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Ben Fletcher and Militancy on the Docks
Manage episode 301832916 series 20984
He’s one of the most important African American leaders you’ve probably never heard of: Ben Fletcher was a trailblazing anti-capitalist and labor leader, heading up the powerful multiracial Philadelphia-based dockworkers union, Local 8. Historian Peter Cole has made it his life’s work to unearth the contributions of Fletcher, who was jailed for his politics, and has left a legacy from which we can still learn.
Resources:
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project
Peter Cole (ed.), Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly PM Press, 2021
The post Ben Fletcher and Militancy on the Docks appeared first on KPFA.
1135 episodes
Manage episode 301832916 series 20984
He’s one of the most important African American leaders you’ve probably never heard of: Ben Fletcher was a trailblazing anti-capitalist and labor leader, heading up the powerful multiracial Philadelphia-based dockworkers union, Local 8. Historian Peter Cole has made it his life’s work to unearth the contributions of Fletcher, who was jailed for his politics, and has left a legacy from which we can still learn.
Resources:
The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 Commemoration Project
Peter Cole (ed.), Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly PM Press, 2021
The post Ben Fletcher and Militancy on the Docks appeared first on KPFA.
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