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Shades of Justice
By Paul Krehbiel
Dismissed
by a high school guidance counselor in 1966 as unqualified for anything except foot soldiering in Vietnam, Paul Krehbiel disproved
the "experts."
From apolitical factory worker and aspiring artist to one of many leaders of the huge
anti-war movement in Buffalo, New York, Krehbiel takes us on a wild ride through the searing sixties. Along the way,
he introduces us to the music and culture of the times, to his art, to the woman he loved, the camaraderie of close friends,
an endearing group of workers, and a colorful cast of student anti-war organizers.
In this compelling personal
political history and love story, Krehbiel's outrage at the needless deaths, lies and contradictions of the war, drew
him deeply into the campaign to end it. Yet, he found himself torn between acting on his moral beliefs, and struggling
to save his closest personal relationship.
Krehbiel paints an insiders picture of that tumultuous, but extraordinary
and inspiring era, and does it with a captivating mixture of stories, warmth, seriousness and humor.
Most importantly,
his tale reveals how one of the most powerful social justice movements in American history was built, how it helped topple
two presidents, helped end a war, and ultimately, how it changed America.
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About
the Author
Born in Buffalo, Paul Krehbiel was one
of many leaders in the peace movement of the late 1960's and early 1970's to end the war in
Vietnam. He was a union auto parts worker and aspiring artist. He earned BA and MS degrees from the State University of New York at Buffalo in the mid and late 1970's where
he wrote for the student newspaper and taught in Social Sciences College at SUNYAB.
In the early 1980's, while working as a Teamster, he was active in the Colorado Coors Boycott which helped win a $1.2 million
jobs creation program for blacks and Latinos.
While involved in the Nuclear Freeze movement,
he worked on a campaign that ended nuclear weapons
production at a major arms manufacturer in Colorado.
In 1985, he became the managing editor of the Furniture Workers Press, national
newspaper of the United Furniture Workers, AFL-CIO, in Nashville, and assisted union organizing
in the south.
In the early 1990's,
he worked as a Senior Assistant to the Majority
Whip of the Assembly in the California Legislature. He was also president of Los Angeles Health Access, and a founder and vice president of Health Care for All, California's
state-wide organization
working for universal single-payer health care.
In 1998, he went on staff with Service Employees
International Union, Local 660, in Los Angeles
County, where he organized worksite Stewards
Councils. He was also the chief negotiator for over 5,000 Registered Nurses, and helped lead a campaign that improved hospital staffing. He was elected president of United Union Representatives
of Los Angeles for five consecutive terms.
Since 2003, he has been active in the campaign to end the war in Iraq, working with the Coalition for World Peace,
US Labor Against the War, and the Iraq Moratorium.
He is one of 70 authors of A Troublemaker's Handbook 2 (2005), a guide for employees seeking to improve their working conditions.
In 2007, he became a local coordinator for Step it Up, a national environmental organization working to stop global warming.
He lives, works and writes in southern California. Shades of Justice is a coming-of-age memoir.
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