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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

  • PrintEditions
    No applause here for Bush budget

    No applause here for Bush budget

    February 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Any doubts about President Bush’s priorities were erased when he submitted his Fiscal Year 2003 budget to Congress Feb. 4. Dubbed a budget “that leaves no military contractor behind,” the $2.13 trillion spending and tax package...

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    The case of the disappearing surplus

    The case of the disappearing surplus

    February 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    The fiscal year (FY) 2003 budget war is underway with, as usual, the issues clouded by what Mark Twain called “figures, statistics and damn lies.” For the entire article, click on the headline. For more on...

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  • Mundo Popular
    AFL-CIO celebra luchas Martin Luther King

    AFL-CIO celebra luchas Martin Luther King

    February 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    MIAMI – La reforma electoral, derechos del votante, educación para el electorado junto con inscribir votantes y mobilizarlos fueron los temas de prioridad para los casi 400 participantes en la celebración del natalicio de Martin Luther...

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    State of the Union: whose America?

    State of the Union: whose America?

    February 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    Historically, presidents have used their State of the Union address as a stage from which to sketch their vision of the nation and its future. For the entire article, click on the headline. To read AFL-CIO...

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    Demonstration to free Haitian refugees

    Demonstration to free Haitian refugees

    January 26, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    MIAMI, Fla. – AFL-CIO Executive Vice President Linda Chavez-Thompson and Bill Lucy, secretary-treasurer of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers, joined leaders of Miami’s Haitian community in demanding that the Immigration and Naturalization...

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    AFL-CIO celebrates King, maps voter strategy

    AFL-CIO celebrates King, maps voter strategy

    January 26, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    MIAMI, Fla. – Election reform, voting rights and education, together with voter registration and mobilization were the front-burner issues for the nearly 400 participants who attended the AFL-CIO’s celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday here...

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    State budget woes threaten social program

    State budget woes threaten social program

    January 18, 2002 By Fred Gaboury

    District Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Workers is part of a coalition that has so far blunted Illinois Gov. George Ryan’s attempt to ram $500 million in budget cuts through...

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  • Politics
    The Chicago Freedom Movement: Summer 1966

    The Chicago Freedom Movement: Summer 1966

    January 18, 2002 By Carolyn Black, Bill Appelhans And Fred Gaboury

    The impact of the 1966 Chicago Freedom Movement on the decade’s civil rights struggles was as significant as any other campaign of that era. To visit The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Social Change,...

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