democratic Party on a progressive agenda. The action reflects the u…
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May 14, 2020 at 9:55 PM

The Congressional Progressive Caucus wants guaranteed income in stimulus bill

The Congressional Progressive Caucus wants guaranteed income in stimulus bill By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Upset by what was left out of the House Democrats’ $3 trillion economic stimulus bill – notably guaranteed payments to every worker, jobless o…
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May 13, 2020 at 10:53 PM

Democrats' $3 trillion stimulus includes hazard pay, PPE; Republicans say no

Democrats’ $3 trillion stimulus includes hazard pay, PPE; Republicans say no By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—House Democrats released a new $3 trillion stimulus bill on May 12, designed to cope with the continuing economic collapse that coronavirus-cau…
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May 13, 2020 at 3:06 AM

COVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada zero. Why?

COVID-19 deaths among nurses: U.S. 91, Canada zero. Why? By Mark Gruenberg OAKLAND, Calif.—There’s a yawning gap between the number of U.S. nurses the viral pandemic has killed so far in the U.S. and the number of Canadian nurses killed. The count a…
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May 12, 2020 at 4:20 AM

Class conflict rages in the fight over next stimulus bill

Class conflict rages in the fight over next stimulus bill By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Call it class conflict: The fight over the next economic stimulus bill will pit the representatives of the rich against the representatives of the rest of us. And…
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May 8, 2020 at 11:15 PM

The stock market is not the economy

The stock market is not the economy By C.J. Atkins For years, Trump has been telling us that when the stock market soars, the economy booms for us all. Whenever the Dow Jones or the S&P 500 hit a new high, we’ve been expected to clap and cheer f…
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May 8, 2020 at 11:01 PM

Final days of the war against fascism-from the Daily Worker archives

Final days of the war against fascism—from the Daily Worker archives By People's World 75 years after the defeat of Hitler and the fall of fascism in Europe, we present highlights from those historic days as they were covered in the pages of the Dai…
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May 7, 2020 at 9:00 PM

Amazon workers on May Day: Protect us from this virus

Amazon workers on May Day: Protect us from this virus By: David Bacon They called it Essential Workers Day, a good name for May Day this year in recognition of their work during the pandemic. Read More »   …
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May 7, 2020 at 7:23 PM

Long live death: Trump sidelines task force, says open economy

Long live death: Trump sidelines task force, says open economy By C.J. Atkins “There will be more death,” President Donald Trump said yesterday, less than 24 hours after a leaked CDC document showed new government models projecting the possibility o…
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May 6, 2020 at 3:06 AM

Leaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1

Leaked CDC report projects 200,000 infections per day by June 1 By John Wojcik and C.J. Atkins The Trump administration, despite urging a re-opening of the economy, is sitting on its own projections that the daily death toll from COVID-19 will nearl…
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May 5, 2020 at 5:01 PM

Hunger stalks the land: Parents skipping meals to feed their kids

Hunger stalks the land: Parents skipping meals to feed their kids By Ellen Knickmeyer and Jacquelyn Martin WASHINGTON (AP)—When all this started—when the coronavirus began stalking humanity like an animal hunting prey, when she and her husband lost …
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April 30, 2020 at 8:04 PM

May Day strike at Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, Whole Foods!

May Day strike at Amazon, Walmart, FedEx, Target, Instacart, Whole Foods! By Mark Gruenberg Dangerous pandemic-caused working conditions at warehouses, in the “gig economy,” and at big box stores are forcing tens of thousands of workers at six large…
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April 30, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Dance in solidarity and hope on May Day!

DANCE IN SOLIDARITY AND HOPE ON MAY DAY! - DANCE IN SOLIDARITY AND HOPE ON MAY DAY!   The Communist Party USA, The Worker's Education Society and People's World invite you to join us virtually on Friday, May 1st, 2020 for a May Day online cele…
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April 29, 2020 at 11:38 PM

Trump orders workers back into dangerous meat plants

Trump orders workers back into dangerous meat plants By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—The union that represents huge numbers of the nation’s beef, poultry and pork processing plant workers is demanding that the GOP Trump administration ensure those work…
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April 28, 2020 at 9:19 PM

As coronavirus still rages, debate over post-virus future heats up

As coronavirus still rages, debate over post-virus future heats up By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Even as the coronavirus pandemic still rages through the U.S., the debate over the shape of society and the economy, post-virus, is heating up. On one si…
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April 27, 2020 at 11:08 PM

No thanks to your thanks, just give us safety at work

No thanks to your thanks, just give us safety at work By Molly Parsons Everywhere, our leaders are talking about “The Great Rebuild” that is to come, while failing to address the critical issues essential workers face today. We are sick and dying NO…
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April 25, 2020 at 10:06 PM

Two million People's World readers say: You're essential to our lives

Two million People's World readers say: You're essential to our lives - Dear John,   As you know, People’s World is offering unique daily coverage of this unprecedented global public health and economic crisis. That is why our readership, whic…
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April 24, 2020 at 4:26 PM

Sioux Falls Smithfield disaster reflects ongoing national battle

Sioux Falls Smithfield disaster reflects ongoing national battle By John Wojcik SIOUX FALLS, S.D.—Just two days after the coronavirus took the life of a second worker at the Smithfield plant here, the town council on Tuesday unanimously voted to kil…
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April 24, 2020 at 4:18 PM

Is it time to think about Unemployed Councils?

