Joelle Fishman

Joelle Fishman chairs the Connecticut Communist Party USA. She is a Commissioner on the City of New Haven Peace Commission, serves on the executive board of the Alliance of Retired Americans in Connecticut and is an active member of many economic rights and social justice organizations. As chair of the CPUSA Political Action Commission, she has played an active role in the broad labor and people's alliance and continues to mobilize for health care, worker rights and peace.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Joelle Fishman

News

‘Georgia On My Mind: The Third Reconstruction’: Connecticut Black history event planned
February 17, 2021 By Joelle Fishman
The event is a fundraiser for People's World, which has suffered a severe income loss due to the pandemic. Throughout the decades of struggle for civil rights, peace, and economic justice, People's World has reported and...
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U.S.

Connecticut activists take up Hiroshima mayor’s call: “Unite against all threats”
August 6, 2020 By Joelle Fishman
"Civil society must reject self-centered nationalism and unite against all threats," warned Mayor Kazumi Matsui of Hiroshima.
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News

People’s World Black history event in Connecticut: Voting rights worth the fight
March 3, 2020 By Joelle Fishman
“Dump Trump” was the theme of this year’s march on the 46th People’s World African American History celebration.
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U.S.

Sanctuary exhibit builds solidarity of “Communities Fighting for Freedom”
April 22, 2019 By Joelle Fishman
Nelson Pinos Gonzalez has changed New Haven forever with his courage, determination, and absolute refusal to be separated from the family he loves.
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Labor

Solidarity is strong for Stop & Shop strikers
April 15, 2019 By Joelle Fishman
Standing in a long line at another store, a customer said, “I usually shop at Stop & Shop, but I don't cross picket lines.”
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Politics

Union and community pulling out the vote for Connecticut’s future
October 26, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
"Our country, our democracy is under siege. This next two weeks is a decision moment for the nation."
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Labor

Healthcare, wages at stake in Machinists strike at UTC Cheshire Aerospace
September 26, 2018 By Joelle Fishman And Tom Connolly
"We are going to stay out here and keep fighting until they give us something reasonable."
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U.S.

Mother wins stay of deportation during hunger strike
August 23, 2018 By Joelle Fishman
Salma Sikander had been ordered to return to Bangladesh four days before her only son was to enter Quinnipiac University, the first in his family to attend college.
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