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E73: Ben Fletcher, part 1

Working Class History

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Ben Fletcher and the Wobbly's

Ben Fletcher was a member and activist in the industrial works of the world union known as the Wobbly's. The IWW is very strongly represented in the marine transportation industry of Philadelphia. We have about 7,000 long-shrimmon and seamen there. These were Ben's word penned in January 19, 2020 from inside Leavenworth Penitentiary in Kansas and sent to one a Thélia Campbell of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. While I do not countenance against the working class striking at the ballot box, I am firmly convinced that foremost and historical mission of labor is to organize as a class.

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