By Chad Pearson H-Labor June 2021 Reviewed by Chad Pearson (Collin College) Published on H-Labor (June, 2021) Commissioned by David…
Peter Cole’s Blog
Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly
The Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies May 17th, 2021 On May 12, 2021, historian and author Peter Cole joined…
Ben Fletcher, Black Wobbly
Industrial WorkerMay 9th, 2021 In anticipation of his upcoming book talk, historian Peter Cole discusses the life and times of…
Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly
By Brian Shuffler ZComm February 12th, 2021 Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly, by Peter Cole…
May Day & The Undeniable Power of Interracial Unions
By We the Black People April 30th, 2021 Though largely unacknowledged in America in favor of Labor Day in September,…
The Black Wobbly
By Paul Buhle DSA April 26th, 2021 It is always worth asking why the Industrial Workers of the World, also…
The Story of Ben Fletcher
By Erik Loomis Lawyers, Guns & Money April 18th, 2021 The labor historian Peter Cole lays out the main points…
Ben Fletcher—Unsung Hero of the Working Class in Counterpunch
By Ron Jacobs Counterpunch April 16th, 2021 Ben Fletcher is the definition of an unsung hero. He was a Black…
Ben Fletcher and Multiracial Union Organizing in Philadelphia
By Philly Socialists Ben Fletcher was an influential union organizer and orator from Philadelphia who cofounded the Local 8 of…
Anti-Racist Unionism: Ben Fletcher and the IWW
By the Red Caucus How long have labor activists struggled toward racial unity against capitalism? Join us on March 20th…