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Bill Fletcher, Jr

Antisemitism and Racist Oppression in the USA: Central to Understanding Africa American/Jewish Relations

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The February 2022 suspension of actor Whoopi Goldberg from The View after she apologized for her remark, to the effect that the Holocaust had not been about “race,” epitomized several layers of the problem in disentangling antisemitism IN THE USA from the phenomenon of systemic racist oppression.  It further epitomized the field of tension that exists between US African Americans…

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Occupy Together and ‘Mass Left Radicalism’: Great to see!

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Occupy Together and ‘mass left radicalism’: Great to see! By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Occupy Together did not come out of nowhere precisely because it was the result of a convergence of forces and factors without any of which it is highly unlikely that we would have seen the movement gain steam. Credit, however, must go…

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Now What? Labor Unions and the Inevitability of Class Struggle

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There is a story that I often use to make a point regarding one of the central problems in organized labor in the USA.  It goes like this: A man jumped off of the Empire State Building in New York.  As he was dropping past the 30th floor he was overheard saying “…so far, so good…” For more…

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The Continued Relevance Of W.E.B. Du Bois, Sixty Years On

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I had to be reminded that 2023 marks the 60th anniversary of the passing of one of the greatest thinkers of the 20thcentury:  W.E.B. Dubois. Du Bois passed away the day before the legendary 1963 March on Washington.  In fact, a few months prior to his death he wrote a solidarity statement with those engaged in the march.  A…

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