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Barbara T Russum
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Trump rallies burger bosses to battle minimum wage hikes
WASHINGTON—President Donald Trump is warning the nation’s low-paying capitalist class that “you’re going to have to fight” increases in the federal minimum wage.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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40,000 University of California hospital system workers in two-day strike
SAN DIEGO—As 40,000 AFSCME Local 3299 workers throughout the ten-campus University of California system launched a two-day strike on Nov. 17, two Communist Party members—Alvin, an AFSCME-represented e...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Workers force BlueOval retreat, paving way for UAW certification
GLENDALE, Ky.—In the battle between the United Auto Workers (UAW) and the forces of corporate greed and union-busting, BlueOval SK (BOSK) has been forced to withdraw all of its objections to the union...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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U.S. intervention in upcoming Honduras election a major concern
Elections taking place Nov. 30 in Honduras will decide the country’s next president and make-up of the national assembly. Current President Xiomara Castro of the democratic socialist Party of Liberty ...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Condé Nast bends under Trump, decimates Teen Vogue staff
NEW YORK—Count Condé Nast Publications as the latest big media firm to apparently bend under political pressure from the Trump administration to seemingly silence voices that are politically critical ...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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The truth about the civil war in Sudan
The current Sudanese war began on April 15, 2023. The forces of the RSF (Rapid Support Forces), led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (also known as Hamedti), split from the Sudanese Armed Forces, led by Abdul...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Communist Jeannette Jara first in Chile’s presidential election, heads to run-off
Chilean voters cast their ballots for president on Sunday, putting Communist Jeannette Jara in first place with 27% in a multi-candidate race. She beat out the country’s most infamous fascist son, Jos...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:27 PM
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Illinois debate on workers’ issues shows 2026 campaign is already underway
CHICAGO—The 2025 election has been over for less than two weeks, but the 2026 political campaign for the midterm elections is already underway in earnest. Don’t believe us? Well, welcome to Chicago, w...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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GOP Senate Labor panel Chair Cassidy unveils right-wing labor law
WASHINGTON—Call this a right-wing “wish list” of changes, but Senate Labor Committee Chairman Bill Cassidy, R-La., unveiled a GOP package of labor law “reforms” that is a corporate lobbyist’s dream—an...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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CPUSA calls for ‘peace movement of a new type’
NEW YORK—The Communist Party USA held a unique conference Nov. 8 to strategize about how to begin building what is literally an entirely new kind of peace movement in the United States.
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November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
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TELL CONGRESS: Vote NOW for healthcare affordability!
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Representative and Senators to demand they vote immediately to extend the enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies. If Congress doesn't act before January 1, health care ...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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As Canadians visit and spend less, parts of the U.S. look to lure them back
Further reading:  Trump’s tariff war has Canadian auto workers fighting for survival Canada’s Communists resist Trump’s trade war and annexation threats UNCONSTITUTIONAL: Trade court throws out Trump’...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:24 PM
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President Trump’s radical attack on radiation safety
In May, President Donald Trump issued a series of executive orders that, in part, require the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to consider dramatically weakening its radiation protection standar...
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November 19, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong.

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Unilever: Stop silencing Ben & Jerry’s ice cream NOW!
Unilever/Magnum has been silencing Ben & Jerry’s when the brand has tried to speak out about social injustices & progressive values. It’s wrong. Join me & sign Ben from Ben & Jerry's...
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November 18, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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I just signed this petition with Stand.earth: Call on banks to stop fueling Amazon destruction at act.stand.earth/page/54896/p...
Stand.earth - For the people and places you love
For more than twenty years, we’ve been utilizing cutting-edge research, building equitable power with frontline communities, and leveraging mass movements to make a real impact on the health and wellb...
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November 15, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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After Trump directive, Florida removed rainbow crosswalk that honors the 49 people killed at Pulse. Demand the crosswalk be restored and protected! Sign now! a.allout.org/s/P8Egz/
Tell Florida to restore and protect the Pulse Memorial Now!
After Trump directive, Florida removed rainbow crosswalk that honors the 49 people killed at Pulse. Demand the crosswalk be restored and protected! Sign now!
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November 13, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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After Trump directive, Florida removed rainbow crosswalk that honors the 49 people killed at Pulse. Demand the crosswalk be restored and protected! Sign now! a.allout.org/s/P8Egz/
Tell Florida to restore and protect the Pulse Memorial Now!
After Trump directive, Florida removed rainbow crosswalk that honors the 49 people killed at Pulse. Demand the crosswalk be restored and protected! Sign now!
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November 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
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‘Nuremberg’ review: A war crimes tribunal film for the age of Trump
The recently concluded AFI Film Festival, L.A.’s biggest and best yearly film festival, screened 160-plus features and documentaries. AFI Fest presents indies and foreign films, but also major motion ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Trump intensifies his cruel punishment of the American people
As he builds his lavish ballroom and sends an $80 billion bailout to Argentina’s right-wing leader, President Trump, rather than issue court-mandated SNAP food aid to hungry Americans, has added insul...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Wherever workers are in struggle, that’s where you’ll find People’s World
As labor writers for People’s World, we have a simple rule: go where the workers are. Whether it’s a picket line in the freezing dawn, a bustling union convention hall, or a tense organizing campaign,...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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Communist Party members run for office, strengthening communities and building coalitions
While Donald Trump and his billionaire backers were working overtime to scare voters into steering clear of “Mamdani the Commie,” actual Communists were busy building coalitions and winning elections ...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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From Russia with love: Lenin’s Letter to American Workers
The Centennial of the Russian Revolution November 7, 2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the Russian Revolution and the establishment of the world’s first socialist state.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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RAPID RESPONSE: Stop Trump’s march to war
Call, write, or visit your U.S. Representative and Senators to assert Congressional authority and oppose use of military force against Venezuela, Colombia, Mexico, Cuba, Latin America, and Nigeria. Th...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Labor at odds with Trump’s “whites only” immigration policy
WASHINGTON—When it comes to immigration and who should be living in the U.S., Donald Trump wants to go back in time, to the year 1924. That’s when white Anglo-Saxon Protestant nativism kicked in, with...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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Indigenous Peoples Day celebrated at Scarritt Bennett Center by the diversity of Nashville
NASHVILLE—The Scarritt Bennett Center, a non-profit conference, event, and retreat center hosted Nashville’s celebration of Indigenous Peoples Day this year on Oct. 13. This was the eighth celebration...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 PM