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Boss made a dollar / I made a dime / That was a poem / From a simpler time
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This Week in Working Class History
"We see but one way out. In place of two classes competing for the fruits of industry, there must be, eventually, only one class sharing fairly the good…
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Hear in Appalachia
By Rev. Brad Davis
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A Decisive Moment in the Decline of Western Imperialism
The old colonial powers are siphoning resources toward war and the protection of capital. Fascism is rearing its head...
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Water Crisis in WV Coalfields
Things don't have to be this way. Please wake up. Don't wait 'til it comes to your yard.
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Don't Look The Other Way
Fascism thrives on indifference and the general public being intimidated or looking the other way due to self-preservation.
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Survival is an Act of Defiance
I watch them. Each step they take feels like defiance, a rebellion against despair itself.
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January 2025

One Year Since the Murder of Hind Rajab
Honoring the memory of Hind Rajab, her family, and the countless victims of genocide in Gaza
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No War But Class War
From our founding to present, powerful people have normalized atrocities to make very rich people richer.
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I do not wish to talk about Trump
I want to talk about American institutionalized violence and the necessity to destroy this empire before it destroys us all.
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Letter from a Birmingham Jail
Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny.
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Watch Your Step on MLK Day
The City of Atlanta crushed a homeless man to death with one of its bulldozers as the city attempted to clear a homeless encampment ahead of MLK Day...
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