News Brief: Unions, Gaza, and Labor's Checkered Relationship With US Militarism
Added 2024-06-19 15:21:43 +0000 UTCOn this Citations Needed News Brief, we are joined by author and historian Jeff Schuhrke to discuss labor's response to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, the history of union support for (and opposition to) U.S.-led war and imperialism, and his upcoming book—now available for pre-order—Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade.
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Guests
Jeff Schuhrke (@jeffschuhrke) is a labor historian, union activist, journalist and professor who teaches at the Harry Van Arsdale Jr. School of Labor Studies, SUNY Empire State University in New York City. His writing can be found, among other places, in Jacobin and In These Times, where he is a contributing writer.
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Show Notes
The Anti-Union Lobby’s Newest Weapon
Jeff Schuhrke | May 10, 2024 | Jewish Currents
The Auto Workers Who Stand With Gaza
Sarah Lazare | February 28, 2024 | Workday Magazine / The Nation
Unions Must Go Beyond Calling for a Cease-Fire in Gaza
Jeff Schuhrke | February 13, 2024 | Jacobin
American Unions Long Backed Israel. Now, Some Are Protesting It.
Emma Goldberg and Santul Nerkar | January 7, 2024 | The New York Times
A Working-Class Foreign Policy Is Coming
Spencer Ackerman | December 18, 2023 | The Nation
The UAW Has Had a Big Year. They’re Preparing for an Even Bigger One.
Alex Press | December 4, 2023 | Jacobin
The Labor Movement's History of Backing Israel—and the Changing Climate Amid the War on Gaza
Jeff Schuhrke | November 27, 2023 | In These Times
The Problem of the Unionized War Machine
Jeff Schuhrke | November 22, 2023 | Jewish Currents
This Union Is Famous for Opposing South African Apartheid. Now It’s Standing With Gaza.
Sarah Lazare | November 21, 2023 | The Nation
US Labor Should Act Boldly and Choose Solidarity With Palestine
Jeff Schuhrke | November 3, 2023 | Jacobin
The AFL-CIO Squashed a Council's Cease-Fire Resolution. What Does It Say About Labor Right Now?
Jeff Schuhrke | November 2, 2023 | In These Times
Thousands of Palestinian Workers Have Gone Missing in Israel
Taj Ali | October 29, 2023 | Jacobin
Unions and Workers Are Increasingly Calling for Ceasefire in Gaza
Alexandra Bradbury and Luis Feliz Leon | October 20, 2023 | Labor Notes / Truthout
The U.S. Labor Voices Opposing Military Aid to Israel
Jeff Schuhrke and Sarah Lazare | October 13, 2023 | In These Times
Stop Arming Israel. End All Complicity.
Workers in Palestine
Oakland Longshore Workers Say No to Israeli-Operated Cargo
Alex N. Press | August 8, 2021 | Jacobin
Reckoning With the AFL-CIO’s Imperialist History
Jeff Schuhrke | January 9, 2020 | Jacobin
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Transcript
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Credits
Senior Producer: Florence Barrau-Adams
Producer: Julianne Tveten
Production Assistant: Trendel Lightburn
Newsletter: Marco Cartolano
Transcription: Mahnoor Imran
Music: Grandaddy
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Comments
reminds me of how Starbucks Workers United almost immediately put out a tweet in solidarity with Palestinians after 10/7 (that higher ups at SEIU swiftly made them take down). the workers got the microphone and the union cut the power. many such cases
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2024-06-20 18:34:21 +0000 UTCOne of the stories mentioned on this episode reminded me of how Australian unionised dock workers refused to load weapons onto Dutch ships to block their attempts to re-colonise Indonesia after WW2.
Rorie
2024-06-20 03:53:03 +0000 UTC
