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NONE OF US IS FREE UNLESS ALL ARE FREE: ANTI-IMPERIALISM AND THE BLACK RADICAL TRADITION

2023 James Baldwin Lecture 

Due to inclement weather and University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus closures, the 2023 James Baldwin Lecture will still be online but will not be held in person.

We hope you will still join us on Zoom tonight at 6pm EST. Please see the information below to register and receive a Zoom link. 
The UMass Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, the Department of History, and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts Present

None of Us Is Free Unless All Are Free:
Anti-Imperialism and the Black Radical Tradition

Lecture by Bill Fletcher Jr.

From joining with First Nations peoples to contest European settlement to protesting the annexation of foreign territory, the political struggles waged by African Americans have fostered a vibrant Black Radical Tradition consistently opposed to U.S. imperialism. Those drawing on this tradition have not only protested U.S. invasions of other nations as a matter of principle, but also highlighted the interconnections between injustices waged abroad and oppression at home. In doing so, this tradition has often served as the basis for solidarity with those struggling against U.S. imperialism, a solidarity that has helped to inform radical movements here against patriarchy, white supremacy, and capitalist exploitation. 

Thursday, February 23, 6pm EST
Online by Zoom

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This event will be live and recorded. Spanish interpretation and closed captions will be available.

Bill Fletcher Jr.

Bill Fletcher Jr. has been an activist since his teen years. Upon graduating from college he went to work as a welder in a shipyard, thereby entering the labor movement. Over the years he has been active in workplace and community struggles as well as electoral campaigns. He has worked for several labor unions in addition to serving as a senior staff person in the national AFL-CIO.

Fletcher is the former president of TransAfrica Forum; a senior scholar with the Institute for Policy Studies; and in the leadership of several other projects. Fletcher is the co-author (with Peter Agard) of The Indispensable Ally: Black Workers and the Formation of the Congress of Industrial Organizations, 1934-1941; the co-author (with Fernando Gapasin) of Solidarity Divided: The Crisis in Organized Labor and a New Path toward Social Justice; and the author of “They’re Bankrupting Us!” – And Twenty Other Myths about Unions. Fletcher is a syndicated columnist and a regular media commentator on television, radio and the web.

The James Baldwin Lecture

The James Baldwin Lecture addresses issues connected to social, economic, and political justice and underpinnings in institutional racism. The lecture honors the late James Baldwin, who taught at UMass for several years. It was established by and made possible with generous support from History Department alumnus Dr. Allen J. Davis ’68. The lecture is co-presented by the UMass Amherst W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, the Department of History, and the College of Humanities and Fine Arts. This year's lecture is offered as part of the Feinberg Series, Confronting Empire, which is presented by the History Department in collaboration with more than three dozen community and university partners. 
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The Feinberg Series is made possible thanks to Kenneth R. Feinberg '67 and associates. See website for co-sponsors. 
 
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