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

Labor

Missouri may become latest Right-to-Work (for less) state
February 28, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
If Republican lawmakers get their way, Missouri may become the 25th state in the nation to impose a so-called 'Right-to-Work' law.
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Labor

Miners arrested again in St. Louis protest
February 15, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
"There is a war on workers in this country." Instead of "brass knuckles and gun thugs, corporate lawyers" are helping Peabody rob retirees.
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Labor

Pastor pits God vs. common courtesy at Applebee’s
February 8, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
We all hold similar definitions of common courtesy - that's why it's called "common."
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Labor

Miners arrested in protest against coal company
January 29, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
The nation's largest coal companies created the spin-off company, Patriot Coal, in a scheme to rob thousands of union members and beneficiaries of their pensions and health care benefits.
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U.S.

Move to expand Medicaid in Missouri
January 17, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
"We have an opportunity to expand Medicaid here in Missouri. We have an opportunity to give security to over 250,000 people who currently do not have health care."
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Opinion

Majority backs higher taxes on the rich
January 8, 2013 By Tony Pecinovsky
Many - a significant portion I would argue - disapprove of the "fiscal cliff" deal because it does not increase taxes enough on the wealthy.
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Labor

Missourians: Real deficit is the jobs deficit
December 13, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
"We cannot cut our way to job creation," the Rev. Roosevelt Broadnax told labor and community allies.
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U.S.

Missourians say “No cuts to Medicare, Social Security”
December 11, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
"We cannot cut our way to job creation," the Rev. Broadnax told labor and community allies here as they held a press conference out-side of the Delmar-Loop Social Security office.
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