Sep 7, 2026 · 1 hr 18 min · 12 segments
For this Labor Day episode we’re joined by Bill Fletcher, a longtime union organizer who’s spent the last several years working to build out the labor movement’s anti-fascist infrastructure. Bill has…
Bill Fletcher JrGuestJonathan SmuckerHostMatt DaSilvaHost
Aaron RegunbergHost
The anesthetized? The anesthetized Matt DaSilva, and first time in a while we've had all three of us here with friend of the pod, Jonathan Smucker.
And today we are having on Bill Fletcher Jr., a longtime union organizer, socialist, trade unionist, author, writer of nonfiction and fiction, strategist, all around fantastic human being.
Honestly, we met through United for Peace and Justice back in the day, in the early days of the Iraq war.
And I've had the chance to be advised by him, mentored by him here and there over the years.
We're going to have like a, you know, just really focus in on the intersection of the labor movement and the fight against authoritarianism.
And we did talk about that, but it also got into a bunch of other places because, you know, his experience and insights are quite broad.
Definitely hit on labor, but, you know, went to our, you know, ongoing conversation about the Democratic Party, the bleed of working class voters, war.
Bill has done a lot over the years to oppose war and has a deep analysis of what is happening right now with Iran.
The anesthetized? The anesthetized Matt DaSilva, and first time in a while we've had all three of us here with friend of the pod, Jonathan Smucker.
And today we are having on Bill Fletcher Jr., a longtime union organizer, socialist, trade unionist, author, writer of nonfiction and fiction, strategist, all around fantastic human being.
Honestly, we met through United for Peace and Justice back in the day, in the early days of the Iraq war.
And I've had the chance to be advised by him, mentored by him here and there over the years.
We're going to have like a, you know, just really focus in on the intersection of the labor movement and the fight against authoritarianism.
And we did talk about that, but it also got into a bunch of other places because, you know, his experience and insights are quite broad.
Definitely hit on labor, but, you know, went to our, you know, ongoing conversation about the Democratic Party, the bleed of working class voters, war.
Bill has done a lot over the years to oppose war and has a deep analysis of what is happening right now with Iran.
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