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“No Neutrals There is a unique and revealing look at one facet of America’s deep relationship with Israel.” Starred review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social for @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social’s No Neutrals There: U.S. Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine

Once again, @govpritzker.illinois.gov's state police have attacked protesters while doing crowd control for ICE in Broadview. Pritzker positions himself as a Trump opponent, but he's doing ICE's dirty work in Broadview. It has to stop.

State troopers in riot gear just plowed into the crowd, started arresting protesters and clergy.

Good. Even if this doesn’t work, it’s time to go on offense. www.newsweek.com/jb-pritzker-...

🎙 New @therealnews.com: Will @txst.edu fire a tenured professor based on a Nazi apologist's doctored video? I spoke with Professor Tom Alter himself about his case, which has become a flashpoint in the MAGA right’s all-out assault on free speech & higher education. therealnews.com/will-texas-s...

Some American trade unionists have argued that labor should remain “neutral” on the question of Palestine. In fact, the US labor movement has never been neutral: its union officialdom has a more-than-century-long history of allying with Zionism.

extramural nonprofessional political speech. no freedom.

My latest is the story of how my community has rallied to protect and defend our neighbors in recent days, as ICE has targeted the Rogers Park neighborhood in Chicago. "This is not a story about a moment of victory, but a moment of being reminded of our power."

aaand we are officially in the hide-your-neighbors stage

Seeing pictures of an abandoned tamale cart in Pilsen where ICE took a tamale street vendor. Those photos of left behind carts are so haunting. Community members disappeared. Not just vendors but people who have long standing relationships with the community and people.

BREAKING: Masked Border Patrol agents aggressively arrested WGN video producer Debbie Brockman in Lincoln Square Friday morning, supposedly for "obstructing justice." (Video via Josh Thomas on Facebook) Follow @heartlandsignal for more.

The UCLA Labor Center is deeply saddened to share that Kent Wong, our former director for more than 30 years, has passed away. His legacy lives on with every staff member and student at the UCLA Labor Center. labor.ucla.edu/statement-on...

5- alarm fire for academic freedom in Texas, should be of concern to all. The kinds of attacks on teachers and restrictions on content matter (esp. race and gender) we see in K-12 are invading universities. This week 2 faculty, a chair, and a dean were fired. /1 www.oah.org/2025/02/05/o...

⭐️ TODAY: Texas State Employees Union press release condemns the firing of Texas State University professor for statements he made as a private citizen. ✊👇 @cwa-tseu.bsky.social texasaflcio.org/sites/defaul...

“As authorities round up their work force, the big players in the world of Silicon Valley-developed delivery apps have largely remained silent. Three of the biggest — Uber, Grubhub, and DoorDash — did not respond to requests for comment.” theintercept.com/2025/08/26/t...

Today is the offical @versobooks.bsky.social release date of Resisting Erasure: Capital, Imperialism and Race in Palestine, by Adam Hanieh, myself and @rafeefz.bsky.social. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc...

Todd Wolfson, AAUP President, warned of a more “militant” response on campuses in the fall – including possible mass strikes. “We’re going to need to politicize this fight. It’s not an economic strike on our job conditions – it’s a political strike for the future of the sector.” #DefendHigherEd

Leading global experts just confirmed what we’ve long known: Gaza is in famine. At least half a million Palestinians are facing starvation, acute malnutrition and death. And it’s likely to spread. The U.S. government is not a bystander to this genocide. We can end it today.

NEW: “It is a famine. Everyone owns this.” UN emergency coordinator Tom Fletcher confirms a famine in Gaza. The whole world should be made to watch these two and half minutes. (🎥 BBC News)

Famine confirmed for first time in Gaza FAO, UNICEF, WFP & WHO reiterate call for immediate ceasefire & unhindered humanitarian access to curb deaths from hunger & malnutrition.

BREAKING: Eric Adams Advisor Winnie Greco Handed a CITY Reporter Cash Stuffed in a Bag of Potato Chips www.thecity.nyc/2025/08/20/w...

When US Labor Opposed Nuclear Weapons

If this is how the IDF treats American citizens traveling with media attention, it brings even more credibility to the reports of their abuses of Palestinian civilians. I stand in solidarity w/ my brother Chris, the civilians in Gaza and all working towards peace and dignity for all. End this horror

A spokesperson for the Freedom Flotilla Coalition tells me: “Chris Smalls is still in Givon Prison and despite repeated requests to meet with the U.S. Embassy has been ignored by his country after being abducted by the IOF in international waters.”

