Stories by Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Bill Fletcher, Jr. is the Executive Editor of BlackCommentator.com. He is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies and the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum. He was a co-founder of both the Center for Labor Renewal and the Black Radical Congress. He is the co-author of "Solidarity Divided" (University of California Press, 2008)."
The electroshock paddles of "stimulus" keep being applied, but the capitalist patient isn't waking up. Is it now safe to talk about socialism?
Posted on Mar 6, 2009, Source: The Nation
From his uncritical stance of Israel's treatment of Palestinians to his statements about Iran, Barack Obama seems to be trying to prove his hawkish credentials.
Posted on May 12, 2007, Source: The Black Commentator
History – in the form of the Rainbow insurgency of the 1980s – holds clues to a winning electoral strategy for progressives.
Posted on Feb 25, 2005, Source: The Nation
A new book about Hubert Harrison, a little known black radical of Marcus Garvey's era, gives remarkable insightful into the history of African-American identity and politics.
Posted on Feb 25, 2002, Source: Monthly Review
