Bill Fletcher, Jr.

We need to think about how we need to change our own movement so that we are better positioned to win. Virtually every Labor Day there is less and less discussion of workers and unions than the previous year. Many of us who have been deeply involved in the labor union movement bemoan this situation,…

The Supreme Court’s decision in Arizona v United States will be studied for weeks to come. While the Supreme Court threw out key elements of Arizona’s anti-immigrant statute, what they permitted was the right of the police to investigate the immigration status of individuals who have been stopped if they – the police – have…

What is interesting about the relationship of the extreme political Right to Romney is that they actually hate him. This is not speculation. If you review the language of the Republican primary season it is clear that they actually despise him. They do not believe that he is a real conservative. They do not believe…

The June 5th recall election is one of the most important electoral moments I can remember. This is not due to its potential impact on the Presidential elections. The impact, one way or another, will be difficult to determine. The significance of the recall election is found in the willingness of thousands of Wisconsin-ites to…

Soon after Obama�s historic statement in favor of gay marriage, I watched the traffic on Facebook. Overall, the responses were very positive, even where people had questions as to the relative strength of the statement. But then I started seeing comments that questioned the sincerity of the statement. My immediate response was simple: who cares…

Did India just launch a new ballistic missile? A launch, by the way, which received very little international attention and concern and from a country that is a non-signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. And was it me or did North Korea just attempt to launch a new missile which they claimed was for peaceful…

One of the most striking features of the Trayvon Martin case has been the revelation of similar such lynchings taking place, whether carried out (or allegedly carried out) by law enforcement authorities or individual, non-state perpetrators of violence in the recent past. We have to, therefore, ask ourselves why are these cases emerging and what…