A CP-sponsored rally in support of Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteers fighting for democracy against fascism in Spain. | People's World ArchiveAs the Communist Party USA’s second decade ended, World War II, the greatest war in human history, began. In all major capitalist countries, the mass media blamed the war on the Soviet Union’s signing of a non–aggression pact with Nazi Germany and condemned Communist Parties’ support for the Soviet Union. Was there truth to the allegation that Communists—both in the Soviet Union and around the world—had helped Hitler start the war?The first question...…A CP-sponsored rally in support of Abraham Lincoln Brigade volunteers fighting for democracy against fascism in Spain. | People's World ArchiveAs the Communist Party USA’s second decade ended, World War II, the greatest war in human history, began. In all major capitalist countries, the mass media blamed the war on the Soviet Union’s signing of a non–aggression pact with Nazi Germany and condemned Communist Parties’ support for the Soviet Union. Was there truth to the allegation that Communists—both in the Soviet Union and around the world—had helped Hitler start the war?The first question...WW…

In this Aug. 28, 2019, photo shows detainees waiting to be processed at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif. The facility is a privately operated immigration detention center run by the GEO Group, which can house up to about 1900 total immigrant detainees, both male and female. Before the coronavirus outbreak, the immigrant jail was already crowded, but now it's become a major health danger. | Chris Carlson / APEditor’s note: This article is reprinted from Workday Minnesota.In a press statement, announced that immigrant detainees had begun a hunger strike at the Sherburne...…In this Aug. 28, 2019, photo shows detainees waiting to be processed at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center in Adelanto, Calif. The facility is a privately operated immigration detention center run by the GEO Group, which can house up to about 1900 total immigrant detainees, both male and female. Before the coronavirus outbreak, the immigrant jail was already crowded, but now it's become a major health danger. | Chris Carlson / APEditor’s note: This article is reprinted from Workday Minnesota.In a press statement, announced that immigrant detainees had begun a hunger strike at the Sherburne...WW…

"The shooting starts": Minneapolis Police officers deploy to a parking lot near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, following a rally for George Floyd on May 26, 2020. Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander's video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man's neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. | Richard Tsong-Taatarii / Star Tribune via APOn the day following George Floyd’s lynching by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, President...…"The shooting starts": Minneapolis Police officers deploy to a parking lot near the Minneapolis 3rd Police Precinct, following a rally for George Floyd on May 26, 2020. Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of Floyd, a black man who died in police custody, were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander's video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man's neck, even after he pleaded that he could not breathe and stopped moving. | Richard Tsong-Taatarii / Star Tribune via APOn the day following George Floyd’s lynching by officers of the Minneapolis Police Department, President...WW…

Ben Margot / APOAK BROOK, Ill.—Lack of protection against the ravages of the coronavirus, including no masks, no paid sick leave, and no hazardous duty pay, led thousands of McDonald’s workers from coast to coast undertake a “virtual strike” of their giant fast-food employer on May 20.And pickets—spaced six feet apart to prevent spread of the virus—actually appeared at the firm’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., to take their cause to the firm’s front door the day before its annual shareholders meeting.Fight For $15 And A Union, which again organized the protests, reported 20 other actual...…Ben Margot / APOAK BROOK, Ill.—Lack of protection against the ravages of the coronavirus, including no masks, no paid sick leave, and no hazardous duty pay, led thousands of McDonald’s workers from coast to coast undertake a “virtual strike” of their giant fast-food employer on May 20.And pickets—spaced six feet apart to prevent spread of the virus—actually appeared at the firm’s headquarters in Oak Brook, Ill., to take their cause to the firm’s front door the day before its annual shareholders meeting.Fight For $15 And A Union, which again organized the protests, reported 20 other actual...WW…

President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order issuing a blanket limit on federal regulations to "support economic recovery" during a Cabinet Meeting in the East Room of the White House, May 19, 2020, in Washington.| Evan Vucci / APWASHINGTON—Catering to corporate chieftains and right-wing ideologues, GOP President Donald Trump ordered all federal departments and agencies, large and small, to trash rules and regulations, and their enforcement. He used the excuse that doing so would help stimulate the economy to recover from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.Trump did not...…President Donald Trump holds up a signed executive order issuing a blanket limit on federal regulations to "support economic recovery" during a Cabinet Meeting in the East Room of the White House, May 19, 2020, in Washington.| Evan Vucci / APWASHINGTON—Catering to corporate chieftains and right-wing ideologues, GOP President Donald Trump ordered all federal departments and agencies, large and small, to trash rules and regulations, and their enforcement. He used the excuse that doing so would help stimulate the economy to recover from closures due to the coronavirus pandemic.Trump did not...WW…

