Joelle Fishman

Joelle Fishman chairs the Connecticut Communist Party USA. She is a Commissioner on the City of New Haven Peace Commission, serves on the executive board of the Alliance of Retired Americans in Connecticut and is an active member of many economic rights and social justice organizations. As chair of the CPUSA Political Action Commission, she has played an active role in the broad labor and people's alliance and continues to mobilize for health care, worker rights and peace.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Joelle Fishman

Politics

Union and community pulling out the vote for Connecticut’s future
October 26, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
"Our country, our democracy is under siege. This next two weeks is a decision moment for the nation."
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Labor

Healthcare, wages at stake in Machinists strike at UTC Cheshire Aerospace
September 26, 2018 By Joelle Fishman And Tom Connolly
"We are going to stay out here and keep fighting until they give us something reasonable."
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U.S.

Mother wins stay of deportation during hunger strike
August 23, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
Salma Sikander had been ordered to return to Bangladesh four days before her only son was to enter Quinnipiac University, the first in his family to attend college.
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Labor

Janus, labor’s fightback and 2018 elections Webinar, Sun., August 19
August 16, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
Let this webinar be the beginning of a bigger and even broader fight for workers’ rights in our country.
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Politics

Connecticut Poor People’s Campaign marches on state capitol
June 13, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
According to the Poor People's Campaign audit, 42 percent of the state's residents are poor or low income and 524,000 make less than $15 an hour.
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U.S.

Connecticut May Day rally inspires unity for justice, equality, and peace
May 10, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
Report back from the historic trip was a highlight of the “May Day 2018: Fighting Together for Justice, Equality, and Peace” rally hosted here by Connecticut People's World.
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News

Connecticut: Solidarity postcards support Nelson Pinos in sanctuary
April 12, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
The Pinos family is one of thousands whose lives have been cruelly and senselessly upended as part of the massive Trump administration deportation effort.
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U.S.

On the road to Memphis: Connecticut UNITE HERE members help make history
April 10, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
Said one rider on the bus, "It is an honor and privilege riding together. I've never been in a place with people from all parts of the earth uniting."
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