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

World

Cities mark Hiroshima Day with urgent calls to abolish nuclear weapons
August 7, 2017 By Joelle Fishman
This hell is not a thing of the past. As long as nuclear weapons exist and policymakers threaten their use, their horror could leap into our present at any moment.
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U.S.

Communities demand ICE stop separating families
August 7, 2017 By Joelle Fishman
"We are going to stand against policy at the national level of segregation, separation and racial discrimination that tears families apart."
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U.S.

Support mounts for mother in sanctuary in New Haven church
July 24, 2017 By Joelle Fishman
Support and solidarity has been overwhelming for Nury Chavarria, who took sanctuary at the Iglesia de Dios Pentacostal church rather than be deported.
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U.S.

Uprising over healthcare spills onto the Senate floor
June 20, 2017 By Joelle Fishman And Win Heimer
"We have to speak as one against making $600 billion in cuts to health care."
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Labor

Resistance at Yale inspires unity for worker rights
May 19, 2017 By Joelle Fishman And Art Perlo
The fast by Yale graduate teachers in Unite Here Local 33 will enter its 27th day.
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Labor

Hunger strikers expose Yale-Trump axis
May 9, 2017 By Art Perlo And Joelle Fishman
The graduate workers’ courageous stand for democratic rights and union rights is inspiring widespread support as part of the national resistance against Trump's anti-worker policies.
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Environment

Connecticut leaders to march for climate, jobs and justice
April 20, 2017 By Joelle Fishman
The health of the people of Bridgeport, a city with majority Latino and African American population, has been affected by pollution from a coal power plant and fossil fuels for years.
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News

Honoring MLK, hundreds in Hartford demand end to inequality
April 5, 2017 By Joelle Fishman And Win Heimer
The event was one of “Fight Racism, Raise Pay” actions across the country. Thousands of workers fighting for $15/hour and union rights joined together with racial justice activists in the Movement for Black Lives.
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