Police using guns, clubs, and tear gas attack marching strikers outside Chicago's Republic Steel plant, May 30, 1937. | Carl Linde / APSouth 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 the responsibilities assigned to him by the Communist Party.“There” was the field fronting the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago, site of the Memorial Day Massacre of May 30, 1937.It was the first warm day of spring. Hundreds of steelworkers, on strike against the “Little Steel”...…Police using guns, clubs, and tear gas attack marching strikers outside Chicago's Republic Steel plant, May 30, 1937. | Carl Linde / APSouth 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 the responsibilities assigned to him by the Communist Party.“There” was the field fronting the Republic Steel plant in South Chicago, site of the Memorial Day Massacre of May 30, 1937.It was the first warm day of spring. Hundreds of steelworkers, on strike against the “Little Steel”...WW…

Workers in the Yakima area's fruit plants are demanding better working conditions. | Familias Unidas Por La JusticiaYAKIMA, Wash.—On May 7, over 100 workers at Allen Brothers Fruit in Naches, Wash., near Yakima, went on strike, protesting unsafe and unhealthy working conditions. This took place at their packing and shipping facility. The workers are demanding safer working conditions and $2-an-hour hazardous duty pay. Dozens of workers have left work due to contracting the COVID-19 virus.Within a few days, they were joined by hundreds more workers at other Yakima area warehouses, at the...…Workers in the Yakima area's fruit plants are demanding better working conditions. | Familias Unidas Por La JusticiaYAKIMA, Wash.—On May 7, over 100 workers at Allen Brothers Fruit in Naches, Wash., near Yakima, went on strike, protesting unsafe and unhealthy working conditions. This took place at their packing and shipping facility. The workers are demanding safer working conditions and $2-an-hour hazardous duty pay. Dozens of workers have left work due to contracting the COVID-19 virus.Within a few days, they were joined by hundreds more workers at other Yakima area warehouses, at the...WW…

As the nation mourns 100,000 lives lost, President Trump prefers to look away and cover his ears, repeating excuses for his failures and casting blame on everyone else. | APIf 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 the first five months of this year, we have long passed the milestone (just under 60,000) of Americans killed in the long Vietnam War. We know, of course, that some people died of the pandemic in the early part of 2020 before health authorities even knew what they...…As the nation mourns 100,000 lives lost, President Trump prefers to look away and cover his ears, repeating excuses for his failures and casting blame on everyone else. | APIf 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 the first five months of this year, we have long passed the milestone (just under 60,000) of Americans killed in the long Vietnam War. We know, of course, that some people died of the pandemic in the early part of 2020 before health authorities even knew what they...WW…

A police officer points a hand cannon at protesters who have been detained pending arrest on South Washington Street, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis. | John Minchillo / APOfficers from the U.S. police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint techniques and anti-terror tactics from Israeli law enforcement officers. Floyd’s death in custody on Memorial Day, the latest in a succession of police killings of African Americans, has sparked continuing protests in U.S. cities.At least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by Israel’s...…A police officer points a hand cannon at protesters who have been detained pending arrest on South Washington Street, May 31, 2020, in Minneapolis. | John Minchillo / APOfficers from the U.S. police force responsible for the killing of George Floyd received training in restraint techniques and anti-terror tactics from Israeli law enforcement officers. Floyd’s death in custody on Memorial Day, the latest in a succession of police killings of African Americans, has sparked continuing protests in U.S. cities.At least 100 Minnesota police officers attended a 2012 conference hosted by Israel’s...WW…

Former president Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. Trump has named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys. | Alex Brandon/APWASHINGTON — Donald Trump yesterday hired  two new lawyers to be his impeachment defense team, after he got rid of his prior group of legal defenders.The two lawyers representing him will be David Schoen, a criminal defense lawyer who works out of Alabama...…Former president Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington, en route to his Mar-a-Lago Florida Resort. Trump has named two lawyers to his impeachment defense team, one day after it was revealed that the former president had parted ways with an earlier set of attorneys. | Alex Brandon/APWASHINGTON — Donald Trump yesterday hired  two new lawyers to be his impeachment defense team, after he got rid of his prior group of legal defenders.The two lawyers representing him will be David Schoen, a criminal defense lawyer who works out of Alabama...WW…