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Fletcher: Guyana’s Post-Colonial Plight
Znet Article, August, 15 2010
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Still beset by ethnic divisions 45 years after independence from Britain, the country’s labor movement is now offering ‘bold leadership,’ according to scholar Perry Mars.
Fletcher: Detailing The Unspoken Truths Of A Deadly Relationship
Znet Article, July, 17 2010
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A book review...
Fletcher: Punching Holes In The So-Called Free Market Economies
Znet Article, June, 17 2010
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We have found ourselves wondering why President Obama is being 'red-baited' by the political Right. Any reasonable person looking at the policies of this administration could never come to the conclusion that it is anything close to socialist in n...
Fletcher jr.: American Labor & Class
Znet Article, September, 20 2009
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As those conservative protesters were leaving Washington, members of the country's largest body of unions, the AFL-CIO were arriving in Pittsburg for their annual convention. They elected the former coal miner Richard Trumka to be their new Presid...
Fletcher jr.: Moon Walking
Znet Article, July, 23 2009
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July 20, 1969 I was in Hyannis, Massachusetts. I was watching all the coverage of the moon landing and was positively thrilled. Yes, I was aware, as the Black Panther Party warned at the time, that this moon landing could be the harbinger of an ex...
Fletcher jr.: Meeting Agent Orange
Znet Article, July, 03 2009
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You mention “Agent Orange†and some people think that you are talking about a spy movie. For others, particularly those who know anything about the Vietnam War, they tend to think that it is something out of the distant past, perhaps an unfort...
Fletcher jr.: Murder on 14th Street
Znet Article, June, 18 2009
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When he opened the door to the Holocaust Museum on June 10th, Stephen Johns probably thought that he was being polite in assisting an elderly gentleman. More than likely it would never have occurred to him that he was a few minutes from death at t...
Fletcher jr.: President Obama's Speech to the Muslim World
Znet Article, June, 15 2009
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Let's start with the obvious. President Obama's speech was a remarkable speech for a President of the United States of America. Leaving aside its eloquence, what was striking about it included his use of history; his tackling the Islamophobic dist...
Fletcher jr.: Race, the National Question, Empire and Socialist Strategy in the USA
Znet Article, June, 11 2009
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Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications...
Fletcher jr.: Obama and the Somalia Dilemma
Znet Article, April, 17 2009
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With all of the discussion about the pirating of a US ship off the coast of Somalia, it is possible to overlook a far more important discussion concerning the Horn of Africa. According to the Saturday, April 11th issue of the Washington Post the O...
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.: Reimagining Socialism
Znet Article, March, 07 2009
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Essay on need for Socialist vision...
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.: 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 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.: 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.: 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.: The World Without BlackCommentator.com?
Znet Article, August, 22 2008
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Many people who know me know that at some point, in discussing the financial future of movement organizations and institutions I ask: "How do we expect to run this project, on magic?"
Fletcher: ZNet Book Interview: Solidarity Divided
Znet Article, July, 05 2008
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ZNet book interview...
Fletcher jr.: Obama and the Essence of Critical Support
Znet Article, June, 06 2008
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So, I watched Senator Obama's speech Tuesday night and thought to myself how, despite every reservation I have had about Senator Obama's politics, I was moved by the moment. Deep inside me I had always expected that a conservative Black candidate ...
Fletcher jr.: A Tale Of Two Storms: Myanmar And New Orleans
Znet Article, May, 22 2008
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Sometimes you hear things that are so unbelievable that you wonder whether it was all in your imagination. That is precisely the way that I felt in listening to comments by the Bush administration on the disastrous cyclone that hit the south Asian...
Fletcher jr.: Get Carter!: The Attack on Jimmy Carter's Middle East Peace Efforts by Bush & Olmert
Znet Article, May, 02 2008
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Former President James (Jimmy) Carter has the ability to appear almost out of thin air, landing in the midst of some of the most complex international crises. He has done it again, this time in going to meet with the Palestinian resistance group, ...
Fletcher jr.: Thoughts on the Jena 6 Mobilization and New Movements
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
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I was thrilled by the tremendous mobilization surrounding the now infamous Jena 6 case in Louisiana. Credit must go to radio personalities such as Michael Baisden and Tom Joyner, as well as Reverends Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton, in addition to ...
Fletcher jr.: Back From the War... and Into Homelessness
Znet Article, April, 27 2008
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The report this past week confirmed what veterans' advocates have been saying for some time: one quarter of the homeless are veterans! While this came as a shock to many people, anyone of age at the time of the Vietnam War would not have been su...
Fletcher jr.: Doing Elections
Znet Article, April, 21 2008
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Some recent controversy in connection with the statement on the US Presidential elections by Jamala Rogers posted on the FRSO website, along with a odd exchange that accompanied a piece that I wrote at The Black Commentator on the now-halted John ...
Fletcher jr.: An Open Letter to the Major League Baseball Players' Association on Curt Flood
Znet Article, April, 11 2008
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An open letter to the Major League Baseball Players' Association...
