Bill Fletcher Jr. Profile
Bill Fletcher Jr.

@BillFletcherJr

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Bill Fletcher Jr. is a racial justice, labor & international activist, & author of They're Bankrupting Us! And 20 Other Myths about Unions & Solidarity Divided.

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Project Veritas could face legal liability for postal worker's ballot fraud allegations, experts say |
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Former Florida GOP chair says Trump’s latest attack ad against Democrats will cement his “bigoted legacy forever”
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DSA leadership to be applauded. Differences will inevitably emerge within any organization. Expulsions can quickly degenerate into purges,
From the National Political Committee: A Statement on the Question of Expelling Congressman Bowman 1/9
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@_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.
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'They Don't Care': Whistleblower Says Cambridge Analytica Aims To Undermine Democracy
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White Nationalism Is the Republican Party’s Meal Ticket via @intelligencer
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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...
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A student who worked in a Chinese iPhone factory explains why manufacturing jobs aren't coming back
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This is both unbelievable and heart-breaking. I cannot get my arms around this. I am too shaken to accept this, though I realize that I must.
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The Michael Brooks Legacy Project
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Rest in power
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The Koch Brothers Want To Rewrite The Constitution. They May Succeed. You have to take time to read this!
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Henry Kissinger, hero of the Chilean coup; Moroccan invasion of Western Sahara; and Indonesian invasion and atrocities in East Timor. A paragon of peace.
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Vijay Prashad
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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.
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Ex-KKK Leader David Duke Has Meltdown After Trump Condemns White Supremacists In Charlottesville
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A cop pushed a teen off a roof. His punishment: Forfeiting one vacation day.
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It’s the anniversary of the 1811 Louisiana slave revolt. via @SmithsonianMag
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‘God is not a magician’: Pope says Christians should believe in evolution and Big Bang
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She’s one of the best leaders we have with more courage and eloquence than most.
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@AOC @BillFletcherJr And what the fuck is this? You can't legitimize Genocide Joe and then support the student uprisings to serve your BRAND.
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Italy unions refuse to load Saudi ship in protest over Yemen war
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Many customers call for boycott of Goya Foods after CEO praises Trump’s leadership
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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.
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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.
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Bernie Sanders ties murder of his family by Hitler to his fight against occupation of Palestinians
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Woman demands passports from Guatemalan tourists after they spoke in Spanish at a Virginia restaurant
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Abdul-Jabbar: Insulting Colin Kaepernick says more about our patriotism than his
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Senate removes phrase 'white nationalist' from measure intended to screen military enlistees - CNNPolitics
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Nothing happened. I want the Ukrainians to win and preserve their national sovereignty against a semi fascist Putin regime.
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Ajamu Baraka
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@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
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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.
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Ajamu Baraka
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@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
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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.
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'China virus' rhetoric caused sharp anti-Asian bias increase, report shows
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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.
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End Genocide! 🇷🇺🇵🇸🇻🇪🇨🇺🇮🇷🇸🇾🇨🇳 🔻
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@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.
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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?
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Daytona Slim 🇵🇸#FreePalestine
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@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!
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Karl Marx’s Debt to People of African Descent via @ROAPE
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The Trump-era GOP cares more about national origin and race than whether you came legally or illegally, argues @peterbeinart
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Trump rule would let some businesses bar LGBT workers
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Hookworm, a disease of extreme poverty, is thriving in the US south. Why?
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Republicans traditionally suppress voters, Trump adviser says in recording before walking back remarks
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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.
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Hank Aaron speaks out on Colin Kaepernick controversy: 'He's getting a raw deal'
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@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?
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Donald Trump Is Not Too Big to Fail via @thenation
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Israel let far-right Proud Boys founder in, but says no to Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib
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Protestors are blocking Israeli ships from offloading in Oakland
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The United States owes Haiti reparations.
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Tell Russia you want peace in Ukraine so they should get the hell out.
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“We could’ve ended world hunger THREE TIMES OVER for the amount we’ve spent on this insanity” — @LeeCamp on the need for #PeaceInUkraine
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Conservatives Don’t Hate Socialism, They Hate Equality via @truthout
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U.S. owes black people reparations for a history of 'racial terrorism,' says U.N. panel
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US Ice officers 'used torture to make Africans sign own deportation orders'
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The US Celebrates King’s Nonviolence But Not His Antiwar Politics via @truthout
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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.
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@DMS_Dawnie Voting for Biden so that Trump is crushed and we can proceed with part 2 of our fight.
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More Than 4,000 Black People Were Lynched in the South—Where Are Their Monuments? @alternet
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Who are essential workers?: A comprehensive look at their wages, demographics, and unionization rates via @economicpolicy
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The USA provided aid to China to fight Japanese imperialism. Did that make the anti-Japanese struggle illegitimate? I think not.
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@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.
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Bernie Sanders's highly sensible plan to turn post offices into banks
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A Trump aide outlined how the then-president could redirect anger over the Capitol riot towards 'ANTIFA,' 'crazed leftists,' and the 'fake news media'
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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.
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Hundreds of Irish march in solidarity with US Black Lives Matter (PHOTOS & VIDEO)
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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.
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helping get Biden reelected counts as winning now lol
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Failed economist tells Fox audience that recession was caused by Obama, and now it's Bernie's fault
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3 Union Leaders Were Shot Dead and Colombia Says an American Company Financed Their Killers via @vice
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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?
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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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Sara A. Carter
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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.”
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No, Mr. Trump, It’s not about bigotry on all sides: It’s about white supremacists
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Senate passes resolution to end US role in Yemen war via @voxdotcom
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On Palestine-Israel, Cory Booker and Kamala Harris miss the progressive wave they seek to ride via @972mag
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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.
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Always a pleasure to engage in a discussion with Michael.
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59(P) - The 2018 Midterms: Progress for the Left, Hardening Nationalism on the Right ft @BillFletcherJr new @tmbsfm
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'Jesus never charged a leper a co-pay': the rise of the religious left
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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...
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Puerto Ricans shut down major highway, march toward capitol to demand that the governor resign
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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.
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Vijay Prashad
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What a disingenuous tweet from a person I thought was my friend:
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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(???)
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The White Helmets
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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
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Bill Fletcher Jr.
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Mass Incarceration Since 1492: Native American Encounters With Criminal Injustice via @sharethis A must read!
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Bill Fletcher Jr.
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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.”
@LeoECasey
Leo Casey
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@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.
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Here we are again!
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South Africa calls for Israel to be declared an ‘apartheid state’ via @AJEnglish
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@_michaelbrooks Not about indulging. It’s about tactics, with all due respect.
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Trump's holiday menu: handouts for billionaires, hunger for the poor | Bernie Sanders and Rashida Tlaib
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Bill Fletcher Jr.
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I always have a great discussion with Michael. It feels like we are sitting in a living room talking about the big picture.
@_michaelbrooks
Michael Brooks
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Great conversation with @BillFletcherJr & more! Save The Post Office & Labor + Uprising in 2020 @tmbsfm
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Bill Fletcher Jr.
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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?
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@Aaron_Good_ @BillFletcherJr Seriously Bill, you are on the wrong side of this issue. History will bear it out.
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Except that is not true. And worse, the continual denial of Russian violation of international law is beneath you.
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Aaron Maté
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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:
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CIA Covert Operations: The 1964 Overthrow of Cheddi Jagan in British Guiana | National Security Archive
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