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.

Thousands in Seattle march on MLK Day for $15 wage
January 22, 2014 By Tim Wheeler
More than 5,000 protesters marched through downtown Seattle on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day chanting, "Raise the minimum wage now!"
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Opinion

Remembering Mandela’s visit to Washington
December 12, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
Mandela was greeted by a standing ovation. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus erupted in cheers to welcome this great freedom fighter.
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U.S.

Seattle elects socialist to city council
December 9, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
Seattle voters shocked the political establishment here, Nov. 5, when they elected an avowed socialist, Kshama Sawant, to the nine-member Seattle City Council.
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U.S.

Obama honors a true freedom fighter, Rev. C. T. Vivian
November 25, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
Rev. C. T. Vivian is one of the nation's staunchest fighters for racial equality and voting rights.
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“Free Angela and All Political Prisoners” to be shown in Baltimore
November 7, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
MICA keeps the focus on the crisis of mass incarceration in the United States with a showing Nov. 14 of the film "Free Angela Davis and All Political Prisoners."
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U.S.

Voters cast mail ballots in the Evergreen State
October 22, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
Washington State voters received their mail ballots last week, their chance to vote on I-522, a statewide ballot measure that would require labeling of all genetically engineered food.
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Opinion

Canadian town hosts conference on utopian socialist colonies
October 1, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
Sointula village lived up to its name, which means "place of harmony" in Finnish, hosting more than 100 visitors for a conference on utopian socialist colonies in the Pacific Northwest.
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U.S.

Obama: Realizing King’s dream means jobs, decent wages for all
August 29, 2013 By Tim Wheeler
WASHINGTON---Speaking to a cheering crowd at the Lincoln Memorial on the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, President Barack Obama warned that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "dream" remains unrealized as...
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