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.

Eight days in May: Birmingham and the struggle for civil rights
May 22, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
The eight days between May 2 and May 10, 1963, when thousands of school children in Birmingham, Ala., defied the fire hoses and police dogs of Eugene “Bull” Connor, marked a turning point in the civil...
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PrintEditions

Music Review: Enjoy two new CDs with flair
May 16, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Music Reviews: “Tenderly,” Oscar Peterson with Herb Ellis & Ray Brown, Just-in-Time Records; “Cover the World – World Music Versions of Classic Pop Hits,” Various Artists, Putumayo
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PrintEditions

Bebel Gilberto sings
May 9, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Music review: Bebel Gilberto sings De Tarde, Vendo O Mar, The Sound of Brazil (Evolver)
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U.S.

Labor and the 2004 elections The view from Iowa and South Carolina
May 9, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Mark Smith, president of the Iowa AFL-CIO, said his federation is not “doing much” when it comes to the 2004 election. “That comes after the AFL-CIO makes its endorsement. But some of our affiliates are busy,”...
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Labor

Jobless rate climbs to nine-year high
May 9, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
EAST CHICAGO, Ill. – Bruce Gaddy is single. Tony McIntosh is married and has two children. Both live in this working-class suburb, 25 miles south of downtown Chicago. And both are unemployed: Gaddy because his plant...
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Labor

Fighting to protect what we have
May 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
The decades’ long fight by U.S. workers for an eight-hour day began in earnest with strikes and parades on May 1, 1886, and culminated in victory more than 50 years later with enactment of the Fair...
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U.S.

Bush charges ahead on tax cuts to the rich
May 7, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
Despite deep splits in Republican congressional ranks and opinion polls that show overwhelming public opposition, President Bush used the occasion of Tax Day to launch a nationwide blitz in a renewed effort to win major tax...
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Peace

Tax Day protests: Cut military spending, stop budget cuts
April 18, 2003 By Fred Gaboury
NEW YORK – Jessica Morton stopped. “Please – give me a few copies of your leaflet. I want to give them to the folks in my office,” she said to Ruth Benz, a member of the...
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