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This Week in People’s History, May 14–20, 2025

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A campaign button for the May 14, 2000, Million Mom March Gun Control? What’s That? (2000), Many Bullets, No Justice (1970), Famous But Unknown (1950), What’s In a Name? A Lot (1990), Riot or Rebellion in Miami? (1980), Lay Down that Sword and Shield (1960), Strong-Arm Tactics Aren’t Pretty, But . . (1960)

Tidbits – June 27 – Reader Comments: Trump Worked To Destroy Unions; Remembering Troublemakers-Frank Emspak, Conn Hallinan; AFL-CIO Union Organizer Program; Rethinking the Elections: MAGA Threat and Challenges Facing Progressives and Union Activists;

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Reader Comments: Trump Worked to Destroy Unions; Remembering Troublemakers - Frank Emspak ,Conn Hallinan; AFL-CIO Union Organizer Apprenticeship Program; Rethinking the Elections: MAGA Threat and Challenges Facing Progressives and Union Activists;

Friday Nite Videos | January 19, 2024

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Bernie Sanders: Congress Must Address Gaza Humanitarian Crisis. Explaining Trump to a Tourist. The Woman in the Wall | Dramatic Series. How Close We've Come to Nuclear War. Here.Is.Better. | Movie.

Tidbits – Jan. 11, 2024 – Reader Comments: Enough IS Enough!; Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets – Readers Ask: What About Israel?; Supreme Ballot; Chicken Soup; Forums: What Should Progressives Do About Biden?; Protect the Squad & Block the Right;

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Reader Comments: Enough IS Enough!; Seizing Russia’s Frozen Assets - Readers Ask: What About Israel?; Supreme Ballot; Texas Abortion Law; Chicken Soup; Forum: What Should Progressives Do About Biden?; Protect the Squad & Block the Right in 2024; more

The Manhattan Project Scientist Who Quit

Joseph Rotblat was a physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, believing it was necessary in view of German atom bomb development. When he learned the German project was unsuccessful, he resigned and became a life-long campaigner for disarmament

Tidbits – Mar. 09, 2023 – Reader Comments: Police Culture; Woke Origins; Women; Announcements: Mumia Abu-Jamal; New Deal for CUNY; Love Rising Benefit Concert – Tenn; Reclaiming Water for the Public Good; Celebration of Dr. Antonia Pantoja;

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Reader Comments: Police Culture; Woke Origins; Women; Announcements: Mumia Abu-Jamal; New Deal for CUNY; Love Rising Benefit Concert; Reclaiming Water for the Public Good; Centennial Year Celebration of Dr. Antonia Pantoja; Cartoons; more ....

Tidbits – Mar. 02, 2023 – Reader Comments: Peace Movement Now?; Centrality of Black-White Unity; Roberto Clementine Book Restored; Ukrainian War – Differing Perspectives; Honoring Pathbreakers-Celebrating International Women’s Day; Resources; More

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Reader Comments: Peace Movement-Then, Now?; Lessons from History-Centrality of Black-white unity; Roberto Clementine Book Restored; Ukrainian War - Differing Perspectives on the Left; Honoring Pathbreakers-Celebrating International Women's Day
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