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

State workers slam cuts, call for taxing the rich
April 1, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. - "It is not OK to balance the budget off of our backs," state workers told lawmakers here March 31.
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U.S.

Stimulus money provides union jobs in Missouri
March 31, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
We are getting a double benefit from the stimulus money. We are rebuilding our infrastructure and creating jobs," said Missouri Governor Jay Nixon to about 300 union members.
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U.S.

Tired of bank greed, Missouri protesters say
March 25, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
ST. LOUIS - "We're tired of corporate America and the CEOs taking all our money," Ashli Bolden said as over 100 people protested inside the Bank of America tower on March 24.
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U.S.

Women’s history: Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the Rebel Girl
March 19, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
In honor of Women's History Month, the seventh article in our series on the Communist Party's 90th Anniversary will survey a few documents written by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, one of the most prominent women Communists in...
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U.S.

In Show-Me State, calls to tax the rich, show us some jobs
March 5, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
"Government has a responsibility to assist people in these hard economic times," former autoworker Clem Smith told a crowd on the state Capitol steps.
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U.S.

CPUSA @ 90: How Minnesota Communists helped organize car wash
March 1, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
We continue our series on the 90th Anniversary of the Communist Party USA with an excerpt of an interview with Betty Smith, director of International Publishers - the publishing house of the CPUSA.
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U.S.

CPUSA in the 1960s: an interview with Jarvis Tyner
February 23, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
Jarvis Tyner is the executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA and the chair of the party's African American Equality Commission. He joined the CPUSA in the early sixties, just as the Civil Rights Movement...
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Labor

Remembering James W. Ford
February 16, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
In honor of African American History Month, the sixth article in our series on the Communist Party's 90th Anniversary will survey a document written by James W. Ford.
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