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- Monday, Dec 07, 2009
Commentary A speech given on November 30, 2009 at the United Nations as part of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People -
- Sunday, Nov 08, 2009
Blog Post Bill Fletcher's Resoc Interview -
- Sunday, Nov 01, 2009
Commentary Justice Goldstone, a Jewish South African with impeccable credentials as an international human rights advocate and investigator, was charged by the United Nations with the task of conducting an investigation into allegations of human rights abuse... -
- Monday, Oct 12, 2009
Commentary The Pittsburgh convention of the AFL-CIO (the largest of the union federations in the USA) made it official: Richard Trumka, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO under John Sweeney, and formerly President of the United Mine Workers of America, was e... -
- Sunday, Sep 20, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Thursday, Jul 23, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Friday, Jul 03, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Tuesday, Jun 30, 2009
Commentary Many people on the Left have difficulty addressing the issue of torture. Certainly when the torture is carried out by imperialists, there is no problem condemning it. But what happens when torture is carried out by organizations or governments tha... -
- Thursday, Jun 18, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Monday, Jun 15, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Thursday, Jun 11, 2009
ZNet Article Contribution to the Reimagining Society Project hosted by ZCommunications... -
- Monday, May 11, 2009
Commentary The Israeli government often reminds me of a dog I once owned. My dog was forbidden to enter into the living room. Nevertheless, she would creep into the living room, usually moving a few inches at a time in order to see whether we reacted. If we ... -
- Friday, Apr 17, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Friday, Apr 03, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Saturday, Mar 28, 2009
ZNet Article 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... -
- Saturday, Mar 07, 2009
ZNet Article Essay on need for Socialist vision... -
- Saturday, Feb 28, 2009
ZNet Article 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. -
- Friday, Feb 20, 2009
ZNet Article The struggle in Zimbabwe has never been a clean one... -
- Sunday, Jan 25, 2009
ZNet Article 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... Video Bill Fletcher - Author of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice" speaks at United Healthcare Workers 2008 Leadership Conference. -
- Saturday, Jan 24, 2009
Video Bill Fletcher - Author of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice" speaks at United Healthcare Workers 2008 Leadership Conference. (Part 1 of 2) -
- Saturday, Jan 10, 2009
Commentary 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. ... -
- Friday, Dec 19, 2008
Commentary 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... -
- Monday, Dec 15, 2008
Commentary 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... -
- Monday, Dec 01, 2008
Book A new direction for labor by two of its leading activist intellectuals. -
- Thursday, Nov 20, 2008
ZNet Article 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... ZNet Article 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... -
- Saturday, Nov 01, 2008
ZMag Article Bill Fletcher, Jr. reviews a book on an important, overlooked figure in U.S. history. -
- Wednesday, Oct 29, 2008
ZNet Article 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 ... -
- Friday, Oct 17, 2008
Commentary 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... - All Most Recent Content
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- Sunday, Jan 25, 2009
Video Bill Fletcher - Author of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice" speaks at United Healthcare Workers 2008 Leadership Conference. -
- Saturday, Jan 24, 2009
Video Bill Fletcher - Author of "Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and A New Path Toward Social Justice" speaks at United Healthcare Workers 2008 Leadership Conference. (Part 1 of 2) -
- Friday, Oct 10, 2008
Video 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. -
- Tuesday, Oct 23, 2007
Video Bill Fletcher discusses Apartheid-era South Africa and compares it with Apartheid-like conditions in Israel today. He is a Visiting Professor at Brooklyn College, in NYC, an ex-CEO of the TransAfrica Forum, and a former assistant to the AFL-CIO's ... - All Recent Video
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- Monday, Dec 01, 2008
Book A new direction for labor by two of its leading activist intellectuals. - All Recent Books
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