Teresa Albano

Teresa Albano was the first woman editor-in-chief of People’s World, 2003-2010, leading the transition from weekly print to daily online publishing and establishing PW’s social media presence. Albano had been a staff writer for People’s World covering political, labor, and social justice issues for more than 25 years. She traveled throughout the U.S. and abroad, including India, Cuba, Angola, Italy, and Paris to cover the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference. An award-winning journalist, Albano has been honored for her writing by the International Labor Communications Association, National Federation of Press Women, and Illinois Woman Press Association.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Teresa Albano

Opinion

Blogging from India #9 People’s Theater goes right to the workers of Delhi
April 15, 2008 By Teresa Albano
DELHI, India — Some evenings you will see a small jeep driving around this city full of a half dozen amateur actors and actresses dedicated to the education and rights of the working class.
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Blogging from India #8 — India’s neighbors: South Asia update
April 11, 2008 By Teresa Albano
Historic elections in this impoverished Hindu kingdom will take place April 15. The monarchy, which has ruled Nepal for more than 200 years, is expected to be abolished and a parliamentary form of democracy will take...
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Opinion

Blogging from India #7 Meet the Communist governor of West Bengal
April 9, 2008 By Teresa Albano
COIMBATORE, India — West Bengal Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharya is a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) and attended the party's 19th Congress here in the South Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
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Opinion

Blogging from India #6 Cotton mills of Tirupur
April 8, 2008 By Teresa Albano
TIRUPUR, India — Just a few miles from Coimbatore is the heart of the textile and garment industry in India, the city of Tirupur. The city has gone from the heartbeat of the industry for the...
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Opinion

Blogging from India
April 5, 2008 By Teresa Albano
HYDERABAD, India — As I arrived at the Begumpet airport here, part of a two-person delegation of the Communist Party USA, we were greeted by a delegation of bank workers and members of their union.
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Blogging from India #5 Communist Party of India (Marxist) meets
April 4, 2008 By Teresa Albano
COIMBATORE, India — In a city at the center of India’s textile industry — one that is full of working class history and struggle — the Communist Party of India (Marxist) concluded its six-day congress April...
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Blogging from India #4 Communist Party of India vows fight on food prices
March 27, 2008 By Teresa Albano
HYDERABAD, India — The Communist Party of India began its five-day congress here March 23 in a pouring rain unusual for the season and this area which mostly does not get enough. But the rain nourished...
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Blogging from India #3 The larger context of Pelosis visit to India
March 26, 2008 By Teresa Albano
HYDERABAD, India — When newspapers here reported a visit to India by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), eyebrows were raised. Pelosi, the first woman to hold the position of House speaker, is known in the U.S....
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