Tony Pecinovsky

Tony Pecinovsky is the president of the St. Louis Workers' Education Society (WES), a 501c3 non-profit organization chartered by the St. Louis Central Labor Council as a Workers Center. His articles have been published in the St. Louis Labor Tribune, Alternet, Shelterforce, Political Affairs, and Z-Magazine, among other publications. He is the author of "Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA," and is available to speak at your community center, union hall or campus.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky

Culture

New graphic book helps to ‘Unrig’ our broken election system
October 30, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
A better articulation of the class dynamics at work in our political system would have added to Newman and O’Connor’s overall analysis of our broken democracy, but this is still a very valuable book.
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Culture

The anti-communist history of Communist labor organizers on the waterfront
October 23, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
Vernon L. Pedersen’s “orthodox” biases steer what would otherwise be a useful and informative study into the murky waters of anti-communism.
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Culture

Book review: Folk singers, the Communist Party, and the FBI, 1939-1956
September 18, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
They were partisan. They chose sides. And their politics were well known, including to the FBI.
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Culture

Red, Black, White: The Communist Party in Alabama
April 24, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
The seeds of the Civil Rights Movement, of Black Liberation, and more were planted in the South by Communists in the Depression years.
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Opinion

Missouri’s COVID-19 lawsuit against China another effort to distract from Republican failure
April 23, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
Schmitt and the Republican Party know his lawsuit is frivolous, which brings into sharp focus the real goal: to further distract, deflect, and divide.
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Culture

Fascist admirers and collaborators: New book exposes Hitler’s American friends
April 13, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
Needless to say, Hitler’s American Friends is a darkly informative read, a reminder that fascists and their supporters once held considerable sway in American political discourse.
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Culture

‘A Threat of the First Magnitude’: A history of FBI counterintelligence and infiltration
April 3, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
During the 1960s and 1970s the Federal Bureau of Investigation infiltrated, spied on, and harassed progressive and radical organizations and individuals across the country.
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Books

Gerald Horne’s new book ‘White Supremacy Confronted’ relates apartheid to Jim Crow
March 26, 2020 By Tony Pecinovsky
The scale of "White Supremacy Confronted," though focused on the U.S. and South Africa, is global.
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