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readers of my column 'African World': I wanted to
send this note of apology for not having written anything
for BC in quite some time.
I have been asked to write a book by Beacon Press and i have a very tight
deadline.
The combination of my day job plus writing this manuscript have been simply
overwhelming and i have had to cut back. This has
meant that i have had to put my columns for BC on
hold, as well as decline several unrelated invitations to
speak and to write.
This has been very difficult for me since i love BC and i love writing
for it. But i realized that if i did not take this
step that it would be impossible for me to complete the
manuscript. The manuscript concerns labor unions and
it is written for a broad audience of readers.
After i know that the manuscript passes the straight-face test with my
publisher and we are into real editing i will have more
to say about it.
I hope to get back to BC soon, in either case. Love to you
all. Keep the faith.
- Bill Fletcher, Jr.
BlackCommentator.com
Editorial Board member, Bill Fletcher,
Jr., is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, the immediate past president
of TransAfricaForum and co-author of
Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path
toward Social Justice (University of California Press), which examines the crisis of organized
labor in the USA. Click here
to contact Mr. Fletcher.
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