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

Painters bus tour rallies the vote
September 20, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
ST. LOUIS - A nationwide, month-long "It's About The Jobs" bus tour organized by the Painters Union made a lively stop here last weekend.
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Labor

Unions shape Missouri Senate race: GOP/Wall Street vs. everybody else
September 2, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
ST. LOUIS - "The right wing wants to keep America from succeeding; they want to keep the president from succeeding; they want to keep us from succeeding."
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Labor

The rich are dying to avoid paying taxes
August 19, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
I recently read with dismay a Wall Street Journal article about the return of the estate tax.
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Labor

Rally slams move to end Saturday mail service
July 15, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
ST. LOUIS - "To eliminate Saturday service would destroy the Postal Service," Tony Harris, president of the American Postal Workers Union Gateway District Area Local, said July 12.
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U.S.

NAACP panel: Black community needs green future
July 14, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - At the NAACP's 101st Annual Convention here, political and community leaders from across the country discussed the impact green jobs could have on communities of color.
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U.S.

NAACP meet: health crisis is civil rights issue
July 12, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - "We are fighting for the lives of a whole generation of children," Angela Glover Blackwell told the NAACP's 101st National Convention here July 10.
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Labor

Deficit hawks take aim at Postal Service
July 9, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
The Postal Service says expected deficits are the reason it wants to close neighborhood post offices, eliminate Saturday service and lay off more employees, but the union calls it a "phony crisis."
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Labor

Missouri labor gears up for elections
July 1, 2010 By Tony Pecinovsky
"We represent the workers of this state," Labor Council President Bob Soutier told union leaders and political candidates here at a Labor 2010 Kick-off meeting.
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