Bill Fletcher Jr. is a racial justice, labor & international activist, & author of They're Bankrupting Us! And 20 Other Myths about Unions & Solidarity Divided.
@_michaelbrooks
Sanders is correct to discourage anything that looks like personal attacks on Warren. This is a moment where his campaign needs allies and to weaken the attachment of middle forces to Biden.
91-year-old man beaten with brick, told 'go back to your own country' I wonder what would have happened had he or someone else acted against this woman in self-defense...
Henry Kissinger, hero of the Chilean coup; Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara; and Indonesian invasion and atrocities in East Timor. A paragon of peace.
Basically, 100-year-old Kissinger - at risk to his health - went to China to meet Xi Jinping and discuss how to dial down tensions between the United States and China, preventing an escalation of conflict to war.
Interesting how you tend to avoid hard questions. I stand with the Ukrainians against Russian aggression. I could not care less what Modi or Ramaphosa do in their dance recitals on alleged “multipolarity”. And I stand with Ukrainians in opposition to domestic neoliberalism.
What is the political character of the Zelensky regime in Ukraine? (Which you wholeheartedly support despite its repressive nature). The majority of the Third World opposes the U.S. proxy war in Ukraine yet you endorse it.
@BillFletcherJr
I really don't understand what happened to our comrade. This is straight up warmongering. And quoting simpleminded liberals? Bill actually wants the Western European states to win. Later for balance of forces considerations. Encourage the most dangerous freaks on the planet. Wow
I am not supporting the Russian fascists. You appear to be doing so in the name of fighting US imperialism. I want the Ukrainians to succeed on their own terms. You seem to care little about that and treat the Ukrainians as if they are chumps.
@BillFletcherJr
I really don't understand what happened to our comrade. This is straight up warmongering. And quoting simpleminded liberals? Bill actually wants the Western European states to win. Later for balance of forces considerations. Encourage the most dangerous freaks on the planet. Wow
The great Jack O’Dell passed away early this morning East Coast time. An iconic activist and thinker who played a major role in the Black Freedom Movement and the Left. He was a wonderful friend & mentor. So many us shall miss him.
Please, stop reading comic books and study 2014. Oh, and here’s an idea: talk with some Ukrainians, particularly those on the Left. The arrogance of so many US leftists on this matter, thinking that they just need (Putin) talking points is amazing.
@BillFletcherJr
We knew what as best for the Ukrainians when we overthrew their democratically elected government and replaced it with a fascist puppet regime that waged war on its own people. We don't need to tell them how to end the war, we need to permit our puppet to end it.
Since I am not a liberal I cannot answer for them. As a socialist I am looking to both press for an expansion of democracy and break the back of the Right. Under what conditions are we better positioned?
@EmacInSTL
@BillFletcherJr
Liberals telling Antifas about “taking fascism seriously” meaning we have to vote for GOP-lite to save the country from Trump so that Biden Can enact the exact same policies…
Wow, that's rich. Way to miss the point of what i was saying Emac!
You see, this is where things get complicated. He supported the UAW; appointed a good NLRB. and in something I am very familiar with—unionizing of 5000 Minor League players—came down on the right side. He is not a socialist and will never be. That is not the question.
@KimIversenShow
I am uncertain what USA you are talking about. Have you looked at the stats recently in terms of the differential in treatment of minorities compared with whites?
Labor & Palestine: Jeff Schuhrke & Bill Fletcher on How U.S. Unions Are Responding to War in Gaza via
@democracynow
Part 2 of the interview we did this morning. Please take a look when you can.
Maduro is certainly not the leader Chavez was, but I’ll be damned if I sit quietly while the USA drives Venezuela towards civil war. The USA has been seeking to undermine the gov’t for years.
@BillFletcherJr
@anniefofani
Who is paying the bills and providing the equipment for Ukraine's side: Ukraine alone, or primarily someone else? Something being an invasion does not mean that something is not also a proxy war.
Actor & activist Ed Asner died at the age of 91. He was an outspoken progressive and frequently paid the price for the stands that he took. He was also an excellent actor. He shall be missed.
No. It’s about creating the best conditions for progressive forces to win. As opposed to simply seeing an election as an expression of moral outrage. The Right always sees making alliances towards winning. Too many of us see it as the equivalent of voting in American Idol.
What is it about social media that encourages people to be insulting of those with whom they disagree? Anonymity? Does this appeal to an ego weakness where otherwise cowards feel they have the upper edge? What, then, discourages principled exchange? The number of characters?
What sort of nonsense is this? When Trump criticized virtually everything going on in the USA during his campaign, no one suggested that he go back to Germany, though that might have been an interesting option.
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@RandPaul
on
@IlhanMN
: "I’m willing to contribute to buy her a ticket to visit
#Somalia
... she can look and maybe learn a little bit about the disaster that is Somalia." “After she’s visited Somalia she might come back and appreciate America more.”
Building Communities of Solidarity Bill Gallegos and I did an interview with our friend Dr. Fernando Gapasin reflecting on his years in the labor movement.
German far-right AfD politicians travel to Syria in effort to send back refugees via
@dwnews
Someone was Tweeting about how allegedly progressive Assad is? Well, guess again...
Friend? You haven’t treated me as a friend in more than a decade, ignoring me when I have reached out. Next time you should use more precise language when tweeting a story if you don’t want to be misunderstood.
While Russia pretends to be the friend of the Palestinian people, they blast the hell out of Syrians. A few of us don’t want to acknowledge this fact, it appears(???)
Russian warplanes conducted airstrikes targeting mountainous areas near civilian residences and a school in the village of Qunitra in western
#Idlib
countryside, today, Saturday, October 21st.
#Syria
#WhiteHelmets
Thanks, Leo! My heart goes out to those friends and comrades who, in the name of fighting US imperialism, are prepared to embrace…imperialism and reaction. It’s called the “red/brown alliance.”
@ajamubaraka
@BillFletcherJr
"What happened" to our comrade is that he is committed to anti-imperialism and anti-fascism in all circumstances, including those of the imperial invasion of Ukraine by a Russian state ruled by neo-fascists. And that is to be commended.
Seriously Munda Squire. You are on the wrong side of history and encouraging a semifascist regime. If we cannot count on the Left to oppose aggression, national oppression and authoritarianism, what good is the Left except to be rhetorical, self-indulgent fools?
And if CNN and the rest of establishment media told Americans the truth about the Ukraine war — such as the fact that NATO blocked a peace deal in April 2022 — that majority would be even higher: