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Bill Fletcher, Jr., Dennis Kucinich, and Union Education
March 24, 2011
"Republicans are moving an agenda to defund programs and agencies that they've never supported," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. "They're not discussing where we get the money to attack Libya if we're broke." Bill, past president of the TransAfrica Forum, says that it's hypocritical of the U.S. to get involved in Libya's conflict while ignoring tyrants in other parts of the world.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.: Bombing Libya, Killing Jobs
March 24, 2011
"Republicans are moving an agenda to defund programs and agencies that they've never supported," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. "They're not discussing where we get the money to attack Libya if we're broke." Bill, past president of the TransAfrica Forum, says that it's hypocritical of the U.S. to get involved in Libya's conflict while ignoring tyrants in other parts of the world.
Bill Fletcher, Jr.: From Uprising to Social Movement
February 25, 2011
"This could be the kind of social justice moment that many of us have been waiting for," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the Center for Labor Renewal. He points out that the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia are not just spreading to Libya, locked in a deadly struggle with its own dictator, but in Ohio, Wisconsin, and around the US. "People are picking up on the energy and the audacity of the democratic revolt," he notes.
Bill Fletcher, Jr., Solidarity in Wisconsin & the Welfare Connection
February 24, 2011
"This could be the kind of social justice moment that many of us have been waiting for," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the Center for Labor Renewal. He points out that the revolutions in Egypt and Tunisia are not just spreading to Libya, locked in a deadly struggle with its own dictator, but in Ohio, Wisconsin, and around the US. "People are picking up on the energy and the audacity of the democratic revolt," he notes.
Bill Fletcher, Jr: Fighting the Fictions in Congress
December 8, 2010
"This is about crushing the power of working people, we should be very clear," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the attacks on federal workers' pay. Freezing their wages isn't enough; some, like Rand Paul, say they should actually be cut. It's all more proof, Bill notes, that no compromise will be enough for Republicans, whether it's tax cuts or pay freezes or any other supposed economic recovery or deficit reduction tactics.
Bill Fletcher Jr., Robert Kuttner, and Tax Cuts
December 7, 2010
"This is about crushing the power of working people, we should be very clear," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the attacks on federal workers' pay. Freezing their wages isn't enough; some, like Rand Paul, say they should actually be cut. It's all more proof, Bill notes, that no compromise will be enough for Republicans, whether it's tax cuts or pay freezes or any other supposed economic recovery or deficit reduction tactics.
Bill Fletcher Jr.: Turning the Tide on the Tea Party
October 5, 2010
"We need a grassroots coalition that's comparable to the Tea Party movement in many respects. It needs to be fairly decentralized, easy for people to join, and it needs to be audacious," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the way forward after the success of this past weekend's One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. This rally, he notes, needs to not simply be a nice day out for progressives--it needs to be a turning of the tide, a reversal of course away from anger and toward solidarity.
Bill Fletcher Jr., Jesse Jackson, John Conyers and John Nichols
October 4, 2010
"We need a grassroots coalition that's comparable to the Tea Party movement in many respects. It needs to be fairly decentralized, easy for people to join, and it needs to be audacious," says Bill Fletcher, Jr. of the way forward after the success of this past weekend's One Nation rally in Washington, D.C. This rally, he notes, needs to not simply be a nice day out for progressives--it needs to be a turning of the tide, a reversal of course away from anger and toward solidarity.
The F Word: Accepting Defeat in Iraq
September 2, 2010
Everyone is spinning the Iraq mission's so-called end but no one seems willing quite to accept defeat. Republicans are complaining that the president didn't mention George W. Bush often enough in his speech announcing the end of combat operations. In fact, he did, quite a bit, and in an over-generous way, most sane people agree. As GRITtv commentator Bill Fletcher, Jr. put it Wednesday, "Iraq wasn't a case of a war gone bad with good intentions--it was begun illegally and handled wrong from the start."
Bill Fletcher, Jr: Spinning Victory in Iraq
September 2, 2010
President Obama might have declared the combat mission over in Iraq this week, but thousands of troops and contractors remain behind in that country and troops are still moving into Afghanistan. In his speech, Obama struck a note of conciliation with President Bush, and echoed a refrain that's grown familiar now: move forward, don't look back. But Bill Fletcher, Jr. notes that Iraq wasn't a case of a war gone bad with good intentions--it was begun illegally, and continued over protest.

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