Bill Fletcher, Jr.

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.

June 11, 2015 – Issue 610 var addthis_config = {“data_track_clickback”:true}; Building People Power What Clues Can History Offer?” Keynote Speech Justice Works 2015 “Why do so many people refuse to resist and rise up in the face of clear examples of repression and degradation?” On May 30 & 31, 2015, 600 of New York’s top…

What the Vatican did was to say to the world that the Palestinian people are simply not going to be forgotten or dismissed.

Were an African American to shoot and kill a white youth who s/he believed was a threat, there is little question but that such a person would be found guilty of something, assuming that they were not first lynched.

The Egyptian military is an unreformed institution. There has been no purge. It is not led by revolutionary elements. It is both a military and economic institution that has been central to the stability of the Egyptian State. It has shown no interest in a progressive, democratic transformation of Egypt.

if the federal minimum wage had kept up with the increases in productivity, it would stand today at roughly $22/hour rather than $7.25.

Try as they might, the pro-democracy movement, which was never under the leadership of any one organization, found it difficult to retain a commitment to non-violence. This was especially the case once a new factor entered the picture: Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

Regardless of one’s analysis of the Nation of Islam - then or now - the reality is that it provided a stepping stone for numerous black men and women who were caught in the abyss of despair, and demonstrated a path through which they could rebuild their lives and their integrity.

Label someone a “terrorist” and all sorts of actions can be justified, including targeted killings whether through drones or renegade bounty hunters.