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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Support grows for April 20 demo
March 22, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
Jody Dodd, a staff member of the U. S. Section of the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), said the April 20 Mobilization to Stop The War at Home and Abroad is an opportunity...
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Economic stimulus All show and no go
March 15, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
The Wall Street Journal didn’t even blush when it said, “The biggest element of the economic stimulus package that President Bush signed into law Saturday [March 9] offers businesses a lucrative tax break.”
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Behind the headlines
March 15, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
On March 8, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the February unemployment figures, and Congress passed an “economic stimulus” bill.
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Bush threatens use of nuclear weapons
March 15, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
A story in the March 10 edition of The Los Angeles Times revealed that the Pentagon has drawn up a list of seven countries who are prime targets for U.S. nuclear weapons in the event of...
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Theres work at the retread shop
March 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
Always one to follow Daddy’s example, George Bush the Appointed has given a host of Bush Sr. retreads a number of prominent posts in his administration.
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Minimum wage: Falling behind
March 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
Congress last raised the minimum wage in 1997 when it established the current $5.15 per hour.
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AFL-CIO launches major organizing effort
March 8, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
NEW ORLEANS – As has been the case ever since a team led by John Sweeney, Richard Trumka and Linda Chavez-Thompson assumed the leadership of the AFL-CIO in October 1995, organizing the unorganized was high on...
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The recession: It aint over yet
March 1, 2002 By Fred Gaboury
The Bushies are having a helluva time getting things straight. On the one hand, they tell us the economy is recovering – that we are, as Lawrence Lindsey, chief White House economic advisor, said recently, at...
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