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The African World

Why We Cannot Speak of Economic Injustice Alone, or, Why Race Matters

By Bill Fletcher, Jr. Editorial Board

One can delude one’s self into believing that race can be avoided; but at the most awkward moments, it rears its ugly head and tears movements apart.

September 3, 2015 2 min read Free to read

BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Bill Fletcher, Jr., is the host of The Global African on Telesur-English

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: “http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Why-We-Cannot-Speak-of-Economic-Injustice-Alone-20150817-0011.html”. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english the host of The Global African on Telesur-English

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: “http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Why-We-Cannot-Speak-of-Economic-Injustice-Alone-20150817-0011.html”. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english the host of The Global African on Telesur-English

This content was originally published by teleSUR at the following address: “http://www.telesurtv.net/english/opinion/Why-We-Cannot-Speak-of-Economic-Injustice-Alone-20150817-0011.html”. If you intend to use it, please cite the source and provide a link to the original article. www.teleSURtv.net/english the host of The Global African on Telesur-English. a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, the immediate past president of TransAfricaForum, and the author of “They’re Bankrupting Us” – And Twenty Other Myths about Unions. He is also the co-author of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice, which examines the crisis of organized labor in the USA. Other Bill Fletcher, Jr. writing can be found at billfletcherjr.com. Contact Mr. Fletcher and BC.

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