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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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