Tony Pecinovsky (born October 11, 1977) is an American journalist, activist, and politician from St. Louis, Missouri and President of the Saint Louis Workers' Education Society,[1] which was opened in 2014.[2] Pecinovsky is also the author of Let Them Tremble: Biographical Interventions Marking 100 Years of the Communist Party, USA. He regularly speaks at colleges and universities across the U.S.[3][4]
Tony Pecinovsky | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | October 11, 1977 |
| Political party | Communist Party USA |
| Occupation | Activist, politician, journalist, President of St. Louis Workers' Education Society |
Biography edit
Pecinovsky is a member of the Communist Party USA,[5][6] and serves as the district organizer for the party in Kansas, Missouri and Tennessee.[7]
Pecinovsky is a contributor for People's World, the St. Louis/Southern Illinois Tribune, Labor Tribune,[8] Shelterforce, Z-Magazine, AlterNet,[9] Jacobin,[10] and Political Affairs.[11]
From 2010 to 2015 Pecinovsky served as a member of several local St. Louis political and labor organizations including the United Media Guild, Greater St. Louis CWA City Council, St. Louis Jobs with Justice and served as a delegate to the Greater St. Louis Central Labor Council.[11][12][13]
Political career edit
Pecinovsky is a delegate to the Greater St. Louis Central Labor Council, a member of the Missouri Progressive Coalition board and on the committee of the Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates coalition.[11] Pecinovsky was one of eighteen candidates who publicly opposed the attempted privitazation of the St. Louis Lambert International Airport.
Pecinovsky is a supporter of former Missouri state representative Bruce Franks Jr.[14]
Pecinovsky ran for St. Louis Board of Aldermen Ward 14 as a Democrat against incumbent Democrat Carol Howard.[15][16][17][18][19] Pecinovsky lost the March 5th 2019 election 622 votes (47.99%) to Howard's 674 votes (52.01%).[20][21]
References edit
- ^ "Officers | Workers' Education Society". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
President, Tony Pecinovsky Tony Pecinovsky writes regularly for the People's World and the St. Louis Labor Tribune, "one of the country's oldest and most respected union papers." His articles have been published in Shelterforce, Z-Magazine, Alternet and Political Affairs, among other publications. Through-out his professional career, Tony has served in a number of leadership capacities, including fund-raising co-chair of St. Louis Jobs with Justice, as a Missouri Progressive Vote Coalition board member and on the Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates (MIRA) coalition steering committee. For five years (2010-2015), as a member of the St. Louis United Media Guild, he served as the secretary-treasurer of the Greater St. Louis CWA (Communications Workersof America) City Council and as a delegate to the Greater St. Louis Central Labor Council. Tony has lectured at numerous universities and colleges, including UMSL, MIZZOU, Washington University and the University of Central Missouri, among others. He has also presented at numerous conferences and seminars on workers' rights, most recently the 2018 Labor Notes conference and the 2018 Labor Campaign for Single Payer Health Care annual strategy meeting. In April 2019, he will present at the Organization of American Historians (OAH) annual conference. Tony Pecinovsky is the president of the St. Louis Workers' Education Society
- ^ Pecinovsky, Tony (27 October 2014). "Workers' Ed Society opens in St. Louis". People's World. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ ""Let Them Tremble": Student Activism and Radical History in the 21st Century | Department of History | Columbian College of Arts & Sciences | The George Washington University". history.columbian.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "Annual Meeting Preview: Is Communism Twentieth-Century A... | OAH". www.oah.org. Retrieved 2019-11-23.
- ^ "Tony Pecinovsky, Author at Shelterforce". Shelterforce. 23 April 2006. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "Trump sparks communist growth surge". 21 March 2017.
- ^ Lewis, Aidan (1 May 2014). "How the US Communist Party survived". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
- ^ admin (4 February 2013). "Rally focuses on need for Medicaid expansion | The Labor Tribune". Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ by (2003-08-05). "The Clothing Gap". Alternet.org. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "Old Left, New Victories". jacobinmag.com. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ a b c Tribune, St Louis Labor (2018-10-18). "Tony Pecinovsky, St. Louis labor activist, runs for alderman". People's World. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ "She says He's a Communist; He says She's a Republican". 18 February 2019.
- ^ "Communist candidate for alderman draws reaction from Democratic Party of St. Louis". KMOX-AM. 20 February 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Pecinovsky, Tony (2016-09-21). "New Missouri state lawmaker will challenge corporate greed". People's World. Retrieved 2019-03-16.
- ^ Lippmann, Rachel (28 February 2019). "4 Things To Ponder About Tuesday's St. Louis Board Of Aldermen Races". news.stlpublicradio.org. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ staff, St Louis Public Radio (March 2019). "A St. Louis Voter's Guide To The March 5 Primary". news.stlpublicradio.org. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "Game over for Political Candidate's Events at Bevo Mill Pinball Bar". Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ Fishman, Joelle (26 November 2018). "A history making, unity building election". Communist Party USA. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
- ^ "This whole damned system is rigged!". 26 February 2018.
- ^ https://www.stlouis-mo.gov/government/departments/board-election-commissioners/documents/election-results/upload/Mar2019PrimaryAll28Wards.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Lynch, Maicol David (2019-03-15). "Labor-backed candidate Tony Pecinovsky scores 48 percent in St. Louis race". People's World. Retrieved 2019-03-16.