Striking for Palestine: The Future of Resistance in Labour Struggles in America

The ongoing battle over Israel within the U.S. labor movement

The author of the new book, “No Neutrals There: U.S. Labor, Zionism, and the Struggle for Palestine,” discusses how U.S. labor unions have played a key role in building and maintaining the state of Israel.

Striking for Palestine: The future of resistance in labour struggles in America

No Neutrals There: US Labor, Zionism and the Struggle for Palestine by Jeff Schuhrke (2025) In 1973 the United Auto Workers (UAW) purchased over $300,000 in Israeli bonds, enabling the ongoing Nakba on the Palestinian people. But in response, Arab American autoworkers from the Dodge Chrysler Plant in Detroit led UAW Local 1112 to walk