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Puerto Rico has everything it needs to meet its challenges as long as it can get out from under extractive American capital gets out of the way.
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What the U.S. Should Learn from this Latin American Country
YouTube video by Bianca Graulau
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December 19, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Puerto Rico has everything it needs to meet its challenges as long as it can get out from under extractive American capital gets out of the way.
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#OtD 7 Nov 1968 police in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, opened fire on a student rally against the Ayub dictatorship, killing three. However, the repression backfired, and instead triggered protests across the country and helped bring the regime down in 1969 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1074...
November 7, 2025 at 11:55 PM
#OtD 7 Nov 1968 police in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, opened fire on a student rally against the Ayub dictatorship, killing three. However, the repression backfired, and instead triggered protests across the country and helped bring the regime down in 1969 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1074...
The Alexandria Choral Society, in partnership with the Alexandria Children’s Chorus, invites you to contemplate the profound art of listening.
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Do You Hear What I Hear | Alexandria Choral Society
October 26, 2025 | 3:00pm
@ Westminster Presbyterian Church
www.alexandriachoralsociety.org
October 16, 2025 at 4:45 PM
The Alexandria Choral Society, in partnership with the Alexandria Children’s Chorus, invites you to contemplate the profound art of listening.
www.alexandriachoralsociety.org/do-you-hear-...
www.alexandriachoralsociety.org/do-you-hear-...
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#OtD 30 May 1937 the steamship Ciudad de Barcelona, carrying 250 international volunteers fighting Spanish fascism was torpedoed, killing 100 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1031...
May 30, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#OtD 30 May 1937 the steamship Ciudad de Barcelona, carrying 250 international volunteers fighting Spanish fascism was torpedoed, killing 100 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/1031...
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#OtD 28 Apr 1958 a general strike began in Malta against British colonial authorities, protesting low pay and the closure of the dry docks. Workers blocked roads and rioted, and 100 were arrested and jailed. It sowed the seeds of independence in 1964 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9975...
April 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
#OtD 28 Apr 1958 a general strike began in Malta against British colonial authorities, protesting low pay and the closure of the dry docks. Workers blocked roads and rioted, and 100 were arrested and jailed. It sowed the seeds of independence in 1964 stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9975...
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#OtD 19 Feb 2000, Spanish anti-fascist resistance fighter Maria Mombiola died aged 85. After the Spanish civil war, she escaped a French concentration camp and joined the French resistance, and later the anti-Franco underground stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
February 19, 2025 at 5:10 PM
#OtD 19 Feb 2000, Spanish anti-fascist resistance fighter Maria Mombiola died aged 85. After the Spanish civil war, she escaped a French concentration camp and joined the French resistance, and later the anti-Franco underground stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
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#OtD 19 Feb 1951 a general strike of agricultural and unskilled workers broke out in Grenada demanding pay increases. Despite killings by British troops the strike continued until winning 50% increases and paid holidays in May stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
February 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#OtD 19 Feb 1951 a general strike of agricultural and unskilled workers broke out in Grenada demanding pay increases. Despite killings by British troops the strike continued until winning 50% increases and paid holidays in May stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
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#OtD 19 Feb 1927 a general strike was called in Shanghai, China. It shut post offices, all cotton mills and most essential services but was broken after fierce street fighting and bloody repression. Workers rose up again next month stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
February 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
#OtD 19 Feb 1927 a general strike was called in Shanghai, China. It shut post offices, all cotton mills and most essential services but was broken after fierce street fighting and bloody repression. Workers rose up again next month stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/9...
Reuters: Florida man shot Israeli visitors thinking they were Palestinians, police say - www.reuters.com/world/florid...
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Florida man shot Israeli visitors thinking they were Palestinians, police say
A Florida man was arrested and charged with two counts of attempted murder after shooting at a vehicle with two men who he thought were Palestinians but turned out to be Israeli visitors, local authorities and media reports said.
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February 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Reuters: Florida man shot Israeli visitors thinking they were Palestinians, police say - www.reuters.com/world/florid...
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