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Fletcher jr.: Wrong on Afghanistan!
Znet Article, April, 03 2009
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Sometimes I feel like I am reliving the era of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The era of 'guns and butter,' as they called it. At the same time that Johnson was launching his 'War on Poverty' he was escalating the US war against the people of Vietna...
Fletcher jr.: The "Cuban 5" Must Be Freed
Znet Article, March, 28 2009
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One of the oddest 'espionage' cases on record is that of the so-called 'Cuban 5.' The US Supreme Court is presently being petitioned to hear this case, a petition that has been accompanied by twelve amicus briefs from significant individuals and o...
Fletcher jr.: Race, History and Eric Holder's Remarks
Znet Article, February, 28 2009
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Last week's comments by Attorney General Eric Holder to the effect that when it comes to race, the USA is a nation of cowards brought forth immediate condemnation by right-wing talk radio. This was to be expected.
Fletcher jr.: Zimbabwe: Transition to Where?
Znet Article, February, 20 2009
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The struggle in Zimbabwe has never been a clean one...
Fletcher jr.: The Inauguration in the Shadow of Gaza
Znet Article, January, 25 2009
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I have found it difficult expressing my emotions in connection with the inauguration of President Obama. In the face of the jubilation, particularly but not exclusively among African Americans; in the face of the hopes and fears; in the face of s...
Fletcher jr.: Labor leader to Obama: "We have your back; we will not let you back up!"
Commentary, January, 10 2009
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The president of the Maryland and DC AFL-CIO, Fred Mason, had an idea. Following the electoral victory of Barack Obama he found himself perplexed by the enthusiastic, yet very unfocused, response of organized labor as to what should happen next. ...
Fletcher jr.: The United Auto Workers Must Fight Back!
Commentary, December, 19 2008
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When I awoke on Friday morning, December 12th, I turned on my computer. The first thing I saw was that the deal being worked on in the Senate to provide the automobile companies with loans had fallen through. The explanation offered on MSN: the Un...
Fletcher jr.: Israel Must End the Gaza blockade!
Commentary, December, 15 2008
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When it comes to Israel's blockade of Gaza, the silence is deafening, at least outside of Palestine. One wonders how many international conventions the Israelis need to break before there is an actual global outcry and action against their repeate...
Fletcher jr.: Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice
Book, December, 01 2008
A new direction for labor by two of its leading activist intellectuals.
Fletcher jr.: Solidarity Divided
Znet Article, November, 20 2008
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One of the missed opportunities we refer to in the book is the notion of geographic organizing to increase union density in urban areas. The problem occurs when local affiliates within the central labour councils refuse to support the strategies b...
Fletcher jr.: Solidarity Divided
Znet Article, November, 20 2008
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One of the missed opportunities we refer to in the book is the notion of geographic organizing to increase union density in urban areas. The problem occurs when local affiliates within the central labour councils refuse to support the strategies b...
Fletcher: Hubert Harrison
Zmag Article, November, 01 2008
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Bill Fletcher, Jr. reviews a book on an important, overlooked figure in U.S. history.
Fletcher jr.: New Messages, New Threats
Znet Article, October, 29 2008
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The 'Joe the Plumber' story has unraveled, yet Senator McCain continues to make reference to what is, in fact, a mythical character. Sure, there is a Joe, but he is not what he described himself to be. This has been exposed. Yet, McCain continues ...
Fletcher jr.: Right-wing populism & the Economic Crisis: Watch out for scapegoats!
Commentary, October, 17 2008
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In the face of economic crises there is always a search for scapegoats. Particularly in the case of modern capitalism, there remains a certain level of disbelief that crises are built into the system, i.e., that capitalism generates crises (and a...
Fletcher jr.: The Fall of Thabo Mbeki and the Future of South Africa
Znet Article, October, 11 2008
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I had almost literally just finished reading William Gumede's acclaimed biography of South African President Thabo Mbeki, when it was announced that President Mbeki was being sacked by the leadership of the African National Congress.
Fletcher jr.: Contempt from McCain as Obama pulls ahead
Video, October, 10 2008
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Minutes after the termination of the second of three Presidential debates between Barack Obama and John McCain, Real News Senior Editor Paul Jay sat down with Bill Fletcher Jr.
Fletcher jr.: A Legislative Agenda for the First 100 Days
Commentary, October, 09 2008
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Two days after the November 2008 elections, Democrats and their allies are still celebrating the decisive defeat of Republican John McCain. With his defeat comes the chance to render unto history the remnants of the Bush/Cheney regime that so ruin...
Fletcher jr.: Growing Black Radicalism: Hubert Harrison and the genesis of a movement
Commentary, October, 05 2008
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Jeffrey Perry has constructed a masterful examination of the life of the little known, though immensely significant, Black radical Hubert Harrison. In the first volume of what Perry promises to be a two volume work, Perry examines Harrison from b...
Fletcher jr.: Respect Bolivia's Democracy
Znet Article, October, 03 2008
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There is a struggle underway in Bolivia which has been largely overlooked or misrepresented in the mainstream circles in the USA. For the first time ever in Bolivia, the majority of the population exercises its rights as fully recognized citizens ...
Fletcher jr.: Labor Vanishes
Commentary, September, 08 2008
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Organized labor has vanished, as if it were part of the story line of a science fiction novel. Labor Day 2008 came and went and ...nothing. I searched through the newspaper...nothing. I looked at the TV schedule... nothing. It was as if there is n...
