Barbara Russum

Barbara Russum is a longtime reader and supporter of People's World and works on the production team. As a cancer survivor she makes health care for all a high priority. Former manager of the late, great Modern Bookstore, she values books, public libraries and the struggle for universal literacy. She occasionally writes book reviews and articles for People's World. She is a proud member of the Chicago News Guild/CWA Local 34071.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Barbara Russum

Labor

Today in labor history: Huge Solidarity Day march in Washington
September 18, 2014 By Barbara Russum
Hundreds of thousands of union members marched past the White House to protest Ronald Reagan's union-busting.
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Labor

Today in labor history: The UMW occupation at Pittston Moss 3 plant
September 17, 2014 By Barbara Russum
In 1989, 98 UMWA members and a minister occupied the Pittston Coal Company's Moss 3 preparation plant in Carbon, Virginia, the most important act of civil disobedience during the Pittston strike.
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U.S.

Chicago People’s World gala heats up for Sunday
January 7, 2014 By Barbara Russum
The 26th Annual People's World/Mundo Popular gala promises a hot time in this freezing town!
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Arts

Alice Munro, Canadian writer, wins Nobel Prize in literature
October 10, 2013 By Barbara Russum
She won a National Book Critics Circle prize for "Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage," and is a three-time winner of the Governor General's prize.
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Environment

Food News: A birthday, a time to march, a time to sow
April 4, 2013 By Barbara Russum
Did you know that every minute, we lose one acre of farmland to development? Or that since 1982, we've lost over 23 million acres of farmland?
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Opinion

10 favorite food websites in 2012
December 27, 2012 By Barbara Russum
All things relating to the food we eat: where is comes from, who does the work, what are the issues and what we can do to be informed and take action.
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World

Today in history: Kristallnacht, the Nazis’ “Night of Broken Glass”
November 9, 2012 By Barbara Russum
On 9-10 November 1938, a series of coordinated attacks against Jews took place throughout Germany and parts of Austria, carried out by the SS elite military forces, the Hitler Youth, and neighborhood gangsters.
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U.S.

Today in history: 200,000 students boycotted Chicago public schools
October 22, 2012 By Barbara Russum
On October 22, 1963, a coalition of civil rights groups organized Freedom Day, a mass boycott and demonstration against segregated schools and inadequate resources for black students.
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