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FinalCall.com News
April 11, 2018
“I would argue that racism was an instrument used as a way of oppressing us and keeping poor White people disorganized,” said labor organizer and activist Bill Fletcher, Jr., former president of TransAfrica Forum and a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies. “Racism is important for White peopleÃâà...
The Real News Network
April 5, 2018
He is presently chair of the TransAfrica Forum, "a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public - particularly African-Americans - on the economic, political and moral ramifications of U.S. foreign policy as it affects Africa and the Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America" and a boardÃâà...
The Real News Network
April 5, 2018
He is presently chair of the TransAfrica Forum, "a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public - particularly African-Americans - on the economic, political and moral ramifications of U.S. foreign policy as it affects Africa and the Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America" and a boardÃâà...
The Real News Network
April 5, 2018
He is presently chair of the TransAfrica Forum, "a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the general public - particularly African-Americans - on the economic, political and moral ramifications of U.S. foreign policy as it affects Africa and the Diaspora in the Caribbean and Latin America" and a boardÃâà...
Sputnik International
April 3, 2018
and formerly with the advocacy group TransAfrica Forum, joins the show. President Trump said today that he would freeze $200 million earmarked for Syrian recovery and development, just days after saying he wanted to pull out of Syria as soon as possible. The freeze and the president's commentsÃâà...
IFEX
February 6, 2018
The links between freedom of expression and freedom of assembly have never been closer. Journalist Samuel Gebre interviewed Kiai in Nairobi for IFEX, first in December 2017, and then again in January 2018, and shares some of these insights from a passionate individual who has dedicated his careerÃâà...
Oregon Daily Emerald
February 6, 2018
Fletcher was the Education Director for the national AFL-CIO, the president of TransAfrica Forum and a Senior Scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies, according to the event brochure. The Department of Art will sponsor Stanley Wolukau-Wanambwa's “Scenes from 'One Wall a Web'” lecture on ThursdayÃâà...
Green Left Weekly
January 20, 2018
Bill Fletcher, Jr., former President of TransAfrica Forum. David L. Phillips, Director, Program on Peace-building and Rights, Columbia University. Joey Lawrence, photographer and filmmaker. Meredith Tax, writer and organizer, North America Rojava Alliance (NARA). Debbie Bookchin, journalist and author,Ãâà...
The Herald
December 21, 2017
Senator Booker could very well have his staff dig up Congressman Payne's statements on Zimbabwe, who had the audacity to call the revolutionary land reclamation programme misguided and wrong and as a board member of both the now defunct TransAfrica Forum and the National Endowment forÃâà...
The Herald
December 21, 2017
Senator Booker could very well have his staff dig up Congressman Payne's statements on Zimbabwe, who had the audacity to call the revolutionary land reclamation programme misguided and wrong and as a board member of both the now defunct TransAfrica Forum and the National Endowment forÃâà...
FinalCall.com News
November 28, 2017
“This was a falling out among the ruling elite,” said Bill Fletcher, former head of TransAfrica Forum. They saw Mr. Mnangagwa as the logical successor to President Mugabe, who ruled Zimbabwe since independence. In his inauguration speech, President Mnangagwa said former President Mugabe gave anÃâà...
The Real News Network
October 24, 2017
Bill Fletcher is a racial justice, labor and international activist, also the former president of TransAfrica Forum. Welcome, Bill. I guess let's start with your reaction to the discussion that's followed from the killings of these soldiers in Niger, so much focus on President Trump's strange response, his weirdÃâà...
Martha's Vineyard Times
August 30, 2017
Glover is both a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador and a recipient of an Amnesty International Lifetime Achievement Award. A longtime union activist, he has supported the United Farm Workers and Unite Here, an international hotel and food services union. He serves on the board of the TransAfrica Forum,Ãâà...
Lasentinel
August 10, 2017
Several years ago, Bill Fletcher, president of TransAfrica Forum, campaigned to raise awareness in the U.S. about issues facing the nations and peoples of Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America. This offered insightful perspectives on what he called organized labor's “train wreck.” Fletcher cited SEIU'sÃâà...
The Real News Network
December 31, 1999
He is also the co-author of "Solidarity Divided"; and the author of the newly released book, 'They're Bankrupting Us' - And Twenty Other Myths about Unions . He is a co-founder of the Center for Labor Renewal, and has served as President of TransAfrica Forum and was formerly the Education Director andÃâà...
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