Bill Fletcher, Jr. - In These Times

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.

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.

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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.

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

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.

Labor Needs To Embrace Social Justice Unionism

A successful rank-and-file strategy must look beyond the workplace.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

How To End the Tyranny of the Nonunion Workplace

To overcome right to work, we need rights at work.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

The Janus Decision Was Never About the First Amendment. It Was About Destroying Labor.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

The Election was a Referendum on Globalization and Demographics—Not Neoliberalism

It also represented the consolidation of a misogynistic white united front.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

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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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.

What Activists Committed to the Long-Haul Fight Can Learn from the Life of Organizer Fred Ross

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

The ‘Friedrichs’ Supreme Court Case Was Not About Union Dues

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From Hashtag to Strategy: The Growing Pains of Black Lives Matter

Movement activists discuss strategy and tactics in #BlackLivesMatter.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.

Jobs, Justice and the Planet

During Obama's second term, the Left cannot passively await changes from the Democratic Party.

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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.

Bill Fletcher, Jr.