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

U.S.

Income down, poverty up
October 3, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
A report released by the Census Bureau on Sept. 26 says 34.6 million people in the United States live at or below the poverty line, an increase of 1.7 million in 2002.
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Labor

Amtrak unions plan one-day protest strike
September 26, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Six unions representing 5,000 Amtrak employees have announced that Amtrak employees will withdraw their services from the railroads on Oct. 3 in what the Transport Workers Union calls a “one-day political protest.”
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U.S.

The power behind the tax cuts
July 4, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
In a brief period of two years, the right wing ideologues who control the federal government have been able to ram trillion-dollar tax cuts through Congress in 2001 and again in 2003, reduced a budget surplus...
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U.S.

PUSH convention challenges candidates
July 1, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
CHICAGO – Delegates to the 32nd Annual Conference of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition grilled seven of the nine candidates seeking the Democratic Party presidential nomination and called for a change in the nation’s foreign and domestic priorities.
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U.S.

Uninsured, overcharged
June 20, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
CHICAGO – The Advocate hospital chain is the leading private provider of hospital services to the uninsured who live in Chicago and its Cook County suburbs. It also has the highest charges of any hospital group...
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News

June 19, 1953: The murder of the Rosenbergs
June 13, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Think back to the political climate of the early 1950s: Senator Joseph McCarthy on the prowl. Alger Hiss convicted of “losing China.” Eleven leaders of the Communist Party convicted of “conspiracy to teach and advocate the...
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U.S.

Protesters denounce Bush Medicare plan
June 13, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
CHICAGO – A spirited crowd of several hundred people braved the early morning chill June 11, to protest as President Bush arrived here to push what they charge is a phony Medicare prescription drug plan.
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PrintEditions

Tribute to Herb Kaye – 1917 – 2003
May 30, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Herbert Kransdorf, long-time writer for the People’s Weekly World, died May 20, three days after his 86th birthday.
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