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.

Protest greets Romney: We are women and we vote
March 14, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
His ideas - and the other Republican presidential candidates' ideas - are "outdated" and "from the dark-ages."
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Opinion

Limbaugh a poor excuse for a hall of famer
March 8, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
The Show-Me state is well known for producing a lot of great, courageous people, but Rush Limbaugh was also born here.
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U.S.

Women’s leader warns that everyone’s health care is under attack
February 23, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
Right-wingers are waging an assault on the rights not just of women, but of all workers.
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Labor

Missouri Republicans press slew of anti-immigrant bills
February 9, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
The Missouri Legislature is debating anti-immigrant bills targeting students, non-English-speaking drivers and the federal government.
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U.S.

Group pushes misinformation about payday loan initiative
February 7, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
"Missourians for Equal Credit Opportunity" opposes the ballot initiative so much that it is spreading misinformation in an attempt to intimidate supporters.
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Opinion

The human dimension of long-term joblessness
January 24, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
Millions are still out of work or underemployed, and our economy isn't anywhere near full capacity.
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U.S.

Missourians push to cap payday loan interest rates
January 13, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
Payday loan companies can charge up to 1,950 percent interest; Missouri voters may be able to change that in November.
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U.S.

Missouri coalition aims to put minimum wage increase on Nov. ballot
January 6, 2012 By Tony Pecinovsky
Missouri's minimum wage workers could be getting a $1 an hour raise next year - currently, Missouri's minimum wage is $7.25 an hour.
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