This autumn, Italian workers down shut their country in opposition to the Gaza genocide. In the United States, in contrast, labor activists wanting to take a stand in solidarity with Palestinian workers are frequently chastised for trying to involve their unions in the affairs of other countries. Yet labor historian Jeff Schuhrke illustrates that U.S. unions have long been involved in Palestine — for almost a century supporting Zionism and then the state Israel. 
<a href="https://www.laborforceasefire.org/" target="_blank">National Labor Network for Ceasefire</a>
Jeff Schuhrke, <a href="https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2608-no-neutrals-there" target="_blank">No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine</a> Haymarket Books, 2025
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