Bill Fletcher Jr. on Black Marxism

Originally published: Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung on January 11, 2018 (more by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung)  |

For the online platform “marx200.org,” the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung–New York office spoke with veteran labor activist Bill Fletcher Jr. about how capitalism is based on the slave trade and colonialism, the Black contribution to Marxism, and the need to organize. The interview was conducted by Albert Scharenberg, filming and editing by Kazembe Balagun for Marx200.

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