Fred Gaboury

Fred Gaboury was a member of the Editorial Board of the print edition of  People’s Weekly World/Nuestro Mundo and wrote frequently on economic, labor and political issues. Gaboury died in 2004. Here is a small selection of Fred’s significant writings: Eight days in May Birmingham and the struggle for civil rights; Remembering the Rev. James Orange; Memphis 1968: We remember; June 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs; World Bank and International Monetary Fund strangle economies of Third World countries


LATEST ARTICLES BY Fred Gaboury

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    Iowa labor maps Election 2002 fight

    Iowa labor maps Election 2002 fight

    August 23, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    WATERLOO, Iowa – The 46th convention of the Iowa Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO, opened here Aug. 14 with a blistering attack on the policies of the Bush administration. It ended two days later with a plan...

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    Bush visit met with protests

    Bush visit met with protests

    August 22, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    MILWAUKEE – A carnival atmosphere greeted George W. Bush as he arrived here for his third visit in several months. As Bush gave a perfunctory policy address at the University of Wisconsin, using the 37th anniversary...

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    Cuban workers inspire U.S., Canadian solidarity

    Cuban workers inspire U.S., Canadian solidarity

    August 16, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    WINDSOR, Ontario – About 200 U.S., Canadian and Cuban workers, retirees, and other labor activists met here for a three-day Cuba Labor Conference July 26-28 to build ties among workers of the three countries.

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    Labor law 101

    Labor law 101

    August 16, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    The threat by President George Bush to intervene in contract talks between the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) is a classic example of how U.S. laws governing labor management relations are tilted against workers and...

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    Solidarity politics top AFL-CIO meet

    Solidarity politics top AFL-CIO meet

    August 9, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    CHICAGO – In a strongly worded resolution, the AFL-CIO Executive Council condemned the Bush administration’s threat to use federal troops to break any strike by members of the West Coast International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU)...

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    Racial discrimination and income

    Racial discrimination and income

    August 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Two recent studies, one by Katherine L. Bradbury, vice president and economist at the Boston Federal Reserve Bank, and the other by two Rutgers Law School professors, document the extent of employment discrimination against African Americans...

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    Dick Cheney, Vice President in hiding

    Dick Cheney, Vice President in hiding

    August 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Commentary Vice President Dick Cheney has spent most of the past year in hiding, ostensibly from terrorists, but increasingly it seems obvious that it is Congress, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the public he...

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    Bankruptcy reform: The poor pay more

    Bankruptcy reform: The poor pay more

    August 2, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    An effort by right-to-life Republicans to include language that would allow hooligans who block access to abortion clinics to avoid court-ordered fines or judgments by declaring bankruptcy has so far prevented congressional action on bankruptcy “reform.”...

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