Bill Fletcher, Jr. is a talk show host, writer, activist, and trade unionist. The Man Who Changed Colors is his latest novel. His first novel is The Man Who Fell From the Sky. He is also co-author (with Fernando Gapasin) of Solitary Divided, and the author of “They’re Bankrupting Us” — Twenty Other Myths about Unions. You can follow him on Twitter, Facebook and at www.billfletcherjr.com.
LaborViewpoint
The Labor Movement Is in a Fight for Its Existence Against a Neofascist Threat
For unions to survive, they must embrace antifascism.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
LaborViewpoint
Unions as a 21st Century Anti-Fascist Force
Trump and his MAGA movement are conspiring with oligarchs to turn the U.S. into a rightwing authoritarian state. The labor movement can play a key role in fighting back.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
LaborViewpointElection 2024
Labor Now Needs to Be an Anti-Fascist Movement
MAGA forces have begun what they believe to be their final offensive against everything on the Left. One way to fight back is for organized labor to become a conscious anti-fascist movement
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
LaborFeatureThe Right-Wing Issue
The Fascist Movement’s Biggest Threat: Labor Unions?
An interview with Paul Ortiz on how unions have fought Gov. Ron Desantis’ reactionary rule—and unions as an anti-fascist force.
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ViewpointCulture
Why Leftists Should Read The Man Who Changed Colors
"It is critically important that Leftists and progressives understand the complexity of humans rather than demonizing or idealizing anyone."
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Interview
Q&A with Alex Han, New Executive Director of In These Times
Writer, activist and trade unionist Bill Fletcher Jr. puts our new executive director, Alex Han, in the hot seat.
Bill Fletcher, Jr. and Alex Han
LaborViewpoint
The Central Issue Is Police Repression, Not Police Unions
Before rushing to expel police unions, labor needs a larger reckoning with law enforcement's role in a capitalist-colonialist state.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Viewpoint
Labor Needs To Embrace Social Justice Unionism
A successful rank-and-file strategy must look beyond the workplace.
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Feature
How To End the Tyranny of the Nonunion Workplace
To overcome right to work, we need rights at work.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Labor
The Janus Decision Was Never About the First Amendment. It Was About Destroying Labor.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Feature
The Election was a Referendum on Globalization and Demographics—Not Neoliberalism
It also represented the consolidation of a misogynistic white united front.
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Feature
A Ballot “Blank-Out” Is Not a Strategy for Black Power
The Black electorate needs to think far beyond November 8—and to lead the progressive electoral movement.
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Feature
Why Today’s Neoliberal Global Order Is Incompatible With Democracy
A new book by Jerry Harris explores the transformation of global capitalism and its implications.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Labor
What Activists Committed to the Long-Haul Fight Can Learn from the Life of Organizer Fred Ross
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Labor
The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case Was Not About Union Dues
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Dispatch
From Hashtag to Strategy: The Growing Pains of Black Lives Matter
Movement activists discuss strategy and tactics in #BlackLivesMatter.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Feature
Jobs, Justice and the Planet
During Obama's second term, the Left cannot passively await changes from the Democratic Party.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Feature
Guyana’s Post-Colonial Plight
Still beset by ethnic divisions 45 years after independence from Britain, the country's labor movement is now offering 'bold leadership,' according to scholar Perry Mars
Bill Fletcher, Jr.
Interview
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Bill Fletcher, Jr.