By Labor Jawn In this interview episode, Sam and Gabe sit down with Dr. Peter Cole, author of “Ben Fletcher:…
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Ben Fletcher + the IWW w/ Peter Cole
By Africa World Now Report The IWW was born in 1905. On January 2, 1905, several dozen people identifying as…
Double podcast episode about Ben Fletcher—on Working Class History
By Working Class History Double podcast episode about Ben Fletcher, a very important but little-known dock worker and labour organiser…
Ben Fletcher, an intrepid labor organizer and activist
By Herb Boyd Amsterdam News February 16th, 2023 Many years ago when this column launched, one of the first profiles…
Fighting Racism & the Bosses
By Robert Ovetz Fifth Estate # 410, Fall, 2021 One of the hardest tasks for an historian of the working…
This Day in History: May 14, 1913: Longshore Strike in Philadelphia
By Zinn Education Project Time Periods: World War I: 1910 – 1919 Themes: Labor, Organizing, Social Class On May 14,…
Peter Cole talking about Ben Fletcher on The New Books Podcast
By Adam McNeil New Books Network In the early twentieth century, when many US unions disgracefully excluded black and Asian…
Ben Fletcher and Militancy on the Docks— on Against the Grain
By Against the Grain He’s one of the most important African American leaders you’ve probably never heard of: Ben Fletcher…
Ben Fletcher: The Life And Times Of A Black Wobbly With Peter Cole— a H-Net Review
By Jeff Stilley H-Net September 2021 Native-born working-class Black radicalism in the United States during the 1910s-20s is a challenging…
Ben Fletcher: The Life And Times Of A Black Wobbly With Peter Cole— on Millennials Are Killing Capitalism
Millennials Are Killing Capitalism July 25th, 2021 In this episode we talk to Peter Cole, historian and author of Ben…