Ben Fletcher: The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly Second Edition

The mural is located on the Delaware River waterfront where Fletcher fought not just for wages but for fairness and…

By Keshler Thibert Hidden City May 16th, 2024 The new Ben Fletcher mural at 301 S. Columbus Boulevard will be…

By Labor Jawn In this interview episode, Sam and Gabe sit down with Dr. Peter Cole, author of “Ben Fletcher:…

By Africa World Now Report The IWW was born in 1905. On January 2, 1905, several dozen people identifying as…

By Working Class History Double podcast episode about Ben Fletcher, a very important but little-known dock worker and labour organiser…

By Herb Boyd Amsterdam News February 16th, 2023 Many years ago when this column launched, one of the first profiles…

By Robert Ovetz Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021 One of the hardest tasks for an historian of the working…

By Zinn Education Project Time Periods: World War I: 1910 – 1919 Themes: Labor, Organizing, Social Class On May 14,…

By Kim Kelly Philadelphia Inquirer The recent vote to unionize at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse should be a reminder…

By Adam McNeil New Books Network In the early twentieth century, when many US unions disgracefully excluded black and Asian…