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This Week in People’s History, June 18–24

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Mural by Diego Rivera depicting the CIA's 1954 overthrow of Guatemala's government
CIA Carries United Fruit’s Water (1954), “Radical Plot” Gets Saber-Rattling Response (1919), A Deadly Managua Roadblock (1979), Murders Most Foul (1964), DC Metro Cover-Up (2009), Mournful Gallery of Loss (1969), Cruel Enslaver Robert E. Lee (1859)

This Week in People’s History, June 4–10

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Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis in 1939
Voyage of the Doomed (1939), Two Roads, Two Endings (1989), A Big Step Toward Ending a Long War (1969), Plain English, or Else! (1954), Pity the Poor War Criminal (1974), Protecting Freedom of Speech (1969), No Law Against Just Hanging Out (1999)

This Week in People’s History, May 28–June 3

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Code talkers working during World War 2
Can’t Understand a Word (2019), Go to Jail and Stay There (1964), Deadly Force on Film (1937), Just Following Orders (1779), A New Broom for Civil Rights (1909), Too Young to Work? Think Again. (1924), 149 Seconds (1954), Wasn’t That a Time? (1949)

This Week in People’s History, May 21–27

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A thoroughly ransacked draft board office
“Take Your War and Shove It!” (in 1969) |“The Shape of Jazz to Come” (1959) | The Battle of Toledo (1934) | No Taxation Without Representation (1764) | “Unite We Must” (1963) | Good Luck, Huddled Masses (1924) | Close Only Counts in Horseshoes (1918)

This Week in People’s History, May 7–13

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Statue, in Hanoi, commemorating the victory at Dien Bien Phu
Colonialism Is Hard to Kill (in 1954), “It Was the Right Thing to Do” (1929), “Join, Or Die” (1754), Apartheid’s End (1994), Class War in the Midwest (1894), Unsafe at Any Speed (1969), “I Dreamed I Saw Joe Hill Last Night” (1949)

This Week in People’s History, Apr 30–May 6

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Environmental justice activists celebrating success
Environmental Justice Wins (in 1997), School Integration Loses (1959), Wrist Slap for Torturers (2004), Pete Seeger’s Birthday (1919), No Place to Be Somebody Opens (1969), National Conference on Lynching (1919), ‘We Don’t Want to Radiate!’ (1979)

This Week in People’s History, Apr 23–29

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The cover of the book, The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
Class Struggle by the Book (in 1914), The Global South Gets Organized (1955), Portugal Dumps Fascism (1974), Apartheid’s End (1994), Nixon on the Skids (1974), Pray for the Dead, Fight for the Living (1989), A College with No Color Line (1854)

This Week in People’s History, Apr 16–22

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A drawing of "Justice" being tortured
U.S. Torture Exposed, not Punished (in 2009), Dixie Demands “Bread or Blood!” (1864), Wasn’t That a Time? (1959), Justice Delayed Isn’t Justice (1989), An Unforgettable Song (1939), Why the U.S. Lost in Vietnam (1969), How the U.S. Was Built (1889)