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BlackCommentator.com Editorial Board member and Columnist, Bill Fletcher, Jr., is the executive editor of globalafricanworker.com, former president of TransAfrica Forum, and a lifetime trade unionist. He is a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, and the author of The Man Who Changed Colors, “They’re Bankrupting Us” - And Twenty Other Myths about Unions and the novel The Man Who Fell From the Sky. 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. Mr. Fletcher is also Co-editor of "Claim No Easy Victories: The Legacy of Amilcar Cabral". Other Bill Fletcher, Jr. writing can be found at billfletcherjr.com. Contact Mr. Fletcher and BC.
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If someone is going to treat this as a serious piece of work, devoting themselves as the publishers of BlackCommentator.com do every week, they simply cannot do that on a shoe-string or as volunteers.
Many people who know me know that at some point, in discussing the financial future of movement organizations and institutions I ask: “How do we expect…
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If someone is going to treat this as a serious piece of work, devoting themselves as the publishers of BlackCommentator.com do every week, they simply cannot do that on a shoe-string or as volunteers.
Many people who know me know that at some point, in discussing the financial future of movement organizations and institutions I ask: “How do we expect…
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The African World
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The central point here is that the Trump voters have chosen to ignore reality, if not outright reject it.
As of the writing of this column, the Presidential election has not been finalized. What is clear, however, is that millions of people, in voting for…
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The African World
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Those charged in the apparent coup attempt and kidnapping in Michigan were not wild-eyed crazies who like to play with guns. They are part of a right-wing populist movement that has received active and steady encouragement from the Trump administration to taunt those who believe in democracy.
Mainly described as an attempted kidnapping of Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the alleged actions of the apparent white terrorists are better described as a coup attempt.…
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The African World
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Such expressions of sympathy, while understandable, can lead one to misunderstand the nature of the current crisis and also to misunderstand the importance of voting Trump out on November 3rd.
Why the surprise, one might ask? The same question can and should be posed not only to the Trump family but to the Republican deniers who…
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The moment in which we live is explosive because of the fusion of crises, including but not limited to the Covid19 pandemic, the economic collapse, the environmental catastrophe, extrajudicial violence targeting racialized populations, and a growing right-wing populist movement with a crypto-fascist President as its main spokesperson.
The eruption of protests and rebellions following the murder of Minneapolis resident George Floyd sent shockwaves across the country; indeed, around the world. Suddenly, in the…
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The African World
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They are either delusional or trapped in a delusional bubble. As a result, trying to convince them, as individuals, to wake up and smell the coffee tends not to work.
It may be that I make a naive assumption about African Americans, i.e., that the depth of our history as victims of racist and national oppression;…
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The African World
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these were actions taken thirty-five years ago, which goes to my first point: there has been no discussion of whether Northam’s record since 1984 has been consistent OR inconsistent with the behavior represented by those pictures and his acknowledgement of having gone ‘black face.’ This, above all, is what I find amazing.
So, let’s start by my alerting you that my views on the Governor Northam controversy may be different from what you expect. I don’t think that…
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The African World
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For years there was an alliance between the Republican Establishment and this right-wing populist movement because the right-wing populist movement served the interests of the Republican Establishment in demanding tax cuts, attacking affirmative action, pushing back on women’s rights and going after Democrats. At the end of the day, the Republican Establishment believed that they could keep control over this growing movement, in much the same way that Dr. Frankenstein believed that he could control the Monster.
The sick and pathetic nature of today’s Republican Party really hit me in connection with the attacks on Senator John McCain. Don’t get me wrong, I…
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