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

Politics

‘Venezuelan people save democracy’: 22 years since the anti-Chávez coup
April 11, 2024 By Fred Gaboury
The first attempt to overthrow the Bolivarian Revolution, as reported in the pages of People’s World.
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CP100

Little Steel Strike: Remembering the 1937 Memorial Day Massacre
May 22, 2020 By Fred Gaboury
By day’s end, an army of gun-toting, stick wielding Chicago cops had shot ten dead, leaving hundreds of others beaten and gassed.
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PrintEditions

Remembering the Rev. James Orange
February 19, 2008 By Fred Gaboury
At one time or another we've all found our selves in the right church but the wrong pew when we've shown up for an appointment a day early or a day late. We feel embarrassed but,...
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Opinion

Medicare: It aint over til its over
December 5, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
News Analysis Although the Medicare bill that squeezed through Congress purports to provide relief to some seniors, it also gives big pharmaceutical companies nearly free reign to fleece taxpayers with exorbitantly priced drugs.
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Opinion

Medicare battle coming up
October 31, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Opinion Adecisive battle over the future of Medicare will begin soon, when the House-Senate conference committee charged with working out the differences between the Senate and House bills on Medicare sends its report to both houses...
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U.S.

Poll: Public supports health care for all
October 23, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
WASHINGTON – An ABC News-Washington Post poll released Oct. 19 says the public’s growing anger with the current health care system has built support for a new approach that would guarantee care for all.
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Labor

S.F. Labor urges AFL-CIO to speak out on Iraq
October 23, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
A resolution adopted by the San Francisco Labor Council calls upon the “House of Labor” to oppose “the foreign policy disasters led by the most right-wing president in memory.”
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Labor

Labor 2004: Theres a new kid on the block
October 17, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
The movement to defeat George Bush in November 2004 got another boost on Oct. 6 when the Voices for Working People Coalition (VWPC) announced its arrival on the electoral battlefield.
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