Tony Pecinovsky

Tony Pecinovsky is the author of "Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA" and author/editor of "Faith In The Masses: Essays Celebrating 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA." His forthcoming book is titled "The Cancer of Colonialism: W. Alphaeus Hunton, Black Liberation, and the Daily Worker, 1944-1946." Pecinovsky has appeared on C-SPAN’s "Book TV" and speaks regularly on college and university campuses across the country.

LATEST ARTICLES BY Tony Pecinovsky

U.S.

Ferguson causes a nation to re-examine police violence and brutality
October 29, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
These issues have turned Ferguson into the epicenter of a people's earthquake with the potential to shake our national understanding of race and racist repression.
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Labor

Workers’ Ed Society opens in St. Louis
October 27, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
The St. Louis Workers' Education Society recently purchased its new headquarters - a historic, beautiful, 10,000 square-foot union hall located in south St. Louis City.
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Labor

“We have to care, We do care, We’re all in,” Inspiring report from Missouri labor
September 19, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
"We need to clearly, openly discuss the reality of racism in America, we have a big vision of a better nation.""
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Opinion

“Speak Progress” activists coming to a venue near you
September 2, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
Speak Progress speakers provide ideas, analysis and interactive trainings that can inspire your campus, community or union.
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U.S.

An interview with USSA’s Maxwell Love
August 12, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
According to Love, students need to build "relationships with unions - on and off campuses, to build bridges in the community, students are workers."
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U.S.

Says USSA aim is to “alter power relations on campuses”
August 11, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
USSA, the nation's largest and oldest student organization, is committed to "helping students identify what their goals are and how to achieve them."
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U.S.

Fast food workers plan civil disobedience as employers “freak out” over NLRB ruling
July 31, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
The "$15 and a union" campaign won an NLRB decision that could dramatically change the organizing landscape in favor of fast food workers.
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Arts

“Death Blow to Jim Crow” comes highly recommended
July 15, 2014 By Tony Pecinovsky
At its peak, the National Negro Congress (NNC) included over 3,000 civic, religious, fraternal, labor and community organizations representing millions people.
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