Ben Fletcher (New edition)

Ben Fletcher The Life and Times of a Black Wobbly tells the story of one of the greatest heroes of the American working class.

A brilliant union organiser and a humorous orator, Benjamin Fletcher 1890 - 1949 was a tremendously important and well-loved African American member of the IWW during its heyday.

Fletcher helped found and lead Local 8 of the IWWs Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union, unquestionably the most powerful interracial union of its era, taking a principled stand against all forms of xenophobia and exclusion.