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Ben Fletcher : the life and times of a Black Wobbly /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cole, Peter, 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, CA : PM Press, [2021]
Edición:Revised and expanded 2nd edition.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 8 |a Writings and Speeches by and about Ben Fletcher. Soapboxer -- On the importance of the IWW press -- The seventh convention of the IWW -- Philadelphia organizing -- The strike at Little Falls -- The eighth convention of the IWW -- War on the waterfront -- Solidarity wins in Philadelphia -- Free Ford and Suhr! -- Transport workers strike in Philadelphia -- Philadelphia strike ends -- The struggle in Baltimore -- IWW growing in Baltimore -- Providence MTW -- Boston organizing -- Federal investigation of Fletcher begins -- A bad man or gun fighter -- The rebel girl remembers -- Fletcher Indicted -- Fletcher investigation continues -- Fletcher and Cape Verdeans -- The search for Fletcher continues -- The chase is on -- Fletcher arrested (finally) -- Fletcher on trial -- Fletcher and Haywood cutting it up -- Fletcher sentenced -- Fletcher holding court -- We won't forget -- Fletcher in forma pauperis -- Du Bois on Fletcher and the IWW -- The messenger on Ben Fletcher -- Fletcher's prison letters -- Fletcher's black radical networks -- Fletcher reflects on past and future -- Fletcher out on bond -- still troublemaking -- The price of progress -- The abolition movement of the twentieth century -- Organizing the Atlantic Coast -- On the Baltimore waterfront -- Fletcher's sterling honesty and humor -- Solving the race problem -- The forum of Local 8 -- The task of Local 8 -- Advice from a black, radical friend -- A miscarriage of justice -- Feds oppose releasing Fletcher -- A call to solidarity -- Free the Local 8 four! -- Feds can't figure out why they imprisoned Fletcher -- Why should these men be released? -- Free at last! -- Longshoremen fighting for life -- Philadelphia's waterfront unions -- The Negro and organized labor -- Solidarity -- black & white -- Fletcher speaks in Philadelphia -- Fletcher won't give up the waterfront -- Communist praises wobbly -- Defy the blacklist -- Speaking tour -- Hello, Detroit -- Speaking to Finnish workers in Canada -- Fletcher visits Work People's College -- Fifteen hundred have listened, spellbound -- Claude McKay on Local 8 -- Fletcher thrills crowd in Philadelphia -- Industrial unionism & black workers -- The IWW & Negro wage workers -- Race consciousness -- Heartache -- A thousand join in one day! -- Fletcher recalls nearly being lynched -- Cuts to the bone of capitalist pretension -- Fletcher knows which side he's on -- IWW attempts a comeback -- A communist cynically exploits Fletcher's story -- Fletcher corresponds with anarchist archivist -- The IWW celebrates Fletcher's life -- Fletcher's obituary in the New York Times -- Philadelphia Tribune obituary -- Brooklyn Eagle obituary -- Atlanta Daily World obituary -- A tribute to Fletcher -- Brave spirit -- Fred Thompson on meeting Fletcher -- Esther Dolgoff remembering Fletcher -- A fellow Philadelphia longshoreman remembers -- Ellen Doree Rosen remembers Fletcher -- Harry Haywood on Fletcher -- Fletcher meets Joe Hill? -- Fletcher and T-Bone -- Give them a chance -- As Black as I am -- Anatole Dolgoff remembers Fletcher -- Sam Dolgoff's children and Fletcher at the MTW Hall -- Appendix. Colored workers of America : why you should join the IWW -- Justice for the Negro : how he can get it -- The Negro worker falls into line. 
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