Is it time to think about Unemployed Councils? By Bruce Bostick Unemployed Councils cropped up across the country in the 1930s during the Great Depression and again in the 1980s after the mass layoffs in the steel industry. I was a part of the effor…
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April 22, 2020 at 9:41 PM

Nurses read names of 50 dead colleagues at White House protest

Nurses read names of 50 dead colleagues at White House protest By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—More than a dozen nurses, clothed in their scrubs and wearing N95 anti-viral masks, marched to the White House on the morning of April 21 and read the names …
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April 22, 2020 at 10:01 AM

Lenin's legacy at 150: Working class leadership in the fight for democracy

Lenin’s legacy at 150: Working class leadership in the fight for democracy By Joe Sims Lenin walks around the world. . . The sun sets like a scar, Between the darkness and the dawn, There rises a red star. —Langston Hughes The world is a better …
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April 22, 2020 at 12:01 AM

Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals

Fake Facebook pages used to push protests at state capitals By: John Wojcik The Facebook groups, which have hundreds of thousands of members, are being used to organize “spontaneous” demonstrations. Read More » …
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April 21, 2020 at 11:43 PM

Stay-At-Home organizing: Voters hear candidates at "virtual house parties"

Stay-At-Home organizing: Voters hear candidates at “virtual house parties” By Tim Wheeler SEQUIM, Wash.—Confined to their homes by COVID-19, Olympic Peninsula voters were able to hear—and see—two candidates for the Sixth Congressional District of Wa…
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April 20, 2020 at 11:53 PM

Progressive lawmakers push people first in coronavirus relief

Progressive lawmakers push people first in coronavirus relief By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—With events moving quickly towards yet another economic stimulus bill hitting Capitol Hill, progressive lawmakers and groups have banded together and are lobb…
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April 18, 2020 at 2:01 PM

Ultra-rich benefit from big tax cut hidden in coronavirus stimulus law

Ultra-rich benefit from big tax cut hidden in coronavirus stimulus law By Mark Gruenberg WASHINGTON—Oink. That’s the sound the ultra-rich—especially real estate moguls—made as they slurp from the taxpayers’ trough, courtesy of a multi-billion dollar…
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April 18, 2020 at 12:02 AM

"More people will die": Uber and Lyft drivers demand companies protect workers

“More people will die”: Uber and Lyft drivers demand companies protect workers By Chauncey K. Robinson LOS ANGELES—As COVID-19 continues to claim more lives in the United States, app-based rideshare and delivery drivers organizing with Mobile Worker…
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April 17, 2020 at 9:20 PM

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak

S.D. Gov. Noem has blood on her hands after Smithfield outbreak By: John Wojcik Refusing to issue a stay-at-home order after 700 infections at a Smithfield meat plant spread like wildfire into Sioux Falls, she says…
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April 16, 2020 at 8:38 PM

Pelosi: Trump inaction on pandemic produced "unnecessary deaths and economic disaster"

Pelosi: Trump inaction on pandemic produced “unnecessary deaths and economic disaster” By: Mark Gruenberg The future will be healthy and prosperous “only if we no longer tolerate lies and deceit." Read More » …
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April 15, 2020 at 6:13 PM

Obama, Sanders and Warren back Biden, while Trump allows banks to seize your stimulus check

Obama, Sanders and Warren back Biden: “Lives and democracy at stake” By: Mark Gruenberg They warn that Trump re-election would endanger lives and threaten democracy as it does irreparable harm to the livelihoods of…
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April 14, 2020 at 10:10 PM

CULTURE: Pandemic movies, drug scandals, American fascists, and more

Sickness and the cure: The great pandemic films, and the greatest By Michael Berkowitz With the onslaught of the coronavirus, viewers and reviewers have flocked to their screens to look back at popular pandemic films. The best of them, like Contagion, O…
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April 14, 2020 at 4:22 PM

Three New York City transit workers dying every day of coronavirus

Three New York City transit workers dying every day of coronavirus By Gary Bono NEW YORK – This city’s bus and subway workers are dying at a faster rate than their counterparts anywhere across the country. The shocking death rate among the employees…
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April 13, 2020 at 10:30 PM

FYI: The fight to protect the U.S. Postal Service during the pandemic

Unions back U.S. Postal Service’s $75B pandemic appeal, oppose right-wing privatization plans By: Mark Gruenberg Trump's right-wing backers want to privatize the agency and rip up USPS’s collective bargaining agree…
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April 13, 2020 at 9:06 PM

Trump, pushing for May 1 "re-opening," attacks Dr. Fauci

Trump, pushing for May 1 “re-opening,” attacks Dr. Fauci By John Wojcik President Donald Trump warned the nation’s governors this weekend that they had better “get their act together” and make arrangements for the testing and just about everything e…
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April 10, 2020 at 6:43 PM

Coronavirus threatens to spread 'like wildfire' through U.S. prisons

Coronavirus threatens to spread ‘like wildfire’ through U.S. prisons By John Bachtell “It’s fixin’ to be a mass grave site in these prisons,” said a terrified prisoner in an Alabama state prison. “Once (coronavirus) is in it will spread like wildfir…
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April 9, 2020 at 5:31 PM

The coronavirus impact on African Americans

Congressional Black Caucus tackles outsized coronavirus impact on African Americans By Mark Gruenberg CHICAGO—One of every seven Illinoisans is an African-American. One of every three Chicagoans is an African-American. And 72% of the deaths in the W…
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April 9, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Medicare for All – If not now, when?

Medicare for All – If not now, when? By John Wojcik What passes for a health care system in America is an incredibly expensive and complicated proposition that has never really worked. Many millions continue to be, as they always have been, uncovere…