Gaza Freedom Flotilla has released statement that Black labour leader Chris Smalls (Amazon Labour Union) faced violence that no one else on Handala did. He has been severely beaten in Israeli custody. Smalls follows in legacy of Black radical tradition for Palestine. Labour must stand for Smalls.

If you’re an elected Democrat (rightly) complaining about the GOP kicking 17 million people off of Medicaid, now is a good and credible time to critique the entire broken work-based non-universal US healthcare system. Now is the time to call for universal healthcare, for Medicare for All.

Today's endorsement by the hundreds of unions and more than a million workers of @nyclabor.bsky.social is a profound honor and a responsibility to deliver for working people. I will strive to live up to it each and every day as your Mayor.

"Israeli soldiers in Gaza told Haaretz that the army has deliberately fired at Palestinians near aid distribution sites..." www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...

“Tonight, we made history … I will be your democratic nominee for mayor of New York City” - Zohran Mamdani

Less than four hours to go. zohranfornyc.com/vote zohranfornyc.com/gotv

On June 4, in response to the unfolding genocide in Gaza, France’s CGT dockworkers refused to load arms components bound for Israel at the country’s largest port in Fos-Marseille. Their action forced the ship to leave port without its deadly cargo: labornotes.org/2025/06/euro...

Re-upping @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social's excellent piece, which I was just discussing with a friend this morning. This grapples with important ethical and political questions: "The Problem of the Unionized War Machine"

The US and Israel are starving Gaza. They are also starving Yemen. I wrote about these dual human-made—or, more precisely, American made—humanitarian crises, and how starvation is now a routine tool of siege warfare and collective punishment.

In 1986, 200 Black workers at a 3M plant in South Africa defied the apartheid regime to go on a brief strike in solidarity w/ fellow 3M workers in New Jersey, whose own plant was being shuttered by the company. My latest: jacobin.com/2025/05/sout...

Historian Jeff Schuhrke documents the AFL-CIO’s role in weakening left-wing labor unions around the world between the '40s and '90s. www.truthdig.com/articles/blu...

The other is No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine by @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social. This is such an urgent area of inquiry for anyone who cares about worker struggle and global justice.

I want to make sure people know about two forthcoming books that are incredibly important for this moment. One is by @blbalthaser.bsky.social, and it's called Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the American Jewish Left. Pre-order it here.

Congratulations on the new book! Looking forward getting myself a copy of this one!

My 2nd book, 'No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism, & the Struggle for Palestine' will be out on 10/28 from @haymarketbooks.org! It's a history of US labor's crucial support for the Israeli state, as well as a history of US unionists trying to organize in solidarity w/ Palestinians.

Book review: 'Blue Collar Empire—How Anti-Communism Undermined Workers Everywhere.' The book argues that attacking the broad left, specifically communists, in the labor movement left all workers more vulnerable. #BookReview www.peoplesworld.org/article/book...

When US Labor Helped Free Jailed Salvadoran Trade Unionists

In 1983, a group of US labor leaders visited a notorious El Salvador prison & met with trade unionists who'd been jailed without due process, then led a successful international campaign to free them. My latest: jacobin.com/2025/04/us-l...

I said my main goal of this trip was to meet with Kilmar. Tonight I had that chance. I have called his wife, Jennifer, to pass along his message of love. I look forward to providing a full update upon my return.

I can't emphasize enough that the most important thing journalists can do right now is publish exactly this kind of article

BREAKING: An immigration court determined our client Mahmoud Khalil to be removable from the U.S. based solely on his political speech. The fight isn't over — we'll keep fighting for Mahmoud's freedom and all of our First Amendment rights in federal court.

It's @jeffschuhrke.bsky.social on his fascinating depressing book Blue Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor’s Global Anticommunist Crusade, history of labor leadership's Cold War imperialist machinations abroad—and at home. Guest host @micahuetricht.bsky.social thedigradio.com/podcast/blue...

Tonight, we’re lighting up SEIU HQ to send a clear message: no worker should be silenced or intimidated. When we shine a light on injustice, we refuse to be ignored. #4The1st #FreeRumeysa

The worst thing the federal government has done to unions in my lifetime happened last night. The second worst thing was three weeks ago. The labor movement will either protect ourselves right now or be smashed. That's all there is to it. www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/they-are-g...