Tim Wheeler

Tim Wheeler has written over 10,000 news reports, exposés, op-eds, and commentaries in his half-century as a journalist for the Worker, Daily World, and People’s World. Tim also served as editor of the People’s Weekly World newspaper. His book News for the 99% is a selection of his writings over the last 50 years representing a history of the nation and the world from a working-class point of view. After residing in Baltimore for many years, Tim now lives in Sequim, Wash.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tim Wheeler

U.S.

Washington state teens initiate march protesting killing of Michael Brown
August 21, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
"I wanted to raise awareness about this issue and to support the people of Ferguson to let them know there are people here on the west coast who care about them."
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Opinion

Blocking right-wing power grab the priority in 2014 elections
July 16, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
Blocking the right-wing Republican power grab is the number one priority of all progressives in the Nov. 4, 2014 elections.
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U.S.

Victory for Al-Arian but justice still denied
July 11, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
All criminal charges were dropped against Palestinian leader, Dr. Sami Al-Arian on June 27, a ruling greeted by those who have fought for nearly two decades to free him.
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Opinion

Mother Courage of Clallam County remembered
June 23, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
She stood her ground. She never left Daddy's side. She did not flinch. She was Mother Courage.
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Labor

Remembering “Hy Climber” Fred Gaboury
May 30, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
One day in 1953 Fred Gaboury invited me to come to work with him so I could witness first hand his skill in rigging a spar tree high in the foothills of the Olympic Mountains. I...
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U.S.

Great grandfather who helped end slavery and save a nation remembered
May 7, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
An unpublished manuscript "The Diary of Francis Marion Wheeler 1842-1899" has been gathering dust on a bookshelf in our house for many years. Once I picked it up, I could not put it down.
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U.S.

GOP-Ryan budget slashes Medicare, college aid and stirs voter anger
April 29, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
It would slash non-defense spending in the coming decade by $5 trillion, cutting to the bone every vital human needs program while increasing Pentagon spending by $500 billion.
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Opinion

Starkovich loved unions, children, flowers….despised redbaiters, unionbusters!
March 14, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
Nearly 200 people gathered at the Urban Horticulture Center to honor George Tony Starkovich for his lifelong work as a union organizer, an activist for jobs, peace, and equality. Starkovich died February 26 at age 91.
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