Pat Barile

Pat Barile was born Dec. 17, 1920, in Jersey City, N.J., son of immigrant Italian parents. He learned his politics from his father, a leader of the Italian immigrant community. He died Sept. 30, 2020, two months shy of his 100th birthday. He came to work as a reporter for the Daily World newspaper in 1971 and subsequently its labor editor. His devotion to workers, farmworkers, and farmers convinced him that the labor movement would come to understand the profound mistake they made in surrendering to anti-communism.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Pat Barile

Opinion

Football trademark decision suggests path to bring back outsourced jobs
July 9, 2014 By Pat Barile
On June 18, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office canceled six registered trademarks which it had previously granted to the Washington football team for its name.
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Labor

Housing is key to solving jobs crisis
January 27, 2014 By Pat Barile
Our country is plagued by a severe jobs crisis. The crisis is on-going and the longer it lasts, the larger the number of permanently unemployed.
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Opinion

Hear them – the unemployed
August 5, 2013 By Pat Barile
Unemployment, joblessness, and the devastation they bring to every worker everywhere is endemic to capitalism.
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Opinion

When capitalism can’t
July 3, 2013 By Pat Barile
Today, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world who are and remain permanently in the "reserve army of the unemployed."
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Opinion

Bring the jobs home
January 2, 2013 By Pat Barile
Making smartphones abroad that could be made here is not so smart.
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Opinion

The ruling class “nullification” attack on democracy
May 9, 2012 By Pat Barile
In 30 years demographers forecast that the population of the U.S. will no longer be majority white.
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