Chris Smalls: Linking workers rights and Palestinian liberation
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Chris Smalls: Linking workers rights and Palestinian liberation
"Labour organiser Chris Smalls tells Marc Lamont Hill why he believes workers worldwide should stand with Palestine."
"Smalls has also been a vocal critic of the United States's complicity in the genocide in Gaza and argues that labour unions in the country have a role to play to stop Israel: If our dock workers did the same as our brothers and sisters overseas, we wouldn't see a genocide, he says."
"This week on Upfront Marc Lamont Hill speaks to labour organiser and activist Chris Smalls, who cofounded Amazon's first US labour union."
An organizer who cofounded Amazon's first US labour union urges workers worldwide to stand with Palestine and calls for labor solidarity to confront state violence. The organizer contends that grassroots organising can hold governments and corporations accountable for actions enabling mass atrocities and that domestic unions have a role in opposing complicity with the Gaza genocide. The argument points to practical leverage, noting that coordinated actions by dock workers and other unions can disrupt supply chains and pressure political actors. The position critiques United States complicity and urges domestic labor movements to align with international worker resistance.
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