Stories by Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a racial justice, labor and international writer and activist.  He is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, the immediate past president of TransAfrica Forum, an editorial board member of BlackCommentator.com, the co-author of Solidarity Divided, and the author of the forthcoming “They’re Bankrupting Us” – And Twenty other myths about unions.  He can be reached at billfletcherjr@gmail.com subscribe to Bill Fletcher, Jr.'s feed

Target Assata: How the FBI and Cuba Bashers Are Going After a Black Liberation Activist

Posted on: May 9, 2013, Source: The Black Commentator

The FBI recently declared that fugitive Black activist Assata Shakur was a “terrorist.”

How the Left Can Become a True Political Force to Be Reckoned With

Posted on: Nov 13, 2012, Source: AlterNet

We need to assert a new culture of organizing capable of meeting the demands it will place on us, and now is the time to begin.

The 2012 Elections Have Little To Do With Obama's Record … Which Is Why We Are Voting For Him

Posted on: Aug 9, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The 2012 election will be one of the most polarized and critical elections in recent history.

There is No Substitute for Organizing: How Unions Might Help Win Future Battles

Posted on: Jul 2, 2012, Source: The Nation

Two clear lessons can be drawn from Wisconsin: unions need to reinvest in mass participatory education and need to stop focusing on "collective bargaining."

Why Boycotts, Divestment and Sanctions Should Be Used to Target Israeli Apartheid

Posted on: Apr 8, 2012, Source: AlterNet

The Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement has been a significant instrument in the campaign to tear down Israel's democratic facade.

Civil War in Progressive Mega Union

Posted on: Dec 31, 2009, Source: In These Times

When the SEIU leadership decided to move against one of its largest locals, they unleashed a storm that few of the leaders apparently believed possible.

If We Are in the Death Spiral of Capitalism, Can We Start Using the "S" Word?

Posted on: Mar 5, 2009, Source: The Nation

The electroshock paddles of "stimulus" keep being applied, but the capitalist patient isn't waking up. Is it now safe to talk about socialism?

My Lingering Doubts about Obama's Foreign Policy

Posted on: May 11, 2007, Source: The Black Commentator

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.

Visualizing a Neo-Rainbow

Posted on: Feb 24, 2005, Source: The Nation

History – in the form of the Rainbow insurgency of the 1980s – holds clues to a winning electoral strategy for progressives.

Hubert Harrison, History's Unknown Black Radical

Posted on: Feb 24, 2002, Source: Monthly Review

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.