September 24, 2026By Peter Cole LAWCHA June 19th, 2026 Ben Fletcher might be the most important African American labor leader you’ve never…
August 8, 2024The mural is located on the Delaware River waterfront where Fletcher fought not just for wages but for fairness and…- August 2, 2024By Keshler Thibert Hidden City May 16th, 2024 The new Ben Fletcher mural at 301 S. Columbus Boulevard will be…
- October 25, 2023By Labor Jawn In this interview episode, Sam and Gabe sit down with Dr. Peter Cole, author of "Ben Fletcher:…
- August 23, 2023By Africa World Now Report The IWW was born in 1905. On January 2, 1905, several dozen people identifying as…
- June 9, 2023By Working Class History Double podcast episode about Ben Fletcher, a very important but little-known dock worker and labour organiser…
- March 12, 2023By Herb Boyd Amsterdam News February 16th, 2023 Many years ago when this column launched, one of the first profiles…
- July 8, 2022By Robert Ovetz Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021 One of the hardest tasks for an historian of the working…
- May 14, 2022By Zinn Education Project Time Periods: World War I: 1910 - 1919 Themes: Labor, Organizing, Social Class On May 14,…
- May 5, 2022By Kim Kelly Philadelphia Inquirer The recent vote to unionize at a Staten Island Amazon warehouse should be a reminder…
- December 6, 2021By Adam McNeil New Books Network In the early twentieth century, when many US unions disgracefully excluded black and Asian…
- September 17, 2021By Against the Grain He’s one of the most important African American leaders you’ve probably never heard of: Ben Fletcher…
