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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Homelessness rises across the nation
January 12, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
The first storm of the season brought more than snow and cold to the thousands of homeless people in New York City.
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Unemployment crisis demands action now
January 12, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
The Labor Department’s December unemployment report provided the background as Congressional Democrats and the White House began staking out the ground for the legislative battles. Congress will reconvene Jan. 23 and President Bush will make his...
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U.S. grain arrives in Cuba
December 21, 2001 By Fred Gaboury
Two ships, one loaded with frozen chicken parts worth $300,000 and the other with 26,400 tons of corn, arrived in Havana, Cuba Dec. 16, marking the first direct sales of U.S. products to Cuba in since...
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Still fighting Fast Track
December 14, 2001 By Fred Gaboury
The 215-214 vote in the House of Representatives on Dec. 6 that gave President Bush “Fast Track” authority to negotiate trade agreements in secret is not the end of the world. As a matter of fact,...
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Unemployment makes historic jump
December 14, 2001 By Fred Gaboury
With the official count of the unemployed still increasing, economists who are predicting an early end to the present recession should remember the old adage about not counting chickens before they hatch, as they gaze into...
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ACLU and AFL-CIO blast Ashcroft
December 14, 2001 By Fred Gaboury
In a blatant attempt to stifle growing criticism of the efforts of the Bush administration to amend the Constitution and write new laws by executive fiat, Attorney General John Ashcroft equated political dissent with treason during...
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Its official! Economy in recession
November 30, 2001 By Fred Gaboury
AFL-CIO President John Sweeney said the Nov. 26 announcement that the economy was now officially in a recession confirmed what America’s working families have known for months.
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In memory of a seafaring man Roy Rydell Feb. 15, 1919-Nov. 20, 2001
November 29, 2001 By Fred Gaboury
NEW YORK – Roy Rydell, a member of the People’s Weekly World editorial board, died here Nov. 20. He would have been 83 on Feb. 15.
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