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Leaked Video Exposes Heritage Action's $24 Million Voter Suppression Campaign Coordinating State Legislation

2021-05-13 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 9/10

A leaked video obtained by the watchdog group Documented and shared with Mother Jones revealed that Heritage Action for America, the advocacy arm of the Heritage Foundation, was orchestrating a coordinated $24 million campaign to push voter restriction legislation across eight key battleground …

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Industrial Workers of the World Founded, Challenges AFL Craft Unionism

1905-06-27 00:00:00 +0000 UTC | Importance: 7/10

From June 27 through July 8, 1905, two hundred socialists, anarchists, Marxists, and radical trade unionists convened at Brand’s Hall in Chicago to found the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), launching the most significant challenge to corporate capitalism and conservative trade unionism …

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