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Remembering Michael Jackson
In Michael Jackson’s remarkable career, he sold over 750 million records worldwide and composed 13 number-one singles. When record producer…
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Walter Rodney: Revolutionary thinker and fighter
Throughout the 1950s, 60s and 70s, a wave of revolutionary fervor swept through much of the oppressed world. In the…
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Remembering Joe Cuba, Boogaloo music legend
Many in the music world and Puerto Rican community are mourning the death of music legend Joe Cuba, the "Father…
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Mahmoud Darwish: honoring Palestine’s national poet
Nearly 150 people attended an Aug. 31 Southern California memorial for Palestinian national poet, Mahmoud Darwish. Darwish, 67, died on…
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Egyptian filmmaker Youssef Chahine dead at 82
Egyptian filmmaker and producer, Youssef Chahine, died on July 27. He was 82 years old. In a statement mourning Chahine’s…
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Remembering George Carlin: comedy with a splash of ‘class’
Comedian George Carlin died on June 22 in Santa Monica, Calif., at the age of 71. His work offered valuable…
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Music legend Bo Diddley passes away
Marking a sad day for music lovers around the world, music legend Bo Diddley passed away from heart failure on…
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Manuel Marulanda, presente!
The Colombian revolutionary movement lost a great leader on March 26. Manuel Marulanda, born Pedro Antonio Marín Marín, was a…
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Remembering social-justice activist David Wald
Cuba solidarity activist David Wald died from pancreatic cancer Sunday morning, May 18, at his Santa Clara, Calif., home. Wald…
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Crispin Beltran, presente!
The National Committee of the Party for Socialism and Liberation extends its most heartfelt condolences to the family, comrades and…
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