“We said, ‘How can we be a part of a union that is investing in the occupation of our homelands. We organized and walked out of the assembly line.” “Our strike became a first step in building w/ Black workers and students.” -George Khoury Follow live:https://fb.watch/22wZRubo66/
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Up next: Jerome Scott, founding member of League of Revolutionary Black Workers, which inspired the Arab Workers Caucus to go on strike! He is also a board member of the
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“We stood with the Palestinian cause because we stood with all liberation struggles around the world! The Palestinians were one of the most oppressed and brutalized people in the world” -Jerome
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“Organizing in the auto plants got some of us fired and I was blackballed from working in any auto plants in the entire country” -Jerome
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Up next is Mike Siviwe Elliot, former Detroit autoworker and a leader in United Auto Workers Local 551. He is a leader in
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Mike Elliot: “We made the connection with our struggles here and Palestinian people. We read about Palestine in Black Panther papers and others. We were exploited and oppressed here, and yet our union dues was going to buy Israeli bonds. This was a no-no for us! We had to fight!
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“The students helped keep the Arab community and workers in cohesion, because they came from different areas of the Arab world and had access to a lot of households. Because of them, we were able to garnish a lot of support for our work in the plants” -George Khoury
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“We knew we need to unite with all different caucuses and orgs happening in the plant, because we know that our enemy is one. And we need to unite to free us all!” -Jerome Scott. Follow live:https://fb.watch/22wZRubo66/
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“We can’t duplicate actions in the 70s - we crippled the capitalist system with our strikes [given our conditions] we need to look at what will cripple the capitalist system TODAY” - Jerome Scott1 odpowiedź 1 podany dalej 3 polubionePokaż ten wątek -
“The Arab American community and society would be different if we did not do what we did back in those plants! We did what we could do then. It’s up to the new generation to carry on the fight”- George Khoury
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“I have a missing part in my heart for #RasmeaOdeh. The work @caarprnow does with the Palestinian movement via @uspcn in Chicago stretches across cities” -Mike Elliot
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“The Name of the game is organization. We must support and join uspcn- because of our organization’s politics, vigor and work - I ask our community to get into the hard work of building organization” -George Khoury0 odpowiedzi 2 podane dalej 6 polubionychPokaż ten wątekDziękujemy. Twitter skorzysta z tych informacji, aby Twoja oś czasu bardziej Ci odpowiadała. CofnijCofnij
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