On November 23, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted historian Peter Cole for an expansive talk on Ben Fletcher, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and the radical legacy of dockworkers’ internationalism—from Philadelphia’s segregated waterfronts to Durban, South Africa, and beyond. Cole traced the rise of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union Local 8 under Fletcher’s leadership—the most racially integrated union of its time—and examined how dockworkers use...
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On November 23, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted historian Peter Cole for an expansive talk on Ben Fletcher, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and the radical legacy of dockworkers’ internationalism—from Philadelphia’s segregated waterfronts to Durban, South Africa, and beyond. Cole traced the rise of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union Local 8 under Fletcher’s leadership—the most racially integrated union of its time—and examined how dockworkers use...
Worker Uprisings Today in Rojava, France, and United States
Cyber Dandy
1 hour 47 minutes
1 year ago
Worker Uprisings Today in Rojava, France, and United States
On this episode I have brought back two guests who have been here before, along with a third guest that we are all excited to meet. Speaking to things more familiar to those of us in the United States, David Van Deusen - former president of the Vermont AFL-CIO - has joined us and will help to get things going. Next, René Berthier - CGT member and anarcho-syndicalist - will be discussing some things more specific to the context in France. And finally, our new guest Anna Rebrii from the Emergen...
Cyber Dandy
On November 23, 2025, the Sam and Esther Dolgoff Institute (SEDI) hosted historian Peter Cole for an expansive talk on Ben Fletcher, the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW), and the radical legacy of dockworkers’ internationalism—from Philadelphia’s segregated waterfronts to Durban, South Africa, and beyond. Cole traced the rise of the Marine Transport Workers Industrial Union Local 8 under Fletcher’s leadership—the most racially integrated union of its time—and examined how dockworkers use...
