An interview with labor historian Jeff Shurkey discussing the labor movement's reaction to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, U.S. support for Israel, and the historical entanglement of American labor with U.S. militarism and imperialism.
On this public 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, Blue-Collar Empire: The Untold Story of US Labor's Global Anticommunist Crusade.